Paypal Standard option does not appear on the Checkout page

Question

After I fill in all the information in the backend of my Magento 1.4.0.1 installation as described here, the Paypal option is not available on the One-Page-Checkout.

Does anyone have an idea as to why this can be happening? Cache and Var have been emptied and I tried it on the standard and on my own theme.

Kind regards,

Avalon

Answer 1

Hi, I also have installed Magento1.4.0.1 and have enabled paypal as an option but it is not shown in the checkout options.Help. Its urgent

Answer 2

1. First of all, please check whether the module "Mage_Paypal" is enabled or not, in System > Configuration > Advanced, for the "Default Config" Configuration Scope. If it is not yet enabled, then you should enable it, to make use of this Payment Gateway. If you have changed anything, you should save that page.
2. Now go to System > Configuration > Payment Methods, for the same Configuration Scope. There are many Payment Methods listed, but most of them are not enabled. So you should select which PayPal method you want, & then make it enabled. Edit all the features of that Payment module, whichever you want, and then save it.
3. Now again clear the cache management fully & see the checkout page. The enabled PayPal module should crop up now.

Answer 3

Apparently the (extremely simple) solution to this problem was setting the Base Currency to US Dollars. The website I worked on was for the Chinese market and as such had the Chinese Yuan as Base Currency instead. Changing this to USD made the PayPal button appear instantly...