There is a crude hack you could use - but it's clunky.
Set the shop to "Showcase with prices"
When you add a new product, in the PRODUCT DESCRIPTION FIELD, insert a html link operated with an image button, to re-direct the visitor to your affiliate site:
eg:
HTML Code:To purchase this product, please click the button:<br /> <a href="http://www.your-affiliates-site.com/path/to/product"><img src="images/buy_product.jpg"></a>
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hi schoolboy thanks 4 da reply. Plz pardon da spellings-im replying from my phone. Is there a way i could do this by some sort of sql coding? If i will b adding like 500 products then that wud take a long time, i guess it wud b hard as each product would need directing 2 a diff page- i may still give it a shot. Ive been thinking that if i cud do something 2 da data feed b4 uploading it then it may save me much time. Is there any advise u cud give? Also wud u knw if da google froogle mod will work with a showcase store?Thanx Posted via Mobile Device
abs007 To do what you are asking to do is pretty straight forward but it would need coding but not in sql, sql is really only for inserting information into Mysql not manipulating text. The easiest way would be to use OO or Excel and 'concentrate' fields with your data to create the format you need and then import via EP, or look at the Python language which is very easy to learn which would do this very easily.
hi scrat thanx alot, just wat i was looking 4. I knew it cud b done in zencart its just trying 2 drill dwn 2 wat needs 2 b done n then looking 4 da solution, i find it amazing. So i need 2 make changes 2 da data feed. The data feed will b a .csv file i think and hope whichever method i end up choosing-excel-00 or python it wont matter.ive actually got am account wid totaltraining.com so will c if i can get a tutorial from there.many thanx 4 da reply Posted via Mobile Device
abs007
There are lots of Free Python tut. on-line some Video some text just 'goooooogle' for them;
http://diveintopython.org/
http://showmedo.com/videotutorials/python
http://www.sthurlow.com/python/
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Hi scrat
thanks alot for the reply - wow isnt python big - never done programming before and its gonna be a hard learn. Im just not sure where to start. Ive been reading tutorials and its started to give an introduction to small programming strings and is introducing variables - data - objects and all sorts. Its showed me how to use python to calculate mathematical equations which is great and has also introduced me to javascript and VBScript -
This is all great but i feel im going down a route which is not needed. Im not sure where what i am actually looking for to add the links to this .csv file. Is there any sort of buzz words that I should be using in my search to find the actual tutorials which i am looking for
sorry fto be a pain
abs007 |This is getting a little off topic for this thread but,
basically you will be manipulating text in the description field [ v_products_description_1 ]
Have a look at the python csv module which will do what you are after to write the file, but you need to learn some basic's of Python, basically "string" manipulating http://www.network-theory.co.uk/docs/pytut/Strings.html
Some Video tut.
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