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There are two ways to add a Paypal button:

You can add a new Paypal button.

How to Copy and Edit a Paypal Button

Navigate to the page you want to edit the button in and scroll to the location of the paypal button in the page. It will look like this:
To make a new PayPal button, select everything from <form> to </form>, red box and all, then paste it further down the page. You may also try copying text above and below the red box to ensure all is copied, then paste and then delete the extra text.

There are 5 small boxes

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Right-click on the boxes and select 'Hidden Field Properties' and you'll see the following for each box.

Box	What it looks like	What it does and what to change
1		Makes it open a shopping cart. Don't edit.
2		Tells it what e-mail address to use for sending money too. Leave the first 'business' as is, change only the e-mail address if needed. Edit Value Box Only: Your e-mail address with paypal.
3		The name of what you're selling with this button. Leave 'item_name' as is, change only the text in the second box to describe your product. Edit Value Box Only: Description of product.
4		The price of the item. Edit Value Box Only: Price of product.
5		Quantity per purchase. Don't edit.

Change youremail@email.com to the e-mail address you will be using.

Change Item Name to the name of the item you are selling, or you can put 'Donation' or 'Registration' if applicable.

Change $3.00 to the price of your item.

Save this image to your computer, then upload it onto your site. Make sure the path corresponds to the path after src in the submit button.

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