[carsafety]

Originally Posted by carsafety

I am getting this same problem in Amazon Links. Instead of appending the affiliate tag to the amazon link, it appends the tag to a showthread link, like this:

http://www.yourforum.org/showthread....filiatelink-20

I'm pretty clueless about expressions, but I wonder if a href="$param2?tag=carseatorg-20" in the replacement field should be something else, maybe a href="$param1?tag=carseatorg-20".

I am using vb3.8.3. I just installed AME 2.5 from scratch for the purpose of converting Amazon links. I deleted the stock definitions and have imported DJ's 2.5 Amazon Links and Youtube. Youtube seems to be working fine. Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this or what I may have done wrong?

To answer my own question, you must have the "Extract Destination Data" setting set to "Yes" for the link to work. If it is set to "No", not only will you get a generic Amazon link title, as expected, but the link itself fails, too.

Now for the next question. If I Google an item, say a Kindle, and click the link, then copy and paste it to a test post, I get a link like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons.../dp/B00154JDAI

It gets parsed and the tag is added. It works correctly. If I go to the Link Checker at my Amazon Associates page, it tells me it's a valid tag or sub-tag for my ID.

On the other hand, if I go directly to Amazon.com and search for Kindle and click the link, then copy and paste it, it looks like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons...6131177&sr=8-1

Upon posting, it gets parsed and the tag is added. The link works correctly if you click on it. If I go to the Link Checker, it now says, "Fail: The link above was not tagged or was not a valid Amazon link.". I assume this means I would not get credit for purchases using this link, and I envision this is a pretty normal way people would link it. Any ideas?