Is it me, or is Hostgator messing with me?

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I have had some Hostgator in the past and today for my website I put in new clickbank hoplinks with a tracking ID and did my thing. And now when I test on the hypertext link that is supposed to link in a new page to the affiliate website.

It says error 404 page not found.
But i can still view my website just when i click on the products that i am selling with the follow up link it says 404 page not found.

and to a little experiment, i added a new product on my website from clickbank and did the same as usual and still it says 404 page not found. Do any of you know what happened? how can i fix this?
#hostgator #messing
  • Profile picture of the author oldwarrioruser1
    Is the hoplink correct? Maybe there is a tiny error within your link?
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  • Profile picture of the author Nick Barton
    It is probably an error with your link. First try putting the link into your browser and see what happens.

    If it doesn't work then somehow you have a bad link. If you are using a redirect on your website have you uploaded the new folders?

    If you put a link to your website in your signature then I'm sure someone here would look at your sourcecode and see if they could spot an error.

    It's very unlikely to be anything Hostgator are doing.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bozigian
      Ok here is like an example

      I am promoting a jump training book its called Vertical Jump Bible

      and i am using wordpress so i type vertical jump bible and then go to hyperlink text and put

      <a href="http://3df4a62bwfeisx8ft9rmonbsdg.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=VRTDEVBIBLE" target="_top">Click Here!</a>

      and thats how i do it. and then when i go to try it out on my website it says 404 page error. any ideas?
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      • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
        Have you tried it without the tracking ID? It may be a quirk in Wordpress, so you may want to ask in the Wordpress support forum. Some pretty sharp cookies in there.

        FWIW, I pasted your link, with tracking ID, into my browser and the page loaded fine (complete w/ affiliate ID).
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        • Profile picture of the author Bozigian
          No it is still no use. Is it safe to expose your hoplink to someone>/? Im sorry but I have been at this for a while. Even without the tracking id.

          any more suggestions?
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      • Profile picture of the author oldwarrioruser1
        Originally Posted by Bozigian View Post

        Ok here is like an example

        I am promoting a jump training book its called Vertical Jump Bible

        and i am using wordpress so i type vertical jump bible and then go to hyperlink text and put

        <a href="http://3df4a62bwfeisx8ft9rmonbsdg.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=VRTDEVBIBLE" target="_top">Click Here!</a>

        and thats how i do it. and then when i go to try it out on my website it says 404 page error. any ideas?
        Are you typing the words.. 'vertical jump bible' and then you HIGHLIGHT those words then click 'hyperlink' or whatever it says? Is that what you are saying?

        IF that's what you are doing, you are doing it wrong when you paste that entire code in there, you only have to paste the URL.

        Paste just this ""http://3df4a62bwfeisx8ft9rmonbsdg.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=VRTDEVBIBLE"" (Without the quotes)
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  • Profile picture of the author Jermaine Tabor
    Your hop link works on my end.

    Here is your cb id and tracking id
    johnpaul01.vrtdevbible.
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  • Profile picture of the author oldwarrioruser1
    Did you try what I said mate ^^^
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    • Profile picture of the author Bozigian
      yes i have and it works now finally. when i click on the link and it redirects to the page is it supposed to have my clickbank id ?
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      • Profile picture of the author oldwarrioruser1
        Originally Posted by Bozigian View Post

        yes i have and it works now finally. when i click on the link and it redirects to the page is it supposed to have my clickbank id ?
        No it won't show it.

        If you want to double check to make sure it works, click on the 'Order' button.

        Then at the bottom of the order page, it should say [affiliate=YOURID]
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  • Profile picture of the author ReportKing
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    • Profile picture of the author Bozigian
      Ok i finally got things back and rolling thanks guys
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