Adding an image widget in the left sidebar and adding Paypal buttons in it

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  cboydbrewer · Member · Dec 29, 2014 at 1:26 am

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  I have two widgets on my “My books and music” page on the right sidebar. I decided to put a third on the left. However, it won’t add the image. I have successfully put images in the other Image widgets. However, when I copy the shortlink and try to add it, the system won’t add it but asks me to fix this in widget settings. Nothing I can do fixes this.

  Also, I added PayPal buttons to my widgets as per the instructions but the instructions don’t explain how to get these specific buttons to link to PayPal. Unlike the pages, there is no ‘text editor’ to put the correct PayPal link into. Where (and how) is this link added to these buttons.

  Thanks.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Dec 29, 2014 at 9:09 pm

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  Hi @cboydbrewer,

  In regards to the image widget, it looks like that widget is setup correctly and currently appearing on this page:

  https://cboydbrewer.wordpress.com/about/my-books-on-using-music/

  Can you let me know if you were able to get this worked out?

  the instructions don’t explain how to get these specific buttons to link to PayPal. Unlike the pages, there is no ‘text editor’ to put the correct PayPal link into. Where (and how) is this link added to these buttons.

  Within a Text Widget, you can link an image like this:

  <a href="link"><img src="URL"></a>

  So, in your case, you could use something like this:

  <a href="LINK TO PAYPAL"><img src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_LG.gif" alt="Buy Now Button" /></a>

  Can you give that a try?

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  cboydbrewer · Member · Dec 31, 2014 at 2:29 pm

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  Thanks Jeremy.

  In the text widget I added the image link code you suggested <img src=”URL”>
  I then added the email link code given me by Paypal to link the button to my Paypal account. As you can see, it simply puts the code below the button.

  I’m still stuck trying to figure out how to link the Buy Now button to my PayPal account from a text widget.

  Any more ideas?

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Dec 31, 2014 at 10:23 pm

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  Hi!

  Currently, you’re using this:

  <img src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_LG.gif" alt="Buy Now Button" />
  
  <a href="link"><img src="URL"></a>https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=W94P3D5TBD9TU

  Can you try replacing that entire content with the following?

  <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=W94P3D5TBD9TU"><img src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_LG.gif" alt="Buy Now Button" /></a>

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  cboydbrewer · Member · Jan 1, 2015 at 2:56 pm

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  This worked! Many thanks and Happy New Year!

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Jan 3, 2015 at 3:42 pm

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  No problem at all! Glad that worked. Hope you had a great New Year!!