Hi,
This is probably a real basic question.

I have my own purchase button on my site - when i create a paypal BIN button it asks for url of button. My site is not online yet so just put a test url on there.
It creates html code (no view of button).

Am I correct that all I need is the BIN Paypal URL which I can put as a link within dreamweaver for my button or not the correct way ?

Many thanks

Paypal buttons are in a FORM that you put on your pages.

Login to paypal merchant tools, create the form code, then place it on your pages and change the monetary value in the form code to suit.

Thanks for the reply,
I shall get around to trying this out.

When you get your button code, there is also an "email" tab where you can get a link for the payment to add in emails, or as a text link in content...

I believe Paypal has the option for you to use your own custom made buttons which is what I think you are referring to. You'll need to upload your button (the graphic most likely in JPEG format) onto your server and use that URL.