Adding Amazon Associates Product's HTML Code to New Article?

**AliMadkour** · Sun 13 Jan '13, 3:01pm

Try
[url={YOUR AMAZON AFFILIATE URL LINK}][img]{PATH TO YOUR IMAGE}[/img][/url]

**Dave234** · Sun 13 Jan '13, 6:19pm

Can you please elaborate further? I don't know anything about where to get these links, or what they might look like...

**AliMadkour** · Sun 13 Jan '13, 6:34pm

if you add a link like
[url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007RNWUC4/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&tag=aftershock04-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007RNWUC4][img]http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B007RNWUC4&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=after shock04-20&ServiceVersion=20070822[/img][/url]
at the post It will be

**Dave234** · Sun 13 Jan '13, 6:54pm

Can you tell me how you did that?

**Trevor Hannant** · Mon 14 Jan '13, 3:40am

Copy and paste the text in the post above checking that your affiliate link is in there and not someone elses

**Dave234** · Mon 14 Jan '13, 6:11pm

Where did you get this part?

[img]http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B007RNWUC4&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=after
shock04-20&ServiceVersion=20070822[/img]

**Lynne** · Mon 14 Jan '13, 6:36pm

He got it directly from the html you posted in your first post.

**AliMadkour** · Mon 14 Jan '13, 6:37pm

From your code

Code:

<a href="[B][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007RNWUC4/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&tag=aftershock04-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007RNWUC4[/COLOR][/B]"><img border="0" src="[B][COLOR=#ff0000]http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B007RNWUC4&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=after   shock04-20&ServiceVersion=20070822[/COLOR][/B]" ></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=a...1&a=B007RNWUC4" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

Use blue for link and red for the image.

**Dave234** · Wed 16 Jan '13, 3:30pm

Could I just allow HTML in my articles?

If I enable HTML in the "Create Article" section of the Main Pages, would it not be any kind of security risk?

I would be the only one to enter this information in the "Create Article" pages, but everyone would be able to read it.

Is it not risky at all because no one else has the ability to edit the articles (only read them)?

If all of this is the case, would people still be able to add comments to an article? Or would their ability to add comments be a security risk? (Or is adding comments to articles a completely separate thing?)

I very much appreciate your assistance.

**AliMadkour** · Wed 16 Jan '13, 3:41pm

We always not recommend using HTML anywhere but make sure that you enable HTML permission in CMS for the author, not the viewer or for Administrators group only.

**Dave234** · Wed 16 Jan '13, 4:05pm

Would it be a security risk if I enable it for the author only?

Also, how would I enable it for the author only?

**AliMadkour** · Wed 16 Jan '13, 4:10pm

I'd suggest to enable it for Administrator group only Open AdminCp->vBulletin CMS->Permissions->Can Use HTML in CMS Content-> Check it for administrator group and Save permission changes, No risk if you have trusted admins

**Dave234** · Sat 19 Jan '13, 2:20pm

I have changed the permissions just as you said, but it did not work. When I paste this into the new article: <iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blan...ins=B007RNWUC4" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>

It converts all the code into a little box that says: 404 Error File Not Found

The page you are looking for might have been removed,
had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

It does this no matter what I copy and paste from amazon. However, when I actually go into the code and enter the information [url= and [img][/img], that works.

But that is sooo time-consuming. I would love to just be able to copy and paste the code and be able to see the image link. In the HTML portion of the edit post screen I am sure to have the "HTML On - Convert Linebreaks" box checked, but it still does not work.

I really, really want to just be able to copy and paste this code, because I have a LOT of items to enter..................

If I can't just copy and paste, then would you be able to tell me (similar to the above) how I can convert the following into a workable link within my new article?

<iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blan...ins=B002BSC54I" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>

I tried doing it similar to how you converted the above image, but I just can't seem to find out where to put the [img] tag.

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Can you also tell me why not even the text link is working, when I copy and paste it into a new article? I would love to just be able to copy and paste the below text next to the other item, like as the title of the item, but it is just showing the below code (even though HTML is enabled for administrators.....I am the only administrator on my site):

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...002BSC54I">The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword with Music CD</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=a...1&a=B002BSC54I" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

**Lynne** · Sat 19 Jan '13, 6:11pm

We would need to see a link to the problem in order to see what is wrong.

And please use the code tags when pasting code so it is easy for us to test it. The last one is code I tried on my test site and it worked just fine (once I copy/pasted the correct links since you didn't put it in code tags).

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