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Question Insert Affiliate Link On Camera Gallery View

Discussion in 'XenGallery' started by SelfSufficientMe, Dec 18, 2013.

  1. SelfSufficientMe

    SelfSufficientMe Authorized Member Authorized

    Is there any simple way to insert an affiliate link next to the camera in the gallery?

    I just want to include: "Buy this camera/phone here" and that would be very handy.

    Any suggestions welcome.
     
  2. sonnb

    sonnb Administrator Staff Member

    You can edit template to contain custom string. But the thing is you need to recognize them using camera's name. So what is the link to buy?
     
  3. SelfSufficientMe

    SelfSufficientMe Authorized Member Authorized

    I would like to tailor the link for each camera so it links to the store and directly to the product. That way the person viewing the photos taken by that camera on my site can be taken to the relevant page.

    I guess a generic link to the store home page would be better than nothing but it wouldn't be as effective and I could only use one vender but that would be OK as a start.

    The best option for me (with my limited backend coding knowledge) is to have a space somewhere so I can custom edit the link to show next to the camera data (or even on the same page somewhere) so if the link needed to be changed or edited later for that specific camera it could be done.

    My template editing experience is limited to changing the odd colours, size of text, and widths etc but I'm willing to try more complex edits if you have any suggestions...?

    XenGallery is not just a great photo/video host but with the built in camera data and Exif associating directly to the type of camera it could also be a perfect marketing tool for those Admins who have affiliates. If you think about impulse buying; for example, a visitor views an image in the gallery and they love the shot - then they notice what camera was used to take that photo - then they think I want that camera - then they follow the link to the store and buy - it's the perfect marketing scenario!

    BTW, check out my gallery - it's starting to look really cool :)
     
  4. SelfSufficientMe

    SelfSufficientMe Authorized Member Authorized

    Here is a the image of the camera page in XenGallery on my site - can anyone give me some simple instructions on how I could manually insert a link in any of the places shown please.

    camera view page xengallery.jpg
     
  5. sonnb

    sonnb Administrator Staff Member

    You can edit them in template: sonnb_xengallery_camera_view
     
  6. SelfSufficientMe

    SelfSufficientMe Authorized Member Authorized

    OK, and just insert the link (www.examplecamerashop) directly onto the template next to the phrase and it will appear?

    And, how would I custom the link for each camera to go to the product page for that camera?

    Sorry Sonnb, I know you must be busy but I don't know much about coding and editing templates.
     
    Last edited: Jan 17, 2014
  7. sonnb

    sonnb Administrator Staff Member

    Yes, just insert links to there. I will think about it as we already can customize the camera's info in Admin so it is possible to insert links.
     
  8. SelfSufficientMe

    SelfSufficientMe Authorized Member Authorized

    Great, thanks mate :)
     
  9. Kintaro

    Kintaro Authorized Member Authorized

    now that this is integrated with xengallery:
    is it possibile to insert only Amazon affiliate code? is it supported eBay too?
    It can be possible to view them in the same page and product sort by price?
     
  10. sonnb

    sonnb Administrator Staff Member

  11. SelfSufficientMe

    SelfSufficientMe Authorized Member Authorized

    This is a pretty interesting development! I haven't upgraded yet but I will soon - not sure how Amazon will work for me as in Australia I can't become an affiliate (yet) and to get around this I use Viglinks but this is definitely a step in the right direction for admins who would like to use this gallery addon for affiliates.

    Well done mate :)
     
  12. sonnb

    sonnb Administrator Staff Member

    You also can put camera's data with a link, it is now clickable.
     
  13. SelfSufficientMe

    SelfSufficientMe Authorized Member Authorized

    Excellent!
     
  14. Goodfella

    Goodfella Authorized Member Authorized

    The more reading i do on the forum the more i like this gallery :)
     
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