After re-install and creating new contest, it still does not give referral entries.
–Pete
Can you please post a link to your website with active ContestHopper?
Your site is redirecting a specific GET request back to the main url (http://www.parahunter.com/contests/?ref=123 redirects to http://www.parahunter.com/contests/). That’s why you loose the information about a contest referral.
Other requests are not redirected so it seems to be a collision with another plugin you are using.
Could you provide the list of active plugins?
Thank you.
I think this is all active.
Affiliate Version 3.1.3
Akismet Version 2.5.7
All in one Favicon Version 4.3
All In One SEO Pack Version 2.0.2
Another WordPress Classifieds Plugin (AWPCP) Version 2.2.1
Avatars Version 11.2
Bad Behavior Version 2.2.14
Blubrry PowerPress Version 4.0.8
Cafepress Widget Version 1.0.5
Comments Plus Version 1.6.2
Configure SMTP Version 3.1
ContestHopper Version 0.9.3
Event Organiser Version 2.1.4
Exclude Pages from Navigation Version 1.92
Fast Secure Contact Form Version 3.1.8.2
Floating Social Version 1.7.1
Google+ Plugin Version 1.4.1
Google AdSense Plugin Version 1.19
Google XML Sitemap Version 0.1.1
Jetpack by WordPress.com Version 2.2.5
MarketPress Version 2.8.7
Newsletter Version 3.3.1
Nice PayPal Button Version 1.04
Official StatCounter Plugin Version 1.6.3
PlayPress Version 1.2.1
Polldaddy Polls & Ratings Version 2.0.19
Post Voting Version 2.1.6
Rebranded Meta Widget Version 1.0.2
Stop Spammer Registrations Plugin Version 4.3
Store Locator Plus Version 3.11.7
Twenty Eleven Theme Extensions Version 1.2
Twitter Goodies Version 7.8.1
Ultimate Branding Version 1.1.6
Ultimate TinyMCE Version 4.7
WordPress Backup to Dropbox Version 1.5.4
WPMU DEV Dashboard Version 3.2.6
YouTube Featured Video Version 1.1
Thank you for the list.
The Affiliates plugin is using GET parameter “ref” in the affiliate links. This plugin might be redirecting the page after a ref supplied by Contesthopper.
Please try to disable Affiliates plugin and test the referrals in Contesthopper.
Yes! After deactivating affiliates, the referrals works correctly.
Is it possible to use both plug-ins together, or will I have to choose between?
–Pete
Great, thank you for your help with finding this issue.
Right now you will have to choose between the two plugins.
We will add an option to change the GET parameter name through the developer API in 0.9.4 coming around the end of the week.
After the latest contesthopper update (version 0.9.4) you can now use this code (put it in functions.php in your theme) to change the referral parameter name:
function contesthopper_custom_ref($ref_name, $contest)
{
return 'ch_ref';
}
add_filter('contesthopper_ref_variable', contesthopper_custom_ref, 10, 2);
This will rename the variable for all contests to “ch_ref” and should be compatible with Affiliate plugin.
