How to integrate third party tracking system

We are integrating our affiliate program with Shareasale. They gave us a pixel code that we need to place on our shopping cart. Below is the code:

<img src="https://shareasale.com/sale.cfm?amount=AMOUNTOFSALE&tracking=TRACKINGNUMBER&transtype=TYPEOFTRANSACTION&merchantID=31220" width="1" height="1">

AMOUNTOFSALE

TRACKINGNUMBER

TYPEOFTRANSACTION

the tracking number is the order number or unique identifier from that order. Each order usually have an orderid assigned by the shopping cart.

i saw that the transaction type is assigned by Shareasale so no need to get the variable for that. I just need the one for the orderid or tracking number.

also, where do i place this code? supposed to be on the thank you page or order confirmation page. how do i find it?

I placed the code on checkout / end.php

but it did not track when we made the test purchase. any ideas?

Hi Nicolas,

I am having the same/similar situation. Basically. I need to get the orderID and subtotal to the thank-you page. subtotal being total before tax of course.

-Bill

Ok,

I got my code now. Performance-based.com wants this code on my thank you page.

<!--ROIA conversion #259--><img src="https://net.performance-based.com/l/259?id=partner_id;amount=TOTAL_WITHOUT_VAT" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" style="width:1px;height:1px;border:0" /><!--/ROIA conversion #259-->

Thank you for your help and patience. This is new but I'm learning. From http://docs.joomla.org/Creating_a_Plugin_for_Joomla_1.5 I created this xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<install version="1.5" type="plugin" group="hikashop" method="upgrade" >
   <name>Notify Performance-based.com of sale status change</name>
   <author>Nicolas</author>
   <creationDate>21 March 2011</creationDate>
   <copyright>(C) 2011 HikaShop. All rights reserved.</copyright> 
   <license>GNU/GPL</license>
   <authorEmail>nicolas[works for]hikashop.com</authorEmail>
   <authorUrl>www.HikaShop.com</authorUrl>
   <version>0.1</version>
   <description>Allows notification of sale status change to performanced-based.com</description>
   <files>
       <filename plugin="hikashop.notify_performance-based">hikashop.notify_performance-based.php</filename>
   </files>
   
</install>

// no direct access
defined( '_JEXEC' ) or die( 'Restricted access' );
 
// Import library dependencies
jimport('joomla.plugin.plugin');
 
class plg<hikashop><notify_performance-based> extends JPlugin
{
/**
 * Constructor
 *
 * For php4 compatability we must not use the __constructor as a constructor for
 * plugins because func_get_args ( void ) returns a copy of all passed arguments
 * NOT references.  This causes problems with cross-referencing necessary for the
 * observer design pattern.
 */
 function plg<PluginGroup><notify_performance-based>()
 {
    parent::__construct();
 
    // load plugin parameters
    $this->_plugin = JPluginHelper::getPlugin( '<hikashop>', '<notify_perfomance-based>' );
    $this->_params = new JParameter( $this->_plugin->params );
 }



function onAfterOrderUpdate(&$order,&$send_email){
$config=&hikashop::config();
$confirmed = $config->get('order_confirmed_status');
//if order status is not updated skip
if(!isset($order->order_status)) return true;
$class = hikashop::get('class.order');
$dbOrder = $class->get($order->order_id);
if(empty($allProducts)){
return true;
}

if($order->order_status!=$confirmed){
//if status is not confirmed just skip
return true;
}
$vat = 0;
foreach($allProducts as $oneProduct){
$vat+=$oneProduct->order_product_quantity*$oneProduct->order_product_tax
}
$request = curl_init('net.performance-based.com/l/259?id=XXX;amount='.($dbOrder->order_full_price-($vat+

$dbOrder->order_shipping_price+$dbOrder->order_discount_price)));
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$post_response = curl_exec($request);
curl_close ($request);
}

Thank you much.

in the line:

$request = curl_init('net.performance-based.com/l/259?id=XXX;

$dbOrder->order_id

I had it wrong at first. It's the order ID in the XXX.

I have bigger problems now. The plugin is installed and enabled. During testing we (my affiliate manager and I) decided that I better simplify the checkout so I set the registration to "no registration". I had the long "old school flow" and step 6 ended up being an empty page. That pretty much ended our conference call until I can get this straight and shorten the flow.

Other issues found while troubleshooting:
1) I did upgrade but now I notice 2 geolocation plugins listed that I never noticed before. I had it disabled during the upgrade so maybe that had something to do with it? The demo site has 2 affiliate plugins ans 2 category plugins.
2) I noticed that if you take the login step out of the checkout flow then you loose the address layout as well. The work around is to leave login_ in the flow but set Login option to no. I verified this on the demo site.
3) The terms of service link does not render the terms of service page (it's broken). I did an override - PLEASE_ACCEPT_TERMS_BEFORE_FINSIHING_ORDER="Please accept the <a href=" www.heatmisersaves.com/terms-of-service " target="_blank">terms and conditions</a> before proceeding"
4) The configuration display tab has a footer section not mentioned in the Help file (unless I'm blind) and I'm curious to know what goes in the Affiliate box?
5) The demo checkout has nice bold titles and borders around the layouts that I don't have.

My biggest issue is that instead of going to authorise.net page I get a big white empty browser. This one has me stumped I hope it's a simple fix.

-Bill

Thank you.

I could not find the php.ini and your help file says to restart the server. I put in a ticket with iPage. Hopefully it will get completed in the next hour.

Regards,
Bill

Update: The display_error variable was already set to On in the php.ini file. I'm trying to track down the error log files now.

-Bill
www.HeatMiserSaves.com

Update2: This error seems to be appearing at the top of the frontend and backend but I don't know that it has anything to do with the shopping cart, "
Notice: Undefined index: QUERY_STRING in /hermes/bosweb/web070/b706/ipg.heatmisersavescom/libraries/joomla/environment/uri.php on line 161"

I emailed you the latest zip file and error codes.

I think we have an unrelated error or possibly bug but I'm not sure so I am writing it up here. This error occurs when I logged out of the back end.

Fatal error: Class 'hikashop' not found in /hermes/bosweb/web070/b706/ipg.heatmisersavescom/plugins/user/hikashop.php on line 80.

-Bill

If it's not one thing it's another eh?

I replaced the lines as you described for my plugin then ran a test case. The transaction got to the Authorize.net page and I ran a test that did go through. However, I got this message instead of getting redirected back to the orders page.

From secure.authorize.net/gateway/transact.dll

An error occurred while trying to report this transaction to the merchant. An e-mail has been sent to the merchant informing them of the error. The following is the result of the attempt to charge your credit card.

This transaction has been approved.

It is advisable for you to contact the merchant to verify that you will receive the product or service.

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /hermes/bosweb/web070/b706/ipg.heatmisersavescom/plugins/hikashop/notify_performance_based.php on line 15

JUser::_load: Unable to load user with id: 112