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See the Installation Page for deatils on setting up the Products. A more detailed FAQ will come as questions arise.

MY PROCUCTS DO NOT DISPLAY! What is wrong?

• It could be several things. The FIRST thing to check is the AMAZON Public and Private/Secret Keys in the options page. If they are blank, you need to sign up for your own from amazon. You can sign up here http://aws-portal.amazon.com/gp/aws/developer/account/index.html to get your own. Without it, your products will be subject to the limits of the built in API Keys - which are limited to the number of calls per hour. Once that limit is reached, no more products will be displayed until it resets. Amazon changed this on 10/15/2010, so if it worked before and is not working now, that should be your first course of action.
• Another common cause, is the method of the api call. By default, it is set to use "file_get_contents", but since some servers do not allow this method you may need to use the older CURL method. Change this in the options page and then check to see if the problem is resolved.

My Products only display a blank image and a "()" for the title - what is wrong?

• See the above question and answer - the cause and fix are the same.

Can I uninstall everything if I don't want to use the plugin anymore?

• Yes. With version 2.0 forward, if you want to remove EVERY TRACE of the plugin, you can (There is also a less permanent removal if you you think you may want it back in the future).
• The full removal can be initiated by checking "Uninstall when deactivated" AND "Remove ALL traces when uninstalled" in the options page - then deactivate the plugin as usual. This will remove ALL traces of the plugin... that means: the database, options, post meta values, and shortcodes in posts and pages.
• The partial removal can be initiated by checking only the "Uninstall when deactivated" option, then save and decativate the plugin as usual. This will remove the database (which is only chached products) and the basic options. All meta and shortcodes will remain.

How do I add a product?

• To Add a New Product Post, you have 3 options:
• You can add a new post the regular way (Post / Add New / fill out the items /Publish), and them add the product as outlined above
• You can use the Quick Add Product Feature (called Amazon PIP in the Amazon PIP menu). This is the fastest method for adding a quick product with minimum text. This Method will create a New Post in the selected categories.
• You can add a Product via Shortcode to an existing Page/Post.

How do I use the Shortcode?

• To Add a product Via Shortcode, go to the Content editor for an existing page/post (or create a new post/page), add [AMAZONPRODUCT=XXXXXXXXXX] where XXXXXXXXXX is the Amazon ASIN/ISBN10 number. Then update or save the Page/Post. You can add as many products this way as you like. Just keep in mind that there is a call made to the Amazon API for each product added, so addin too many products could cause a noticable increase in page loading time.

My Products are coming up blank - what do I do?

• Most likely the reson is your server does not support external URL call using the file_get_contents() function. If you don't have access to your sites php.ini file to change the settings (most people don't), then on the options pages for the plugin, change the API get method to "CURL" and save the settings. This will fix the problem in most cases.

I Want to Change the Look of the Products - can you do that for me?

• I would love to say yes, but we cannot make custom changes for everyone that askes - there are just not enough hours in the day - if you REALLY want us to do it for you, contact us - and for a small fee, we will give you whatever look/style you want. Kepp in mind that your theme has a lot to do with the way your products look. You can tweak the look yourself if you have experience with CSS styles. The options page have a style for each element displayed in the product, so you can tweak it however you like. If you screw it up - just reset it back to the default and start over.

My product shows up fine, but there is no price - what's wrong?

• Some products on Amazon.com are provided my external vendors. If a vendor want to hide the price from others until a certain price is reached, they have that ability. When that occurs, Amazon will NOT send the price in the API call - so no price will be displayed. You can edit the custom message that is displayed in the options panel if you wish.

Great Plugin! How do I donate to the cause?

• Excellent question! The plugin is provided free to the public - you can use it however you like - where ever you like - you can even change it however you like. Should you decide that the plugin has been a great help and want to donate to our plugin development fund, you may do so here.