Extension:Amazon-Linker
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| Description | Easily create Amazon.com product links by just entering their ASIN or ISBN | ||
| Author(s) | Kolomona Myer (HapaTalk) | ||
| Last version | 0.6b | ||
| MediaWiki | 1.9.3, 1.10.0, and 1.13.3 | ||
| License | GPLv3 and CC-BY-SA | ||
| Download | Project page Subversion [Help] |
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| Example | {{#ASIN:B001EUBSL0}} Produces:
[1] Adobe Photoshop CS4 |
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[edit] Notice
This extension currently doesn't work due to Amazon's Product Advertising API Authentication policy change. Product Advertising API
I am current rewriting this extension and I should have a working version in a week or so. The good news is that I the new version I'm working on will be much easier to use. (hopefully) --Hapa 05:34, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Inspiration
Inspiration for this extension was the ISBN feature that MediaWiki has. I wanted to use it to monetize my Wiki so I made a hack to the parser.php
While this worked it became a pain to maintain as I had to rehack the parser.php file every time I upgraded my wiki.
So I made this extension.
Please leave me feedback on my talk page User_talk:Hapa
Enjoy.
[edit] What can this extension do?
This extension provides an easy way to insert Amazon.com product links into your wiki pages making it simple to monetize your wikis
[edit] Notes on Current Design - Circa March 2011
The BookSources page on a standard MediaWiki v1.16.2 displays Amazon Books correctly only if the ISBN-10 (1847198201) number is given and is expected to go for example to:
http://www.amazon.com/CMS-Made-Simple-1-6-Beginners/dp/1847198201
The same book's ISBN-13 (978-1847198204) number errors out but should actually go to:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/?search-alias=stripbooks&field-isbn=9781847198204
This is only a search page that displays the book in summary form unlike the latter which displays it in detail form.
[edit] See It In Action
You can see this in action on my wiki http://www.opentutorial.com/Make_fire_text_using_photoshop#Amazon.27s_Related_Products
[edit] Usage
{{#ASIN:B001EUBSL0}}
Where "B001EUBSL0" can be any Amazon.com product number
This will automatically lookup the ASIN using Amazon Web Services (AWS) and return the following to your wiki page:
ASIN B001EUBSL0 Adobe Photoshop CS4
The link generated will include your own Amazon.com Associates ID number allowing you to get credit if a user purchases the product, or any other product on Amazon.com
[edit] Customizable Templates
The extension also provides for customizable output via a rudimentary templating system. Allowing for greater flexibility.
The templates can pull the following variables from Amazon.
- %alink%
- This is the link to the product which includes your associates tag.
- %ASIN%
- This is Amazon.com's unique product number for the item.
- %name%
- The name of the product.
- %Manufacturer%
- The manufacturer of the product
- %Price%
- Amazon's current price for the item.
[edit] Download instructions
Get the code from Google Code Here
[edit] Installation
Unzip the contents of the zip file to a directory titled "Amazon-Linker" in your extenstions directory
Read the readme.txt file contained in the zip file for instructions on how to install this extension
[edit] Configuration parameters
Read the readme.txt file
[edit] Amazon.com Infoboxes
If you would like to have the Amazon.com infoboxes like the ones seen on http://www.opentutorial.com/Make_fire_text_using_photoshop#Amazon.27s_Related_Products
Place the following code at the end of your skin php file just before the </body> tag:
<!-- ************************* BEGIN AMAZON ENHANCED LINK SCRIPT ****************** -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/s/link-enhancer?tag=tsickist-20&o=1">
</script>
<noscript>
<img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/s/noscript?tag=tsickist-20" alt="" />
<!-- ************************* END AMAZON ENHANCED LINK SCRIPT ****************** -->
