After looking at Tackle Toy Store I have decided to put a shopping cart in my right side column.  Can anybody tell me how I could put a functional PayPal Express button in the right column so the customer can checkout without going into the regular shopping cart?

Also, has anybody put a shipping calculator link with the column shopping cart?  This too would save the customer from having to go into the standard shopping cart to see shipping costs.

Thanks,

Mike
DHC Supplies
 

There is a merge code that you can use to display the PayPal Express Checkout button anywhere you wish.  It is ##PAYPALEXPRESSCHECKOUT## and has an option for size.  You can read more about it in the KB article on merge codes, available here.

Chris,

I cannot seem to figure out how to install this.  Before I used to have a link that said "click to view merge codes"  With the latest upgrade  I only have a link that takes me to the KB article which really doesn't help me much.  Can you give me the steps I would need to take to do this?

Thanks,

Mike Poindexter
DHC Supplies
 

Set up a Custom HTML snap-in and put the following in the content area of it: ##PAYPALEXPRESSCHECKOUT[size=large]##

That is a straightforward way to display the button.  To center it and whatnot you will need to use HTML and/or CSS.

Chris 

That did it! Thanks. 

Now my next question. Many of my products are heavy and shipping is quite a factor. On the side column cart snap-in there is a css section for footer.  What I would like to do is put a "check shipping rates" link in that footer and then just send the customer to the standard cart to put in their zip code.  I could build a link in an HTML just below the cart but then it would show even if the customer's cart is empty. I would prefer to have it appear only when there are items in the cart.

Thanks again,

Mike 

You can look for a way to do this in a near future, through our conditional merge codes.  An example of what you will be able to do is something like this:

 ##IF[CartIsEmpty]##
Your cart is empty.
##ELSE##
<a href="ShopCart.aspx">Click here to calculate your shipping costs.</a>
##ENDIF##

This has been added into our beta version, but is not yet widely available.