How to Add ‘Refer a Friend’ Code to Your Site

icon1 Posted by Rochelle in How To..., Misc., Site Building Strategies on 02 10th, 2008 | 11 responses

Let visitors spread the word about your niche store by giving them an easy way to email your site’s URL.

 

My instructions to add ‘Refer A Friend’ code to your site:

Step One
 Log in to your site’s Admin and click on the ‘Template‘ tab and ‘header.php‘ link for the template you are using.
  
 Save a copy of the original code (click here for instructions on how to do this).
Step Two
 Copy and paste the contents of refer-a-friend01.txt code to header.php by placing it ABOVE the </head> tag .
  
 Change the following bit of code before you save your changes:
 
  • Change “[ENTER DESCRIPTION OF YOUR SITE HERE]” to a description of your site
  
 Save changes and view site for errors.
Step Three
 Decide where you want your Refer a Friend link to be seen on your site.
  
 Copy and paste the contents of refer-a-friend02.htm code to your desired location.
  
 Save changes and view site for errors.
done

You can place this code just about anywhere you wish but perhaps the easiest place is to add it someplace within the ‘Ads‘ tab.

If you put your code in Ads, as I do, be aware that the code will not show on your Home page. In order to have it show on the Home page you need to go to your Home page and add the code to the Content section. Make sure you add it by clicking on the < > button and pasting it in the window that opens.

Rochelle

11 Responses to “How to Add ‘Refer a Friend’ Code to Your Site”

  1. How I Create a New Niche Store | Niche Store Strategies says:
    February 14, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    [...] Eighteen Add the Refer a Friend [...]

  2. How to Add ‘Bookmark this Site’ and ‘Refer-a-Friend’ Links to your Site | Niche Store Strategies says:
    February 24, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    [...] Lastly, some people have had problems with this mod. I think it is because I put them together. If you have problems with this then try doing each separately. You can read instructions for adding the ‘Bookmark this Site’ here and instructions for ‘Refer-a-Friend’ here. [...]

  3. Rita says:
    April 28, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    Rochelle, what does “Refer-a-Friend” feature do?
    I am sorry, I am very new to BANS.
    Thanks,
    Rita

  4. Rochelle says:
    April 28, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    Rita,

    Please don’t feel you need to apologize for being new and needing clarification because you don’t.

    Adding this mod to your site gives visitors a way to email any page from your site to friends, family, groups, etc. You can see what I’m talking about by clicking the ‘Email this page to friends’ link on the bedding page of my My Little Pony store: http://mylittlepony.anichestor.....ny-Bedding

    The reason I chose this page instead of the ‘Home’ page is so you can see that the ‘Refer-a-Friend’ script will email whatever page users are on when they click the link. This is a great, and easy, way to let visitors spread the word about your sites.

    If you have more questions don’t hesitate to ask.

    Rochelle

  5. Rita says:
    April 28, 2008 at 6:38 pm

    Thanks you very much!! Rochelle, your site looks and feels beautiful!
    I also noticed that you’ve got Amazon ad, I just affiliated with Amazon and was looking for a way to add related items to my site. Can you please point me to the direction with instructions on how to do this? Once again I truly appreciate your help and this instructions that you you have on this website are priceless!

  6. Rochelle says:
    April 29, 2008 at 9:05 am

    Rita,

    Thank you for your comments about my site. That site holds a special place for me as I put months of work into it (something I don’t recommend). It is the site that consistently brings in sales on an almost daily basis.

    As to the Amazon ads, there are so many ways to add them, and so many variables, that I’m not sure I could really do an instruction on it. Let me ponder this. If I come up with something I’ll post it here.

    Rochelle

  7. Rita says:
    April 29, 2008 at 8:02 pm

    Thank you very much for your help!!

  8. Vic says:
    August 1, 2009 at 11:39 am

    i just want to mention that if you use Firefox or Google Chrome the content of refer-a-friend01.txt will have some < instead of <.

    here is the correct script for you:

  9. Vic says:
    August 1, 2009 at 11:40 am

    Oups the script cannot be post… you will have to use your IE browser to open the refer-a-friend01.txt

    Thx

  10. Mahender says:
    June 3, 2010 at 1:56 pm

    Dear Friend,
    when search in google for how can add a tefer a friend widget i found your website.Then i followed what you guide in u r sit but its not working can you clarify it or check it please.

    regards,
    Mahender.N
    pharmajobsindia.blogspot.com

  11. Mahender says:
    June 3, 2010 at 1:59 pm

    please guide me for i have to add Refer a Friend widget in my blog

    Regards,
    Mahender.N
    http://www.pharmanaukri.info
    Mahender´s last blog ..Freshers (B Pharma) The Himalaya Drug Company My ComLuv Profile

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