Title: Amazon Search
Author: asmaloney
Published: 15.3.2008
Last modified: 26.3.2009
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Hae lisäosia
This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.
# Amazon Search
[asmaloney](https://profiles.wordpress.org/asmaloney/)
[Lataa](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/amazon-search.1.2.0.zip)
* [Tiedot](https://fi.wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-search/#description)
* [Arvostelut](https://fi.wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-search/#reviews)
* [Asennus](https://fi.wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-search/#installation)
* [Kehitys](https://fi.wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-search/#developers)
[Tuki](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amazon-search/)
## Kuvaus
This plugin allows you to link directly to items in your
posts using a special
tag of the form:
**[amazon ASIN=0123456789]Fancy Title[/amazon]**
The plugin lets you set associate IDs for each international amazon server and set
one server
as the default for your site.
It also includes an Amazon Search widget which will search any of the amazon servers
and produce search results with direct links to products.
It also provides an XSLT file for the amazon server to access, which processes it
together with the XML results of
the search, and then returns HTML. This saves
your server from having to process the XML itself.
It uses css to format the search widget and the search results. It will look in
its css dir for theme-specific css files
too, so if you have one in there called**
your-theme-name.css**, it will include it after **default.css**. This way you may
customize search results for a given theme by dropping in a new css file. So if
you allow your users to switch themes, you can include a css file for each one and
the search will look correct when it is switched.
#### Version History
* v1.2.0 [23 March 2009]
- [fix] fixes for potential installation problems on WordPress 2.7
- [new] add buttons to the TinyMCE and QuickTag editors to make the Amazon markup
easier [code from [Stephanie Leary](http://sillybean.net) – thanks Stephanie!]
- [new] new editor buttons are optional [They are on by default but may be turned
off in the preferences.]
- [new] made the search part of the plugin optional [If you just want to use
the text links, search may be completely disabled in the preferences.]
- [other] code reorganization and cleanup
* v1.1.3 [20 July 2008]
- [fix] fix dumbness introduced in 1.1.2
* v1.1.2 [20 July 2008]
- [new] code refactoring of the ipNation stuff for some future work
- [new] check if the ip2Nation database is installed when displaying options
on the admin page
* v1.1.1 [23 May 2008]
- [fix] fix for PHP 4.x
- [fix] better integration with Silver Light theme
* v1.1.0 [26 Apr 2008]
- [new] added ability to specify a text link in posts by using a special tag:[
amazon asin=0123456789]link text[/amazon]
- [new] new text links will use [ip2Nation database](http://www.ip2nation.com/ip2nation)
to do simple geo-location
* v1.0.2 [02 Apr 2008]
- [fix] fix default XSL path
* v1.0.1 [22 Mar 2008]
- [new] add CSS for Silver Light theme
- [fix] fix incorrect paths due to last-minute name change
* v1.0.0 [08 Jan 2008]
- initial version
### Configuring The Plugin
In the Admin section, under **Settings -> Amazon Search** you may configure the
following:
#### Associate IDs
In this section, fill in any associate IDs you have. You may also select one of
the servers to be the
default for your users. If you live in France, you might
choose the amazon.fr server, for example. Any IDs left blank will be filled in with
mine.
#### Development Contribution
Ah, here’s the hook! I’ve set it up so that every ’N’ searches [or page displays
if you are using the text links],
the links which are produced use my associate
IDs. You can choose a value for ’N’ here. No need to go hacking if you don’t want
to support development – just set it to 0 and it won’t ever substitute my associate
IDs.
#### Text Links
If **Use Text Links** is on, the plugin will process your posts looking for a special
markup and convert them to links.
To add a text link to an Amazon product, simply use the following format:
[amazon ASIN=0743279794]Fancy Title[/amazon]
ISBN may be used in place of ASIN – they are effectively the same thing. It is a
case-insensitive match, so ’asin’ is the same as ’ASIN’.
This tag will be converted to a link of the form:
Fancy Title
If you have **Use ip2Nation** checked and the [ip2Nation database](http://www.ip2nation.com/ip2nation)
is installed, it may be used to locate the best Amazon site for the visitor. Any
country not handled specially will
use your default Amazon server. If you have
the **Development Contribution** set in your prefs, a page load will count as a ’
search’.
**NOTE:** The handling of which Amazon site is best per country is incomplete at
best. I would appreciate any feedback or additions/corrections
to the list [which
is found in the getAmazonServerFromIP() function in amz-search.php].
**Add Editor Buttons** allows you to turn off the additional buttons in the editors
which provide a quick way to enter an amazon link.
#### Searching
**Use Searching** allows you to turn off the search capability completely in case
you just want to use the text links.
**Default Category** is the one that will be used when the user searches from the
widget. When they
get the results, they will be able to change the category on
the search page.
**Default Search Term** is what is used if the user doesn’t enter a search term.
Right now it defaults
to ’WordPress’. You will probably want to change it to something
appropriate to your site.
You may specify an XSLT file that will be sent to the amazon servers for processing.**
This file must be publicly
accessible
because the amazon servers will be reading
it to provide formatting.
If you don’t know what this means, you better leave it
alone. The XSLT file may be edited if you want to customise the results produced
by the search. I am certainly _not_ an XSLT expert, so if you have any suggestions,
please contact me.
You may also set the size of the images that are to be returned in the search or’
None’ to turn them off.
Watch out if you set this to ’Large’!
## Kuvankaappaukset
* [[
* An example search using the classic theme.
* [[
* The admin screen
* [[
* The Amazon link button in the editor
## Asennus
1. Upload the whole amazon-search directory to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory[
it must be called amazon-search]
2. Activate the plugin through the ’Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Configure it using the **Settings -> Amazon Search** page in WordPress
4. Go to the **Appearance -> Widgets** page and drag the **Amazon Search** widget
into a sidebar.
## UKK
Why do I just get a bunch of text when I search?
Check that **XSL file** is set properly in your prefs and is a full URL to an externally
visible file. The Amazon servers will grab
this file to format your results.
Note that if you change the XSL file it may take a minute or two for the Amazon
server’s cache to update it.
What did you use for development?
* WordPress 2.7.1
* MAMP 1.7.1
* Firefox 3.1b3
* MacOS X 10.5.6
What are some of the limitations?
* you cannot choose the sorting order
* you cannot choose which item data that is shown in the result [unless you know
XSLT]
* the search part of the plugin requires that your HTTP server have cURL support
Uh… Why?
I originally wrote this for the Geeklog CMS. When I wrote it, Amazon did not provide
widgets,
and Amazon Associates received more income for direct links than for others.
So I wrote this so Associates could generate more direct-link income from their
sites.
Amazon now provides a widget that does most of what the search provides. What it
doesn’t do is integrate nicely with your website. This plugin
is intended to provide
seamless integration with your site’s theme and give you more control over the layout
and information presented.
After porting the search facility I added support for the special tags to add text
links to posts. [Stephanie Leary](http://sillybean.net) then
provided me with some
code to add buttons to the editors which I modified and included with the plugin.
If I get decent feedback and people are using it, I will continue to improve it.
How do I contact you?
You can email my gmail account **imol00**.
## Arvostelut
### [How to display default products without search?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-display-default-products-without-search/)
[Danielle Whitney](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danellewsv/) 11.9.2017
I am using this plugin on one of my website, in one of mine article https://bestmoisturizerguide.
com/best-moisturizer-for-acne/ i want the search bar to display default amazon products
related to the article title without any need for user to search using the search
bar. Is that possible? Thanks
[ Lue kaikki 1 arvostelua. ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amazon-search/reviews/)
## Avustajat & Kehittäjät
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### Oletko kiinnostunut kehitystyöstä?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/amazon-search/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/amazon-search/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/amazon-search/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/amazon-search/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Metatiedot
* Version **1.2.0**
* Last updated **17 vuotta sitten**
* Active installations **10+**
* WordPress version ** 2.2 or higher **
* Tested up to **2.7.1**
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-search/)
* Tags
* [amazon](https://fi.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/amazon/)[Amazon Associate](https://fi.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/amazon-associate/)
[books](https://fi.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/books/)
* [Edistynyt näkymä](https://fi.wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-search/advanced/)
## Arvosanat
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## Avustajat
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## Tuki
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