Add-On Releases - Amazon Store Integration

Finally, I've gotten around to putting together a version of the Amazon Store integration mod for vBulletin 3.6.

This mod allows you to add an Amazon store to your vBulletin. You can set it to search for a particular keyword, for different types of items - CDs, DVDs, Clothing, etc. A sample of the store in action is available here: http://www.lidragracing.com/amazon_store.php.

You will need to sign up for Amazon Web Services to get an AWS key in order for this to work. In addition, you need to have PHP 5 installed on your server.

Installation is very simple, upload 3 files, import the xml file and then add a link to the store in your navigation bar. See the attached file "ECS Amazon Store.txt" for the exact installation instructions.

Give it a try, let me know what you think. Make sure you click "Mark as Installed" if you've installed it.

Also, if you intall it and use it, please post the URL you have it installed at so I can see how it's being used.

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To upgrade to a newer version, re-upload the php files and then import the xml product file. Afterwards go to the admin control panel to check to make sure all of the fields are filled in properly.

[vwdforum]

will this work with 3.7 ?

[xboxliveclans]

My store was working fine before but now are receiving error: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: stream_get_contents() in /home/content/s/o/l/solarpaneldepo/html/xboxliveclans/amazon_store.php on line 178

Any idea?

Thanks

[xboxliveclans]

Just found out that I am using php4 for the forum. Switch back to php 5 and it is working now. I keep the post since I think maybe other people will have the same issue.

[Varsh]

Originally Posted by vwdforum

will this work with 3.7 ?

It works fine on 3.7 as you can see here. The only thing is that when searching for the product it scews with my MK Portal template for some unknown reason, when vieweing the product it's fine as well as everything else... *shrugs*.

I have noticed a single problem with the script though, it doesn't matter what dropdown country you use, it will simply refuse to search that country's products other than the US store, however despite that, when you click the item name it selects (in my case) the UK price and the link to the Amazon UK store. If it searches the UK store initially but can't after then something needs to be changed unless I'm doing something wrong, but only the US store can be searched.

[xLYNZx]

I too get the permissions error...cant see anything on here how to solve it??

[theinvisibleman]

I am getting the blank screen also http://www.molineuxmix.co.uk/vb/amazon_store.php

[GoTTi]

mikel, will you be upgrading this for full compat for vb 3.7.x?

[whitetigergrowl]

Yeah when will this get upgraded with fixes? (Looks like not for awhile possibly. he hasn't been on VB.org for the past few months by the looks of it.)

Also, it is showing the wrong prices. In some cases there has been over a $10 difference. How will this get resolved?

[GoTTi]

is there any way to make this work for ebay's rss feed system with their new affiliate program?

[Chadi]

Unfortunately this is not working for me. Basically, it is not populating the page. I've filled in all fields correctly, enabled full functions for my admin usergroup and did the rest (uploads, cached 777, etc). I'm not sure what else to do here.