Tuesday, November 2, 2010

How: Customize and brand PayPal checkout for your site

Use PayPal donations or sell products?Did you know that you can customize the PayPal checkout process with your own logo (s) for a more consistent, branded experience for your customers? you can, and here is how to do it.

The first thing you do want is to create 2 logos. You should not be greater than 190 × 60 pixels and you should not be greater than 750 × 90 pixels. I suggest using just the dimensions but also ok is less.Next you choose a later as a border color to time.you need your main logo colors the HTML value for that color as (# FFFFFF for white) and # 000000 for black. Your image editor (GIMP, Photoshop, etc.) can give you this information.

Now that you have created your two logos, you must upload you to a secure server. Because PayPal secure (SSL)- used Web server must use secure images for your logo. Your first question is probably "Why?"If your logos are on a non-secure (http) Server (a, usually on your site is), in contrast to a server secure (HTTPS), warns your customers of browser you that your PayPal checkout process page contains"both encrypted and unencrypted elements." Your customers will probably think you are on a malware site, your payment is not completely secure. He or she often decide to proceed with the payment.

If your Web host using a secure server option, use make of it. You must host your instructions for the consequences. May be able see how your host shared SSL to use if you have your own SSL in your host's FAQ.If your host have the option, you can secure hosting services specifically designed for this purpose. Such host is securepixels.com. for only $4.95 per year you can up to 3 pictures on your secure server host.Since you only need to host 2 (small and large logos), this plan is adequate.Regardless of where you your logos host must you just a note to make so you can give your URLs those URLs to PayPal, if you asked should be something like this look: https://www.yoursecureserver.com/yourlogo.jpg-(notice the "s" in HTTPS).

OK, now you are ready to Rollen.Sie have your two logos designed and uploaded to a secure server and know what border color to use.Time to give this information to PayPal.

Report Overview.Choose should be in to your account at Paypal.Sie profile from the top menu.

Below the list, select the settings for selling custom payment pages.

Add a new page style and name want it, what.If you're already a page style, select the option then change for this style.

Under the logo image URL section, type the URL for your logo that is not greater than 190 × 60 pixels.Make sure that the image on a secure (HTTPS) server resides.

Under the section cart area, provide the gradient color of your selected color gradient border.Under header image URL section, type the URL for the large logo the not greater than 750 × 90 pixels space.verify you sure that the image on a secure (HTTPS) Server stored any ist.liefern color for header background color, border color header and payment flow background color.(FFFFFF works for white if you already have a plan in my head) .click on save and choose your new page style as the default for your new Checkout.Here's what my logos look as if the donation and check out.

Now that you have selected your new page style as the default, probably not need buy now to you, to change in the shopping cart or you have more than a page style donations form code on your Website.Allerdings (for multiple sites and maybe), you must add one line code to your PayPal form on your site add. Add this line:

where the name of the page style "YourStyle" is above in step 4 erstellt.stellen you sure use the exact same name as the name selected.

You're all done!



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