geekyThis is useful if you have an account with Amazon and want to make money when people click through to Amazon from your journal.
print_comp_header("Recommended Reading");
var Color image_border_color = "#000000"; # bordercolor for images
var Color[] image_bg_color;
$image_bg_color[0] = "#FFFFFF"; # bg color for images (alternates)
$image_bg_color[1] = "#DDDDDD"; # bg color for images (alternates)
var string amazon_id = "/your Amazon Associates ID goes here/";
var string link_prefix = "http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/";
var string image_prefix = "http://images.amazon.com/images/P/";
var string image_postfix = ".01.THUMBZZZ.jpg";
var string[] book_link;
var string[] book_title;
# books
$book_link[0] = "1400040310";
$book_title[0] = "His Excellency: George Washington";
$book_link[1] = "0689870434";
$book_title[1] = "When Washington Crossed the Delaware";
# you can put as many books/videos/etc as you like here
"""
<div id="layer_one" style="position:relative; width:100%; height:200px; z-index:1; overflow: auto; overflow-x: hidden;">
<table width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
""";
foreach var int i (0 .. (size($book_title) - 1))
{
"""
<tr style="background-color:$image_bg_color[$i % 2];">
<td style="text-align:left;">""";
if($book_link[$i] != "") { """<a href="$link_prefix$book_link[$i]$amazon_id">"""; }
"""<img src="$image_prefix$book_link[$i]$image_postfix" border="0" style="border: 1px solid $image_border_color" align="middle" alt="See at Amazon" />""";
if($book_link[$i] != "") { """</a>"""; }
"""</td>
<td style="font-weight:bold; text-align:left;">""";
if($book_link[$i] != "")
{ """<a href="$link_prefix$book_link[$i]$amazon_id">"""; }
"""$book_title[$i]""";
if($book_link[$i] != "")
{ """</a>"""; }
"""</td>
</tr>
""";
}
"""
</table>
</div>
""";
print_comp_footer();
Note: thanks to
kunzite1 for the inspiration/basic LJ code. I ported this from my old Xanga journal (which inserted your Amazon code automatically). This code is meant to be used in a free text override (see the component tutorials). 