- Feb
- 19
Here's another quick tips for the 'Custom slug, custom page' plugin. Do you have any affiliate offers on your blog? Want a quick way to mask the ugly affiliate URLs?
Stage 1
Install the Custom Page plugin. You can download it from this page: http://aciddrop.com/2008/02/16/wordpress-plugin-custom-page-slugs-with-custom-content/
Stage 2
Once you've installed the plugin, go to Options | Custom Page | New Page.
- For the slug, enter the URL you would like your visitors to see
- For the content enter this code:
CODE:<?
header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
header( "Location:http://www.affiliateurl.com?trackingid=78236374637");
?>Enter your own Affiliate URL in place of my example above.
Click submit!
That's it.
Demo
Here, try this lovely link: http://aciddrop.com/free-remote-pc-access
Advanced tip
You can easily include some tracking to store a record of how many times the link was clicked, the page it was clicked on, the browser, the user's I.P etc. Just create a database table in your Wordpress DB to include the relevant info, then insert it into the database before the redirect.
More cunning plans
I've got a few more cunning uses of the plugin to come, so make sure you subscribe to my feed to stay up-to-date!
Wow talk about awesome. I am definitely going to implement this into my blog right now. Thanks!
- Dwayne Charrington.
http://www.dwaynecharrington.com