I am trying to add a paypal button into an extra field in K2.

When I do this the button appears in the field but when clicked it reloads the page.

I have looked at the generated code and it appears to have stripped out the url.

If I add the code directly into the content area it works as expected.

Is there a way I can get this to work within an extra field?

Thanks.

Hi. Go to Joomla! global configuration and check the text filters settings. You should have no filtering to your group. After that you should probably be able to add the code to textarea extra fields.

Thanks for the suggestions Lefteris ,

I have checked in the Joomla global cofiguration and Super Users and Administrator are both set to 'no filtering'.

I have also checked the 'Content Cleanup' setting in K2 nad they are all set to either 'no' or 'disabled'.

It accepts some of the code as when viewing the article the button is shown however when clicked it just refreshes the page instead of taking you to the paypal site.

What part of the code is stripped down? You should get not stripping when adding a new one. Note that this is valid only for textareas.

Having set up the extra field as a text field paste the code:

<form action="www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="GV49BAUW4EJAQ">
<input type="image" src="www.paypalobjects.com/en_GB/i/btn/btn_buynow_SM.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal — The safer, easier way to pay online.">
<img alt="" border="0" src="www.paypalobjects.com/en_GB/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>

All that displays in the front end is "form method="

Using the text area it shows the "Buy Now" button as it shoul but when clicked it refreshes the page instead of going to the PayPal site.

When looking at the code in the text field it has been altered to:

<form method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" /> <input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="GV49BAUW4EJAQ" /> <input type="image" src="www.paypalobjects.com/en_GB/i/btn/btn_buynow_SM.gif" border="" name="submit" alt="PayPal — The safer, easier way to pay online." /> www.paypalobjects.com/en_GB/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" />

I have tried pasting this into the basic editor and using the HTML button and still get the same results.

Hi. Did you try to place the code in a textarea field type as i advised you? Use textarea as field type and it should work. Another option would be to write a simple plugin for doing this.

Thanks for the help Lefteris,

I have tried both 'text field' and 'textarea field' neither work.

Another option would be to write a simple plugin for doing this

The words 'write a plugin' and 'simple' don't go together for me :unsure: .........I wouldn't know where to start.

OK, just tested under Joomla! 2.5 with no issues. I was able to place the code without issues. Are you using K2 2.5.7? If not update. If yes, try to install the SVN version of K2 at getk2.org/assets/svn/. If you still have the issue then probably you need to check your configuration again.

I'm using Joomla! 2.5.6 and K2 v2.5.7.

I will try the SVN on a trial site first to see what happens.

Is the SVN stable enough for a live site?

SVN version is not always safe to use. But currently it contains very minor changes compared to the 2.5.7 so you should have no issues.