Landing Pages in Paypal After Checkout

adjusting older code to include confirmation page

[DXL]

The code that Paypal generates for "add to cart" buttons today is obviously much different from how it looked four or five years ago.

If I have a button that still works, but uses their old coding, is there a snippet of code that I can add that would redirect a buyer to a specific URL of a website after checking out through Paypal?

In other words, if the old code looks like:

input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"
input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"
input type="hidden" name="business" value="[e-mail]"
input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Widget"
input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="WIDGET"
input type="hidden" name="amount" value="50.00"
input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"

Is there a snippet of code that I can add so that a buyer is redirected to a confirmation/thanks page?

[rocknbil]

<input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://example.com/thank-you.html">

That should do it . . . it's in their docs.

If you really want to make it seamless though, use IPN. 'Nother topic though . . . .

[DXL]

Thanks!

I sent Paypal tech support an email asking this exact same question just in case I didn't get an adequate response on here. Paypal tech support emailed me saying that I couldn't update the code (per your suggestion), I'd have to recreate all of the buttons one by one in Paypal.

Gotta love Tech Support.

[rocknbil]

Huuuuh? Strange. I use that in nearly all my P.P. interfaces, in one example for the same site purchasing different services, I want the return to be a different URL. It's also how you override the "return URL" setting in the payee's account. Maybe it's just a case of context, meaning, how you are using the buttons and how it's set up.

On that, in retrospect,

If I have a button that still works, but uses their old coding, is there a snippet of code that I can add that would redirect a buyer to a specific URL of a website after checking out through Paypal?

It won't actually redirect, it refers to the "return to Merchant" link, but in the PayPal account there should be a return url setting if you only have one purchase type. Worth looking into.