Write the below given code into an HTML file where you want to add a donation button.
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"/>
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="donations@example.com"/>
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="School Fund"/>
<input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="2011"/>
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="50.00"/>
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="2"/>
<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"/>
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"/>
<input type="hidden" name="tax" value="0"/>
<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-DonationsBF"/>
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but21.gif"
border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"/>
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" />
</form>
where input type are fields to have values for your expectations, the name business shows the value for the type of business, item_name shows the type of item, amount for the value of item, and so on ...
And you are done with a button for your Paypal payment gateway.
And for the rest making a change in value for the line <input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-DonationsBF"/>,
you can switch between several types of alternatives:
- <input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-SubscriptionsBF"/>
- <input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-DonationsBF"/>
- <input type="submit" value="PayPal"/>
- <input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-BuyNowBF"/>
- <input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-ShopCartBF"/>
Hence your Paypal gateway is ready to face the world of payments.