HELP : How to rebrand ebooks in webserver level ?

sfortus · 08-22-2008, 09:39 AM

Hi !

I want to install a solution in my site to rebrand automatically my ebooks with my affiliate's information.

I want that some one buy my ebooks from an affiliate of mine, i want that the download rountine automaticly introduce the affiliate info in the PDF ebook in a way that my client have the pdf automatically rebranded with affiliate's link that send this client to me.

every thing made automatically and at webserver level.

any one can give me some light on this subject ?

my site is in PHP in linux server.

PS: sorry my lausy english , it's not my mother language.

Best regards
Silvio Fortunato

Jeremy Wilson · 08-22-2008, 11:07 AM

Check this site out. Their stuff will do what you need but it's not that cheap.
Setasign :: Products - PHP / PDF solutions and content management with SiteSupra

I use the "LinkReplacer" api to rebrand links with the affiliate's link on the fly. A person clicks on a link and the PDF is automatically rebranded and the PDF opens in the user's browser. Completely seemless.

No rebranders to download or no converting html to pdf or stuff like that.

I also ended up using their "encrypter" api to set the permissions on the PDF, without it the PDF will have no security permissions on it.

As for the technical side of things, I'm not sure. I had my programmer set everything up. BUt it does work with PHP

sfortus · 08-22-2008, 12:55 PM

Many thks for your help, i already check theire site, i just have one question, theire API routine only change links or we can change any string in the text, for example in the origin pdf we put %%affiliatename%% %%affiliatesite%% %%afiliatelink%% for example and then we replace this strings for the affiliate info.

did you know that other type of strings diferent from hiperlinks can be changed ?

once again many thks for your preciouse help

silvio fortunato

Jeremy Wilson · 08-22-2008, 01:40 PM

I think their "stamper" API can do what you want but I'm not sure.

The link replacer just modifies links.

Just email their support with exactly what you want to do. They were extremely helpful and were very patient with me. I asked tons of questions before I purchased.

One thing to keep in mind is that if you want to do a bunch of changes on the fly, you will need to have a way to pass all the variables to the API to brand the PDF.

That's why I didn't try to rebrand the PDF with the Affiliate's name or website. I just have a scipt that passes their affiliate ID.

So the affiliate gets a link that looks like:
http://www.mydomain.com/freereport.php?id=affID

When someone clicks that link the PDF is embedded with their AffID but to the end user it just looks like a PDF opened up.

Khemal · 08-22-2008, 01:44 PM

Check these out:

SourceForge.net: HTML 2 PDF - a PHP script

dompdf - The PHP 5 HTML to PDF Converter

Khemal

08-22-2008, 09:39 AM	#1
sfortus Warrior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	HELP : How to rebrand ebooks in webserver level ? Hi ! I want to install a solution in my site to rebrand automatically my ebooks with my affiliate's information. I want that some one buy my ebooks from an affiliate of mine, i want that the download rountine automaticly introduce the affiliate info in the PDF ebook in a way that my client have the pdf automatically rebranded with affiliate's link that send this client to me. every thing made automatically and at webserver level. any one can give me some light on this subject ? my site is in PHP in linux server. PS: sorry my lausy english , it's not my mother language. Best regards Silvio Fortunato

08-22-2008, 11:07 AM	#2
Jeremy Wilson HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Niceville, Florida Posts: 438 Thanks: 2 Thanked 250 Times in 35 Posts	Re: HELP : How to rebrand ebooks in webserver level ? Check this site out. Their stuff will do what you need but it's not that cheap. Setasign :: Products - PHP / PDF solutions and content management with SiteSupra I use the "LinkReplacer" api to rebrand links with the affiliate's link on the fly. A person clicks on a link and the PDF is automatically rebranded and the PDF opens in the user's browser. Completely seemless. No rebranders to download or no converting html to pdf or stuff like that. I also ended up using their "encrypter" api to set the permissions on the PDF, without it the PDF will have no security permissions on it. As for the technical side of things, I'm not sure. I had my programmer set everything up. BUt it does work with PHP

08-22-2008, 12:55 PM	#3
sfortus Warrior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: HELP : How to rebrand ebooks in webserver level ? Many thks for your help, i already check theire site, i just have one question, theire API routine only change links or we can change any string in the text, for example in the origin pdf we put %%affiliatename%% %%affiliatesite%% %%afiliatelink%% for example and then we replace this strings for the affiliate info. did you know that other type of strings diferent from hiperlinks can be changed ? once again many thks for your preciouse help silvio fortunato

08-22-2008, 01:40 PM	#4
Jeremy Wilson HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Niceville, Florida Posts: 438 Thanks: 2 Thanked 250 Times in 35 Posts	Re: HELP : How to rebrand ebooks in webserver level ? I think their "stamper" API can do what you want but I'm not sure. The link replacer just modifies links. Just email their support with exactly what you want to do. They were extremely helpful and were very patient with me. I asked tons of questions before I purchased. One thing to keep in mind is that if you want to do a bunch of changes on the fly, you will need to have a way to pass all the variables to the API to brand the PDF. That's why I didn't try to rebrand the PDF with the Affiliate's name or website. I just have a scipt that passes their affiliate ID. So the affiliate gets a link that looks like: http://www.mydomain.com/freereport.php?id=affID When someone clicks that link the PDF is embedded with their AffID but to the end user it just looks like a PDF opened up.
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