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====== UTF-8 Coding For Paypal ======

  ***[[paypal_ipn_utf-8#Overview|Overview]]**
  ***[[paypal_ipn_utf-8#Setup UTF-8 Coding|Setup UTF-8 Coding]]**

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===== Overview =====
This is a guide on setting up UTF-8 Encoding on Paypal. This guide is meant for users who aren't receiving notifications for donations(on-screen, on the notifications tab, etc). 

**Note**: If you are still not receiving notifications for donations after using guide, please contact support for further troubleshooting. The issue could be with Donation Notification Settings, CSS, etc.
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===== Setup UTF-8 Encoding=====
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**1.** Regular/Personal Paypal (This link may take you straight there if you are logged into paypal: [[https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/customerprofileweb?cmd=_profile-language-encoding|Here]] )
  *A. Login to [[https://www.paypal.com|Paypal]]
  *B. Click on "Profile"
  *C. Look for the “PayPal button language encoding” section under the My selling tools
  *D. Click on "Paypal Button Language Encoding"
  *E. Hit "More Options"
  *F. Go to second option and select "No, use:" and Select UTF-8 in the drop down box.
  *G. Hit Save/Okay/Apply at the  bottom and you are set.

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**1B.** Business Paypal (This link may take you straight there if you are logged into paypal: [[https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/customerprofileweb?cmd=_profile-language-encoding|Here]] )
  *A. Login to [[https://www.paypal.com|Paypal]]
  *B. Click on "Profile and Settings"
  *C. Click On "My Selling Tools"
  *D. Scroll to bottom and click on "Paypal Button Language Encoding"
  *E. On Language Encoding Page, hit "More Options"
  *F. Set Encoding to UTF-8 (You do not need to set the second setting to UTF-8, but I do recommend it.)
  *G. Hit Save/Okay/Apply at the  bottom and you are set.