*** Looks like this bug is fixed. You may undo the temp fix from us below. ***

There is a known bug in the zazzle product feed for binder pricing. It’s showing up as double the actual price.  With the holidays upon us, it’s not realistic to expect a fix for the next few weeks.

There is a simple temporary fix for this issue if you wish to add a bit of code to your plugin file.  It will be easy to remove later and make sure to follow us at http://www.twitter.com/wishads in order to get the head’s up on when it is resolved.

Wishads for Zazzle Stores

In your “wp-content\plugins\wishads_zazzlestore” directory, open up the “wishads_zazzlestore.php” file to edit. Of course, never hurts to save this file in a temporary directory as well for a backup.

Go to around line 301 and you’ll find something like this:

$prod_price = $parser->document->channel[0]->item[$i]->g_price[0]->tagData;

Right after that line and before the

// build the xml cache file with just the bare essentials

insert the following code

$prod_type_temp = $parser->document->channel[0]->item[$i]->g_product_type[0]->tagData;
// begin fix for binder pricing bug
if ($prod_type_temp == “binder”) {
$prod_price = $prod_price/2;
}
// end fix for binder pricing bug

Upload this file to your server.

On your server, go to your “cache” folder in this plugin directory and delete all of the files in it to remove old pricing.

Hey everyone. There’s a bit of sad news here. Due to some big sites linking to one of our scripts, the Carousel for Zazzle Store, our host has killed the script. It was killing their server.

So, what I’m trying to do is get in touch with those sites and work something out for them to host their own version of the script, then I’ll likely change these back to revshare so that I can have enough to move up to a dedicated server if this kind of thing becomes prominent. I am not a fan of having multiple scripts out there to update on different server flavors and versions, etc. so I’d rather have it all hosted here where I can make the fix on the environment I know.

So, if you’re using the wishads for zazzle store, check your site. You’re likely seeing our 404 page in your iframe.

Help us by doing the following:

• Remove that iframe.
• Follow our twitter page for updates so you know when we’re back up and when we have issues like this in the future. It’s been down for a couple of days now and not that many people have noticed it on their sites. With twitter, we get that message out fast.

Thanks for your patience, and our apologies for this.

Jim

Recently, something changed. And not for the better. Links have been disappearing!

The culprit has been tracked down and it is a simple fix for both of the zazzle plugins. While I’m working on going through the rezip process, etc. you can actually fix it yourself.

First, backup your “wishads_zazzle” or “wishads_zazzlestore” plugin directory. That means just right-click the directory name in your folders list and click “copy”, then go somewhere else, like your desktop and right-click and choose “paste”. Now in case you have a problem, you have a backup of the current non-working plugin. Makes sense right?!

Now, if you’re using the store plugin (directory is “wishads_zazzlestore”) then do the following:
1) Open the “wishads_zazzlestore.php” file in a text editor like notepad. Do a “find” for the text “guid”. There should only be one occurence, around line 296. It will look something like this:
item[$i]->guid[0]->tagData
2) Replace “guid” with the word “link”. The new line should look like this:
item[$i]->link[0]->tagData
3) Save that and upload it over your existing file on your server. This is usually found under “wp-content/plugins/wishads_zazzlestore/”
4) Go to the “wp-content/plugins/wishads_zazzlestore/cache” folder and delete all of the files in the cache. This will fix any current posts.

That should do it!

If you are using the “Zazzle Search” plugin “wp-content/plugins/wishads_zazzle/” do the following:
1) Open the “wishads_zazzle.php” file in a text editor like notepad. Do a “find” for the text “guid”. There should only be one occurence, around line 271. It will look something like this:
item[$i]->guid[0]->tagData
2) Replace “guid” with the word “link”. The new line should look like this:
item[$i]->link[0]->tagData
3) Save that and upload it over your existing file on your server. This is usually found under “wp-content/plugins/wishads_zazzle/”
4) Go to the “wp-content/plugins/wishads_zazzle/cache” folder and delete all of the files in the cache.

Done! Reload any pages that use the plugin and you should be good to go.

New plugin downloads coming soon!

Please keep in mind that donations are what keep people like me interested in providing ongoing support for scripts like this. Feel free to do so.

We are very excited to announce a partnership with CSNStores, a great ShareASale affiliate merchant with more specialty shops than you can count! We are currently accessing eight of their stores across the spectrum from furniture to baby to pet products, and we’ll be adding more in the future!

We’ve been working with Brent and his team at CSNStores since Mid-November to bring you a very functional wishad option like no other. You can still narrow results by keywords, but instead of just having access to the CSNStores individually, you can display items from all of the featured CSNStores. Or, just select the one store you like and go from there. Another exciting option for the CSNStores wishad is the ability to select your price range. With all of the specialty stores CSNStores has to offer, you’ll find things from under ten dollars up to products like furniture that run in the thousands! With the price range feature, you can pull in results that are best suited to your site’s needs.

Go to the CSNStore page for more details, then hit the Wishad Builder to create and preview the ad possibilities.

What’s the quickest way to get updates on what we’re doing? Add us to twitter. If you aren’t twitting, you’re.. well… no, it’s too easy.

All our friends are there, which may not bode well for our social status. But it’s an easy way for us throw open the window to say “got something you might want to see!” and ring the dinner bell.

So, just follow us at http://www.twitter.com/wishads and we’ll drop you a line now and then. We won’t be following you back, since we love you but don’t care to know every time you just got back from taking Fluffy for a walk. But you can always find us here if you need some TLC.

OK, it might not be all that exciting to you blogspot affetionados, but we like it.

Blogger Widgets allow you to place content in your blogger or blogspot blog. There is a blogger html widget where you can copy your wishad code into your blog content, but for some of us that’s just too much. Leave us alone.

So, we created a widget that lets you easily drop your wishad into your blogspot sidebar. Simply create your wishad with our wishad adbuilders, then just click the “add to blogger” button to ad that wishad to your sidebar. Pizza cake. (more…)

You may have noticed we’ve moved to a WordPress infrastructure. That’s not by accident.

We’ve had enough requests to work our wishads into WP plugins that we decided the best way to do it was to live it. We aren’t gonna lie, we have a little learning to do with WordPress, but what we’ve seen in our initial tests is promising. This WordPress thing… we think it’s going to catch on!

So stay tuned. We’ll be asking for some beta testers soon enough…

It’s as easy as creating your wishad with our adbuilder, then copy and paste! Here we’ve selected a Zazzle Wishad, horizontal, showing 2 images, returning 15 behind the scenes, with the pretty blue arrows. Of course, you can create whatever text you want in the post, then drop in the ad code.

Feel free to create a wishad with on of our adbuilders and try it out here!

We’re busy working out some details on several great SAS merchants that we know you’ll love.

Of course, every artist knows Imagekind is a great way to get your art to the masses while keeping the high quality printing and framing you expect when you put your name to canvas. We’re putting the final touches on Imagekind’s wishad which will include their massive datafeed of museum prints.

MyWeddingFavors is what it says it is - a great site for wedding favors and gifts. This will be a great addition to any blog about marriage, romance, love or always being that bridesmaid! This one should launch soon after some final feedback from our beta testers.

And a biggie - CSN Stores. This juggernaut has so many stores it will make your head spin, with access to over 1,000,000 products. We’re working with their affiliate manager (hi Brent!) to select their top niche stores and add the finishing touches to their great datafeeds. When finished, you’ll be able to search across all of the stores we’ve selected or narrow down to one store and even specify a price range for your wishad.

So, lots of irons in the fires! Keep an eye out here as we lauch each of these great offerings and then journey off to find the next merchant to fill in the gaps! As always, if you’re an affiliate or affiliate manager for a merchant and you have a suggestion for us, send it our way.