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bearslive4ever



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:30 am    Post subject: Amazon Associate Link Problems Reply with quote
Hey John,
When I try to insert Amazon Associate links into my posts, the links don't work and either bring me back to my own blog or to Amazon's own page. It's really frustrating, could ya help me out? Thanks!
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:58 am    Post subject: Re: Amazon Associate Link Problems Reply with quote
Can you show us an example of the page where the problem is, let us know specifically which link on the page is not working as you expected it to, and the URL where you had wanted the link to go to?
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bearslive4ever



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi John,
Sorry about not including the link, here is the page:

http://photoprof.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2005/4/21/604641.html

For the Rebel XT link, I wanted it to go here:

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=digitalphot02-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;camp=1789&amp;link_code=ur2&amp;path=tg/detail/-/B0007QKN22/qid=1114102790/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1?v=glance&amp;s=electronics&amp;n=507846">Rebel XT</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=digitalphot02-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" />

Thanks!
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is the link in that code:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=digitalphot02-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;camp=1789&amp;link_code=ur2&amp;path=tg/detail/-/B0007QKN22/qid=1114102790/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1?v=glance&amp;s=electronics&amp;n=507846

and it seems that it goes to the Amazon home page...

Also look at your code, that is not code for a link, it is code for a link and an image...
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is the code I'm seeing when it's inserted via the link button in the Post section.

<a href="%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=digitalphot02-20&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;link_code=ur2&amp;amp;path=tg/detail/-/B0007QKN22%22%3ERebel%20XT%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=digitalphot02-20&amp;amp;l=ur2&amp;amp;o=1%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20/%3E">Rebel XT</a>
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ken, going back to your earlier message, that is not a URL. It is a piece of HTML code. It includes HTML for a link, and also an image.

You can't enter that via the Link button when you create a post. You can only enter a URL. This is a URL:

Code:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=digitalphot02-20&creative=9325&camp=1789&link_code=ur2&path=tg/detail/-/B0007QKN22/qid=1114102790/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846


This is not a URL:

Code:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=digitalphot02-20&creative=9325&camp=1789&link_code=ur2&path=tg/detail/-/B0007QKN22/qid=1114102790/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846">Rebel XT</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=digitalphot02-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" />


so you can not enter it via the Link button when you create a post...

See what I mean? That's HTML, not a link address.

You can enter this HTML into your post by clicking on the Toggle Mode icon to enter the Source mode so you can input HTML directly, pasting that code in, then clicking on the Toggle Mode icon to return to Display mode. But it is not a link...
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
haha, oh man, that explains everything. Thanks for the help John.
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