23 thoughts on “Amazon Auto Links”

1. Nico February 21, 2013 at 1:38 am

   Hey Michael,

   great Plugin! Just one question before i will upgrade to pro!
   Is it possible to disable the order of items, so the products are shown in the same order like the official amazon-rankings? Thinking about shown bestsellers with counts from 1-10 and they should not be random or sorted by title.

   Thanks!

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   1. Michael Uno Post authorFebruary 21, 2013 at 2:10 am

      Ah, I’ve never thought about that. Actually that might be useful for someone. It’s not currently possible but I added it to the to-do list.

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      1. Nico February 21, 2013 at 3:35 am

         Ok, thank you for quick response!

         Is it possible to change the core of your plugin by myself to do the job, e.g. by set the order value to “none”? Otherwise it would be great if you could inform me via mail when it`s possible and i will buy a pro account!

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         1. Michael Uno Post authorFebruary 21, 2013 at 4:03 pm

            I’ll send you E-mail when it’s done.

            It’s not recommended to edit the core because when the plugin is updated, the changes will be gone. But if you need to hurry, here is a quick hack.

            Change the function named sort_items_by_title in AmazonAutoLinks_SimplePie_.php #259 to:

            public static function sort_items_by_title($a, $b)
            	{
            		$a_title = $a->get_title();
            		$b_title = $b->get_title();
            		return strnatcmp( $a_title, $b_title );
            	}
            

            Comment out the following code in AmazonAutoLinks_Core_.php #447:

            $strTitle = trim(preg_replace('/#\d+?:\s?/i', '', $strTitle));

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            1. Nico February 21, 2013 at 9:17 pm

               Thanks a lot! I need this next week so i will try your hack first. So when it`s added to a newer version i have to configure it new after the update.
            2. Michael Uno Post authorFebruary 21, 2013 at 9:22 pm

               Did you get the E-mail I’ve sent? It’s already implemented in the new updates.
            3. Nico February 21, 2013 at 10:10 pm

               Ok, great work and thanks a lot for your quick response! But your hack just works better for me because i don`t want to show the counts like “#1:”, just want to add the count with css ol like “1″, “2″,… at the html section of your plugin. But if i now remove the counts delivered be amazon your plugin is not able to show the official rankings, right? Hmmmm
            4. Michael Uno Post authorFebruary 21, 2013 at 10:43 pm

               So do you want to sort items by ranking but without the heading numbering when they are displayed? Not a problem. It’s a matter of adding an option for it. I’ll let you know if I update the Pro version.
         2. Nico February 21, 2013 at 10:46 pm

            Right! Because I want to add the numbers manually with css and style them different from the title-Link. Thank you!

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            1. Michael Uno Post authorFebruary 22, 2013 at 12:46 am

               Okay, done! The feature is available in Pro 2.0.5. This requires 1.2.4 or above installed.
2. Mercedes Moss February 11, 2013 at 6:43 am

   Hello Michael

   Thanks for your plugin. I’m using it Before cloaking the URL, I checked to see if my affiliate ID would be used if the site visitor decided to search for any other product on amazon.com.

   I was not sure that this is the case. Please clarify. Thanks.

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   1. Michael Uno Post authorFebruary 11, 2013 at 8:15 am

      Hi Mercedes,

      If you click on the cloaked link, it should redirect you to the Amazon store ( amazon.com or amazon.co.uk or depending on the locale you choose) and you can confirm the affiliate ID in the redirected url.

      Is it what you are asking or do you mean something different?

      [Edit]
      I just confirmed that v1.1.9 has a problem with the url cloak functionality that it does not redirect to the amazon product page. v1.1.8 seems to work fine on the other hand. I’ll see if I can fix it. Sorry for the inconvenience!

      [Edit]
      I’ve found a bug that causing the redirect problem in v1.1.9. I just fixed it. I am planning to release the next update with some other new features. So if you must hurry, please grab the development version, which already has a fix for it. I uploaded it to wordpress.org. ( http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/amazon-auto-links.zip )

      Hope it sorts out your problem!

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3. Kevin February 10, 2013 at 5:48 am

   When I try to set up the plugin and I click proceed under the New Unit tab I get this error.

   Fatal error: Call to undefined function mb_language() in /home/preppers/public_html/wp-content/plugins/amazon-auto-links/classes/AmazonAutoLinks_Forms_SelectCategories_.php on line 242

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   1. Michael Uno Post authorFebruary 10, 2013 at 8:38 am

      Hi,

      The plugin heavily relies on the PHP’s mbstring extension to support unicode characters. So please ask your host if the server can enable the mbstring extension. ( http://www.php.net/manual/en/mbstring.installation.php ) I’ll consider adding a warning message that appears when the extension is not installed. Thanks for the report!

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4. mj rood January 28, 2013 at 4:22 am

   Where do I paste the short code? Am I supposed to add it to the plugin editor? It certainly doesn’t work in posts. And if I check off one of the boxes I lose total control. EVERYTHING shows up in the same post in one big long column no matter how many categories I create. Your screen shots above don’t look anything like mine. All I get is a list of products with prices but no content.

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   1. Michael Uno Post authorJanuary 28, 2013 at 9:42 am

      You just need to paste the shortcode in a post or page where product links should appear, not to the plugin editor. Can I see the live site so that I can see the problem? Or you may upload a screenshot somewhere that illustrates the problem.

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5. Tom December 12, 2012 at 2:21 pm

   Your plugin is broken as of WordPress 3.5 update. I had to delete it as my theme pages were all screwed up and this plugin proved to be the culprit. I do like it though and hope you can update it soon. Thanks.

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   1. Michael Uno Post authorDecember 13, 2012 at 1:20 pm

      WordPress 3.5 support was added in v1.1.3. Also in v1.1.5, any unclosed HTML tags are forced to be closed so hopefully it will fix your issue. So please try the new version.

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6. judy November 18, 2012 at 12:50 am

   Hello,
   Thank you for the plugin.I have a question,amazon direct link format is
   http://www.amazon.com/dp/ASIN/ref=nosim?tag=YOURASSOCIATEID or
   http://www.amazon.com/dp/ASIN/?tag=YOURASSOCIATEID
   which is correct or both are correct?

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   1. Michael Uno Post authorNovember 19, 2012 at 12:31 am

      Hi judy,

      Please refer to this page, https://affiliate-program.amazon.co.uk/gp/associates/help/t5/a21

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7. Tablet news October 13, 2012 at 1:53 pm

   I am interested in this issue.I will research your plugin.Thank you for sharing

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8. Adshopez October 5, 2012 at 6:51 am

   OK, I am gonna try it. i just recently tried “betterAmazonAPI” (http://www.codersx.net/blog/betteramazonapi-amazon-produkte-in-wordpress-anzeigen/) but does not seem to work for some reason.

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   1. Michael Uno Post authorOctober 5, 2012 at 10:23 pm

      I’m looking forward to your further feedback.

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