PayPal Buttons not working on Google Sites

[georgew77]

PayPal Buttons recently quite working on our Google Sites hosted site.  Has anybody else run into this problem?  And how have you been able to resolve it?

[DaveM1 · Accepted solution]

Ok, for those still looking for a solution, I've manged to get it working with the "New" Google sites.

Take your button code and stick it in an embed box.....then....

Then edit the first line of code as follows:

Old Code: method="post" target="_top" Replace with: method="post" target="_blank"

Google just doesn't like you overriding their pages with other pages. This will open PayPal in a new tab.

[vincentrh]

Thank you Dave for your solution.

Nota bene : it works also with the 'old' Google sites.

Vincent

[Fercho17]

Thank you DaveM1:

I worked for me. 

[kiwanis]

THANK YOU DaveM1 !

Your altered line    method="post" target="_blank"

worked like a charm !

Gary

[wbschwab]

You're a lifesaver, DaveM1! Thanks much!

[TheQuranStream]

life saverrrr

[AngieClifford]

Sadly, this did not work for me.  Any other ideas?

[DaveM1]

Hmm.

Still works over here.

Thing I'd check in order I'd check them:

1. Turn off any add blockers that may interfere with new tabs being opened (Really  they shouldn't, but never hurts to check)
2. Try a different browser and see if it's the browser you're using.
3. Make sure your button code is freshly generated with Paypal's button generator: https://paypal.com/buttons
4. Make sure you are only changing "_top" to "_blank" and not removing other code from your button.

99% of the time I've personally found that I forgot to close a " or something similar in the code.  Usually it's a typo.

Hope that you can find it using the above.

[AngieClifford]

Mine works in Safari but not Chrome or Firefox and I've tried it on a Mac and a PC.  I have to go into Google Incognito to even get the code to embed.  I've changed it to method="post" target="_blank" only deleting the _top and changing it to _blank.

[DaveM1]

If you would like, I can try and visit the page you are having trouble with from my Win10 Chrome browser.

I understand it can be a privacy issue, so I understand if you'd rather not.