Tutor Tanith

Use Notepad++ to extract CafePress Product Links

  1. Download and Install Notepad++
    http://www.notepad-plus-plus.org/
  2. If Notepad++ opens after install, close it.
  3. Open regular notepad
  4. Find and open shortcuts.xml
    In Windows Xp the macros are saved at
    C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml
    In Windows 7 or 8
    C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml
  5. Download the Macros file.
  6. Open the macros file.
  7. Copy the content of the macros file.
  8. In Shorcut.xml look for
    <Macros>
  9. Add a new line.
  10. Paste the content of the macros file.
  11. Save and close.
  12. Open NotePad++
  13. You should now show the macros Screen Shot
  14. Open a blank page by selecting File, then New.
  15. Open Firefox.
  16. Navigate to one of your shop sections. (For extracting profile design links see below)
  17. View Page Source - use Ctrl+U
    or Right click, choose view Page Source
  18. Select all (Ctrl+A), copy (Ctrl+C).
  19. Paste into the new Notepad++ file.
  20. Go to Macro, run Clean View Source
  21. Screen Shot
  22. Then run CafePress Extract Links
  23. You will end up with a list of all the products on the page.
  24. If you have anything you want to add to the link, like an affiliate tag, just do a search and replace
    search for
    ">
    replace with
    affiliatestring">
  25. Extract Profile Links will do something similar using the View Page Source of a Profile Page, except that it creates design based links.

         

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