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Hi Timo
It would be great if ASA supported a custom template directory that is not a subdirectory of the plugin because those get deleted on every plugin update. It would make life a lot easier if there was a asa_templates directory directly in wp-content/plugins that does not get deleted. Agood example of a plugin that works like that is cforms, there is an extra directory for the custom css files.
Would be great if you could consider this for the next release of your fantastic plugin.
I also want to take the opportunity to say thanks for this amazing plugin!
Mike
Hi Michael,
since the current version the plugin does not overwrite your custom files any more. In the base “tpl” directory there are no files any more. There you can put your custom files. Only in the sub-dir “built-in” are files shipped with the update, but those are – as the folder name implies – built-in templates you should not change. Those get overwritten, not the ones in the root “tpl” directory.
I hope this is what you expect.
Hi Timo
The problem is not the files being overwritten but the general update mechanism used in wordpress – it deletes the complete plugin folder and builds it anew from the plugin zip file.
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I just installed the hotfix version 0.9.9.3 (which came just in time – I was beginning to despair as I thought I had broken my installation
and all my custom template files in the tp folder (not the built-in folder) where gone again. I guess the only way to handle this is to do it like cformsII does (and I have seen a couple of other plugins do it the same way, too.)
Mike
Hi Michael,
right, I mentioned this behaviour in my update note yesterday: http://www.wordpress-amazon-plugin.com/2011/133/hotfix-release-0-9-9-3/
This is new to me, I thought WordPress would not delete the whole folder and I think it did not in the past, but maybe I am wrong. I will fix this with a future version and find a reliable way for keeping your templates. One option would be to store them in the database.
Hi Timo,
Thanks for this plugin, it’s been really useful.
I’m trying to figure out how to use custom link text within the ASA tag using the {$Comment} placeholder. I have a template that calls {$Comment} like this:
{$Comment}
This is the shortcode I’m using in my post:
[asa mytemplate comment="Link text here"]ASIN[/asa]
When I preview the post, ASA just loads the default template. Any idea what might be happening?
Thanks,
Sean
Hi Sean,
sorry for my late reply.
I think this is a template problem if ASA does not load your mytemplate file and uses the default. Where did you put your mytemplate.htm file? Does {$Comment} work in your default template?
Thanks for your response. I have my custom template files stored in the tpl folder. I can get the {$Comment} placeholder to work when I add it to the default template, but it doesn’t seem to work when I add it to any of the other built in templates.
For example, I added {$Comment} to the book.htm template and tried to call it using both of these shortcode variations:
[asa comment="Test comment" book]ASIN[/asa]
[asa book comment="Test comment"]ASIN[/asa]
When I do that, the default template loads (with the {$Comment} tag loading correctly).
Hi Sean,
you are right. I checked this and it seems to be a bug. Sorry for that. I will fix it for the next update.
hello
i have overview page (it have 10 item per page)
and i have read more button for each page in overview page
when i click read more button for go to detail page for show detail for each item
how can i show {$ProductDescription} for only detail page?
i place {$ProductDescription} into the template file
but {$ProductDescription} show in overview page and detail page
thank you, you plugin is very nice for me
No problem–thanks for looking in to it. This plugin has been a huge help, I appreciate all the work you’ve put in to it.
I have tried to install the plugin on WPMU but I get an error message.
Hi Jeff,
thanks for your feedback. What is the exact error message? Maybe you can send me a screenshot?
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Plugin does not work as side bar item
On this page it does, as you can see on top of this page. How exactly do you implement it in the sidebar? With the widget or the PHP functions?