What I am trying to accomplish is to pass the unique user code from a login
page to the place holder in the advertising link. I have the place holder added
to all of the links in the site I now need the code for a login page
Thanks to anyone who can help
Dave Werbelow
How to use the Member ID Field
The Signature Affiliate must place &u1= plus the identifier at the end of the
first
href string in LinkShare merchant links. We suggest using a placeholder such
as
&u1=defaultmemberid. If you only have a few codes to edit, it would be easiest
to do so manually. For those employing a login for its site?s services, a
unique
identifier can be passed to the link code, or swapped out in place of
defaultmemberid via any number of methods, including Java scripts. Each
member/sub-site/organization should be correlated to a certain alphanumeric
character, such as Jane Doe equals 1234 and Bob Smith equals 5678. Please
note that the use of cookies is not advised because if one of your members has
disabled its cookies, the Member ID Field will not be tracked. Also, note that
the
Member ID is case sensitive, therefore a lower case ?u? and the numeral ?1?
must be used for the Member ID identifier to be tracked
A LinkShare Merchant link that has been properly appended with the Member ID
identifier may look like this:
<a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-
bin/stat?id=/FYI6fQ9PWs&offerid=7097.10000015&type=3&subid=0&u1=Bob123"
>LinkShare Referral Program</a><IMG border=0 width=1 height=1
src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-
bin/show?id=/FYI6fQ9PWs&bids=7097.10000015&type=3&subid=0" >
In this example, &u1=Bob123 would be representative of one particular member
or organization of the Signature Affiliate. The identifier changes for each
individual member or organization belonging to that Signature Affiliate?s
site.
The unique Member ID makes it possible for the Signature Affiliate to
distinguish
between members or organizations within the Member ID Field Report located in
its LinkShare Account. Here you can see the benefit of using a placeholder
such
as &u1=defaultmemberid. If you find that a transaction in your reports shows a
u1 value of defaultmemberid instead of Bob123, that will demonstrate that an
error could have occurred on your end with the way the Member ID was being
appended.