I am following steps perfectly to add affiliate links to my website. After I update in edit mode and then head to my site, the hyperlink is there, but when clicked on, a blank
After you update, do you click on 'Publish' ?
Kyle states to click on Publish to make it 'live'. That stuck with me, I haven't added affiliate links yet myself.
I finally got it to work with some advice from a fellow WA member. Apparently the link Amazon wanted me to copy and paste was too long. There is an option to use a shorter URL. It worked! That was not in the training, so I didn't know to check. Thanks for the reply.
That's good to know!
Where is the option to use a shorter link? in case I run into the same problem.
Thanks
Patrick, are you sure you're getting an affiliate link from Amazon. Are you using the shortened Amazon Affiliate link? Some of those affiliates links may be too long for the Wordpress link program. Amazon has a short link too. Try the short link.
Gary
No doubt you are doing some mistake. Give screenshots of what you are doing and people will help. There are many possible reasons. Which type of link, text, image, text and image, etc.
I finally got it to work with some advice from a fellow WA member. Apparently the link Amazon wanted me to copy and paste was too long. There is an option to use a shorter URL. It worked! That was not in the training, so I didn't know to check. Thanks for the reply.
I tried text only mode, and that didn't work. If fact, when I went to paste the link into my post it showed up in a red color instead of the blue. Thanks for your reply.
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Why are my affiliate links not working?
I am following steps perfectly to add affiliate links to my website. After I update in edit mode and then head to my site, the hyperlink is there, but when clicked on, a blank
After you update, do you click on 'Publish' ?
Kyle states to click on Publish to make it 'live'. That stuck with me, I haven't added affiliate links yet myself.
I finally got it to work with some advice from a fellow WA member. Apparently the link Amazon wanted me to copy and paste was too long. There is an option to use a shorter URL. It worked! That was not in the training, so I didn't know to check. Thanks for the reply.
That's good to know!
Where is the option to use a shorter link? in case I run into the same problem.
Thanks
Patrick, are you sure you're getting an affiliate link from Amazon. Are you using the shortened Amazon Affiliate link? Some of those affiliates links may be too long for the Wordpress link program. Amazon has a short link too. Try the short link.
Gary
No doubt you are doing some mistake. Give screenshots of what you are doing and people will help. There are many possible reasons. Which type of link, text, image, text and image, etc.
I finally got it to work with some advice from a fellow WA member. Apparently the link Amazon wanted me to copy and paste was too long. There is an option to use a shorter URL. It worked! That was not in the training, so I didn't know to check. Thanks for the reply.
I tried text only mode, and that didn't work. If fact, when I went to paste the link into my post it showed up in a red color instead of the blue. Thanks for your reply.
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I use bitly.com to shorten URL's (free)