Landing Hell ! (3)
Hey guys,
Guess I may be looking for some encouragement or something with this post, but right now it seems that my main stumbling block is with mobile landers.
I have Adplexity but I'm finding that when I download many of them I'm seeing up to 40-50 files per lander for questionnaire or quiz type landers, and I'm not finding anything basic that I'm comfortable with to start editing. I dunno why, but I'm a little suspicious about so many java files and all that. I can't help thinking that there's a ton of stuff in there that may work against me or may be for the benefit of the original creator.
So I guess I'm looking for a bit of inspiration or a kick in the right direction of how best to approach landers from a newbie point of view.
Any feedback appreciated.
Cheers.
Hi Simant,
I'm not an expert in the topic, but I hope you'll find this helpful.
Sure, that the ripped lander will have js files that will benefit the owner of the ripped lander.
That being said, open the file locally in Firefox or Chrome. In this case I guess you'll find it easier in Chrome to check also how the page displays on mobile by bringing up Developer tools (CTRL + SHIFT + I in Windows).
In the attached screenshot I've highlighted the buttons to make it easier to find.
Check: Preserve logs -> Clear actual logs -> Refresh the page. This way you'll come out with a list of the files being loaded with the page.
Make a second copy of the html file and load the one of them file in a text editor (I've found my self comfortable in Notepad++) and start checking the main file.
1. Everything starting with http://..... (the offerlinks being available in the file)
2. Check for JS files (i guess even by simply searching '.js' will lead you to those files being referred in the html)
3. Locate JS files in the folder where you've unpacked the ripped lander and open with text editor to see if any http:// or any IP is present in the file. (this could send the prospect to an offer where you don't even know, without you being aware of it).
4. Modify the content of the Lander in text editor -> save -> check the results; if satisfied, move on to the next element you want to change; if not satisfied go back to the text editor, undo the change -> save - >check the results-> change again.
5. To check if the JS files are related with core page components temporary change the name of the JS file, and reload the page. In the preserved logs, the file name that the html document is requesting will appear in red . If the page performance and functionality doesn't change then ignore the file.
6. Check if there are scripts in the bottom of the page that are not relevant to the content. Temporary delete the script block -> test. Just make sure you don't ruin your page. Worst case scenario, you have to edit from start the backup copy of the main html.
It may sound a long process but it's a matter of getting used to it.
And for ease of setup, change offer links with a name lets say 'myofferlink' to make it easier when setting up the offer link generated by your tracker.
Good luck!
Lsd
Hi Simant,
Usually the safest way to do that is :
1/ Determine the main css file (style) and rename it css.css to retrieve it later. If there is more than 1 you can probably keep them, css file will not contain anything exotic for your landing page
2/ There is 1, max 2 or 3 javascript needed to run the landing page (changing the question inside the survey etc...). Remove each javascript one by one until you break the page : you know this one is needed and rename it js.js, js2.js etc...
3/ Remove all js files that doesn't change the looks and functions of the page on Desktop and mobiles devices,
4/ Remove all javascript inside the html page the same way, you will probably find a lot of impressions trackers from various ad networks, Google Analytics tags etc...
5/ Visit each javascript you previously kept to make sure there is not funky redirection inside of it. Search for www. http etc... You need to know a little of JS to do that but it's pretty simple to understand with tutorials on Google
6/ Of course, stealing landing pages is bad 
Alex
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