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CalNeva
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Feb-11-2013
04:17 PM
I am trying to set it up so that I can send out a simple link to people, I thought I could do that when I made the code and selected the email one. But it doesn't work, it says it is outdated. How can I make a simply url people can follow that can take them straight to my item?
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snowshoe
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Feb-11-2013
05:16 PM
When you use the online button creator to generate an email link, the code will look similar to what is below. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=XXXXXXXXXXXXX To use as a hyperlink in an email, you need to tweek the code so it looks similar to this: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=XXXXXXXXXXXXX">TEST BUY</a>

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