The Age Old Question of Affiliate Feeds

Hello,

I have watched a lot of people trying to get this done (import their affiliate feeds to display in Zen Cart), and I really couldn't find a follow up on them. Consequently I have no idea if there has been progress on doing just that. I have a flat file .csv that I can format pretty well into Easy Populate (I believe that to be so), that doesn't really bother me unless someone could tell me any caveats I look for. What I wonder is if the remote image can be displayed these days (couldn't before)? Anyone dealing with affiliates, and feeds that could lend some tips?

Thanks

fwood:

Hello,

I have watched a lot of people trying to get this done (import their affiliate feeds to display in Zen Cart), and I really couldn't find a follow up on them. Consequently I have no idea if there has been progress on doing just that. I have a flat file .csv that I can format pretty well into Easy Populate (I believe that to be so), that doesn't really bother me unless someone could tell me any caveats I look for. What I wonder is if the remote image can be displayed these days (couldn't before)? Anyone dealing with affiliates, and feeds that could lend some tips?

Thanks

From where are you trying to display the remote image? In easy populate (or variation), on your site?

A majority of the default functions and files are written so that the information presented to the customer originates from the host rather than is someone else's data that is merely being shown again (security purposes). There are a number of things that could be easily changed to reach out to a distant location, but some of those then allow various types of injection. Hopefully though, there is a safe solution for the issue. Perhaps some form of formal communication setup between the two sites so that there is some sort of additional data that can be checked before progressing?