Free PHP Voucher Code Framework

[3wdl]

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Hi all,

Steve has been hard at work recently working on a Free Voucher Code Framework that we've just released the first version of.

It's a pretty simple system that you can read more about and download here:

AffiliateFuture blog - updates and comments from the leading UK Affiliate Network AF Voucher Framework

It makes use of the AffiliateFuture Voucher Code XML file so imports all our codes automatically and you can use the CMS to add codes and offers from other networks.

This is the very first version and there are a number of enhancements that we'll make along the way but the idea is to give a basic framework that affiliates can use and develop on, be it the design or adding additional features.

Feedback is always welcome - we're working on a number of these style of applications to release in the future.

Cheers
James

[3wdl]

BTW - You can see two simple intergrations of this at the following sites:

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It will be quite easy to create new templates for - hopefully we'll see some affiliates pick it up and share some of their templates and we'll look to release a few more ourselves in the future.

[philhancox]

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:tup Nice innovation, I think I'll have to look at that XML service on it's own at some point as well.

---Edited: Sorry, ignore me, I'm blind as a bat - -

[Barry]

Def be looking at the way it handles your xml file later on tonight. MMMmm automated.

Ta

Baz

[Cheapdvds]

im just plain disgusted at affiliatefutures nerve of releasing this free script...

i mean , free ? it must be crap to offer it for free , so i gave it a go anyway.

2 mins to set it all up (i was also making dinner at the time so excuse how long it took) and thats it , looks a piece of piddle to mod it and change how it looks etc, should be fairly easy to add new bits as well.

so should u buy a script or try this ? u would be mad not to try this first , i would compare this pricetapestry , out the box it doesnt look pretty , but with a few design skills will look great and appears to work very well (well after the 5 mins its been installed anyway)

top job mr little and affiliatefuture

[befuddle]

I've got it installed here, took less than ten minutes to have it running with current Affiliate Future content and I'm not a techie.

I Want Voucher Codes

I'm not here to plug but I'm wracking my brain on two bugs.

i) The merchants links aren't correct. They're being appended to the site's url, so I need to find a rogue dot or something.

ii) £ signs are not being formatted correctly. Appearing as ? in Firefox and worse in IE.

Here's to another night neglecting my main site whilst I have a play.

Cheers, Ray

[3wdl]

cheapdvds - thanks for the comments - the thanks should mainly go to Steve for developing it as I'm just the pencil pusher, always nice to have feedback like that.

Thanks Ray - we'll get those bugs fixed tonight and get the updated version out either tonight or tomorrow!

I'm having a play tonight at this myself - managed to completely change the design so i'll put a link up when it's finished!

J

[Barry]

I havnt tried it as I am still looking over the code. But to make the deeplinks correct you need to find the following in the functions file:-

$deeplink=cleandata($voucherarray[$i][LandingPage][value]); 

and change it to:-

$deeplink=trim($voucherarray[$i][LandingPage][value]); 

Ta

Baz

[Cheapdvds]

the pound sign is because the script isnt classing it as a valid character , u just need to add it somewhere but i cant find where yet

[Cheapdvds]

think it should be in inc/functions.php , have checked but the pound sign is already listed as a clean character so not sure now

[befuddle]

Viewing the html source, it looks like : and . are being stripped out of the url but / are included.

[lowndsy]

edit: Replaced my previous post wit the most up to date fix.

Open up inc/functions.php and replace the cleandata function with this one.

TAKE THE SPACES OUT OF THE ISO values (& # 36; etc) - I had to put them in to make them display here.

// Clean Data
function cleandata ($cleantarget) 
{ 
$cleantarget = TRIM($cleantarget); 
$cleantarget = STRIPSLASHES($cleantarget); 
$cleantarget=strip_tags($cleantarget); 
$cleanchars = array("'", "*", "@", "`", ",", "~", "(", ")", "{", "}", "\\", "\""); 
$cleantarget = str_replace($cleanchars, "", $cleantarget);
$cleantarget = str_replace("£", "& # 163;", $cleantarget);
$cleantarget = str_replace("%", "& # 37;", $cleantarget);
$cleantarget = str_replace("$", "& # 36;", $cleantarget);

//USEFUL ROUTINES TO KEEP TUCKED AWAY 
//Heavy duty one below - uncomment use if you absolutely only want letters and numbers...
//$cleantarget = ereg_replace("[^A-Za-z0-9]", "", $cleantarget); 
// Conditional ADDSLASHES CLAUSE - CHECKS IF MAGIC QUOTES IS INSTALLED - MIGHT BE USEFUL 
//if (!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { 
//$cleantarget=addslashes($cleantarget); 
//} 

$cleanedup=$cleantarget; 
return $cleanedup; 
} 

You will need to reimport your vouchers to update them. Empty the DB and re-import or just edit them and save to update them.

[Barry]

I'll be on the case in about 5 mins. Just getting it uploaded and installed now.

Ta

Baz

[3wdl]

I'm going to bed soon, but I thought I'd show that the site can look very different:

This has taken me about 30 minutes to put together after finding a free template - still a fair bit to do on it though!

Discount-Code.eu >> Voucher Codes and Discount Codes across the UK and Europe

I've also changed a few bits and pieces and put things into headers and footers which we may well replicate tomorrow to make the templating a bit easier.

[befuddle]

Thanks, the pointer to that free CSS template site is useful too