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Re: [ic] Advanced affiliate issue
Quoting Jason Timm (jason@itchoices.com):
> Hi all,
>
> We are using the affiliate functions extensively. We run a single catalog
> that is the core of an affiliate program with 30+ affiliates and growing
> quickly. Each affiliate has their own look and feel capability (and static
> pages) but all use the same databases (products, shipping, etc.) as well as
> the same common pages.
>
> Currently, each domain is mapped to the same directory on the server (main
> document root). So, when an affiliate goes to www.theirdomain.com, they get
> forwarded to their entry point within IC. But, from then on it seems like
> IC uses the SERVER_NAME variable to pre-pend all future URLs and paths.
> This means that after the first click to their site, the URL changes to
> http://www.mydomain.com/cgi-bin/catalog/sites/their_affiliate_id/page.html.
> While this still has their affiliate id in it, it no longer looks like their
> URL.
> Does anyone have any ideas on how to make IC use a value from the
> affiliate table instead of the SERVER_NAME variable? In other words, make
> the URL stay the same from beginning to end while using the same catalog?
Well, you can just set VendURL to be /cgi-bin/catalog without the
http://whatever stuff. That works -- I can't remember whether you get
a warning or not.
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