HTML code for Paypal Donate button

[whyard]

The Paypal instructions for inserting a Paypal Donate button on a web page say "10.  Copy the HTML code for your button and paste it into the HTML code for your website". I did this using Dreamweaver and uploaded my page to the remote server. When I visited the web page on line, I saw the HTML code where I expected to see the Paypal Donate button.  What must I do to make the Donate button appear instead of just the raw HTML code?

The code I used (I have deleted part of the reference number) was:

<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="92TZKHPM5****">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/GB/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal – The safer, easier way to pay online.">
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_GB/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>

Thank you.

[snowshoe]

The problem is with your HTML Editor, not the PayPal Item Button Code.    Some HTML Editors must be in a specific editing mode when working with HTML Forms (the PayPal Item Button Code is an HTML Form.)   You may want to check out your Editor's help files concerning HTML Forms.

Note, issues such as this can also be caused by site host, some web sites don't play well with HTML Forms however, they will permit you to use text or hyperlinks - should that be the case, you can use the email version of the Item Button Code.