PayPal – Donate Button
This version could be a good “generic donate” button, site wide footer item possibly.
Just below, is the PayPal code for a UxSA “Donate Button” in use
Here’s the code:
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/donate" method="post" target="_top">
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="4M4GFAZUDERMC" />
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" title="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" alt="Donate with PayPal button" />
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" />
</form>
This “Donate
Button” setup gives us these options:
- Shareable Link: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=4M4GFAZUDERMC
- QR code: image uploaded here
- Use your own logo, as I’ve done, or none at all
- To “Let your donors choose specific programs for their donations”, it’s a list to pick from, we define items, currently using “One-Time Donation” and “Sponsorship”
- The “Amount Donors can Give” options are limited to these three:
- Any Amount
- An exact amount
- Set 3 amount options, plus any amount (as I’ve done with our 3 sponsor level amounts)
- Recurring payments (turned off, it’s monthly, but does have good subscription management section if we want to use later)
- Get Info from donors
- Receive donor’s mailing address.
Setting to Yes notes “Donors may choose not to share addresses. You may only use donor addresses in accordance with PayPal’s Privacy Statement.”
- Let donors send optional note to you with their donation? (turned on)
- Route donors back to our site:
- URL for if they cancel a donation
- URL for when they complete a donation (maybe a thanks and subscribe page).
PayPal – Smart Subscribe Button
Used this to make only ONE of our three levels noted in packet (platinum level) to see how we like it:
The “Smart Subscribe Button” setup gives us these options:
- Shareable Link: https://py.pl/8vGQC
- Plan Details:
- Product Name (UX San Antonio Sponsor)
- Plan Name (Annual Platinum Level)
- $ Amount (800)
- Frequency (Y/m/w/d)
- Layout: Vertical (chosen, shows CC) or Horizontal (two buttons side by side, CC not explicitly noted)
- Shape: Rectangle (chosen) or Pill
- Color: Gold (chosen), Light Blue, Silver, White, Black
- Button Text: Subscribe (chosen), or just PayPal
- Has a Subscription Plans dashboard to add/update/edit each plan
- Has a listing of Subscriptions, To Date (Active, Unpaid, All) or Last 30 Days (New, Canceled)
EMBED SCRIPT, below is Raw JS Widget containing the PP embed code:
PayPal – Smart Button
not quite right
Used this to make only ONE of our three levels noted in packet (gold level) to see how we like it. This way is strange as it doesn’t “save” the button, have to built it each time to get the code (kind of lame):
The “Smart Button” setup gives us these options:
- Pay with PayPal or Venmo
- Shareable Link:
- Button Details:
- Item Name (UX San Antonio Sponsorship Levels)
- Options
- Silver Level UX San Antonio Sponsor
- Gold UX San Antonio Level Sponsor
- Platinum UX San Antonio Level Sponsor
- Ability to add Quantity Selector (off)
- Layout: Vertical (shows CC) or Horizontal (chosen, two buttons side by side)
- Shape: Rectangle (chosen) or Pill
- Color: Gold (chosen), Light Blue, Silver, White, Black
- Button Text: PayPal, Checkout, Buy Now, or Pay (chosen)
- Tagline: on (chosen) or off, displays “Two easy ways to pay” below buttons
EMBED SCRIPT, below is Raw HTML Widget containing the PP embed code:
WORKING THIS NOW (buttons not displaying)…
Give WP – Decided NOT to use this, have disabled the plugin to be deleted later.
A shortcode for a GiveWP form (called Donation Form, default, connected to PayPal):
[give_form id=”6516″]
Give WP – Custom Form
A shortcode for a new GiveWP form (called Become a UX San Antonio Sponsor), chose the other Template they offer (Legacy Donation Form) just to see how it looks (not great).
form page itself: https://uxsanantonio.org/donations/ux-san-antonio-sponsorship
Embed Code Used below:
[give_form id=”6537″]
