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   I am using the SensBlack theme on a small business website I created for a friend, and one thing I'm attempting to do is include a small form for his customers to pay their invoices to him via PayPal. Currently, I have a crude slapdash solution put up that technically functions, but it isn't pretty, it isn't integrated, and it doesn't quite do what we want.

I am neither a coder nor a professional web designer or developer - I am, at best, an amateur who can muddle his way around software like OpenElement to do a favor for a friend, so I'm at a total loss when it comes to following PayPal's developer guide - it reads like Russian to me. I picked my current solution from a tutorial found during a Google search and made it work, but I'd like something integrated into the page, much like the email form.
I am also attempting to integrate customer-entered information into the form that will actually show up on the PayPal invoice when my friend receives it. One of the potential solutions I thought I'd found seemed to do that, but none of the entered fields actually came through on his PayPal account. 

So, here's what I want to do - an integrated form that allows a customer to enter their name, an account number, and the amount they want to pay, then click submit and have the PayPal panel come up so they can choose how to pay, whether that's their PP account, or by entering a credit card number. When the order is complete, the confirmation/invoice that comes to my friend needs to display the customer-entered information - the name and the account number, along with the amount they paid.

I would appreciate any insight that could be given. If you want to see the website I'm working on, and make fun of my haphazard solution, you can check it out here.

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henrytm82 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: Apr 15 2020 Location: Kansas Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote henrytm82 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Trouble with PayPal forms Posted: Apr 15 2020 at 7:10am
	I am using the SensBlack theme on a small business website I created for a friend, and one thing I'm attempting to do is include a small form for his customers to pay their invoices to him via PayPal. Currently, I have a crude slapdash solution put up that technically functions, but it isn't pretty, it isn't integrated, and it doesn't quite do what we want. I am neither a coder nor a professional web designer or developer - I am, at best, an amateur who can muddle his way around software like OpenElement to do a favor for a friend, so I'm at a total loss when it comes to following PayPal's developer guide - it reads like Russian to me. I picked my current solution from a tutorial found during a Google search and made it work, but I'd like something integrated into the page, much like the email form. I am also attempting to integrate customer-entered information into the form that will actually show up on the PayPal invoice when my friend receives it. One of the potential solutions I thought I'd found seemed to do that, but none of the entered fields actually came through on his PayPal account. So, here's what I want to do - an integrated form that allows a customer to enter their name, an account number, and the amount they want to pay, then click submit and have the PayPal panel come up so they can choose how to pay, whether that's their PP account, or by entering a credit card number. When the order is complete, the confirmation/invoice that comes to my friend needs to display the customer-entered information - the name and the account number, along with the amount they paid. I would appreciate any insight that could be given. If you want to see the website I'm working on, and make fun of my haphazard solution, you can check it out here.

Hobby001 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: Jun 05 2018 Location: Canada, Québec Status: Offline Points: 6208	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hobby001 Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: Apr 15 2020 at 10:10pm
	Hi, As far as I understand your requirement, Paypal is offering the what you are looking for. You should use Paypal apps to build your form ans process. The remaining this will be to add a link to it on your project
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