All Affiliate Pro allows you to utilize flash banners. To do this you must setup your flash banners to read the passed variables and have the correct affiliate link. Here is a short guide explaining how this is done
The FlashVars feature is used to pass the affiliates unique linking URL into the flash file. This part is already done for you by All Affiliate Pro. You need to add some ActionScript to your flash file so that is reads in these variables and sets the correct linking URL. Once you flash advert is created follow these steps to create the affiliate link.
- Step 1.
Open Flash and open the .fla file for your advert.
- Step 2.
From the menu select Insert->New Symbol.
- Step 3.
Name the symbol "Linker" with behaviour "Button", click OK.
- Step 4.
You'll now see the timeline for the button, with the frames Up, Over, Down and Hit. Right click on the Hit frame and select Insert Keyframe.
- Step 5.
Select the Rectange Tool from the toolbar and select the fill colour blue. Then draw a large rectangle in the frame. Make sure this rectangle is larger than the actual advert dimensions.
- Step 6.
Click back on Scene1 (or whatever you have named the scene) from the status bar below the timeline.
- Step 7.
Open your library window from Menu->Window->Library (F11).
- Step 8.
Find the button named "Linker" in your library list and drag it into your scene. It will appear as a shaded area, make sure this shaded area is covering the whole of the advert.
- Step 9.
Select the Sub Selection tool from the toolbar and select the shaded area for the Linker button.
- Step 10.
Open the Actions panel Menu->Window->Actions.
- Step 11.
Click the + symbol in the Actions Panel, this will open a list menu where you should select Actions->Browser/Network->getURL.
- Step 12.
In the URL text box type "redirect" and tick the expression box next to it. In the Window text box type "Target".
- Step 13.
Save and export the .fla file to .swf.
You must ensure that every frame includes the invisible button.