Monday, March 6, 2017

Paywhirl Tips

I am no web developer, but I have copied, pasted, and modified my fair share of code. PayWhirl is a service that allows nobodies to do subscription billing online.

Basically, they write the APIs for you so you don't need to have that skill in order to do subscriptions through Stripe (for example). They seem to be the only ones out there who make subscription billing available to the average Joe building a site through Squarespace or Weebly.

I am going periodically update this post with stuff I have learned.

The first things that I have discovered (and that I do not see advertised anywhere) is that you can add HTML to the features of any widget item. Because their widgets are pretty rigid, this added freedom allows you to accentuate certain things and can help provide a lot of clarity.

Notice the widget on this page. The features include bolding of text, as well as hyperlinks. Note, for hyperlinks you will want to add a "target="_blank" or else it will open up within the frame that the widget is in.