Amazon Showcase is a WordPress Plugin for showcasing items from Amazon. Simply enter the ASIN/ISBN numbers of any products and optionally enter an Associate ID for earning commissions. The product image will be displayed with a link to the product detail page on Amazon.com.

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Amazon Showcase WordPress Widget 2.2

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Installation

1. Unzip and place the ‘amazonshowcase’ directory in the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory on your webserver
2. Activate the ‘Amazon Showcase’ plugin from within the ‘Plugins’ section of your WordPress administration area
3. You should now have access to the settings from ‘Settings > Amazon Showcase’

Upgrading

1. Unzip and place the ‘amazonshowcase’ directory in the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
2. You should now have access to the settings from ‘Settings > Amazon Showcase’

Configuration
There are several attributes available in this plugin: Showcase Name, Associate ID, Locale and Item ASIN/ISBNs & Image Sizes.

• Showcase Name
  Use this attribute for naming each showcase.
• Associate ID
  This is is an optional field that allows Amazon Associates to enter their Associate ID. When you supply an Associate ID, it is automatically inserted appropriately into the item’s link. This allows you to earn commissions when people click on the item and purchase it through Amazon.
• Locale
  The locale field allows you to select which of the international Amazon websites from which to pull items.
  You have 6 options:
  • United States (amazon.com)
  • United Kingdom (amazon.co.uk)
  • Germany (amazon.de)
  • Japan (amazon.co.jp)
  • France (amazon.fr)
  • Canada (amazon.ca)
• ASIN/ISBN
  Use this attribute to define the Amazon product you would like to display in the showcase. This can be any item from the Amazon.com catalog. Simply locate the item’s ASIN or ISBN and enter it in one of these fields.
  Examples:
  ASIN: B000I1ZWRC
  ISBN: 1582345236
• Image Size
  Amazon usually provides five different product image sizes: swatch, small, tiny, medium and large. Select the image size that you would like to use within your showcase.
• Template
  Use the template field to define the HTML that is generated for each product. There are several pre-defined ‘tags’ that you can used as placeholders for product information. For example, any instance of the tag ‘[author]‘ in the template will be replaced by the product’s author name when outputted.
  Available tags:
  • [title] – The title of the product
  • [author] – The author(s) or creators of the product, if available
  • [url] – The URL for the product’s detail page on Amazon.com
  • [image] – The HTML for the product image (fully formed tag)
  • [image_url] – The URL of the specific image size you selected
  • [image_width] – The width (in pixels) of the specific image size you selected
  • [image_height] – The height (in pixels) of the specific image size you selected

Customization
I’ve tried to make the output of the Amazon Showcase plugin as clean and customizable as possible. Using CSS, you should be able to customize the look and feel of the item display.

This is the structure of the HTML that is produced:

<div class=”amzshcs” id=”amzshcs-[showcaseIdentifier]“>
<div class=”amzshcs-item” id=”amzshcs-item-[itemIdentifier]“><a><img /></a></div>
<div class=”amzshcs-item” id=”amzshcs-item-[itemIdentifier]“><a><img /></a></div>
<div class=”amzshcs-item” id=”amzshcs-item-[itemIdentifier]“><a><img /></a></div>
</div>