Seems not everyone wants the "Recurring (Montly)" Option on the PayPal Checkout Screens available to their Donors. If you use the Online Button Creator to generate your Donation item button code, you can offer one of two choices to your Donors. They can either enter an amount on the PayPal Checkout Screen or you can offer a choice of fixed amounts. Either way, once on the Checkout Screen, you will see an option to make this Donation recurring.
In order not to display this option, you have to modify your item button code so it allows the Donor to input an amount on your web page. This overrides the PayPal Checkout Screen which in turn does not display the "Recurring (Montly)" Option.
There's a few ways to create the code you need. To save a little time, you can use the Online Button Creator. In Step 2 - Save your button (optional) you need to "uncheck" the box in front of "Save button at PayPal". After you do that, click on "Create Button". On the next screen you will see the "encrypted" version of your item button. Look for the "Remove code protection" link and click on it. The code is now displayed in plain text. Copy and paste the code to your web page. It's now ready for the addition of some more code.
What you need to do next is add a text input line for the amount. It should look something like this:
< input type="text" name="amount" size="5">
You can also include some text so the Donor knows this is an input box for an amount and you also tweak the spacing and/or alignment so your form looks professional.
Below is an example for to see. If you want to try it, copy the code to a blank web page, then replace "your email address" with your real PayPal Email address or Account ID.
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top"><br />
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_donations"><br />
<!-- Replace "business" value with your PayPal Email Address or Account ID --><br />
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="your email address"><br />
<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US"><br />
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Widget Fund"><br />
<input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="W-001"><br />
<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="0"><br />
<input type="hidden" name="cn" value="Add special instructions to the seller:"><br />
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="2"><br />
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"><br />
<!-- --><br />
Please enter your donation amount: (Example - 10.00) <br />
<input type="text" name="amount" size="5"><br />
<br><br><br />
<!-- --><br />
<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-DonationsBF:btn_donateCC_LG.gif:NonHosted"><br />
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"><br />
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"><br />
</form>
