Newbie questions

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Hello,

I threw together an AW shopwindow site a few months ago but could not spare the time to finish it. Now that I've returned to it I'm a little unsure of a few things:

1. The site focuses on cosmetics, fragrances etc, but the search function will return results for all kinds of products. Presumably then I need to join just about every merchant's affiliate program because the site generates results from all AW merchants. Is that correct?

2. Is there a way of generating SEO friendly URLs using a .htaccess file? Does anyone have a copy of such a file I could use?

Thanks,
Ben

[Andy]

1. It only returns results from merchants you are affiliated with or merchants that dont require a "hard" affiliation. Either way, if it displays, you can earn commission from it.

2. Yes there is, but it's pretty hardcore and requires alterations to more than just one file as well as creation of the .htaccess mod rewrite.
Search these forums and you'll find some tips, but if you dont fully understand it, dont bother.

Google is much better at understanding dynamic URLs nowadays anyway

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Thank you.

Can you tell me how to create a new tab which links to another directory on my site as opposed to a new page?

The new directory is already there and I just need a tab and a link. I'm using the intro_2 template. I guess it's something like:

{if $smarty.get.page == 4}{include file="elements`$DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR`page_5.tpl"}{/if}

but it doesn't call a new page, just adds a link in a tab.