Button Problem (problem with sellers website).

[TMike]

I've done buttons hundreds of times.  Somethng has to have changed with paypal and the button code.. Usually you copy and paste the code and your done.  Looks great on the website but when you go to click to buy now button or shopping cart option it gives you the "PayPal cannot process this transaction because of a problem with the seller's website. Please contact the seller directly to resolve this problem." error.

Is anyone good at deciperhing code to see where the glitch is??  Man I would be so appreciative.  Thank you. 

<form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="B3UD3S6KCVAQN">
<table>
<tr><td><input type="hidden" name="on0" value="5" BULL SHAD">5" BULL SHAD</td></tr><tr><td><select name="os0">
    <option value="5" GIZZARD FLOATER">5" GIZZARD FLOATER $50.00 USD</option>
    <option value="5" GIZZARD SLOW SINK">5" GIZZARD SLOW SINK $50.00 USD</option>
    <option value="5" GIZZARD FAST SINK">5" GIZZARD FAST SINK $50.00 USD</option>
    <option value="5" THREADFIN FLOATER">5" THREADFIN FLOATER $50.00 USD</option>
    <option value="5' THREADFIN SLOW SINK">5' THREADFIN SLOW SINK $50.00 USD</option>
    <option value="5" THREADFIN FAST SINK">5" THREADFIN FAST SINK $50.00 USD</option>
</select> </td></tr>
</table>
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_cart_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_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>

[snowshoe]

Right off the bat, I see one issue:

The option values have too many quotes.

For example, if you look at the first one:

 <option value="5" GIZZARD FLOATER">5" GIZZARD FLOATER $50.00 USD</option>

 It should look like this:

 <option value="5 GIZZARD FLOATER">5" GIZZARD FLOATER $50.00 USD</option>

 Values normally start with a quote and end with a quote, should you have qoutes in between, the code fails.

This is a common problem when people want to express an item in "inches".

What you need to do is go back and edit your item button code, suggest using the word "inch" instead of the quote.  It should look something like this:

 <option value="5 inch GIZZARD FLOATER">5" GIZZARD FLOATER $50.00 USD</option>

 Do this for each option and retest.

Here's another tip:

**  After you have made your changes to your item button code, be sure to delete your web browser's cookies, temp files and history before testing the changes.   This ensures a clean start.   Delete the browser's cookies, temp files and history, then close the browser, reopen it and then test your code.

[TMike]

You my friend are the man.  That fixed it.  Thank you very much.. 

[snowshoe]

[gearloose]

Thank you for the clue about the (") character.  I must review all my buttons now.

I habve had troubples a couple f years with the code seeming to corrupt suddenly..

No one could resolve it.

[snowshoe]

If you are using quotes within quotes, the code will fail.  Problem is you don't see that until after the code is generated.  Too bad the online button creator does not validate the values when they are entered, it just accepts anything you enter and creates the code.