#85, RE: Mr. Rat Amazon Script Update Tips
Posted by Kurt on May-08-08 at 03:26 PM
In response to message #81
>I guess not many here using Mr. Rat's Amazon script, but I >just updated from the "very" old version to the latest one, >and thought it might help the people here who are using the >older version of script, if any... > >It was much easier to update than I thought. > >It used to be all templates in the templates folder, but the >latest version uses different folders, for ex: > >The Older: item_1.template, item_2.template, >page_1.template, page_2.template, products_1.template, >products_2.template, etc, etc,. > >The Latest: Just make a folder associate with; if you were >using the item_1.template for the side bar, make folder for >the side bar and rename: > >item_1.template to item.template and put it in the side bar >folder and link to it: > >amazon.cgi?Operation=ItemSearch&SearchIndex=Books&Keywords=key+word&templates=sidebar&link_templates=fullpage&max_results=5 > >You can still use the same variables in the templates, but >the display variables are totally different: > >input_templates --> templates=sidebar > >input_link_templates --> link_templates=fullpage > >input_max=5 --> max_results=5 Thanks Yoshi...Actually, this is timely as I have a site that still uses Mr. Rat and I haven't updated it yet.
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