Tutorials


MosaicGlobe and PayPal
07.05.2007

MosaicGlobe does not currently have any built in e-commerce capabilities. Although we hope to someday incorporate a shopping system into MosaicGlobe - some savvy users have taken it upon themselves to incorporate PayPal into their site. This can be a bit tricky because MosaicGlobe doesn't allow outside code as a security precaution, but it is possible with a bit of HTML knowledge. That being said; the following tutorial is for those users who have some experience or understanding of HTML.

Creating the Link
You will of course need to have a PayPal account that has been upgraded to accept payments online.
  • Log in to your PayPal account and select the "Merchant Services" tab.
  • In the first section titled "PayPal Website Payments Standard" select the link "Buy Now Buttons" in the Key Features Sidebar to go to a page titled "Selling Single Items"
  • Enter the product details (title, cost).
  • In the Security Section Settings select "No" to un-encrypt your payment button
  • Select the 'Add More Options' button to require a shipping address, options (ex. sizes, colors) and specify a page that the buyer will be sent to when the sale is completed.

    • ADVANCED TIP. Create a standard page that says "Thanks for your purchase...". Copy the URL and unpublish the page. Then copy the URL into the "Successful Payment URL" field.

  • Select "Create Button Now"
Buy Now Link
MosaicGlobe does not allow scripts to be entered into the pages for security reasons so grab the text from the second field  'Link for Emails'. It looks something like this:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=support%
40mosaicglobe%2ecom&item_name=Original%20Artwork&amount=65%
2e00&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&currency_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%
2dBuyNowBF&charset=UTF%2d8

To add a Buy Now link to your site paste the following code into the text editor field after replacing 'paypalLink' with the link from pay pal.

code: <a href="paypalLink">Buy Now</a>

Note: select the btn_source-1.gif button before pasting HTML code into the page. You can also paste this code into a gallery image description. Select save to view the site.

Buy Now Button
If you wanted to use your own Buy Now button rather than a tect link, upload your button image and wrap the paypal link around it rather than the text:

code: <a href="paypalLink"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://support.mosaicglobe.com/files/image/buynow.gif" width="1" height="1"></a>

Which will look like this:


Examples:
Following are some examples of MosaicGlobe sites using PayPal payment options.

Urban Soul
CHAC GAllery

If you are using PayPal, or have any questions about using PayPal please post to the user forums.

 
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