Faq

WordPress 3.0 or higher

PHP version 5.2 or higher

1. Download the plugin in the .zip format here
2. In admin panel click on Plugins. Then click on Add New.
3. Select Upload method and upload the plugin.
4. The plugin is installed. Now you need to activate the plugin and enter your Amazon Associate api keys in the settings screen.

If you having troubles installing plugin check if your site meets minimum requirements. ContextAzon works on WordPress 3.0 or higher on servers with php version 5.2 or higher.

If your site meets these requirements and you still unable to install it – email us at support [ at ] contextazon.com with details about any errors you see and your site address and we will try to help you.

If you need to disable all pop ups temporarily you don’t have to deactivate plugin. Instead just select “disable” and you can re-enable it any time.

In order to use the plugin you will need to have two accounts: Amazon Associates account and Product Advertising API account. Both are free to register.

1. Amazon Associates account can be registered here: https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/

   If you already have your affiliate account set up login and in the top left screen you will see your Associate Tag. For US market it usually looks like this someword-20. See screenshots below for guidance.

2. You will also need account at Product Advertising API. You can sign up for it here: https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/advertising/api/detail/main.html

   Important Update 2015

   Some time ago Amazon introduced a new service for managing credentials called IAM (short for Identity and Access Management).
   IAM is not currently supported for Product Advertising API. You must use the root account credentials.
   See screenshots below (click them to enlarge):

   
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   Use the link in your dashboard to access your AWS keys.

   When you first login to your AWS Security Credentials Console you will be presented with a message.
   You DON NOT need to create IAM User. Click the button “Continue to Security Credentials”.

   
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   You can only see your secret access keys for your AWS root account one time when you create it.
   Click “Access Keys (Access Key ID and Secret Access Key)” tab to expand it.
   Then click “Create New Access Key” button.

   
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   Copy your Access Key ID and Secret Access Key. Or download Key File using the button in the pop up.

   
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   Use the diagram below to figure out where to place each credential in your plugin settings.

   
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If you have any questions you can contact me here

To help serving more relevant ads you can choose product category to pull results from. For example if your site is about baseball you can select SportingGoods there.

In order for the ContextAzon to function properly your theme footer.php must have this tag:
<?php wp_footer(); ?>

This tag is very important for the wordpress site. All themes must have it in their footer.php just before the closing </body> tag or else it breaks many plugins.

How To Fix

1. In your wordpress admin panel go to Appearance -> Editor and click on footer.php in the list of files on the right.
2. Find </body> tag and right before it copy and paste this:
   <?php wp_footer();  ?>

Note: Backup your files before making this change. If you have any firewall plugins disable them before making changes.

If you would like to learn why it is important to have <?php wp_footer(); ?> tag in your theme check function reference here.

There are six different ways the plugin can pick keywords for a post. These keywords will be used to pull relevant products from Amazon.

The plugin will try every selected method in the same order as presented on the settings screen until at least one keyword is generated.

Tweak these settings to achieve the best relevancy.

Pick up search engine keywords

If user arrived from search engine plugin can pick up keywords used for search and use them to pull products. This method will be used only if referring url is available. If user arrived from ssl encrypted url ( https:// ) the keywords cannot be picked up (for example this happens when user is logged in to any google services).

Generate based on post/page content

Plugin scans post content and picks most used words and phrases.

Use post title

If title is 4 words or less the plugin will use it to pull products. If nothing found the plugin will try each word individually until at least one result found.

Use post tags

You can use this method if you have good tags on your posts.

Use specific keywords per category

If you enter keywords per category they can be used to pull products.

Use fallback keywords

If all selected methods above fail use these keywords to pull products. You need to enter your fallback products first.

To get the best relevancy it is recommended to exclude some “garbage” words.

Example: keyword nikon camera will return better results than keyword cheap nikon camera review

You can enter any word or words combination here. It will strip the word in any position of the keyword text. For example if you enter word review the plugin will remove that word from any keyword containing it:
cheap nikon camera review will turn into cheap nikon camera,
review nikon camera cheap turns to nikon camera cheap
nikon camera review cheap becomes nikon camera cheap 

If you want to exclude the whole word or phrase from being used as keyword (exact match) put them in double quotes: “keyword to exclude”

To exclude partial text string use * (star sign) on either side of the text string. For example to strip the word mutli from the beginning of a keyword enter: multi* 

Keywords are not case sensitive. Keyword will remove Keyword, keyword, KEYWORD, KeyWord etc.

This keyword source option is for advanced users only.

You can use your own php function to generate keywords used for product lookups.

To use this option you must have a function in your functions.php file that looks like this:

function wpbounce_custom_keyword_source($advertiser = FALSE, $post_id = 0)
{
$my_custom_kws = array(‘keyword one’, ‘keyword two’);
return $my_custom_kws;
}

The plugin will pass $advertiser and $post_id
$advertiser – can either be amzn for Amazon or epn for eBay ePN add-on.

In order for the ContextAzon to function properly your theme footer.php must have this tag:
<?php wp_footer(); ?>

This tag is very important for the wordpress site. All themes must have it in their footer.php just before the closing </body> tag or else it breaks many plugins.

How To Fix

1. In your wordpress admin panel go to Appearance -> Editor and click on footer.php in the list of files on the right.
2. Find </body> tag and right before it copy and paste this:
   <?php wp_footer();  ?>

Note: Backup your files before making this change. If you have any firewall plugins disable them before making changes.

If you would like to learn why it is important to have <?php wp_footer(); ?> tag in your theme check function reference here.

These instructions are only for the ContextAzon Plus+ version of the plugin.
If you need to upgrade your plugin to ContextAzon Plus+ click here

90 Days Amazon Cookie Support – earning commission even if the visitor doesn’t complete the purchase right away.
In ContextAzon settings under Amazon tab find “Amazon 90 Days Cookie Add-On” box and set the status to “Enabled”.
You can optionally change your “Add to Cart” text there.
Your banners should now show “Add to Cart” buttons and when visitor clicks it they will be sent to amazon to confirm the “add to cart” action. Once they confirm and buy the product any time in the 90 days period your associates account will be credited with the commission for that purchase.

eBay Partner Network (ePN) Support – making money by promoting eBay listings
If you are an eBay affiliate (eBay’s Partner Network member) you can have eBay listings in the ContextAzon banners.
To set it up click “ePN Settings” link under ContextAzon menu. Fill out all required settings on the next screen and check your site.

Sticky Banners Placement
You can make banners more prominent by using this placement and making banners stick to the left or right side.
Under ContextAzon menu click “Banners” and click the banner you wish to set to sticky placement.
Find “Placement” option and set it to “Sticky”

Developer’s License
With ContextAzon Plus+ you get developer’s license which give you rights to install the plugin on your client’s sites or sites you sell or flip.
Please note, this license doesn’t allow you to sell the plugin.
To generate client’s license key go to http://contextazon.com/generate-license/
enter your paypal email and you will get an email address that looks like abunchofchars@contextazon.com. Use that email address to activate license on your client’s site.
If you need your PDF license files log on to www.PluginsByIgor.com with your paypal email (if you don’t have account yet you can create one), click My Downloads and click the license links.