How do I add hosted galleries in CCbill?
 

I just got my site setup and ready to roll. Now I need to get a list of my hosted galleries up and running so affiliates can use them, but how?

There are no options for this in CCbills system, just banners.

Anyone care to offer any help?

Pweeeease?

:helpme

You need some custom written PHP to add hosted galleries. Hire someone that knows the language.

use a redirect like http://refer.ccbill.com/cgi-bin/clic...n.com/gallery/ ... you don't have to set up anything in ccbill admin...

Jensen you are a Godsend, thank you so much!

That still doesn't solve your problems. How are you going to pass the affilate ID into the proper place so every affiliate receives credit?

PHP is the only way.

seriously.

Hey everybody


I have a quick add-on question i guess..i was just looking into setting up the hosted galleries myself and my question(s) is for anybody outthere..


what kind of numbers can I anticipate, generally speaking?...
how many galleries should I have hosted to be satisfying?
how many gigs a day roughly I can expect at a decent usage (whatever that is considered to be)
how many movies per gall. is recommended?

i would basically just like a better idea on specifics of HG's and would appreaciate your feedback on filling me in on that info

Thanks all

the credit has already been passed onto the affiliate via that link.. for instance, check out one of my old galleries:

http://refer.ccbill.com/cgi-bin/clic...kles.com/t/01/

when the user then visits the paysite on the same domain he has already been tracked...

a php solution if of course better so if you can spare a few bucks Ordo, go for donovans advice...

Well, I can't code PHP so I will have to setup a page that will list all of the galleries, banners etc and inform the affiliate to insert is Affiliate ID into each link, copy and paste it.

At least this will help until I can get a custom coded page up and running.

It's piss easy. Don't let anyone charge you $50 for a "custom" script.

Just put this where the refid should go:

<?php echo (0 + $_GET["id"]); ?>

for example,

http://refer.ccbill.com/cgi-bin/clicks.cgi?CA=925576-0000&PA=<?php echo (0 + $_GET["id"]); ?>&HTML=....


Make sure your galleries are named something.php (.php extension) and then pass the ID like this:

something.php?id=12345

Simple as that.

Note: this only works for numeric IDs. The "0 + ..." bit ensures that no one can do any shifty tricks like stuffing HTML into the id variable.

BTW, passing to hosted gals via refer.ccbill means that affiliate's ratios get screwed up. The ratio will be based on gallery loads, rather than site loads. Hosted gals with the refid in the URL are so easy to set up that there's no excuse for doing it the other way. :thumbsup

Ordo:

Ya can use PHP.. probably better.

Here's "similar" using SSI - just do a query string..

yourdomain.com/someplace.htm?999999

someplace.shtml?some-affiliate-code-here

(no need to use an actual .shtml - edit your server httpd.config or stuff an .htaccess hack to get it to parse .shtml pages as .html's etc)

Inside your gallery pages use this:-

whatever.com/< !--#echo var="QUERY_STRING"-- >

(kill all space in that query string at start and end)

The SSI doc will echo whatever variable you tell it to.

sure will be messy without php.. but it works..

NOT reliable without PHP.

"something.php?id=12345"

So your saying that the person would just add their affiliate ID to the end of that URL line or or is it supposed to be pulling their ID from wherewhere automatically?

If you want to make a little extra money (via Paypal) to help me setup my affiliate marketing page, Id be willing.

I have never been a programmer and I'm just afraid of screwing an affiliate out of money because I was too dump to make sure everything was right for them.

ICQ:145260289

There you go. VERY easy. And as he said, save pages as .php instead of .htm or .html

12345 is just an example, they put their own ID in there. It's a very simple script that pulls the refid from the URL and places it into the source that their browser sees.

The script is very easy to test: load the gallery, then view source (via your browser) and check that PA=12345 - or whatever refid you put in the URL - is contained within the source.

Don't be worried about accidentally screwing your affiliates. It's so simple that it either works, or it doesn't. You can see that it works when you set up the gals. :thumbsup

I'm still not getting it.

I want to setup 2 hosted galleries and 2 banners on my marketing materials page.

Would anyone care to help me?

For example. I took your code line and made this:
http://refer.ccbill.com/cgi-bin/clic...27508-0000&PA=<?php echo (0 + $_GET["Gallery1.php?807456"]); ?>&HTML= http://www.TightFetish.com/Gallery1.php

But it doesn't do anything.

I'm a total programming noob.

You need to paste the PHP code exactly as I posted it:

<?php echo (0 + $_GET["id"]); ?>

That's the part that grabs the refid from the URL.

I guess what I dont understand is where the Ref ID is coming from...

If an affiliate comes to the page and wants to post a hosted gallery onto a TGP, how do I present the gallery to them in a way that makes it easy for them to add their own unique ID into the code for credit?

http://www.doggieteens.com/gfy/gallery1.php?id=666666
http://www.doggieteens.com/gfy/gallery1.php?id=123456
http://www.doggieteens.com/gfy/gallery1.php?id=111111

The images will be broken (since they're relative to your domain) but you can mouseover the links and see that PA= has the same number that is passed in the URL.

Download and save this, then upload it to your server as gallery1.php

http://www.doggieteens.com/gfy/gallery1.txt

Then all you need to do is make a list of your galleries like the above, and tell the affiliates they replace 123456 with their own ID.

OOOOOH Ok,
I think I get it.

Your saying that when someone wants to post the link to my gallery, they change the last 6 digits to change their ID.

Then, when someone goes to the gallery and either clicks on join the site or something of that nature, the code in the page tells the system to automatically change the ID for them for the next page?

Am I getting warmer?

Wrong, enable multiple redirects, make the link have an XXXXXX where the affiliate changes it to their affiliate code.

Close! The script doesn't really "change" the ID, it inserts it at the relevant point. It's not like static HTML. If you view the source of your hosted gallery (after you upload gallery1.txt as gallery1.php) then you will see that the correct PA=.... sequence is inserted into the source when you load it with a browser.

That's not really clear, but use pretty much the same code as the banners, but instead of using an image use a url. CCBill can help you with it if you call them.

Hmm, I opened that txt code you made in Dreamweaver and it's all messy in IE and Moz.

&HTML=http://www.tightfetish.com/"> seems to stick out on the actual page on the top and bottom and throwing off the layout.

It's probably the PHP confusing it since it's a < within a <.

Upload it and try it.

Yer right, :D

Works fine! Thank you very much!

I'm still trying to figure all this out. I think I've learned more about PHP. Gallery building, HTML and everything else this past two weeks than I've known all my life.

Ok,
I got this:
http://www.tightfetish.com/Gallery1.php?ID=807456

And it now loads fine.

However, if you click the Logo link or the bottom link, it errors out.

Is there something else I need to be changing?

Not following you here - whats wrong with the refer.ccbill way?

Why drop php in - slows down the gallery load (could be a real problem in a huge listing like hun) also don't some tgps balk at php???

unix is case sensitive. 'id' needs to be in lowercase.

http://www.tightfetish.com/Gallery1.php?id=807456

I would advise you don't use any caps in filenames or domain names...

I'd look at it the other way - sending through refer.ccbill (which is a 302 redirect through a third site) is a lot slower than loading the gallery directly. Unless your server is a P133 with 32MB of RAM I doubt you'll have a problem with the PHP.

TGPs probably wouldn't allow external submissions on php pages, but these are hosted galleries. The TGP webmaster is the one submitting them!

wow, i think this is the first thread on gfy i have bookmarked in over 6 months

Why do people start paysites with no clue about how to set shit up?? STUPID

After a year of promising them - I am finally going live with 30 hosted galleries which is why I want to get it right.

The php solution doesn't really sit well with me, a bit slow with huge traffic.

Agreed, ccbill redirect is not terrific either.

I think I might put a script on my site that lets an affiliate "build" a gallery by creating html pages custom with id inserted. Thats about the best way of doing it I can think of that solves everything at once....

Because I can.

Maybe you should enlighten us all with yourr gifts by showing us your network of paysites?

i guess thats why there is something like GFY

yeah, fuck the board is reserved for lame ass drama amd pretending to be a playa, fuck, somebody actually asked a reasonable question, that sure was stupid!

(In case people don't realize ccbill doesn't really gave a good facility for hosted galleries so its not a dumb question)

That's one way, but you need to bear in mind that some affiliates would rather just have a simple list they can cut, search & replace, then paste. Fooling around with extra sponsor logins and gallery builders is not for everyone. :)

You really should consider just using PHP. In this thread the example I posted does nothing computationally complex - it converts a variable from a string to a number and prints it. It's not like we're doing a mysql lookup, writing to a log file, or anything else that would cause a noticeable slowdown or load increase if the volume was high.

Nope, I was under the impression that hosted galleries, all the ads, banners etc were a part of CCbills affiliate system, so now I'm having a rough time getting all of this established.


I feel like Im very close though!

Ok, so why do the links on this page error out? http://www.tightfetish.com/gallery1.php?id=807456

Uh, no it's not :1orglaugh

I just want to thank everybody here for teaching me how to set up free hosted galleries for my site.

you guys are cool as fuck..

later

I second that!

Does this link load for anyone?
http://refer.ccbill.com/cgi-bin/clic...com/index.html

It's giving me a CCbill error but I'm not sure if its my browser or not.

Works fine for me.

Remember, no uppercase in domain names!

Ok, if it works for you then there is something wrong with both of my browsers. I'm getting ticked.

I can't load certain websites either.

If you go that route, which is not as reliable as php, make sure you enable multiple redirects in the admin or it won't work

:2 cents:

Ivy

IF I read correctly, you are wanting it to appear in the CCBill admin, in which case, all you need to do is put the url of your main webmaster admin page on your site into the "bannerfarm" url in the ccbill admin. That way when affiliates login they go directly to your admin, not just a few banners.

Ivy

Sounds like some confusion here!

You're a new sposnor. Don't even take a chance with fucking with affiliates. If you don't know or are not getting it 100%. CALL ccBill support. I think they will be glad to help. Have you even looked at their documentation?

Alt too ccBill and you need this is you're a sponsor. A consultant to turn to on matters of coding etc.

You need to read threads to the end before you reply, we've already got the hosted gals working. :winkwink:

Incorrect. :2 cents: