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07-11-2018 12:46 AM #1 koobs11 (Member)
Help Finding Links of Outgoing URL from Ripped Landers off Adplexit

Hello All,
I am currently following Vortex's 40 Day Newbie Follow Along (Thanks again Vortex). I am currently running into a problem of finding out how to find all the outgoing links from ripped landers that I have downloaded off Adplexity. I am a noob in coding (Have done codeacademy tutorials for the following:jquery, java, html, css, ruby) so my knowledge is still very low at this point. I am planning on keep on pushing through until I get this, but I was wondering if anyone could help. I am currently having my landers code uploaded on Sublime Text and searching through the code trying to figure out where all the outgoing links are so I can replace them with my Voluum link. My question is:
1. Is there a fast way to find all outgoing links? (Control F, for certain keywords or functions)
2. Or do I have to manually read through all the code and try to figure out where I would need to insert my code?

I would appreciate any guidance I can receive.
I have attached one of the landers that I am working on.

Thanks in advance to any help!

Koobs

07-11-2018 01:26 AM #2 dr_franz (Member)

Hi Koobs, with SublimeText you can use the “search” and “replace” commands to quickly change any outgoing link.
You just need to check the lines of code until you find the first link, then copy it, perform a search for it and then use the “replace all” function, to replace those links with your link.
I couldn’t manage to see your file on my iPad, but be sure to double check all the code and also perform basic search queries like any “http”, that will highlight any part of code starting with “http”, so you can then replace all of them.
Tracking can also be done through JS, so delete any JS you don’t actually need on your lander.
I hope this help.

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07-11-2018 03:17 AM #3 vortex (Senior Moderator)

Thanks Koobs for giving the tutorial a run!

There's no quick and easy way of doing this AFAIK.

A good first step to fixing up any lander would be to just upload it somewhere and browse to it, and figure out which part of the coding corresponds to which part of the lander you see. Doing so can really help you find out what code does what.

And when you replace some code and wondering whether you've broken anything, just reload the page and click around to see what has changed in the functionality or the appearance of the page. I've learned a ton through this "trial and error" approach.

As for replacing outgoing links: Look for any and all links in the code, and figure out what they represent on the lander. If unsure, even replace all of them with your Voluum click url, and then reload the page and click around to see whether any part of the original functionality is broken, and if so, figure out which part of the code to fix.

The code of the lander you attached is tricky - they define outgoing urls as this:

"https://"+getURLParameter("td")+"/click"

This way, the lander will only work if you browse to this page via a link that contains your Voluum domain in a token named "td". For example, let's say your voluum click url is https://voluumdomain.com/click, and this lander's url is http://landerdomain.com/lander/index.html, then in order to make this lander's outgoing urls work, you'll need to browse to the lander by going to this link:

http://www.landerdomain.com/lander/i...luumdomain.com

Try replacing:

"https://"+getURLParameter("td")+"/click"

With your voluum click url enclosed in quotation marks, and see if that would work.

Amy

07-11-2018 04:31 PM #4 koobs11 (Member)

Great thank you for the help Vortex! I am trying to test this right now and will see if it ends up going well or not!
Appreciate the help once again and am looking forward to being able to finish your guide.

To dr_franz: Thanks I will try that technique when i replace my links from now on! thank you for your tips!

07-11-2018 05:02 PM #5 koobs11 (Member)

Hello, I've got another question. So i have figured out how to implement the volumm click onto my ripped landing pages now. I have now proceeded to start a trial campaign on propeller ads. how do i make it so it tracks like the direct linking campaigns when I put my campaign url (from Voluum) into my propeller ads campaign url line. This is an example of my direct linking and when I upload my campaign for my landing page incorporated there is no tokens highlighted.

07-11-2018 09:12 PM #6 vortex (Senior Moderator)

Sorry I'm not at my computer right now and can't see the image you attached....will take a look as soon as I get to my laptop!

In the meantime:

-Have you added the lander to Voluum as a new lander?

-Have you created a new campaign in Voluum, specifying in campaign settings the lander(s) and offer(s) you're wanting to run?

-Have you copied the Voluum campaign url and pasted that into PropellerAds as the destination url?

That should really be it!

Amy

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07-11-2018 10:00 PM #7 koobs11 (Member)

Actually yeahp I have followed all those steps and ran it just to test and it is working! The only thing that it seems its not tracking is the Zone ID, but other than that I believe that I have figure it out which is nice. I was running into a wall there for a bit but made it through. I appreciate your guidance vortex!

07-12-2018 09:59 PM #8 koobs11 (Member)

Is there certain landing pages that are to much of a head ache to even attempt to try to use?
I am using one right now that seems every time I try to switch it to my Voluum tracker it still re-directs to the previous offer the other person was running or a random offer when I back link at certain times. Is this a common thing to see these landing pages from Adplexity to be riddled with all types of tricks?

07-12-2018 10:23 PM #9 koobs11 (Member)

The code seems as if it's rotating between different url offer links whenever I backlink or click on the offer button. Just curious to see if anyone knows what is going on with the code and where one would find how it is calling out to these different url links within the code. (Just want to know this for future reference). I will be just trying another landing page since this is a first for me seeing this.

07-12-2018 11:17 PM #10 dr_franz (Member)
Help Finding Links of Outgoing URL from Ripped Landers off Adplexit

Did you remove any JS file and any inline JS that you don’t actually need?
If you’re unsure about what you need to keep the lander functionality, just proceed as per Amy advise: remove one JS, if the lander still works fine, you don’t need it, so move to next and repeat.

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07-13-2018 03:52 AM #11 vortex (Senior Moderator)

Originally Posted by koobs11

Sorry I forgot to look at this yesterday!!

OK - to add the zone ID: Go into Voluum and go to traffic source, select PropellerAds and edit the template. Make sure the zone id variables are identified as follows:

Clear your browser cache first of all.

Look at the code and find all instances of links, and change them to your voluum click url. Then browse to the lander and click around to make sure everything still functions as intended (if not, figure out how to fix it).

Of course if nothing you do will work, you can always rip another lander that looks similar and have a go at that - I used to do that all the time. I'm terrible at coding as well.

Feel free to paste the lander code in pastebin or similar and post the link here for us to take a look!

Amy

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