First question - no, as there are no built in features or options available to do what you have in mind. However, you can do this if you're into programming your own stuff. You could build a custom mini-cart to manage the logic you need. Another option would be to use a 3rd party shopping cart. And you can also do min-max quanties through the use of scripting on your individual item button code. You can some tips and examples here for coding individual item buttons.
Second question - You need to do some homework. Make sure you read both of these documents as they will answer many of your questions. The documents can be found here.
Merchant Setup and Administration Guide
Website Payments Standard Integration Guide
Tip: After you have made your page changes for color, etc., delete your web browser's cookies, close your web browser, reopen it and retry your web page.
As for offering the credit card option:
Things to know about the Credit Card Option:
First, your Item Button Code require no special coding. It's related to how your Account is setup.
* Your account must be either Premier or Business.
* PayPal Account Optional is turned on - this enables non PP Members to pay by Credit Card
* The email address you use to log into your PayPal Account must be verified.
* The "business" variable value in your button code must be a verified email address or your Business ID.
* Bank account registered and verified/tested - so you can transfer funds
* Credit card registered - (not required but a good idea)
To turn on the PayPal Account Optional feature:
Login to your PayPal Account, select "Edit Profile", under "Selling Preferences", select "Website Payment Preferences", scroll down to "PayPal Account Optional".
Next, there are specific reasons the Credit Card Option may not be available.
* You are using Express Checkout. Express Checkout requires a PayPal Account
* You are using the wrong email address, an unverified email address or Business ID for your "business" variable value.
* The country you reside in. Not all countries have all the PayPal features available.
* The country your customers reside in. Not all countries have all PayPal features available.
* The IP address of your hosted site is on a blocked list.
Check out this link, it can tell you what features are available to the individual counties.
Last, you have your PayPal Account setup properly but, still don't see the Credit Card Option or only see a small link to the Credit Card Option.
It's all about the cookies. The PayPal Screens are designed to be displayed in a specific way and what you see is based on the cookies and/or your PayPal Account configuration.
PayPal relies on the use of cookies to track what's in your cart and retain other info about you and therefore the screen that is displayed may not be the screen you expect to see. If you are a new customer visiting PayPal for the first time, the Credit Card Option will be clearly displayed.
If this is your second or third visit to PayPal and your previous cookie has not expired, PayPal now views you as a returning customer. You will get a screen with a small link to the Credit Card Option. Although this is not as obvious to the customer, the Credit Card Option is still available. For example, the cookie that holds the cart info will retain that info for up to 21 days. The only way it will change is if you remove the items selected from the cart or delete the cookie.
If you are testing your web pages, creating new code or making changes, etc., simply delete your web browser's cookies, then close your web browser, reopen it and try your web pages again. When you view the PayPal Screens, you will now get the screen with the Credit Card Option because PayPal views you as a new visitor.
Other reasons for deleting cookies. Let's say you changed your business email address or business graphic logo. If you don't delete the cookies before you test, you will still see the old information.
And here's some info concerning displaying your Business Logo Graphic:
Some tips about displaying your business/logo graphic.
* Your PayPal Account must be a Business Account.
* The maximum size for your business/logo graphic is 750 pixels wide by 90 pixels high.
* The business/logo graphic format can be a gif, jpg or png.
* The business/logo graphic should be stored on a secure or https server.
Note, if your business/logo graphic is not stored on a secure server, each time the PayPal screen is displayed, a security message will say that this page contains both secure and nonsecure items, do you want to display the nonsecure items? This may scare of some of your customers.
If you don't have access to a secure server, there are 3rd party services that can do this for you. For example, check out this site, "www.sslpic.com", the service is free and works well.
If you want to keep it simple, you can use the "cpp_header_image" variable in your button HTML code. The line of code would look similar to the example below. Note, you would need to include this line of code with each item and any View Cart Buttons you have.
Code:
<input type="hidden" name="cpp_header_image" value="https://www.yourwebsite.com/yourlogo.gif">
If you are "hosting" your button code on PayPal Servers you can also use the "cpp_header_ige" variable in your button HTML code.
How to modify button code using the "Advanced Variables" in Step 3.
Note the text box near the bottom of the page. There you can insert extra variables.
For example, to insert the "cpp_header_image" variable just enter:
cpp_header_image=https://www.yourwebsite.com/yourlogo.jpg
There's no HTML extras, just the name of the variable, an equal sign and the value.
If you are using text type button links, then you need to include the following in your text link code:
&cpp_header_image=https://www.yourwebsite.com/yourlogo.jpg
You can also setup custom pages through your PayPal Account. To learn more about how to setup your custom pages, download a copy of PayPal's PayPal's Merchant Setup and Administration Guide from here.
Should you have everything setup properly and your business/logo graphic is not displaying try deleting your web browser's cookies. When ever you make changes to HTML Button Code and want to test your new code, you should delete your web browser's cookies, close your browser, reopen and then test. If you don't delete the cookies before you test to see the new email address or business graphic logo on the PayPal Screens, you will still see the old information.
Regards,
skier
