Don't worry about this being posted in the "How To" area.  It may in fact turn into a "How to" post when ultimately completed.

Ok, so let me first say that we don't guarantee support for customization stuff (because there would be no limits to the possibilities), but I think I can give you a direction to go in, and I like to help.

If you only had one affiliate product, you could just hard code it the link into your "buy" button, but since you plan on offering many different affilate products, you'll need to store the affiliate links in your database — and then have the product information details page read the database value and then display it.

The quickest way, would be for you to utilize the "custom fields" area in the "Add product" admin page.   There would be two changes that need to take place.  Adding the affiliate URL to the product record in the admin, and then changing the Product Information details page so that it uses that link, rather than the shopping cart system.

One word of note….  Once you make these changes, your installation of Market will no longer use its shopping cart system.  These changes will convert it over to only using affiliate links that you specify in the "Add product" admin page.

Ok, so when you're in the Administrative area, you'll want to click on "Add Product" (or edit product), and then you'll scroll down to the Custom fields section area.  In that area, you'll go to the "Add a new custom field" portion within.

Change area #1 — Setting URL link in Admin area

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Under "Key" enter a variable name to store the affiliate URL.  Let's name it  "aff_URL".

Under "Value", enter the affiliate URL itsefl.  Let's enter " http://www.affiliatewebsite.com/products.php?prod_id=6412 ".

Obviously, you'll enter your affiliate link as given to you.

Click the "Add Custom Field" button to save it. 

Then you'll also want to make sure you save your product by clicking on the main "Save" button also.

Change area #2 — Changing website to display affiliate link instead of shop cart

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Open the file "single.php" in your Market theme folder for editing.

On or around line #3, you'll find the line:

Immediately BEFORE this line, add the following new line:

This will tell the page to retrieve the data you have saved for that variable name.

Now, scroll down to on or around line #144 and find the line:

Replace this line with :

This change will replace the shopping cart link with a direct link to your affiliate site.

Save the file.

One last couple of things to note:

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You'll need to go to your Market Options settings area in your administration area, and select the single click "Buy Now" option for your shopping cart setup style.  Make sure to activate your changes.

Lastly, you can change the "Buy Now" image if you like.  It's currently located in the "/imgs/" folder of your Market Theme folder.

I hope this helps.

I don't know… I checked your page source, and it didn't have the changes I outlined above, so I can't tell what it's doing wrong.

It looks like Amazon actually gives you more code than you need.  They provide you link text, and an image.

In your custom field that you've setup for your affiliate URL, you will want to enter only the following:

You're welcome.

In your "href" tag, just enter something like:

So, you would go from a link such as:

To something like:

Su…  Do you have a backup file that you can revert to?  You should ALWAYS create a backup before you start editing stuff.

I looked at your site, and see the error you mention — but I can't really see what's causing it, because I can't get to the page.

If you can revert to a previous stage where the page is loading, and then tell me the code you're trying to put in — then I can guide you as to what's not working.

EuniceC — I have checked out your website, but cannot see anything except a "sold out" product.  If you enter a price, that will go away.

When I mentioned the "sold out" product, it was to say that was preventing me from seeing how your affiliate link was being displayed.  If you enable the pricing, then I can take a look at what the affiliate link is doing.

With it set to "sold out", it doesn't show me any affiliate link — so I can't troubleshoot.

Does that make sense?

Enable the product, so I can see the page code that uses the affiliate link.

Not all afiliate links are like Amazon's.  Some contain image references, while others solely contain the hyperlink.  Generally, the hyperlink is all that's needed.