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PayPal buttons out of alignment


ArtWithHeart

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Hi everyone. I am pretty new to html/css/dreamweaver/oscommerce/etc, yet despite that, i've still managed to build almost an entire e-commerce site with only the help of these forums - so thank you!

 

My problem is with the descriptions in the product_info page. When i put a paypal add to cart button at the top of the description field, it bumps everything (buttons and text) to underneath the image instead of to the right. Here's an example. Where as when I have plain text at the top of the description field, the text stays to the right and just the buttons shift to be underneath the image. Another example. Does anyone know why this would be? I have experimented with my use of paragraph and break tags, so far i havent found a difference with using vs. not using them.. but i kind of need them so my site doesn't look le poop.

 

Also, please note that as far as i can tell this problem does not happen with firefox, at least not on my computer. It is IE, Safari and Chrome that have the issue.

 

<p><span style='font-size:18px'><strong>Abstract Kitty</strong></span></p>
<p><u>What I like about this image:</u><br>
I like the complexity inside simplicity.  I see a new detail every time I glance at it.</p>

<form>paypal button 1</form>
<p>
<form>paypal button 2</form>

 

vs

 

<form>paypal button 1</form>
<p>
<form>paypal button 2</form>
<p>
<p>All Shapes and Sizes</p>
<p><b>What I like about this image:</b><br>
The vivid simple designs are really recognisable and engaging, perfect for little ones.</p>

 

Any thoughts? Would appreciate any help you can offer!

 

PS - ignore the little things on the site that need fixing (like the size of the add to cart button, etc) - i'm on it, just need the time! Thanks in advance :)

 

Samantha

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I have looked at both examples (in FireFox).

 

I assume you want your text, then the buttons all aligned to the right of the image? Without them dropping below the image.

 

Out of curiosity are you using a template of some kind. I'm not familiar with a lot of the wrapper calls inside the source.

 

Next I am wondering why you are putting PayPal buttons on your site in the first place. The Oscommerce store all ready handles carts and payment methods. The PayPal generated buttons are not really relevant to Oscommerce. Simply installing the PayPal payment module will already give you similar buttons while saving the shopping cart system for the user.

 

In your case since you are using the same product with multiple attributes (print type, size etc..) I would recommend installing Quantity Tracker to help manage them.

 

As for your layout problem, if you go to the regular shopping cart system with PayPal enabled you should be able to tackle the problem more efficiently. Somewhere in your wrapper calls you're breaking the continuity. Firefox handles broken code much better then IE or Chrome. If you are in fact using a template perhaps asking the provider for guidance would also help, certainly they should know more about how the pages are suppose to function then I.

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I am using a template that i bought on templatemonster.com, yes. You raise a good point about the OsC PayPal payment module and Quantity Tracker, i think i might look into those further.. as a newbie i was a bit intimidated by it all because it's a bit out of my league to integrate it without a clean install, but i'll hire someone else to do it.

 

Thank you, i appreciate your advise.

Posted

Samantha,

 

You CAN NOT use Paypal buttons like that and get an OSCID which you need to use to check out. Customers add products to the OSC cart, then proceed to check out which gives them the option to use PayPal as a payment method. The PayPal Add to Cart button will not work within OSC.

 

 

 

Chris

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