PayPal Donation Button Widget

PayPal Donation Button Widget

Here is a great way for your readers to reward you for all the hard work and effort you've put into your blog. A PayPal Donation button will allow your readers to easily send you money via PayPal.

PayPal Icons

These icons can be used as your donation button if you choose to customize.

Adding a Paypal Donation Button

Sign into your Paypal account and if you don’t have one you can get a free paypal account here.

1. Login into your Paypal account with your paypal E-mail address and password:
2. Click on ‘Merchant Services’ Tab available in the Top Menu
3. When you scroll down your window, you will see a ‘Donations’ link in the ‘PayPal Website Payments Standard’ heading Section.
4. Clicking on the ‘Donate’ link will take you a form where you are asked to fill some information’s like Organization name/service, Donation ID (optional).
5. Click on 'Customize Appearance' in order to use your own image for the button. You may use one of the images above if you like.
   
6. After Filing the required information click on ‘Create Button’ link.
7. Now you will see some HTML Code, copy it
   

Adding HTML code into Blogger blog:

1. Sign in into your Blogger Blog and Click on the ‘Layout’ link in your dashboard
2. Click ‘Add a Gadget’ link and select ‘HTML/JavaScript’ option
3. Now paste the HTML code that you copied from your Paypal account and save it.
4. Now open your blog and you will see the ‘Paypal Donate’ button in your blogspot blog sidebar. You can display Donate button wherever you want on your blog like blog Header, footer or its sidebar
   

Adding HTML code into Wordpress blog:

1. Login into your Wordpress blog and go to its Dashboard
2. Click Presentation –> Widgets
3. Click on the content area in front of ‘Text 1’ widget
4. Paste your HTML code in the content area available and save changes
5. Open your Wordpress blog and check donate button will be in your blog sidebar
   

Wordpress Donations Cloud

This paypal widget is quite useful because it's more than just a button. It allows users to link to their own site when they make a donation. Therefore encouraging your readers to make a donation.


I hope you've found this article to be of great help and I wish all of you much success in your blogging adventures!

10 Facebook Widgets and Tools for Your Website and Blog

10 Facebook Widgets and Tools for Your Website and Blog

Facebook is the largest social networking site with more than 400 million active users and is growing larger every day! Make sure to use these Facebook widgets for your website or blog to connect with your large Facebook audience. You can use these tools to easily share certain profile information, websites, blogs, and businesses with the Facebook community.

Personal Profile Widgets

Like Badge
Display your Facebook pages for all to see.

Profile Badge
Create a Facebook profile badge to share selected profile information on your website. A profile badge will allow your users to easily connect with you and add you as a friend.

Photo Badge
This photo badge allows you to share your Facebook photos on websites and blogs. Choose from a vertical, horizontal, or two-column layout and also choose the number of photos to be displayed.

Basic Widgets for Website or Blog

Like Box
This allows your users to publish their content and activity to Facebook.

Share Button
A powerful facebook widget which allows your visitors to share your content on Facebook! An excellent Facebook widget for blogger.

Page Badge
Lets you share your Facebook page (one that you have created) information on your website.

Twitter Link
Connect your Facebook page with Twitter. Whenever you update your Facebook page, your twitter followers will be updated as well with a tweet. A great Facebook widget for your website!

Developers Widgets for Website or Blog

Like Button
Allows facebook users to share web pages from your website on their profile.

Comments Box
Lets your users comment on your website content with their Facebook account.

Recommendations
Provides your website users with personalized suggestions for pages to visit.

Live Stream
Lets Facebook users to post and share content in real-time.

Activity Feed
Lets users know what their facebook friends are doing on your website through comments and likes.

Login Button
Displays a login button along with profile pictures of facebook friends who have already signed up.

Facepile
Shows profile pictures of people who have liked your facebook page or have signed up for your webpage.

Registration
Another way for users to sign up for your site.