I need a tutorial on creating FHG for my paysite

[emmanuelle]

Originally Posted by Toby

For hosted free sites it gets a little more complicated, but only because you have to add the codes to the navigation links so that the affiliate ID gets passed from page to page.

Q: Since the cookie is dropped into the surfer's browser when he clicks on the link to the warning page, would the cookie not carry through to subsequent pages regardless?

[Toby]

Originally Posted by emmanuelle

Q: Since the cookie is dropped into the surfer's browser when he clicks on the link to the warning page, would the cookie not carry through to subsequent pages regardless?

No, at that point the surfer hasn't been thru the sponsor gateway so no cookies have been set. That doesn't happen until they click a sponsor link on one of the pages of the hosted free site.

[emmanuelle]

ok- I was thinking of links that began with http://refer.ccbill.com/cgi-bin/clic...n.com/freesite

rather than http://domain.com/freesite.php?xxxxxx


Even still, wouldn't the warning page be enough?

[Toby]

Originally Posted by emmanuelle

ok- I was thinking of links that began with http://refer.ccbill.com/cgi-bin/clic...n.com/freesite

rather than http://domain.com/freesite.php?xxxxxx


Even still, wouldn't the warning page be enough?

Only if you had code within your warning page that set a cookie that you then retreived on each page. Until the surfer actually clicks a link to the sponsor tour no affiliate tracking cookie has been set. It's easier to just insert the PHP code into the nav links of the HFS, and also more reliable since it's not dependent on the surfer allowing cookies or the hosted sites being on the same domain.