in the form using quickform
if one chooses the paypal button it automatically has these properties
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Item name

Item number

Amount

Tax
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I don't want these properties
I want to use the donation button and want to show
amount you would like to donate
or
amount
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when I click on the paypal button - (donation button image I got from paypal)
I go to the Paypal page
there are the fields : Item name, item number, amount, and tax

How do I correct this? and have fields pertain not to commerce but donation???

this is the page
www.briotheatre.org/want-to-volunteer-or-donate/donations

Hi,

is there a difference for donations? You can change the image src to a donation button and fill in the fields.
I guess internally PayPal makes no difference if it is a donation or not.

Like

Item name: Donation
Item number: 1
Amount: 20.00
Tax: 0

Regards,
Markus

that works - a bit of a hack tho'
not the best solution. but do-able

but new problem this error message after inputting $amount and putting in passowrd and accepting the amount
I get this error:
An error occured, see the message below. If you think this is a mistake then contact the site administrator and provide him with your PayPal transaction id and the message below, please. Thank you!

Your transaction id: 81847830HY8449631

Error: Payment was not correct (amount/currency)

what does this mean

usa in dollars in what I want, what could I be doing worng??

you were inputting $amount? the value should be fixed.

Do you want the value to be dynamic?

it should be not fixed - whatever they want to donate

ah ok, then do this:

1. add a 0 (zero) to the PayPal button amount
2. Add a hidden input field and give it the name "PayPalSelect"
3. Add this as custom action to the PayPal button (button => properties => advanced => action => click "custom" => check "click" => click "generate code framework"):

Then add this inside the click case



This will make the payment dynamic.

Regards,
Markus