By mazoonist on

Could someone please help? I have been working from the book "Using Drupal." I have installed the Amazon module. The book and the module both say things like "Lets writers use the [amazon] tag to embed Amazon product information in text." But nowhere does it say exactly HOW to accomplish this.

When I go to the Amazon API on Site Configuration, and enter an ASIN number, I get all this output of product information that I'm assuming are available to me via the filter.

I seem to have the filter working okay. I'm able to do any of these:

[amazon 0596526946 inline]
[amazon 0596526946 full]
[amazon 0596526946 thumbnail]

And I seem to get what I'm supposed to get in those cases, a link and/or an image.

But how does one insert all that other information that you get when you go to the test tab of the Amazon API Configuration page?

I apologize for my newb-ness and also if I've posted in the wrong place. I did try to research this myself, for about 4 or 5 hours now.

Thanks

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qlmhuge commented

Go to the URL:

http://www.yoursite.com/admin/settings/amazon

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rfay
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For the non-coder, Views is the best way to get access to the various fields. There's a quick tutorial on how to use views with Amazon on the Amazon Store docs page. You need to make a relationship through your ASIN field, and then you have access to lots of things.

If you're comfortable with PHP, the .tpl.php files allow you to access much of this information.