PayPal to create ecommerce site, also nested widgets.

Question

My client wants a shop. Essentially it will be an online gallery offering print sales. The Gallery is to contain 8 main gallery folders containing 12 images each and the client wants to offer 3 types of print sale for each image (Postcard, poster and framed print).
I looked at using an actual template through Magento Go / Shopify etc but it’s a fairly simple idea and I wanted to avoid the site looking too shop like and appear more gallery orientated. Plus the client would like something visually striking which suits my Muse skills more than my ability to configure a shop through an ecommerce framework.
So…. I thought Paypal buttons, I have set up an initial first page of 4 images and used the Presentation widget to allow thumbnails and an enlarged view which allows me to place a paypal button within (three paypal buttons representing each product option) see link:
http://canesitepaypaltest.businesscatalyst.com the site is in its very early stages I’m simply testing it for suitability and functionality at the moment and published it so I can attempt to illustrate my point.
However I felt the look of having the three buttons was a bit much, I would like something a little more minimalist, ideally I would like a drop down menu giving product option, but don’t think this is possible given the limitation on product options with the paypal widget. So was wondering if I could nest each Paypal button in an accordion tab or tabbed widget, or something similar?
Can anyone advise on this, or indeed have a 'slicker' more elegant way of displaying the three paypal buttons.
Sorry about the state of the site, it really was just thrown together to use as a work in progress in here.
Also how can I test the full feature of Paypal?
Thank you

Answer 1

Hi
I believe you are looking for some option like product attributes where user can select the attribute from drop down or checkbox and then proceed for payment.
Unfortunately with native Muse we cannot add product attributes or poplets but there can be few workarounds.
Firstly the idea that you are following will work as using tabbed containers for showing different product attributes and inserting a pay button. Another way can be like , use product thumbnail image on page with all three attributes option as text under the frame. The text should act as trigger so if mouse rollover action on text then it will pop-up the detailed image for that specific attribute ( which we can do using tooltip ). Create a button and link to a different page where users will be redirected when they will initiate purchase process, in the page insert a form and in message box you can specify for users to fill up selected attribute option which they want to buy.
A different way would be creating a form where you will give the users a drop down or checkbox selection in purchase page. So the process would be same as above but users can select the option instead writing them in message field.
And talking about a short-cut , you can use this :
Productbox with Lightbox & Tooltips | Exchange | Adobe Muse CC
Regarding testing Paypal, you can use your account detail and make a purchase of 1 cent to verify the payment process.
Or you can even contact your merchant as they can provide testing account.
Thanks,
Sanjit