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Hi there,
I hope you can help me. I have searched through this forum and found a couple of threads which go some way to answering my question, but as a coding novice I still need some advice...

I want to create a Paypal drop down selector to allow customers to pay for membership either monthly £9.99 or annually £47.99 (I would put in 6 monthly if I could, but it seems that Paypal & s2member don't allow this?) for the same subscription type. I generated the Paypal code, which is hosted by them (I can't change this in stage two of the papal button creation process - it's greyed out):

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<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="6CPYKY95ZUZ7N">
<table>
<tr><td><input type="hidden" name="on0" value="Payment Options">Payment Options</td></tr><tr><td><select name="os0">
   <option value="Monthly Membership">Monthly Membership : £9.99GBP - monthly</option>
   <option value="Annual Membership">Annual Membership : £47.99GBP - yearly</option>
</select></td></tr>
</table>
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="GBP">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/WEBSCR-640-20110429-1/en_GB/i/btn/btn_subscribe_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online.">
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_GB/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>

And inserted the following text...

<table>
<tr><td><input type="hidden" name="on0" value="Payment Options">Payment Options</td></tr><tr><td><select name="os0">
<option value="Monthly Membership">Monthly Membership : £9.99GBP - monthly</option>
<option value="Annual Membership">Annual Membership : £47.99GBP - yearly</option>
</select></td></tr>
</table>

into the s2member button:

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<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input name="business" type="hidden" value="accounts@base1music.com" />
<input name="cmd" type="hidden" value="_xclick-subscriptions" />
<!-- Instant Payment Notification & Return Page Details -->
<input name="notify_url" type="hidden" value="http://www.base1music.com/?s2member_paypal_notify=1" />
<input name="cancel_return" type="hidden" value="http://www.base1music.com/" />
<input name="return" type="hidden" value="http://www.base1music.com/?s2member_paypal_return=1" />
<input name="rm" type="hidden" value="2" />
<!-- Configures All Of The Checkout Fields -->
<input name="no_shipping" type="hidden" value="1" />
<input name="no_note" type="hidden" value="1" />
<input name="custom" type="hidden" value="www.base1music.com" />
<input name="currency_code" type="hidden" value="USD" />
<input name="page_style" type="hidden" value="paypal" />
<table>
<tr><td><input type="hidden" name="on0" value="Payment Options">Payment Options</td></tr><tr><td><select name="os0">
   <option value="Monthly Membership">Monthly Membership : £9.99GBP - monthly</option>
   <option value="Annual Membership">Annual Membership : £47.99GBP - yearly</option>
</select></td></tr>
</table>
<input name="item_number" type="hidden" value="1" />
<!-- Identifies/Updates An Existing Member After Checkout -->
<input name="on0" type="hidden" value="&lt;?php echo S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_VALUE_FOR_PP_ON0; ?&gt;" />
<input name="os0" type="hidden" value="&lt;?php echo S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_VALUE_FOR_PP_OS0; ?&gt;" />
<input name="modify" type="hidden" value="0" />
<!-- Customizes Prices, Payments & Billing Cycle -->
<!--<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="0.01" />-->
<input name="src" type="hidden" value="1" />
<input name="sra" type="hidden" value="1" />
<input name="a1" type="hidden" value="0.00" />
<input name="p1" type="hidden" value="0" />
<input name="t1" type="hidden" value="D" />
<input name="a3" type="hidden" value="0.01" />
<input name="p3" type="hidden" value="1" />
<input name="t3" type="hidden" value="M" />
<!-- Displays The PayPal® Image Button -->
<input style="width: auto; height: auto; border: 0;" alt="PayPal®" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_xpressCheckout.gif" type="image" />
</form>

This displays really well:


but when I click on the button it returns this message on the paypal url:


Please advise. Really not sure how to work this and desperate to get it up and running (need explicit instructions as a coding novice please).

Thanks in anticipation,
Trae

NB: I am running WP 3.1.3 and s2member 3.5.8 (Theme is Dynamix)

hi,

i'm not an experienced user but I remember seeing that if you have enabled encrypted payments through paypal you need to have checked the "Enable Button Encryption?" option in your Paypal Options > Paypal Account Details tab.

Thanks beetle,
Will have a look

please post back if it works, I desperately need a dropdown button too. I got s2member pro, but without paypal pro s2member pro is more or less useless, as I cannot use the forms.

openmtbmap wrote:please post back if it works, I desperately need a dropdown button too. I got s2member pro, but without paypal pro s2member pro is more or less useless, as I cannot use the forms.

You can use the s2Member Pro-Forms for PayPal without PayPal Pro. WP Admin -> s2Member -> PayPal Pro-Forms -> Quick-Start Guide For PayPal Pro

*PayPal® Pro is NOT Absolutely Required* s2Member is very flexible. It is now possible to integrate Pro Forms without a PayPal® Pro account, whereby the enhanced Form Shortcodes that s2Member provides can be integrated ONLY with PayPal® Express Checkout. In other words, if you get declined for PayPal® Pro service, you can still use s2Member Pro Forms. Ask PayPal® to activate Express Checkout for you. ( it's free ). Once Express Checkout is enabled, you will have access to your PayPal® API Credentials. Log into your PayPal® account, and navigate to Profile -> Request API Credentials. You'll choose ( PayPal® API ), and then choose ( Create Your Own ). Now ... here is the tricky part; whenever you generate a Pro Form Shortcode with s2Member, be sure to change accept="paypal,visa,mastercard,amex,discover,maestro,solo" to just accept="paypal"; thereby excluding the on-site credit card processing functionality; which is available only with PayPal® Pro.

This thread may also be helpful viewtopic.php?f=36&t=2634

traebonne wrote:Thanks beetle,
Will have a look

Beetle is right. You'll get that error if you configured PayPal to use encrypted buttons, but then don't have your button encrypted. s2Member has a setting for this here WP Admin -> s2Member -> PayPal Options -> PayPal Account Details -> Enable Button Encryption


Regarding changing the options for your button, I don't know the code you have now does the trick, let us know after you try without the encryption error.

The dropdown will just normally just change one field, but your options affect more than one field: amount and how often. You will need JavaScript to adjust the form dynamically based on the choice. This post by Jason may give you some ideas viewtopic.php?f=36&p=1342#p1342

If you need help to get this to work, you can find developers in freelance website, http://jobs.wordpress.net for example.

I hope that helps.

Thanks for your reply Cristian,
Ok as an alternative, if I generate two different button shortcodes through the s2member paypal button for level #1, one for monthly membership at £7.99 and one for annual membership at £47.99 and place them on membership options page with explanation, will this work as far as paypal is concerned?

Yes, if you create a separate button for each option, it won't be a problem.

Thank you Cristián, then this is what I will do for the time being. I would be very interested in learning of any update Primo makes to the s2member plugin which allows a dropdown which affects more than one field (i.e. term and price). Thank you again for your help

Cool.

I'll mention that request to Jason, I've seen it needed before too.