VigLink 2018-07-26

[Brian Lovett]

Alfa, would you want to only convert links in the custom fields, or also run Insert on content within the custom field (Insert links into the text).

 

[Brian Lovett]

Brian Lovett updated VigLink with a new update entry:

Disabling Convert breaking some links on page

By disabling Convert, some links, for instance Thread Tools would break. This has been resolved.

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[Alpha1]

Alfa, would you want to only convert links in the custom fields, or also run Insert on content within the custom field (Insert links into the text).

I will explain the situation to see what possibilities you can offer: My members add listings for products and companies into Review Management System (RMS) by @Bob
Custom fields in RMS work exactly the same as in XenForo Resource Manager and Showcase. (also by Bob)
How I have it setup is that the member can fill in a custom field by entering a link. I use custom fields value display html to turn that link into a BUY NOW button. This button is displayed prominently on the product listing as well as the category listing and in various widgets.

So to answer your question, the simple solution would be to have the link turn into an affiliate link.

However, if somehow possible, it would be great to give the reader multiple affiliate links to buy from. For example, lets say the product is a book. Instead of just showing a button linking to Abe Books (which we do now), it would be great if we could also show links to Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, etc. Then the reader can decide for himself and pick the vendor that is most likely to lead to conversion.

For books we can use multiple custom fields to do that because there are just a few major book stores. But for other product categories there are many possible vendors. So finding an automatic way to generate an affiliate link would be great. I dont know if this is somehow possible.

 

[David Bott]

Ok, confused...Are these change only for 2.0 and this NO NEED to update if running 1.5 still? We do not have any issues that we are aware of with Xenforo 1.5 and the version released for it. Just really confusing to say the least. If you have a ver for 2.0, the have a release for it. IMHO

 

[Brian Lovett]

Ok, confused...Are these change only for 2.0 and this NO NEED to update if running 1.5 still? We do not have any issues that we are aware of with Xenforo 1.5 and the version released for it. Just really confusing to say the least. If you have a ver for 2.0, the have a release for it. IMHO

We have a release for 1.x and 2.x. If you do not need the extra controls we added to the plugin, no need to update.

 

[kontrabass]

@Brian Lovett Feature request: Along with toggles for Convert and Insert, we need a toggle for Optimize (I think that's what it's called - where viglink routes a product link to a better-performing merchant).

 

[Brian Lovett]

@Brian Lovett Feature request: Along with toggles for Convert and Insert, we need a toggle for Optimize (I think that's what it's called - where viglink routes a product link to a better-performing merchant).

Definitely! We're adding control over that setting to the javascript in the next couple weeks. Once that is done we will add the setting to the plugin

 

[ActorMike]

@Brian Lovett I am using an Amazon & Ebay Parser that redirects users that post web links to ebay/amazon to my affiliate program, does this interfere or override those links? I just want links build for phrases/terms on the page that are no linked yet.

 

[PJK]

Where is the VigLink download for XF 2?

 

[Creaky]

Where is the VigLink download for XF 2?

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