Javascript calls onclick?

The shortcode is actually not required for the statistics. As long as the link you have (with any custom code attached you want) goes to the shortlink (the /recommends/ URL) it will be counted towards clicks.

With jQuery it would also be possible to attach a custom event to the earl-link class.

Kind regards,
Brecht

Thanks for the quick reply Brecht, I appreciate that!

With jQuery however, you cannot differentiate between 2 different links on the same page. This is because all eafl links have the same “eafl-link” class but no IDs. This is a problem when I’m writing comparison articles for example and want a different affiliate link for different products.

The only alternative I have now is to remove the eafl-link and replace it with the tag with onclick events which defeats the purpose of using the plugin ??

I really like the plugin though! Simple and it works.

I guess I could use a regex to grab all URLs matching a specific pattern and attach the onclick afterwards as another solution?

Can you give me a specific example of the code you’re using for those links (so not through our plugin, but the desired result).

Brecht

Sure. Here is a snippet of the HTML I’d like to have:

This post includes everything you need to know about 
<a class="fbtom" href="https://www.foxymonkey.com/recommends/oddsmonkey-vs-pa/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OddsMonkey</a> and <a class="fbtpa" href="https://www.foxymonkey.com/recommends/profitaccummulator/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Profit Accumulator</a>

With jQuery I have added this to attach the onclicks:

var fbtoms = document.querySelectorAll('.fbtom');
for (var i=0; i<fbtoms.length; i++) {
	fbtoms[i].onclick = function(){fbq('track', 'Purchase', {value: 0.15,currency: 'GBP'})};
}

Same onclick events are attached for the second class (fbtpa).

Ok, thanks for the example. I’ll look into the possibilities!

Brecht

Thanks, Brecht.

I think the easiest thing to do is to add an optional “custom class” text field when trying to create a link.

Cheers,
Michael