paypal in multipage form

[nick1346]

I've read and understood Naval design's excellent multipage form tutorial and I'm just planning my next form based on it. My question is can I integrate a paypal payment page into the multi page form either at the begining or the end so that the details within the rest cannot be sent without the payment being made

[navaldesign]

Re: paypal in multipage form

Sorry but can't follow you. First of all, PayPal Buy now buttons are forms themselves, so you need to be very carefull as to where you put them, because if they are placed on the form area, they may cause code conflicts (a form inside a form).
Second, the procedure should be this one: your visitor fills in your form, he gets redirected to the thankyou page, and in this thankyou page you have the Paypal button. He proceeds to Paypal, he pays, you receive the payment confirmation, and then you go on with the shipment (or you send the link for the download, if it is a downloadable product, or you proceed with your service, if that's what you have sold).

[nick1346]

Re: paypal in multipage form

Thanks Naval! I had a lot of diferent strands moving around my addled mind and you've given me the info I need. I shall do the payment bit first then direct them to my form.