None of this is to take away from the work that IR15H put into this. I am not a coder and could not have done what he did, so kudos to him for sharing this.
That said, I was interested in getting a progress bar along with the donate button. So, I bought a $20 script from
here.. I followed the installation instructions (took me 5 minutes), went to paypal.com to generate my code (5 minutes) and created a static HTML widget (5 minutes). The point is that it was very easy for me and I am by no means any type of guru on coding. My results are attached.
If you want to see it on my site, go
here.
I am not criticizing the mod at all. And I am thankful for the instructions on adding to Forum sidebar...that is my next step!