PayPay Buttons from 1 Site, Put On Another - Will This Work?

[justawizard]

Hi! If I have s2member on Site A, can I take the PayPal buttons generated there and put them onto Site B so people can subscribe to my membership program on Site A?

Thanks!
David

[Cristián Lávaque]

Well, the shortcode won't work, but you can try copying the HTML code from the page where you place your button, and try it in another website to see if it works. It probably will.

[justawizard]

Thanks for the speedy reply, Christian, I will indeed try that. So if Site A is my membership site, and site B is just one of my other sites with no s2member integration and I put he HTML paypal button code on Site B, will a new member go through essentially the same process as if they signed up on Site A?

Thanks!
David

[Cristián Lávaque]

I believe so, but it'd be best that you test it. Try to use encrypted buttons so they can't be edited by someone else.

[justawizard]

Thanks again,Christian; I'll experiment over the weekend.
David

[Cristián Lávaque]

Cool.

[justawizard]

Hey Christian - is there a way for me to know if this button generated via s2member is indeed encrypted? Here's the page it's on http://www.seminaracademy.com/money-making-seminars/.

[Cristián Lávaque]

I looked at the source code of the button in that page and it's all there, in plain view and editable.

To enable button encryption go to WP Admin -> s2Member -> PayPal Options -> PayPal Account Details -> Enable Button Encryption.

If enabled, all of your PayPal® Button Shortcodes will produce *encrypted* PayPal® Buttons. This improves security against fraudulent transactions. For extra security, you should update your PayPal® account too, under: My Profile -> Website Payment Preferences. You'll want to block all non-encrypted payments. *Note* this will NOT work until you've supplied s2Member with your PayPal® Email Address, and also with your API Username/Password/Signature.

[justawizard]

Thanks so much for your prompt help, Christian! - so, as far as correcting this is concerned, are these the correct steps?

1. Double check paypal settings as noted above.
2. Make a new paypayl button in s2member, as noted above.
3. Copy new code to page(s) that have the button.

In other words, if I were to simply update in s2member and check the encryption box, it won't auto-update the existing paypal buttons on my page(s), correct?

Thanks!
David
PS: so what's the danger of those buttons as they are not, unencrypted? And, by encrypting, and I losing something or risking losing successful new-customer payments?

[Cristián Lávaque]

No, the experience for the user will be exactly the same. By not encrypting, you risk someone copying the HTML, editing the attributes and getting your product at the price they set.

If you're using shortcode to generate the button, I imagine that having enabled the encryption, refreshing the page with the button should reflect the change. You can verify it looking at the page's HTML and see if the button's code is different from the current one.