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I have asked to do some pro bono, charity work. A local animal rescue has an extremely out of date web site and I am upgrading it. I am switching it from static html, to php/mysql. They have a paypal account for donations. I have no experience with dealing with paypal. Any recommendations as to where I should start, would be appreciated.
If you want to use PayPal to do transactions (donate, recieve payment, whatever), I believe you need a PayPal account. As far as I know the personal accounts are completely free. Check out PayPal.com.
I think cto1mac want's to integrate a paypal merchant into his/her webiste. If so you will be required to create a paypal account and there is some hidden fields which you need to add to the html. This allows paypal to recognize prices, currencys etc...
PayPal has something called IPN, or Instant Payment Notification, and a lot of documentation on how to integrate on their site. Go ahead, take a look at their developer's section.
Log into their PayPal account. There you can set up different types of "Click to Donate" buttons. Just paste their html code in wherever you want the specific button to be shown.