Rewrite eBay Links
 

Description:
This mod rewrites eBay links so they link to an affiliate.

Request:
Requested in a paid deal by brookelyn, this modification's idea can also be accredited to brookelyn. Also requested by various other members.

Installation:
All the installation information is in the package.

Changes:
2 Plugins
1 File

Change Log:

13/10/2008 - Version 1.4
- Fixed Case Sensitivity Error
- Fixed 32-bit Integer Range Error

3/10/2008 - Version 1.3
- Rewrite of Code to Streamline for Efficency
- Added Ability to Select Placement ID
- Added Ability to Specify Custom ID

2/04/2008 - Version 1.2
- Updated URL Format
- Updated ReadMe

23/04/2007 - Version 1.1
- Improved URL Encryption
- Fixed Rewrite Of Rewritten Links

7/04/2007 - Version 1.0
- Initial Release

nice mod

whats the diffrence between this and the auctionads rewrite system? ie whats the diff between going with ebay affiliate or going via auction ads affiliate is there any difference?

Depends if you want to use AuctionAds or eBay's system.

is there any pro's or con's to each of the systems that you know of mate?

I'm not an expert in the systems, I don't even use them. I merely created a hack to rewrite links :p.

is the PID our CJ number? i'm not sure what to put in there

yeah, go to CJ and find your PID

I just installed, hope it works! I was one of the people requesting this and the Amazon version.

edit:

I just tested it, works perfect!!

Great job. :)

does it only re-write new post links, or is it rewriting on display so its retro active to all odl links as well?

Rewriting is done on-the-fly.

Hack Updated!

23/04/2007 - Version 1.1
- Improved URL Encryption
- Fixed Rewrite Of Rewritten Links

Sweet! Thanks for your help!

This owns man!!! Totally owns! I have been manually doing this and it is a PITA!!!!
Super cool mod! Thanks!!! Damn. . . woohoo!!!!

Can we get an option to exclude certain forums? I have some forums with links that are already rewritten before they are posted. I wonder if this will totally bork those.

Or did your latest update fix that?

23/04/2007 - Version 1.1
- Improved URL Encryption
- Fixed Rewrite Of Rewritten Links

...If I've posted it there, why ask again? I'll just give you the same answer. Yes, it will not process rewritten links. Also, I don't plan anytime soon to add an option to exclude certain forums.

Because I wanted to make sure. Good enuf?

Dismounted, just wanted to say thank you again for releasing this.

The 3 min of my time to plug it in has earned me a significant amount of cash over the past 20 days. The best part, is that its serving advertising, without serving advertising! The users post it anyway, and while 90% of the time, its just some random "jesus toast" on ebay, the 15 day cookie is working wonders :)

So, thank you again.

And, let me know if you plan on an amazon hack :D

here's one https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=119220

Awesome!! Thank you for a time saving hack!

I'm running vb with photopost classifieds... any idea how to apply this mod can to the photopost script?

Nope, don't have access to that script.

Thank you for the PM! I do not know anything about PP Classifieds but I did post a lising on vBClassified and this worked perfectly! You can see it running here:

http://www.vbclassified.com/vbclassi...p?do=ad&id=126

Note, any script that uses vBulletin's built in message processing scripts will likely work the same but as you can see in my demo listing a person can post a link to their listings and the link will be converted to a URL with the affiliate code included!

Looks great! Can you tell me if this working?

PID%3D2358042%26loc%3 (just partial link for show)

How is that helping? Please forgive my ignorance, but when I use the Ebay affiliate it looks like this:

PID2358042

Any idea?

Ok, forget my last. Do you know how much I love you right now? Check your PM, you got cash.

this dont work with 3.6.8 gives an error

I get this
Warning: parse_url(http:///www.sports...etc) [function.parse-url]: Unable to parse url in /includes/init.php(329) : eval()'d code on line 53

Warning: parse_url(http:///www.sports...etc) [function.parse-url]: Unable to parse url in /includes/init.php(329) : eval()'d code on line 53

http://www.sportstradercentral.com/g...ferral+banners

If you have time, can you upgrade to 3.6.8?

Mike

Great hack. Works perfect. Easy to install. (pre vB 3.6.8 install)

Thank you.

This error is caused by a malformed URL being posted, I will try and fix this in the update, which will be as soon as I get some free time.

Thanks! Look forward to this update.

That hack makes some trouble with some URL...

An example of the problem would be nice....

Yes..

http://www.xbox360gamertag.de/Forum/reviews/index.php


in the footer, there is a eBay Link... but realy, its not eBay ;)

It only rewrites links to eBay made in posts, it doesn't touch links in your templates.

Never? .... look again ;)

So, did you get it to rewrite the link itself, or did you edit it manually? I wasn't aware of this functionality.

Chants: "3.6.8! 3.6.8!"

I do nothing.. its itself.

Excellent hack Dismounted! I made $10 my first day using it. Paypal donation sent.:up: