redirects

[Lynn Terry]

LOL - you guys are assuming I watched a Kung-Fu series?? haha

[StephenT]

LOL - you guys are assuming I watched a Kung-Fu series?? haha

You're probably too young!

[Nelson Swett]

LOL - you guys are assuming I watched a Kung-Fu series?? haha

Would it be better if just referred to you as Master Yoda?

[Lynn Terry]

Lynn will do

(you guys are cracking me up, lol)

[Nelson Swett]

What can I say most of the time I feel like I'm saying: "Help me Obi-Lynn Kenobi, you're my only hope!"

[StephenT]

I like it! Has a nice ring to it!!! Obi-Lynn!

[Nelson Swett]

I have a file that had all of my "book" affiliate links in it. I just created a .php template in notepad then using that template and copy/paste, I created all of the redirect pages. Took me all of 4 minutes. Then with the cpanel file manager I created the folder /books in the main directory and uploaded all of the redirect pages. It really took no more than 7-8 minutes. Then I went through my pages and changed the links to the redirect pages and then verified that they all worked. Probably took me all of 30 minutes total.

But thanks for the advice about the program. I'm just particular about which programs I learn to use as this is all so new to me. I try to stick with the basics for now.

[StephenT]

Thanks Jeffrey.

Nelson, not sure I understand all that, but I think I'll give it a try and see what happens!

[Nelson Swett]

Stephen.

On my site I promote some books and use amazon as the merchant.

I had a file in notepad that listed the book name and my affiliate link for that book.

I opened that file, then opened a new notepad file and typed in the code for the php redirect that was supplied earlier

"<? php
header(Location:"affiliatelink");?>"

Then I saved that file with the .php extension instead of the .txt extension that notepad usually saves to. To do this you have to change the "Save as type" to "all files" from "Text Documents" in the Save as dialog box (it is the box right under the File name box) Also be sure that you type in "filename.php" in the File name box. You have to add the extention.

Next, from my file with the affiliate links, I copied and pasted in the appropriate link in the "affiliatelink" space in the above template. I would then save the file as "book1.php", "book2.php", etc...

After I created all of the appropriate redirect pages in notepad, I accessed the cpanel for my site (www.sitename.com/cpanel) In cpanel, i selected the file manager and went to the root directory (usually an option). With file manager, I created a new folder entitled "books". Then, still using File Manager, I uploaded all the aforementioned redirect pages ("book1.php", book2.php", etc) to that directory.

Next, I accessed all of the posts (I have wordpress on my site, so did this through /wp-admin) which recommended the books and changed the link from the original affiliate link to the new redirect. For instance for "Book1" i changed the link from being "www.amazon.com/book1_affiliate_information" to "www.sitename.com/books/book1.php"

I hope this helps. I know it seems long, but it really all went very quick and I am very grateful for everyone who posted assistance and information that I could follow.

[StephenT]

Ok, I got the code uploaded and it actually works. Now, help me understand what the customer sees. Say I want to sell a book on yoga from amazon I write the sales page give 'em graphics and then???? Do I make a button or just a click here link? What? I understand that I put my amazon link info in the redirect, but I don't know what to put for the visitor to see.