Wordpress Redirects

[Suzi]

Suzi,
I'm happy to help! If you're on Skype send me your user name via direct message here and we'll touch base.

If you don't want to wait, all you need to do in XSitePro is choose the site you want to use for the redirect, click the OTHER tab and then click on REDIRECT PAGES (should be in the right column). Then click ADD and you're ready to go.

We'll use my NAMS redirect as an example.

First go under the section for page name type in the name you want it to be, all lower case. (mine for NAMS is nams). As you type it in, you'll see at the bottom the words "The URL for this page will be... so you can see exactly what it will look like. If it's going to be longer than one word, use the dash - between each word. Mine says http://www.angienewton.com/nams.html so yours will look similar (not sure if you're using the .html though)

Keep redirect delay at 0 seconds

Then plug in your long ugly affiliate link below that where it says redirect url.

There is a section for notes if you need to remember anything about that particular redirect. And under that you'll see what looks like a website page...just leave that blank.

Click OK, SAVE then Publish! You're done! Then you can test it out.

Thanks Angie.
This is my problem. Currently when I upload my redirects the old fashioned way they go in a folder called 'books', so they are www.packabook.com/books/xxxxx.html How do I get these ones to go in this same folder? Or is it a completely different thing from they way I have been doing it and I just have to live with them going to a different place...?

Sorry Steve for hijacking your post!

[Steve_gts]

No probs Suzi.

I've decided to use prettylinks, it's really simple and gives me the option of upgrading later without the need to change the plugin, or have to reconfigure all the links, so I've got all I need from it already. Thanks all for your input.

[Isobel]

A warning about PrettyLink. I'm a member of Bring The Fresh and there are several posts on the forum there complaining that the affiliate tag frequently gets dropped from the free version of PrettyLink or that clicks don't get tracked properly. A tech-savvy friend of mine checked it out carefully and was very sure that some of her links weren't carrying the cookie through to the sales page. Recommended options are Go Pages or Simple URLs

[Infinity]

Oh man! If that's true then I'm losing thousands upon thousands of dollars in affiliate commissions :O

Do you know if Go Pages or Simple URL allow you to import your URLs from Pretty Link?

Because I have hundreds of them, so it would be no easy feat for me to change them all one by one...

[Infinity]

Also, do you know if pretty link pro has this same problem?

If it doesn't perhaps I should just upgrade to pro, because it's hard for me to transfer so many links at once...

[Isobel]

I'm sorry, I don't know if there's an import facility. As for whether it applies to the pro version, I've never used it. All I can tell you is that PrettyLink, free or pro, is no longer recommended in BTF literature and videos because of this issue and that when you search the BTF forum you turn up a fair number of threads about problems with PL. The "word" (i.e. rumour) is that the reason the developer removed the cloaking option is because he was aware of the problem.

[Infinity]

Thanks for the info Isobel.

I'll move all my redirect links to another plugin today.

Well, I guess I shouldn't have been using a free plugin in the first place.. lol. :P