Amazon Carousel

  • sarahgilmore

    (@sarahgilmore)


    11 years, 2 months ago

    Hi,

    I downloaded this plugin because I was interested in the carousel feature, but I’ve been having trouble with getting it to work. I’d like the carousel(s) to be on the sidebar, so I copied the template for the carousel in to a text post for a widget, then inputted the ASIN values, where it says ‘%ASINs%’, but the carousel doesn’t come up on my sidebar – it’s just all the text of the code. I read here that you’re supposed to copy ‘[amazon template=carousel&asin=0893817449,0500410607,050054199X,0500286426,0893818755,050054333X,0500543178,0945506562]’ and paste it underneath the template for the carousel, replacing the values, but that hasn’t worked for me either.

    Thank you!

    https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/amazon-link/

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  • Plugin Author paulstuttard

    (@paulstuttard)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Hi,

    To get a carousel in the sidebar you need to:

    1/ Ensure you have the original template for the Carousel installed:

    – Go to your sites Admin screen for Amazon Link > Templates
    – Find the Carousel Template, then select ‘Reset’

    2/ Create a new blank text widget in the sidebar

    3/ In the widget paste the following code into the body of the text widget:

    [amazon template=carousel&asin=0893817449,0500410607,050054199X]

    5/ Check it displays on your site.

    6/ Change the list of ASINs 0893817449,0500410607,050054199X to the ones you want to display.

    Things to note:

    The Carousel is based on Amazon provided javascript, it does not work on all locales.

    Because of this adblock software in your browser may stop the carousel being displayed.

    Hope this helps,

    Paul

    Thread Starter sarahgilmore

    (@sarahgilmore)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Hi Paul,

    Thanks very much! I was able to get the carousel up on my sidebar, but it does not properly fit the bar – the books are quite spaced out, and only about 1/4 of the products can be seen, and the rest just seem to go off the side of the computer screen. If you could tell me a way to fix this issue, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!

    Plugin Author paulstuttard

    (@paulstuttard)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Hi,

    The content and size of the carousel is determined by Amazon’s javascript widget, I’m not sure it is possible to change the size?

    Check this page for any options:

    https://widgets.amazon.com/Widget-Source/

    EDIT: There are two options that you might be able to tweak:

    amzn_wdgt.width='600';
amzn_wdgt.height='200';

    Go the the Amazon Link Plugin > Templates admin page.
    Find the Carousel Template
    In the content adjust those two setting to suit.
    Save the Template
    See if it fits.

    Paul

    Thread Starter sarahgilmore

    (@sarahgilmore)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Hi Paul,

    Thanks very much – I was able to adjust the size. I was just wondering if there was a way to change the template from Amazon UK to U.S., as the links are leading to the U.K. Amazon website.

    Plugin Author paulstuttard

    (@paulstuttard)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Hi,

    Sorry for the delay in replying.

    If you set the default country in the settings/setup page to US then all links will go to the US.

    Alternatively install the ip2nation database / enable localisation then the links will be to the Amazon locale most suitable for the visitors location.

    Hope that helps,

    Paul

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