Affiliate link only works if pointed to root dir

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12 years 10 months ago #41147

Hello,

For some reason the affiliation ID link only works if pointed to the root derectory of the website:

http://www.xyz.com/?promo_id=877
.

If I want to use the Affiliate ID link for a product page, for example, it does not work any more:
http://www.xyz.com/mobile-broadband/product/23-3g-xx-yy-zz/?promo_id=877
. But the Click is being registered at the back end of the website!

My question is how can I make the Affiliate ID link to work for any page or any product page within the website?

Thanx for your help!

Last edit: 12 years 10 months ago by seoweb.

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12 years 10 months ago #41271

Hello again,

I have got it working using this kind of link:

http://www.xyz.com/index.php/mobile-broadband/product/25-3g-xx-yy-zz/?promo_id=877

So the difference is /index.php within the url.

But this solution is not beautiful, you know, so still the same question. Can I make it working using a built in SEO logic of Joomla?

Ideally it should look something like this:
http://www.xyz.com/any-subfolder/more-sub/even-more-sub/?promo_id=877

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12 years 10 months ago #41334

So it seems to be related to the SEF.

What if you try that:

http://www.xyz.com/mobile-broadband/product/23-3g-xx-yy-zz/promo_id-877

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12 years 10 months ago #41368

I have run the test today again and looks like my previous tests were not good enough.
The first link I have tested yesterday was www.xyz.com/?promo_id=877 which works anyway, so the cookie was created. Obviusly any other link I have tested after that was working fine, because I did not clear the cache and cookies before I was testing another link.

The problem is that none of the links actually work together with Affiliate ID prefix apart of root folder link (i.e. www.xyz.com/?promo_id=877 )!

I really need to make it working with any product page URL within the website.

Please advice.

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12 years 10 months ago #41539

Ok, Looks like this was solved in version 1.5.5 as it says in a description:
'The cookie for the affiliate system was not working properly when the banner URLs were SEFed'

Since I am using 1.5.4 the problem is still there... Sorry I did not mention about this!

May I have the names of files which were actually changed to fix the issue and I will try to transfer the fix to my version?

Or if it is just 'a few lines of code here and there' solution, please provide me with some pieces of code and instructions where to copy/paste?

Thanx a lot!

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12 years 10 months ago #41541

Ah yes, that could well be the problem !

It's the file plugins/system/hikashopaffiliate.php that you should update.

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12 years 10 months ago #41672

Solved by updating the file to latest (1.5.6) version.

Thanx a lot!

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