Posted on: 01/05/06 09:19am
By: n4th4n
I was asked to put an 'Associate Link' to Amazon in a block. Amazon associates are given 'specially crafted' links back to Amazon that are really just a little block of html as an iframe element (it starts with an iframe tag and ends with an iframe tag). It seems that this is not permitted due to a security hazard? I know that chatterblock uses the iframe tags, I haven't delved into the chatterblock code yet, what's the trick?
iframe in block?
Posted on: 01/05/06 09:31am
By: Blaine
No trick for a basic requirement as your looking for. It's just html that can be added as a block.
iframe in block?
Posted on: 01/05/06 10:25am
By: n4th4n
Strange, it wasn't working at all before - but seems to be now. Perhaps it took a little while to get the service registered. Sorry for the bother.
iframe in block?
Posted on: 01/05/06 07:55pm
By: n4th4n
I see the Amazon plugin, though Im not sure I understand what all it does. I also found the MTplugin (for Movable Type) -
described on O'Reilly[*1] - which purports to do just what I wanted - an easy way to create amazon links formatted my own way, but of course it's not for geeklog...
Is there a hack/plugin for geeklog that anyone is using that would allow me to take the otherwise ugly standard amazon associate links, and create a simpler one with just an image - ala Wil Wheaton's typepad site[*2] ? It seems like this would be a commonly requested thing, but I don't see too much activity on it in the forums.
It's clear I have to do some more investigation on the syntax of the Amazon links to understand all the variables.
[updated] You know, it seems too simple for a plugin - it's a simple link with the product number and the associate ID tacked at the end. You can host your own image or pull the image off Amazon. Fit't nicely in a geeklog block.