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Cloaking a link in the config file?

by cjt
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Hi

-Firstly, my apologies if this is a no-brainer

I have an affilate product which required me to edit the config file with my own affiliate links. eg Paypal email, clickbank id, website etc.

Problem is my Paypal email link is in your face in the URL
'check-this-out .net/?e= vvvv @ mygmail'

The link - at 'mydomain. / check-this-out php' redirects to 'check-this-out .net/?e=vvvv @ mygmail'

Can someone help by either showing me in the code how I can change this or how to cloak the link in the php. or what ever I need to do.

Regards
CJT
#cloaking #config #file #link
  • Profile picture of the author Voon
    Is this something you looking for?

    Inside your 'mydomain. / check-this-out php':

    PHP Code:
    <?php
    header    ("Location: check-this-out .net/?e=vvvv @ mygmail");
    ?>
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    • Profile picture of the author cjt
      Originally Posted by Voon View Post

      Is this something you looking for?

      Inside your 'mydomain. / check-this-out php':

      PHP Code:
      <?php
      header      ("Location: check-this-out .net/?e=vvvv @ mygmail");
      ?>
      Hi Voon

      I don't have enough posts up to be allowed to put in any links which is why I have kind of trashed them.

      Maybe, I have found this in the index.php:

      <p align="center"><a href="check-this-out.php" target="_blank"><img src="banners/membercard250x219.gif" alt="" width="250" height="219" border="0" /></a><br />
      <a href="check-this-out.php" target="_blank" class="textsmall"><strong>Click Here For Video Tutorials!</strong></a></p>

      I put the "check-this-out.php" link through a cloaker to look like this:

      <p align="center"><a href="h t t p....my domain/check-this-out.h t m" target="_blank"><img src="banners/membercard250x219.gif" alt="" width="250" height="219" border="0" /></a><br />
      <a href="h t t p...my domain/check-this-out.h t m" target="_blank" class="textsmall"><strong>Click Here For Video Tutorials!</strong></a></p>

      I uploaded the new index.php & htm file etc but it obviously doesn't work because the URL with my Paypal email attached to it still comes up.

      Just swatting at flies! :confused:

      Regards
      CJT
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      • Profile picture of the author Voon
        Originally Posted by cjt View Post

        Hi Voon

        I don't have enough posts up to be allowed to put in any links which is why I have kind of trashed them.

        Understand you cannot post URL yet. Since my PHP code above will still show the URL even after it is redirected. So Richard's solution with frameset would solve the problem.

        HTML Code:
        <FRAMESET ROWS="100%">
  <FRAME SRC="check-this-out .net/?e= vvvv @ mygmail">
</FRAMESET>
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        • Profile picture of the author cjt
          Thanks Voon/Richard

          For some reason (for the better) the cloaked link I created last night is now working. Not sure why it didn't work before.

          There has to be a lesson here somewhere.

          Thanks for your comments/concerns
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          • Profile picture of the author saschakimmel
            I guess this problem could be fixed for everybody everytime if those websites would detect the e-mail address in the URL, save it in the session and redirect to the URL without the e-mail address immediately.
            So this could be fixed best on the website you're an affiliate of.

            Don't understand why they aren't doing that.
            In any case to prevent SPAM you can add different e-mail addresses to your PayPal account - I just wouldn't use the main e-mail address for this purpose for obvious reasons
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  • Profile picture of the author Richard Pickett
    Originally Posted by cjt View Post

    Hi

    -Firstly, my apologies if this is a no-brainer

    I have an affilate product which required me to edit the config file with my own affiliate links. eg Paypal email, clickbank id, website etc.

    Problem is my Paypal email link is in your face in the URL
    'check-this-out .net/?e= vvvv @ mygmail'

    The link - at 'mydomain. / check-this-out php' redirects to 'check-this-out .net/?e=vvvv @ mygmail'

    Can someone help by either showing me in the code how I can change this or how to cloak the link in the php. or what ever I need to do.

    Regards
    CJT
    create a page with a frameset. In the frameset you open the paypal link. put the link to the frameset in the config. when people click the link from the config all they will see will be the frameset url.
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