Questions about the Amazon Links

sandytaylor443
(@sandytaylor443)

9 years, 4 months ago

Hi I have a few questions about this plugin:

1) Will the plugin re-write my existing amazon links to make them work for each visitor’s country? Or will localization work only for newly generated links using this plugin?

2) What happens to the links generated using this plugin if the plugin is uninstalled? Which country will those links default to or will the links work at all after the uninstallation of this plugin?

3) If the plugin is uninstalled, will the links added pre-install of the plugin revert back to the way they were before the plugin was installed?

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say_hello
(@say_hello)

9 years, 4 months ago

hello dear sandytaylor

many thanks for posting your question. referring to your first point: the plugin-rewrite: do you mean a new version of the plugin!?

note: the question 2 and 3 need to be answered by the developer.

many thanks for using amazon-link!!!

love to hear from you
cheers say hello

Thread Starter sandytaylor443
(@sandytaylor443)

9 years, 4 months ago

Hi say_hello

For the first question, I am referring to the current version of plugin. I want to know if the plugin will re-write existing amazon links

Thanks

Sandy
Plugin Author paulstuttard
(@paulstuttard)

9 years, 4 months ago
Hi Sandy,

The plugin does not normally change the content of existing posts, or update the content when it is installed. So it won’t rewrite existing links into shortcodes [amazon ...].

However there is a Beta plugin that will search for and replace existing links and automatically turn them into shortcodes. Currently it only supports standard <a href="www.amazon... /ASIN/">Some Text</a> links.

When you uninstall the plugin you can run the same Beta plugin to convert the shortcodes back to links (static content). When this is done it will convert the links to the default country’s domain.

I can’t guarantee the plugin will convert the links back to their original form exactly.

If you do use the Beta plugin, I would recommend backing up all you posts. It IS doing a search and replace, if it gets it wrong it could screw up some of your posts.

The Beta plugin does have a test option so you can see what it finds and what it will replace it with.

Hope this is of some help,

Paul
- This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by paulstuttard.
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Thread Starter sandytaylor443
(@sandytaylor443)

9 years, 4 months ago

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the reply. Is the “Beta Plugin” that you mentioned another plugin that I need to download or is it part of the Amazon Link plugin?

To be clear, after I install the Amazon Link plugin, only new amazon links that I add using the Amazon Link plugin can redirect users to their local amazon store (assuming I set it up properly). Existing amazon links on my site will remain untouched. – Is this correct?

Thanks!

Sandy

Plugin Author paulstuttard
(@paulstuttard)

9 years, 4 months ago

Hi Sandy,

To be clear, after I install the Amazon Link plugin, only new amazon links that I add using the Amazon Link plugin can redirect users to their local amazon store (assuming I set it up properly). Existing amazon links on my site will remain untouched. – Is this correct?

Yes this is correct.

The Beta plugin comes with the Amazon Link plugin, but it needs an additional step to install & activate. However I discovered that it is out of date and needs updating, so I’ll have to release another version of the plugin shortly.

Paul