Who has a problem with the way that NATS codes are output?

[Chop Smith]

xxxjay has exceeded their stored private messages quota and can not accept further messages until they clear some space.

I think I might have the code thing figured out

[Sammy4u-Brett]

So then Link List owners shouldn't have a problem using them? What do you mean by traffic sources then? Sorry just trying to figure this out because we use NATS and Chop was the first to let us know he had a problem with our code structure.

[Useless]

I wish someone would clairfy how or why the link structure is limiting. I'm horribly confused. Maybe some examples of where or when it can't be used.

[Chop Smith]

Originally Posted by Sammy4u-Brett

So then Link List owners shouldn't have a problem using them? What do you mean by traffic sources then? Sorry just trying to figure this out because we use NATS and Chop was the first to let us know he had a problem with our code structure.

Brett, there is not a problem with NAT's code structure and link lists will not incur any problems with linking to your sites. The LL owner must get your links directly from inside your webmater area.

The reason that I did not include yours, OC Cash and now Danza in the database for HFSlinks.com is because it is difficult to understand what the affiliate code is in the NATS structure. I certainly do not want to assist someone in not getting paid.

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

I wish someone would clairfy how or why the link structure is limiting. I'm horribly confused. Maybe some examples of where or when it can't be used.

As an example: If Sammy4u used ccbill my linking code would look something like this
http://sammy4u.com/tgp/new/freesites...dex.php?628344
With NAT it is like this
http://sammy4u.com/tgp/new/freesites...ats=NjU5OjM6MQ
Okay you sign up with HFS Links and start inserting your linking codes. When you come to Sammy and Brett's site, what will you enter? NjU5OjM6MQ, right? Well that would be wrong because the affiliate code is NjU5OjM6. The MQ is what I believe to be a site id. So I tell my script to replace %affcode%MQ and you enter the wrong affiliate ID, then the code I generate in HFS Links would be http://sammy4u.com/tgp/new/freesites...ndex.php?nats=NjU5OjM6MQMQ.
For about three months, I considered several options but never came up with a real way to prevent someone from entering the entire NAT code. Therefore, I chose the easy way out and included: "We are aware of two sponsors that offer hosted free sites and their coding of affiliate codes are is not compatible with our system. You can click on the links below to visit their sites." In no way was this an implication that something was wrong with the NAT's system. The reason that I emailed Sammy & Brett and Jay was because I feel like, as GG&J board members, that they are friends of mine and I wanted them to know that I had attempted to include them in HFS Links.

[Useless]

Oh. That's not good. Thanks Chop. Exactly the type of explanation I needed. I've luckily never had to look at it that way before.

[Sammy4u-Brett]

Thanks for the great explanation Chop, I understand completely now. I will forward your problem and possible fix you wrote to us to NATS this afternoon.