How to add your own Amazon store (aStore) to your self-hosted WordPress blog. You won’t need to know anything about programming to complete this task, however you should at least be familiar with uploading pages using an ftp client.
Step 1:
Copy the code I provided below (EXAMPLE OF aStore CODE) into an editor like HTML-Kit which is free, or into notepad, and save it as astore.php file.
Do not worry about the example line that leads to my store right now, you will be changing that in a later step.
Step 2:
Log into your Amazon Associate page and select aStore. This is where you will configure the look of your store and decide which products you want to promote. You have a few options, one you can manually choose the products for your store, or you can Amazon choose from the categories you specify. Play with it a little bit and use the preview button to see how it looks.
Once your store is configured the way you want you will be given a choice on how you want your aStore to be displayed. Choose the ‘Inline Frame’ then copy the code that is provided and save for later.
Step 3:
Copy the example code above and paste it into your favorite HTML editor or you can use notepad. Save the file as astore.php (make sure you select Save file as: php). You don’t have to use astore as the file name ,it is just the way I do it. Whatever you save it as remember it for later.
Copy and paste your astore code from Amazon over the line that starts <iframe src=”…, this will replace the example aStore code with the code that will direct customers to your affiliate store.
Using your ftp client, upload your new astore.php file into the theme of your WordPress content (see video). I use CoffeeCup Direct FTP for my FTP uploads , but there are many free ones out there. Once that is complete, you can close your ftp client and you will not need to go back in for the rest of this procedure.
Step 4: Navigate back to your WordPress dashboard and select “Page,” then “add new.” Name this page Store or Shop or whatever you like. Preview the new page and then publish if it looks OK.
And that is all there is to it. You will now have on your WordPress theme, a fully integrated Amazon aStore that has the same look and feel of the rest of your website. The best thing about it is if your customer clicks on a product it stays on your site, even looking like it is your store, up until they checkout and pay. Then they are on the Amazon site.
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