So ecto 2 is updated, and one of the nifty new features is Amazon integration. It’s pretty slick, with a handy little search window within ecto to find items, one-button posting once you’ve chosen what you want, and a few options for how you want the finished link to appear.
I set up a quick tag to handle my affiliate needs back in ecto 1: I don’t know if this new feature makes it obsolete or not.
All I had to go was copy the ASIN number to the clipboard and the shortcut wrapped in the link stuff: at least I had the syntax right, for all the dough it’s made me đŸ˜‰
So let’s see how it works: I search for “Neil Gaiman” and get a list of books returned, click “make a link”, and hey presto. “Marvel 1602, Volume 1 (Marvel Heroes)” (Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert)