August 29, 2007
Promote eBay Signups with your BANS Store! (Skill - 2)
In the setup process of your Build a Niche Store, you have the option of displaying the eBay logo on all your page listings. In general, it is the standard eBay logo and you can see it by turning the feature on.
I decided to upload a different eBay logo as you see above, and go into the code that controls the display section and add the referral tracking code to the FrontControl.php file
Disclaimer - ALWAYS make a backup of any of your BANS pages before making changes. If something goes wrong, you can just save it back in one minute and have your store running while you correct the issue!
How Can you do This?
First, right-click on the above ebay image and choose “Save Picture As” and save into your /themes/yourtheme/images/ folder. (Change the “yourtheme” portion with the name of the theme you are using) After you have it saved, upload it to your server with the ftp program.
Now that the image is on your server, open your /cont/FrontControl.php file and scroll to about line: 345, you will see function logodisplay() code. Find the section that has:
Replace with: (Replace the PID to your CJ PID number)
Download this text file
Save the file, upload it to your server… turn on your new eBay referral link!
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Mark
I get the following error after install of this script:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/rossb1/public_html/cont/FrontControl.php on line 309
Here is the codewith my CJ PID, in place:
function logodisplay(){
$temp = $this->getOptions(”template”);
$ebaylogo = $this->getOptions(”logo”);
$f = “
“;
Any help would be appreciated
-Ross-
Hi Ross -
Where you currently have:
$f = “
“;
You need to have:
$f = “
“;
Of course - change the PID to your own. If you are still having problems - copy/paste your code:
$f = ”
“;
and send it to me at Mark@ thekidscollegefund .com (close the gaps) and I will return it with the correct paste in code.
Thanks
Mark
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Ron -
I added a text file into the description - use the text file for the code you need to paste. Remember to change the PID.
Mark
Mark,
I copied the codse from the file you posted above and this time it worked.
This is a GREAT MOD. I have been trying to figure out how to put a visible, but unobtrusive sign-up link on each page. This is exactly what I was looking for.
Many Thanks,
Ross
Hello Mark,
Thanks for this it is something I have wanted but I am having trouble with it working. I know a little HTML and I did what you said but when I uploaded the file I the image didn’t show just a box with not the red x but something like it.
I believe my problem is in uploading the image. What I did was make the folders you said to put the image in - where you said put your theme where you have ‘your theme’ the folders I have where I foudn ‘themes’ was here: scripts>themes>default
Now since I had only the default I made a folder with my theme ‘harley’ and put the image there.
I understand I royally screwed up here and I do apologize for my lack of knowledge but could you please set me straight? I know enough to know that I didn’t change the file name where the image goes but well, you can figure this out, right? :o)
I just turned off my ebay logo for now but would like to get this figured out.
Thanks very much for your time!
Jiselle
Hi Jiselle -
If you are using the default BANS theme, you want to upload the image into your /Themes/default/images/ folder. You should see an image in there now named: “ebay.gif”, essentially, you will just be adding this image into the same folder, it is named ebay.jpg.
Thanks,
Mark
Thanks Mark…. This is a nice addition to BANS.
Hi once again, Mark!
Thank you for getting back to me.
Actually I am using my own header, not the default. I guess I should have mentioned the fact. So, what now?
Thank you ahead of time!
Jiselle
Nicely done - this particular mod, and this site as a whole. (Speaking of, isn’t it time for a new post? ;) )
Just curious though: is the banner your own creation or eBay’s? If yours, you wouldn’t happen to be willing to share the source file. I know it’s a little thing, but the backgrounds I plan to use on many of my sites aren’t going to be pure white, so the banners don’t blend just right.
If not, not a problem, I can create another. But why reinvent the wheel if I don’t have to…
Great blog Cool Ideas
I got the MOD almost to work the pic comes up, just not the linking
This is what it looked like before the change
$f = ”
“;
This is after
$f = ”
“;
Right ???????
Help!!!!!!!!!
Thanks in advance
MMontez
Hi Mmontez -
Try the text file (http://www.thekidscollegefund.com/rawfiles/bans-ebay-link.zip) for the code - the html of the post kinda skews the code a bit.
Let me know if that worked for you - please post a link to your site in your return post - free advertising also!
Mark
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Mark,
Thanks for the mod, it worked great.
Why is the AID # in your code different than the AID # in the product listings?
Mark,
I followed your instructions for the ebay logo, but the old logo is still showing. Please help.
Mark,
What changes need to be made to the code to comply with the new EPN from eBay?
@ Donna and Stephen -
Please email me the urls of the sites you may be having problems with.
Use the contact form above… I will jump in and help out.
Thanks,
Mark