How to Center a PayPal Button

Tweak your Web design code to center a PayPal button.

PayPal is an electronic funds transfer service that lets users pay for goods and services online without having to enter credit card or debit card details for each separate transaction. If you offer the PayPal service to your online customers, you might want to display this option prominently on your website. PayPal offers a range of buttons that you can use to advertise the service to your visitors. To center a PayPal button on the pages of your site, alter the HTML (HyperText Markup Language) code to change the button's position.

Instructions

1. Launch Microsoft Notepad, WordPad or your usual Web design program.

2. Click "File" and then "Open" to open the Web page containing the PayPal button that you want to reposition.

3. Scroll to the PayPal button on the Web page. This is usually at the top of the page or within the payment information section. You'll recognize the button because the design code starts with "<form name="_xclick" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">."

4. Type "<div align=center>" immediately before the PayPal button code. Type "</div>" immediately after the PayPal button code. This instructs Web browsers to center the PayPal button in the Web page's layout.

5. Save the edited Web page and upload it to your website's host server with your usual File Transfer Protocol tool or host's online content-management system.

Tips & Warnings

• Repeat these steps for each Web page on which you want to center the PayPal button. Get design code for a range of PayPal buttons from the PayPal website.

References

• HTML Code Tutorial: <CENTER ...>
• PayPal: New PayPal Buttons and Logos

Resources

• PayPal: New PayPal Buttons and Logos