{"id":446,"date":"2008-09-23T03:26:01","date_gmt":"2008-09-23T08:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.affiliateprogramadvice.com\/?p=446"},"modified":"2009-12-04T08:22:17","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T13:22:17","slug":"affiliate-future-xenon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.affiliateprogramadvice.com\/index.php\/2008\/09\/23\/affiliate-future-xenon\/","title":{"rendered":"Affiliate Future Xenon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Much has been made of how much better and more simplified Affiliate Future&#8217;s new Xenon feeds platform would be and having put up with complete rubbish for the best part of two years I was not going to be easily convinced that Affiliate Future could either come up with a half decent feeds platform or that they even knew how.<\/p>\n<p>Was I wrong!<\/p>\n<p>Their new platform isn&#8217;t just about feeds of course as the entire Xenon project encompasses far more with sections for content units (widgets), discount codes and lots more.<\/p>\n<p>It still needs a lot more doing to it for me to be totally satisfied (I cannot currently find the codes only applying to merchants I am subscribed to without going through them all) and Affiliate Future have a lot to do to ensure that once they have finished the adjustments to their new platform, that they keep it populated.<\/p>\n<p>I was asked by Affiliate Future along with a number of others to provide feedback.  So as datafeeds are my bread and butter I thought I would start there.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a little confusing to determine which format, whether a direct call ftp or a download but I finally got the hang of what I needed and I must admit I was pleasantly surprised.<\/p>\n<p> <strong style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onpac.com\/?lock_stock_and_two_smoking_barrels\">Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels trailer<\/a><\/strong> After logging in and watching the video I created a download.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.backdoorinvestments.co.uk\/images\/sav6.jpg\" alt=\"Affiliate Future Xenon\" \/><br \/>\nOnce I had clicked on Info I was presented with a simple line.  A url which I copied and pasted into my platform.  No more deepfeed prefix, no adding affiliate id or password or merchant id.  Everything is embedded in the feed.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.backdoorinvestments.co.uk\/images\/sav1.jpg\" alt=\"Setting Up A Feed\" \/><br \/>\nThen just clicking the mapping process and an instant result in that I could then quickly edit the fields.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.backdoorinvestments.co.uk\/images\/sav2.jpg\" alt=\"Editing Fields\" \/><br \/>\nJust one click later I was able to immediately view a rough website layout using Convert A Feed.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.backdoorinvestments.co.uk\/images\/sav3.jpg\" alt=\"Creating A Feed With Convert A Feed\" \/><br \/>\nAfter adjusting the size of images and the columns I then saved this and viewed it on a live website using a temporary url.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.backdoorinvestments.co.uk\/images\/sav4.jpg\" alt=\"Live Site\" \/><br \/>\nThe information was very detailed.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.backdoorinvestments.co.uk\/images\/sav5.jpg\" alt=\"Detailed Feed Displayed\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now what is wrong with a system when used in conjunction with Convert A Feed could produce a complete website in less than a minute?<\/p>\n<p>Well there is just one tiny problem.  I cannot tell if the feed I am acquiring has one product or a thousand unless I download and open it first.  Sort of defeats the object of clicking a button to let it do the rest.  I would like to know the size of the file I am downloading.  Saves me destroying a site which has been SEO&#8217;d to the max and populated with loads of products, only to be replaced with a &#8220;new&#8221; feed containing a handful of products.<\/p>\n<p>Other than that.  A fine effort Affiliate Future.  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