Different landing pages different folders

[Bourgais]

Hi,I found that the click counter works only when the landing page is directed to the Affiliate folder: http://www.yoursite.com/affiliate

The click counter does not count the clicks when the landing page is set to the main domain page :http://www.yoursite.com

Will appreciate very much any help.

http://www.imnlp-p.org

Ax

[amin007]

The clicks are tracked for any of the WordPress posts, pages, category page, home page etc (basically any URL that is powered by WordPress).

So quick question to you… are you using WordPress on your site? when you go to the follwoing URL is it powered by WordPress or is it a stand alone HTML page?

http://www.yoursite.com

[Bourgais]

Thank you amin 007 for your reply.

The affiliate program is hosted on the same server and on subfolder of the main domain folder.

The main domain website is made with html files. But the affiliate program is obviously based on wordpress and the pakage I bought from here…

The problem I am getting is when I fill the details for a banner (within wp-affilite program) and I fill the “landing page to the main index page of the domain, the click (from the affiliate link created) does not count.

When I fill in the details for the banner and the landing page is directed to the affiliate folder the click is counted.

So my question is why the click count does not work when the landing page is set to different page than the folder where the affiliate program is installed.

I hope that will help clarifying the issue I need your help for…

Thank you very much in advance for any advices you my provide me with

Bourgais

[amin007]

This is the reason:

“The main domain website is made with html files”

The affiliate platform is a WordPress plugin. It has no knowledge of any stand alone HTML pages that you have on your server. It’s like telling the Akismet plugin to stop spam comments on this HTML page. A wordpress plugin does not work outside of WordPress so when your visitors are landing on this standalone HTML page the plugin doesn’t even know that a visitor has landed.

With that said, you need a workaround so lets talk more on that.

Some still think that a sales page need to be created in old style HTML page but that’s not true. If you are using WordPress on your site then you can create the exact same looking landing/sales page using WordPress. WordPress allows you to do this using “Custom Page Template”. This article explains more in detail:

How to Create and use Custom Page Template in WordPress to Create a Sales Page

When you make your landing pages part of WordPress you can use all the WordPress plugins on that page.

Another alternative solution could be to set the cookie using a javascript. Does this same page has the “Buy” buttons too? Are you using plain paypal buy buttons?

[capnmatt]

I’m still creating pages with HTML. If I create a WP template for a Product Capture Page ( with a stand-alone appearance ) and I don’t want to include header, footer or sidebar at all, how do I add the HTML code – does it simply become a .php file when I paste it in the template?

I was still confused after reading the “Custom Page Template” article. Just learning.

[amin007]

A template file will be a php file and the beauty of a php file is that you can use plain HTML inside this file. So you can use all the code from your basic html template in this file to give it the same look and feel but still make it part of your wordpress.

you don’t necessarily have to include the header, sidebar and footer of your theme in this template. You just need to make a call to the “wp_head()” and “wp_footer()” fuctions so WordPress can load the javascript and CSS which many plugins will use.

This post has more explanation on this:

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/when-themes-go-wild-importance-of-using-a-properly-coded-wordpress-theme-2270

[gilbertocintron]

How do I make the call to the “wp_head()” and “wp_footer()” fuctions so WordPress can load the javascript and CSS which many plugins will use.

I tried creating templates like this:

<?php

/*

Template Name: Thank You Page

*/

//Display the header

get_header();

//Display the page content/body

//Display the footer

get_footer();

?>

this didnt work, so I tried this;

<?php

/*

Template Name: Thank You Page

*/

//Display the header

wp_head();

//Display the footer

wp_footer();

?>

this did not work either.

I want to create a thank you page with the clickbank field already embedded in a table for reuse, and I want to create thank you pages for other payment processors like paypal, 2checkout, alertpay, etc.

Any help is very appreciated.

Thank you.

[amin007]

The example only shows a skeleton of the page template. You actually have to put your body content there otherwise nothing will show up.

There is an example template file that you can download from this page. It’s not going to be exactly the same for your theme but it should give you an idea:

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/how-to-create-and-use-custom-page-template-in-wordpress-to-create-a-sales-page-2095

[gilbertocintron]

Thanks

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