Affiliate link using wrong target URL

[alchemynick]

Hi,

On my affiliates home pages, their link is showing using the URL [http://www.cleeveracing.com?aff_id=xxxxxx]

the target URL in ‘settings’ is [http://www.cleeveracing.com/become-a-member/]

should this not be the URL in their link?

Nick

[admin]

When you say “Target URL” in the settings, are you referring to the “Default Landing Page” field? The value of the “Default Landing Page” field is used to create the standard affiliate link in the homepage of the affiliate area. What version of the affiliate plugin are you using?

[alchemynick]

thanks that’s fixed it

[alchemynick]

One of my affiliates is logging on and seeing old data (I have updated his aff link URL, commission %).

If I log in with his details I see the new data….

Any idea what could be happening??

Thanks

Nick

[admin]

Caching could cause that. Also the user could have 2 affiliate accounts with two different affiliate IDs and he could be logging into the other one.

[Clairem]

My default landing page is set up as [http://employeetobusinessowner.co.uk/ap-diy-toolkit] but when the affiliates use their links

[http://employeetobusinessowner.co.uk?ap_id=testclaire]

it takes them to

[http://employeetobusinessowner.co.uk]

I’m using WP affiliate platform 5.4.5 in WordPress version 3.5.1

[admin]

That means you enabled the following option in the affiliate plugin. Not sure why you enabled that option if you don’t want it:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/hide-the-affiliate-id-from-the-url-after-the-visitor-lands-on-the-landing-page

[Clairem]

Thanks for the info. I can’t find that option. Could you please tell me exactly where to find it so I can disable it.

Thanks

[wpCommerce]

Hi, it’s in the “wp_aff_advanced_configs.php” file (this file is in the “wp-affiliate-platform” plugin folder).

You need to search for the following line:

define('WP_AFFILIATE_AUTO_REDIRECT_TO_NOT_AFFILIATE_URL', '1');

Once you find it simply change it with the following line:

define('WP_AFFILIATE_AUTO_REDIRECT_TO_NOT_AFFILIATE_URL', '0');

Alternatively, you can just install a fresh copy of WP Affiliate Platform plugin which will remove any modifications you have made:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/re-install-or-load-a-fresh-build-of-the-plugins

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