Banner Manager and an Affliate Link???

[jprocter]

I would like to add an "Affiliate/Parner Banner Link" to OSCommerce via the Banner Manager however the affiliate, StubHub.com, gives the following code to place on the web site but the OSC Banner Manager does not allow for all of the following code????

 

<A href="http://www.stubhub.com/baseball-tickets?ticket_finder=3420&img=Baseball1.gif">

<img src="http://www.stubhub.com/promotions/scratch/affiliate/Baseball1.gif" border=0></a>

<img src="http://affiliate.stubhub.com/showban.asp?id=3420&img=Baseball1.gif" border=0>

 

How do I take the above affiliate code information and use it within the built-in Banner Manager or can I?

 

If I cannot use it in Banner Manager...is there an appropriate module I would use so that banners will rotate at the bottom of each page for click-throughs to operate properly with the above provided code?

 

I have searched the forums and contributions and have not found an answer to my dilema.

 

Thanks for your help!

[jprocter]

bump...so much traffic! Help with above...

[digbydo]

Maybe tinyurl.com could be your friend... convert the url's ?

 

<A href="http://tinyurl.com/o5b5a"><img src="http://tinyurl.com/nwskg" border=0></a><img src="http://tinyurl.com/p8qp3" border=0>

[jprocter]

Thanks digbydo....but your suggestion still keeps me in the SAME boat of 3 coded lines of data:

 

<A href="http://tinyurl.com/o5b5a">

<img src="http://tinyurl.com/nwskg" border=0>

</a><img src="http://tinyurl.com/p8qp3" border=0>

 

all tiny url does it shorten my url and coding...my question where do I put such coding within the Banner Manager?

 

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[digbydo]

In Banner Manager I put:

 

Name: Banner

 

URL: http://tinyurl.com/o5b5a

 

HTML Text:

<A href="http://tinyurl.com/o5b5a">

<img src="http://tinyurl.com/nwskg" border=0>

</a><img src="http://tinyurl.com/p8qp3" border=0>

 

and hit update...

 

I now get a security warning but don't worry about that and you'll see the banner at the foot of:

https://hostcms.co.uk/shop/

 

It even works with your long code, put

 

http://www.stubhub.com/baseball-tickets?ti...g=Baseball1.gif

 

in the URL box...

 

Good luck,

:)

[jprocter]

I appreciate your feedback...I had already setup the banner affiliate url as you have pointed out within the Banner Manager...however...the affiliate company I'm using states I must use ALL the code on my website so as receive credit for any click-throughs. Part of their code calls up their graphic with our affiliate code in it.... Like I said, I already put the same code up in my website...the banner shows up and take you to the affiliate web site....but when I look at my admin area at the affiliate web site...it is NOT registering any of my click-throughs. (i hope what i'm writing make sense.)

 

Soooo....ALL three lines of code need to be utilized for the click-throughs to be registered at their website.

 

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[digbydo]

are you sure that "your" click throughs are counted? some disallow affiliate IP addresses.

 

Otherwise, sorry, don't know... :(

[♥Monika in Germany]

I do not see your problem ... the first line (url only) goes into the URL field, and the next 2 lines (without the </a> tag) goes into the html image text area field. No need for tinyurl, in fact it will not register.

[digbydo]

sorry to disagree Monika, but without the <a href through to the </a> (and beyond) the image isn't a clickable link.

 

the full code

<A href="http://www.stubhub.com/baseball-tickets?ticket_finder=3420&img=Baseball1.gif"><img src="http://www.stubhub.com/promotions/scratch/affiliate/Baseball1.gif" border=0></a><img src="http://affiliate.stubhub.com/showban.asp?id=3420&img=Baseball1.gif" border=0>

needs to go into the html text box I think :)

[♥Monika in Germany]

sorry to disagree Monika, but without the <a href through to the </a> (and beyond) the image isn't a clickable link.

 

the full code

<A href="http://www.stubhub.com/baseball-tickets?ticket_finder=3420&img=Baseball1.gif"><img src="http://www.stubhub.com/promotions/scratch/affiliate/Baseball1.gif" border=0></a><img src="http://affiliate.stubhub.com/showban.asp?id=3420&img=Baseball1.gif" border=0>

needs to go into the html text box I think :)

absolutely agreed, Dave... what was I thinking ;-)

[digbydo]

time is getting late... I'm closing down shortly and resting what's left of my brain :)

[jprocter]

needs to go into the html text box I think :)

Thanks for responding Dave and Monika...I appreciate the input...any other ideas?

 

I tried the HTML Text box with my affiliate code...it wouldn't work either! But take a look at the graphic below of my Banner Manager... Does your "HTML Text" area look the same as mine? I am unable to enter "raw" html coding. I have a HTML Text box that is WYSIWYG with no place to switch over to just html coding.

 

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[♥Monika in Germany]

nope, you have tinymce installed ... it does not look like you can switch to source code, can you? If not, disable it for this page ... it's just the js you comment out - I hope it was done page by page and not in your header file. Even then, you could diable, enter code and reenable.

[jprocter]

Yahoo...that was the problem tinymce...disabled it in the header...and...wahlah...it worked properly!

 

Thanks, Monika and Dave for all your feedback!!! I really appreciate your time!

 

I knew we would finally get to the bottom of things.

 

:D