Add-On Releases - Rewrite eBay Links

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

[Dismounted]

Originally Posted by dcg

Is there any hack to rewrite links in general to another affiliate link fo VB?

Not at the moment.

Originally Posted by dssart

I'm running 3.7.1. I've got the EBay RSS feed coming into my forum. Auction items are posted as threads and there are links to EBay "Bid Now" (click to bid on item) "More" (click to go to EBay to read the auction description in detail) and "Add to Watch List" (click to add this item to your watch list). This mod works fine with the EBay RSS Feed except for the "Add to Watch List" link. When this mod is enabled, that link becomes truncated or corrupt, or something and it takes you to an Ebay "Page not Found". Any clues how to fix this? Would really like to continue using the mod. I've only had it installed a few days but I like to keep it active on my forum.

What is the link?

[dssart]

PM Sent..

[socalrico]

Installed Thanks!

[NickCat]

I am using this hack and love it so much... but we're getting errors on my site when people post poorly formed URLs. If the URL contains any spaces or is otherwise malformed it throws and error and will no longer display the thread.

I believe I asked about this before but it would be greatly appreicate if you could add in some simple regex to check for a malformed URL.

It's as simple as typing http:/// in a thread to break it.

But other examples do it as well like people dumb enough to link to a local document on their computer's drive.

This is a fairly critical issue on my site, and I'm sure others, that just haven't noticed it yet. If it's not something you can find the time to fix on your own I would certainly be willing to kick in a few bucks to have you working on it. For now I've had to disable the hack entirely, which means no money from eBay, so I really need this back up and running as soon as possible.

This is one of the specific examples that broke our site... please ignore the idiocy of the link name, it's not real, one of our members was posting it as a joke in our off topic forum and the follow is the resulting error.

Warning: parse_url(http://www.watching-young-girls-pee-is-hot.com) [function.parse-url]: Unable to parse URL in [path]/includes/init.php(293) : eval()'d code on line 26

[Dismounted]

There has been a fix posted in the thread by me before - I have not had time to update anything as I have been very busy.

[Dabbi]

Originally Posted by Dismounted

It's a bug that is going to be addressed.

Thank you! Wonderful news!

I know it's probably hard to do but is there any chance of getting a time frame on approx when this will be done?

[Dismounted]

Soon - I hope. I don't have any solid time frame. I do all this "work" in my spare time - so I fit it in when I can.

[siliconfinance]

My forum suffers from the same problem that NickCat's does.

//sites waiting patiently for the fix

Thanks for all of your hard work Dismounted.

[AzHousePro]

Does this work directly with the ebay affiliate program or does it require going through Commission Junction? The reason I ask is that Ebay does not work with Commission Junction anymore.

Mike

[ETDC]

It works 'directly' with the eBay programme in a sense. The only drawback I've found is that it only works with .com.