Wildcat Media
Well-known member
Actually, if my memory is correct, using affiliate links in an e-mail is against the terms of service. Perhaps the best solution might be to disable links in email altogether.
Amazon/eBay Parser 2.1.4
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Wildcat Media
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Possibly not, but remember they still have their knickers in a twist for affiliate links on forums. I just don't trust them to pull the rug out from under us.
I just updated to PHP 8 and started to get these now. Not related to RSS though. Looks when viewing threads with ebay links it happens.
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JamesBrown
Well-known member
I was using another Ebay parser addon, but it no longer works. Can someone please confirm if this one is working? Cheers 
I was using another Ebay parser addon, but it no longer works. Can someone please confirm if this one is working? Cheers
While waiting for an update to resolve the recent errors, I started using eBay's Smart Link snippet.
Ozzy47
Well-known member
Does that work with this addon or independently?
Independent. I still use the add-on for Amazon. I just removed my eBay info from it to not conflict with the smart link code.
lightspeed
Active member
You can definitely use the same ebay campaign ID for every country. (Unlike Amazon who makes you sign up for an account in every single country.)
The only country which doesn't work for me is Australia, there seems to be a bug in the plugin for ".com.au" links. They do not overwrite automatically. I've reported this previously...
Wildcat Media
Well-known member
I'm wondering if the add-on should add a tooltip saying the link is "sponsored" or something else for FTC reasons. Amazon has their knickers in a knot over my account and I got a warning today (something about my account information not matching 
which is incredibly vague) and I have five days to fix it, which means everything will be under a fine-toothed comb.
If someone posts a link and it is not unfurling (or like in the 1.x version of this add-on where there is no unfurling, which is where we would more likely need this), the FTC requires that certain text be placed very near the "advertisement" (in this case, the affiliate link). VigLink solves this by displaying a tooltip "Inserted by VigLink" or something similar.
I just wonder how hard it would be for me to add a tooltip for that sort of thing.
which is incredibly vague) and I have five days to fix it, which means everything will be under a fine-toothed comb. If someone posts a link and it is not unfurling (or like in the 1.x version of this add-on where there is no unfurling, which is where we would more likely need this), the FTC requires that certain text be placed very near the "advertisement" (in this case, the affiliate link). VigLink solves this by displaying a tooltip "Inserted by VigLink" or something similar.
I just wonder how hard it would be for me to add a tooltip for that sort of thing.
creativeforge
Well-known member
Hi, I think I didn't understand what this addon could do for us. All our Amazon links are displaying blank spaces now. It didn't use to be this way even when I use an Ad Blocker. So I was trying to find a solution.
Here are my details on that:
xenforo.com
All ads on the forum are displaying without any intervention in the AdBlocker.
So that's not at all what your addon could address with an update, eh?
Cheers,
Andre
Here are my details on that:
XF 2.2 - Amazon unfurl
If I get a random Amazon URL and paste it into a message here on xenforo.com, it unfurl's correctly. Yet if I try the same URL on other forums running XF 2.2.4 it does not unfurl. Has the code here on xenforo.com been recently updated in regards to unfurl'ing? Or is there another variable...
xenforo.com
All ads on the forum are displaying without any intervention in the AdBlocker.
So that's not at all what your addon could address with an update, eh?
Cheers,
Andre
Ozzy47
Well-known member
Ozzy47 updated Amazon/eBay Parser with a new update entry:
[OzzModz] Amazon/eBay Parser for XenForo 2.1+ Update 2.1.2 Patch Level 1
Read the rest of this update entry...
[OzzModz] Amazon/eBay Parser for XenForo 2.1+ Update 2.1.2 Patch Level 1
Read the rest of this update entry...
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webbouk
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Recep Baltaş
Well-known member
Any update on this?
benFF
Well-known member
I'm not sure how strict eBay is with double variables in the query string, but as it stands, if someone pastes in a URL that has already been affiliated by someone else, this addon will just append your affiliate details to the end of the link leaving the original on there.
To strip any existing, you can update Snog/Amazon/XF/BbCode/Renderer/Html.php
Find:
Replace:
To strip any existing, you can update Snog/Amazon/XF/BbCode/Renderer/Html.php
Find:
PHP:
if (!empty($hrefarray['query']))
{
$querybit = "?" . $hrefarray['query'];
}Replace:
PHP:
if (!empty($hrefarray['query']))
{
// we want to strip any previous affiliate params
$query = explode("&", $hrefarray['query']);
$newquery = [];
foreach($query as $param)
{
[$name, $value] = explode('=', $param, 2);
if (!in_array(urldecode($name), ['mkevt','mkcid','mkrid','siteid','customid','campid','toolid','mpt']))
{
$newquery[] = $param;
}
}
$querybit = "?" . implode("&", $newquery);
}
David G
Member
Amazon Australia domain is - amazon.com.au
In line 477 of Html.php (bbcode/render/) it lists domain as amazon.co.au
In line 477 of Html.php (bbcode/render/) it lists domain as amazon.co.au
PHP:
if (!empty(\XF::options()->snog_amazonparseraffiliateau))
{
$affiliatearray[] =
['domain' => 'amazon.co.au',
'affiliate' => \XF::options()->snog_amazonparseraffiliateau
];
}