'hidden' fields.
You probably wont be able to piece it together into one link because
it would become an HTTP_GET instead of a HTTP_POST as the form expects
(and I'm betting paypal checks for that).
What I would do, if I were you, is create a small page on your site
that thanks the viewer for clicking the pay-me button and has that
button to paypal .. then use rel=payment to point to that new page.
- Dave
http://www.davidmeade.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a question about this tag for you fine developers: my paypal
button
> is encrypted and doesn't appear to have a URL in the traditional
sense of
> the word. Could be that I'm just too exhausted to see it. Do I need to
> un-encrypt in order to use Paypal with rel=payment?
>
> See the bottom of the page at http://fauxpress.blogspot.com
>
> Thanks,
> Jan
> --
> "It isn't done alone."
> http://fauxpress.blogspot.com
> http://blog.urbanartadventures.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joshua Kinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <videoblogging@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 9:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [videoblogging] rel=payment or 'Donate Link and vlogging'
>
>
> >A couple things about rel="payment"
> >
> > The payment URL can be *anything*.
> > It could link to a Cafe Press store, your paypal page, an HTML page
> > with your address so people can mail you a check, a page that links to
> > books or DVDs through an Amazon Affilliate program, a URL formatted
> > with a GET query so you can track the click through and record which
> > blog entries bring in the cash, a link to a page where you can donate
> > to a particular cause, campaign, or charity.
> >
> > This is entirely up to the author. It is completely open and flexible.
> > And its fucking simple.
> >
> > Also note that rel="payment" does not entail any restrictions on
> > access to content. You can't use rel="payment" to force someone to pay
> > you first before being able to download something. rel="payment" is an
> > after the fact payment -- it is an optional transaction between viewer
> > and creator.
> >
> > Some people would be happy to pay for content they enjoy or wish to
> > support. Why not make it possible for them to do so?
> >
> > I think this is a good step for videoblogs, podcasts, and blogs in
> > general, and would pave the way for a much needed XML namespace
> > extension for RSS. Plus, if users are already adding rel="payment" it
> > will be dirt simple for blog software developers to implement this XML
> > namespace as a plugin once that spec is fleshed out and agreed upon by
> > the community at large.
> >
> > Rock,
> > Josh
> >
> >
> > On 7/17/05, David Meade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> I was just thinking about the rel=payment thing. I know some people
> >> are seeing this as a scary move toward sponsor inspired content,
and I
> >> understand that. However I wanted to share with you another possible
> >> idea ... I think this rel=payment would give us a change to really
> >> work as a group toward a goal in a way we just can't now except in
> >> moral support.
> >>
> >> <b>I think this has some serious power however to help us as vloggers
> >> start to do things we always talk about ... changing things!</b> It
> >> would be great for a series of videos meant to accomplish something.
> >> Not all of your vids would have to have the same payment page - some
> >> could be callouts for your viewers to donate to some cause.
> >>
> >> For example suppose all the vloggers had a 'cause week' where we
> >> picked a cause, had a donation page agreed to, and for a week (or
> >> month or whatever) made relavent vlogs with rel=payment for the
cause.
> >>
> >> That's pretty freakin' cool.
> >>
> >> It also gives us a means to sort of ... campaign. If you are a
> >> politcal advicate talking about your canidate of choice your
> >> rel=payment for that video could be to his campaign fund for example.
> >>
> >> This really would give us the ability to leverage our numbers in a
> >> very real way toward actual real world solutions (which almost always
> >> require funds :-P )
> >>
> >> Normally, my audience is likely to be my 2 brothers, a few buddies
> >> from Purdue, and a coworker or two ... and none of them are gonna pay
> >> me anything :-P ... but I still think this is a really cool idea and
> >> I'll use it not only for it's fresh new-gizmo smell but also
gladly as
> >> a group effort draw my (and others) viewers into action.
> >>
> >> - Dave
> >> http://www.davidmeade.com
> >>
> >>
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