Adding Chitika to jReviews Templates |
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Sunday, 14 October 2007 |
I have recently signed up to be a Chitika publisher . This company is a great fit for product review websites and has been getting good reviews. I have deloped a way to add the code to a single place in a jReviews template and use Joomla variables to determine the appropriate product for display.
Time Consuming to add individual affiliate links
If you have even a few content items it can be very time consuming to add a
new affiliate link to each one. I have developed a
way to add the Chitika Minimall code to the template and use the
Joomla! content page title as the search term for the product affiliate
code. This is a huge time saver and allows you to make changes and updates in one place rather than with every content item.
Adsense Concerns
Chitaka can be run alongside adsense. It is always good to confirm this for yourself but it appears that you are not breaking the adsense TOS by
adding the Chitaka Minimalls to pages that contain Adsense. This article from the Chitika knowledge base addresses the Adsense topic.
To add the Chitika code you your site:
1. Sign up to be a Chitaka publisher.
2. Sign into Chitaka and set up your minimall the way you want. Select the colors, font, and display size.
3. Copy the Chitika code and copy it into the desired location in your jReviews template. Add good starting place for this is in the jreviewcontent.html file. You could put the Chitika Minimall between the editor and user review or at the bottom of the page. You will know the most appropriate place on your site.
<!-- chikita mini mall code -->
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
ch_client = "XXXXXXXXXXX";
ch_width = 468;
ch_height = 180;
ch_non_contextual = 1;
ch_sid = "XXXXXXXXXXXX";
var ch_queries = new Array( "XXX" );
var ch_selected=Math.floor((Math.random()*ch_queries.length));
if ( ch_selected < ch_queries.length ) {
ch_query = ch_queries[ch_selected];
}
//--></script>
<script src="http://scripts.chitika.net/eminimalls/mm.js" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<!-- end of chitika code -->
4. Locate:
var ch_queries = new Array( "XXX" ); line
Where XXX is the search terms you have entered
5. Replace XXX with {TITLE} you need the curly brackets and TITLE needs to be in all caps.
the {TITLE} variable will print the Joomla! page title. Since the title of the page is your product name and description, this value will be used at Chitika to determine which product will be displayed.
6. Now confirm that everything displays as it should.
Hope this helps!
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This usually happens on some of the more obscure ipod systems or when chitika is not right. For the most part correct system is displayed. The Chitika add is the one at the bottom of the page. 
Thanks,
Tony Lindskog
SoftwareViews.com