Masking / Cloaking Affiliate Links

**Chimpo** · 04-03-09

Originally Posted by DLINKLA

I own the site 100% however , The things I can change via cms is some wording , and the affilliate banners.

I'm not technical enouth to know if I have access ti html files, webspace etc.etc

Stop.

You employ the web developers for a reason.

Get a project spec and definition finalised and over to them. Get a full scope of exactly what you want them to do. If you ask for "a,b,c,d and e" and then ask for "f.. oh and maybe g" when they've finished then you're going to get billed more. Also if you haven't fully defined a to e then you have nothing to hold them to when they don't deliver.

**DLINKLA** · 04-03-09

[QUOTE=Chimpo;476610]Afaik wordpress is a CMS. Or is there a CMS called 'CMS'?

Your code: try using window.status as whilst you can change this.href you would need to define this first.

This code does not work mate, Thanks though. sorry I dont even know what I update in . I though it was called CMS

**Chimpo** · 04-03-09

be aware that some CMS systems will escape your code. Drupal for example is a CMS system and due to it trying to be clever, breaks google adsense code.

When you enter the code into the CMS and then view the source in firefox / IE, make sure the code in the source is EXACTLY how it was entered in the CMS. A single character missing or converted into an escape character (e.g. " or   ) will cause your link to fail

**losdev** · 04-03-09

Originally Posted by rm94531

Does link masking hide the affiliate links within the web page source code also ?

Depends on what you use.

Mine for example works like thus...

1 I create a .php file with a $ ref and put all the deeplinks inside this file and pop it into a folder.

2 I create a link to this file within the product so my viewers see a link similar to /MY_PRODUCTS/MY_FILE.php

3 I block all access to this file for bots via htaccess file.

So if you view the source, all you would see on the page is a link to my folder.

HTH
:tup

**Seamaster** · 06-03-09

Does anyone know the best way to hide links with Wordpress?

I don't think I can use the link cloaker plugin as I want the same anchor text to go to different sties.

For example on one post I want the text 'click here to buy' to go to ebay and on another post I want the text 'click here to buy' to go to amamzon.

Any ideas?

**losdev** · 06-03-09

Originally Posted by Seamaster

Does anyone know the best way to hide links with Wordpress?

I don't think I can use the link cloaker plugin as I want the same anchor text to go to different sties.

For example on one post I want the text 'click here to buy' to go to ebay and on another post I want the text 'click here to buy' to go to amamzon.

Any ideas?

yup, read my post above...

:tup

**sandy3** · 06-03-09

Originally Posted by Seamaster

Does anyone know the best way to hide links with Wordpress?

I don't think I can use the link cloaker plugin as I want the same anchor text to go to different sties.

For example on one post I want the text 'click here to buy' to go to ebay and on another post I want the text 'click here to buy' to go to amamzon.

Any ideas?

I have heard of WP affiliate but I don't know how good it is.
I hope this helps.
S