paypal button shortcode not working

Hi,

I just upgraded my paypal account to a business one, got an API signature and input it into S2member. I then generated a level 1 paypal button and pasted the shortcode into a page using the visual editor.

Unfortunately nothing has happened, can you tell me if I missed a step or if I am being stupid in some other way as I’m sure this is a pretty simple task.

Regards,

Mark.

Hi Mark,

Please post the shortcode into the page using the HTML Editor, not the Visual Editor.

I just tried that and it didnt work,

I just looked at the video tutorial and it said that S2pro needs paypal pro in order to work, would that cause this?

I have now applied for paypal pro and am awaiting acceptance.

I don’t know the acceptance criteria though and am a start up business, so if I am not accepted and it is causing the fault is there another way around it?

Hi Mark.

PayPal Pro is not required for the pro-form, you can do it with the free Express Checkout option. And the buttons are for the free PayPal Standard service. Pre Sale FAQs » To use s2Member® Pro Forms, will I have to use PayPal® Pro?

If the shortcode is not working in your post, it’s something else. Even if PayPal weren’t working, you should get the pro-form/button displayed in the page. What’s happening? Is nothing shown or is the shortcode shown in the page?

Could you post here the shortcode you tried using? And, if you don’t mind making your site known, could you post a link to the page where you posted it? If you want to keep it private, you can send it via the contact form. s2Member® » Private Contact Form

Hi,

The shortcode I used was:

[s2Member-PayPal-Button level="1" ccaps="" desc="P&P of Small business Growth Guide + 30 day free website trial" ps="paypal" lc="" cc="GBP" dg="0" ns="1" custom="109.108.142.42" ta="1.95" tp="30" tt="D" ra="55.00" rp="1" rt="M" rr="1" rrt="" rra="1" image="default" output="button" /]

The page I used it on was a test page with nothing else in the body of the page, it’s current address is

http://109.108.142.42/~ah4s/?page_id=1076

Hope you can help.

Regards,

Mark.

Thanks.

Weird… The button’s HTML is in the source code of the page.

Could you do a quick test changing your theme to the default TwentyEleven one and refresh that page to see if the button then shows?