Re: [mv] Partner tracking in MV4

[Mike Heins <mike@minivend.com>]

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Quoting Jimmy Eaton (jeaton@silverclicks.com):
> 
> I have installed and am testing MV4 and the first thing I noticed is that
> the MV3 way of passing args in a url have changed.
> 
> I have many affiliate sites that have a link to my site using the source
> variable, ie
> 
> www.silverclicks.com/cgi-bin/silverclicks?;;afffilateID

This should still work, but new implementations should use:

 http://www.silverclicks.com/cgi-bin/silverclicks?mv_pc=afffilateID
	
Wait, it doesn't work, sorry. You need to patch lib/Vend/Server.pm:

152c152
< 	if( defined $pairs[0] and $pairs[0] =~ /^	(\w{8,32}) ; /x)  {
---
> 	if( defined $pairs[0] and $pairs[0] =~ /^	(\w{8,32})? ; /x)  {

> 
> I also use the [data session arg] to pass arguments to some scripts.
> 
> www.silverclicks.com/cgi-bin/silverclicks?;arg;
> How do I pass the affiliateID to the variable source so I can track my
> affiliates referrals?[ data session source] and how do I pass the arg to the
> [data session arg] or will  this be no longer available
> 

It will be, once you apply the patch. But the canonical way now is
to use:

 http://www.silverclicks.com/cgi-bin/silverclicks?mv_arg=arg

Thanks for finding this bug.
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