Adding Amazon Associates Product's HTML Code to New Article?

[Dave234]

Ha ha ha Yeah, that works! What does that mean? Does it mean that the issue is with amazon?

[kh99]

I don't know. I would have thought it meant there's a problem with the url (since everything else is the same), but you said it works. Since it doesn't work for me, maybe it does have something to do with amazon - maybe they only return it if the referer is right, or something like that.

Maybe someone else will have an idea.

[Dave234]

It's weird because when I pasted all of what I had put above, onto the vbulletin.com website, it all worked. It had the hyperlinks and it goes directly to the correct amazon page.

However, here, where it does not seem to allow hyperlinks, the actual textual link does not work for me, either.

Here is the link to what I had put on the vbulletin.com website:

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...to-New-Article

I really, really appreciate your help on this.

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When I click on the link I posted above:

http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blan...ins=B002BSC54I

The URL that appears is this:

http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blan...ins=B002BSC54I

[kh99]

Oh...did you copy what you posted from there and paste it here? That's probably why it's not working for me. When I copy it from there, it works. So what I pasted in my article is this:

<iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=aftershock04-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B007RNWUC4" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>

and that seems to work.

[Dave234]

I see what's going on....it takes the same URL, but at least when it is pasted on the page, it replaces much of the contents with "..." (to save space, I guess)

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Yeah, that works for me! But how can I copy/paste what Amazon provides me into my website so that it actually works? I copy/paste it directly from Amazon to my website but it never works....

[kh99]

Oh, I see. Hmm...I'm not sure. Maybe try changing the editor mode? Press the little A/A button in the upper left corner and try it again.

Edit: if that doesn't work, then I really don't know, but someone else might. It might be a good time to update the thread at vbulletin.com, or start a new one about the cut/paste problem.

[Dave234]

Dude. That did it!!! Thanks!!!!!