Paypal Subscription Button in Product not working

In order to set up a paypal subscription for 1 of my products, i created a subscription button in paypal and added to the coding to that product in the description. See http://www.skinzee.com/link-packages-c-43/link-package-high-pr-home-page-p-161

When you click on the 'buy now' paypal button, it redirects you to the shopping cart. How do i get this to stop doing this and just go to paypal??

i need to have a subscription type payment for a few of my products, so i went to paypal and created a link and added to the description of the products. see one example here:

http://www.skinzee.com/link-packages-c-43/link-package-pr1-pr5-50-sites-all-pages-p-167

but when you click on the paypal button, it redirects you to the shopping cart page and NOT paypal like it's supposed to.

i'm sure this is something simple???

you cant do that, because the description is actually inside the whole product form. You will have to re-arrange your current elements in a way so that the description has to be outside of the product form. And then the subs form has to be a separated form.

thank you but that was 'greek' to me.. there MUST be a way to make an item a subscription??? somebody out there must have done it?? or how do i get around this 'forms' thing you are talking about - it is only for 1 category of items.

Hello,
Did you ever resolve this? I am having the same problem... paypal buttons not working when integrated into the product descrip.

tia

Looking for the same answers.... I have a ZC that hosts diff vendors, therefore NEED to use PP buttons in each product.... could you describe your answer in "lame" so I can try to understand :)

tia!

PropInsanity:

Hello,
Did you ever resolve this? I am having the same problem... paypal buttons not working when integrated into the product descrip.

tia

never got it working and never got any answers except to say that zen cart doesn't support this.. so i created a new page on my site and put all my subscriptions there.. very clunky but i don't have any other options..

yellow1912:

you cant do that, because the description is actually inside the whole product form. You will have to re-arrange your current elements in a way so that the description has to be outside of the product form. And then the subs form has to be a separated form.

Like yellow1912 said, you'd have to rearrange the product info template -- maybe use document-general for those products. Put the product_desscription field outside the <form> already on the page. Then you could embed your button into the description.

This is GREAT news that it can "possibly" be done.

not to make myself sound more of a dummy.... but what php or css do I need to do this in? Any more of a detailed descrip so I know where to change/move things around?

THANKS BUNCHES! you just made my day :)
~Tracy

chuck:

Like yellow1912 said, you'd have to rearrange the product info template -- maybe use document-general for those products. Put the product_desscription field outside the <form> already on the page. Then you could embed your button into the description.

I DID IT!!!
Thanks Chuck :)

This is what I did... from form
includes/template/tpl_product_info_display

took the "product description (in red) and moved it AFTER the </form> closed. Showing below:

<!--bof Product description -->

propinsanity, are you saying you implemented the paypal recurring payments module and changed this one file?? or you did not implement the recurring payments module and just had to change this one file???

also, are you sure of the path to the file?? isn't it includes/templates/yourtemplate/tpl_product_info_display.php

PropInsanity:

I DID IT!!!
Thanks Chuck :)

This is what I did... from form
includes/template/tpl_product_info_display

took the "product description (in red) and moved it AFTER the </form> closed. Showing below:

<!--bof Form close--> </form>

<!--bof Product description -->

<?php if ($products_description != '') { ?> <div id="productDescription" class="productGeneral biggerText"><?php echo stripslashes($products_description); ?></div> <?php } ?> <!--eof Product description --> <br class="clearBoth" /> <!--bof Form close--> </div>

I just moved the produ description OUT of the <form> fields.. so now that its outside the formfield, the button will work. And YES that is the correct path (sorry).

tyankee:

propinsanity, are you saying you implemented the paypal recurring payments module and changed this one file?? or you did not implement the recurring payments module and just had to change this one file???

also, are you sure of the path to the file?? isn't it includes/templates/yourtemplate/tpl_product_info_display.php

i got it to work but i had to change the tpl_product_info_display NOT in my custom template folder but in the default template folder.. not sure why, but it works now.. thanks..