Editing option fields / HTML

Patience · #1 05-19-2007, 09:35 PM

Hello all,

I would like to edit the option field for a Paypal drop down list. The standard list allows for 10 options. I would like to add more. This will be the "choose a fragrance" list.

The instructions on the Paypal site explain that the list can be edited by hand (if you know how to write HTML).

I don't know how to write HTML. Does anyone know of a way to convert text into HTML?

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

navaldesign · #2 05-19-2007, 09:56 PM

Have a look at the code of the form. You will see that there is something like

<select name="Optionsselect" size="1">
<option value="red">red</option>
<option value="blue">blue</option>
<option value="yellow">yellow</option>
</select>

where red, blue and yellow are the option values. Add more lines like those, BEFORE the </select>

Just add, at this point, more option lines

Patience · #3 05-19-2007, 10:14 PM

Thank you General!

OK, I will give it a try.

Wish me luck!

Patience · #4 05-19-2007, 10:23 PM

Wow, that wasn't so bad and it worked! Can't thank you enough, my friend. Have a great day!

supert · #5 07-27-2007, 03:18 PM

Where can I find this "paypal drop down list" button to install on my site?

supertprinting.com

Supert

Karen Mac · #6 07-27-2007, 07:15 PM

I dont have BV open but you can customize yoru tool bar to show the paypal fields and or open INSERT, I think its advance and they are there too.. click those on the lower part of that its in one of them.

Karen

supert · #7 08-01-2007, 01:28 PM

I can get the standard paypal buttons from BV, but I would like to get the button referenced in the first post:

"I would like to edit the option field for a Paypal drop down list. The standard list allows for 10 options"

None of the standard buttons included with BV have an "option field for a Paypal drop down list"

The way I have done it on my site is rather cumbersome - I know there is a better way.

Take a look at http://www.moabshirts.com/moabtrailspurchase.html the other purchase pages have the same format.

If you have a different suggestion for how to do that I am quite willing to take it! Also, if you want to comment on the site I will listen.

Steve
www.moabshirts.com

navaldesign · #8 08-01-2007, 04:50 PM

The original post is NOT reffering to a dropdown in BV. It is reffering to the options that PayPal allows when you create your "Buy Now" buttons.
When you go there to create a button, PayPal will provide a code that you will then copy and paste in your site. In that code, you will see that there are options. Since PayPal allows only ten options, the original poster asked how he can add more.

supert · #9 08-02-2007, 03:08 AM

Okay, I figured out how to create a drop down button through paypal. How can I place it on the page next to my item picture?

I go to page html, and have tried each of the six options and it always ends up at the upper left corner of my page.

Thanks

Supert
www.moabshirts.com

navaldesign · #10 08-02-2007, 03:12 AM

Don't paste it in the page html. Drag a html box in your page, paste the code in it, than you can move the html box wherever you like it to be in your page.

supert · #11 08-02-2007, 03:25 AM

Thank you so much! I actually just ran across that option and came back here to say I figured it out!

I may actually be getting the hang of this stuff.

Thanks again.

Supert
www.moabshirts.com

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