PayPal Standard Checkout - Idiot's Guide?

[plingboot]

Could anyone point me to an 'idiot's guide' to implementing the new Standard Checkout?

I'm NOT a web developer, but I did build and implement PayPal on my small company website.

We have 4 products so it only needs to be a super simple set-up.

I accept payments for our product in two ways:

- by product specific QR codes on social media - which go directly to a PayPal checkout and

- by people visiting the website and clicking a 'buy it now' box.

This has all been working fine, but when I attempt to edit and/or add QR codes or buttons my dashboard is trying to steer me into integrating the new checkout experience.

That's fine, but the documentation for a simple integration like mine seems to super complicated. I'd like a simple "change this code here", "put this code here" "save these dependancies here" etc. The YouTube videos PayPal have on the subject refer to a GitHub download - I've looked at this and it's also super thin on very basic implementation instructions. Ie lots of files and not much info on where to save them etc.

The short answer would be get a web dev, but budget requires that I have to do this.

If anyone is able to help or direct me to an "idiot's guide" it would be much appreciated.

[irishmikenixon]

I loved using the super simple BUY BUTTON for years. I went to create a new one and noticed that it no longer exist. The steps to create a new button is so difficult that I have not been able to figure it out. People are telling me to use a different service. I really like Paypal but if the buttons are not doable then I have no choice but to leave. 

I was able to create a simple Social Button but did not know how to edit what happens next when people buy i.e redirect URL to thank you pages and check your email etc. That used to be included in the BUY BUTTON. Trying to figure this out for 10 hours. Terrible. HELP

[raoulpat]

Same problem. I pulled code from PayPal's samples on GitHub, modified them slightly, compiled them and uploaded them to my website. The PayPal and Venmo buttons appears as expected, but don't function. When I click on the PayPal button, the message "Don't see the secure PayPal browser? We'll help you re-launch the window to complete your purchase. Click here to continue." appears briefly, then I'm back to the screen containing the buttons. Shouldn't it display the PayPal login screen?

[BigNev1]

Exact same proble. The tutorials take you areound in circles and any videos I can find are extremely confusing. We need a step by step gyude. What files do I need to upload to my server. I cannnot even get the price to go in. When I click Paypal button the window opens for a few milli seconds and closes. But even if it did open how do I process the payment and how do I tell my code the payment was made so I can update my database. I have no idea what hte node. js doe sor where it goes. I have been on this for weeks now and feel liek giving up on my wbesite completely or going woth another payment system.

[ross_tess]

I am experiencing the same issue. Any attempt to create the Smart Buttons redirects me to the developer guide, I have tried to download multiple libraries from GitHub but could not get anything working at all. I am super confused by everything , the old standard checkout looks very easy to use in comparison. I am starting to wonder if anything here actually works and if we are just wasting time trying to get it happening.