Flash Banner Ads on Affiliate Window

lewis_coburn · 21-01-05

Hi all,

Forgive me if my computer lingo confuses you but I am not quite up to date all all the terms.

Here is my question.

I have had some flash banner created for my website. I want to make them available on affiliate window so all of you guys can use them to promote the website.

I have been told those that the URL for the flash banners is fixed so that it clicks through to a certain page on our website.

Does this mean that affilliate will not be able to use my banners because they cant tailor URL's so commission is recorded?

hope this make sense to someone out there.

Any help would be apprecieated.

stevenm · 22-01-05

I'm far from being an expert but my take on this would be:

If the banners have already been made and they are set to point at a specific page on your site then I don't think it will record the affiliate code so no sales would be credited.

If it is only a .swf file you have then it may be difficult but not imposible to fix. As far as I am aware, there are now programs which can decompile a .swf file so that you can make changes to it.

If you have a .fla file then anyone with Flash MX on their computer could sort it and i would recommend sending it to the network and asking that they do so.

I hope that's helpful.

With best wishes.

Steven
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Virtual Cards UK
http://www.virtualcards.co.uk

carlos · 22-01-05

Click tags are used when you need to assign tracking codes to a piece of flash that has a static URL.

Basically a variable is placed within the URL inside the flash swf which can be changed from a scripting call from your website.

Check:

http://www.macromedia.com/resources/...signers_guide/

- Carlos