Problems With Links to Host/Guest Special Pdfs

[PampChefJoy]

I think I'm having a problem and I don't think I'm imagining it - it seems like something recently has changed.

I normally link the host/guest special articles in my newsletter to the PDFs that the HO has on CC. These have never been a problem before, but starting this month, it seems as though they have been made "rep only" and prompt the reader to log in to CC (which our customers cannot do).

I followed a link from the corporate website where they have the current month host & guest special linked, and they are different URLs with "public" in the URL, so it would seem they are making a pointed effort to separate the 2 versions.

I can link in the public version, but when I tried to change Oct to Nov for the host special, I got a broken link... as though the Nov "public" pdf has not been uploaded yet.

My dilemma is how I am going to get a link for the Nov PDF embedded in my newsletter... has anyone else noticed this - perhaps someone using a different newsletter service can chime in and see if the other services are having any of the same issues...

Or maybe it's just me and I'm not figuring it out

 

[NooraK]

I pulled up the Oct Host special through my PWS and changed "oct" to "nov" but did not change the 10 to 11, and got this:

http://www.pamperedchef.biz/skins/sites/pdf/en_US/hs_10nov_en_us.pdf

The weirdest thing is that this is a different address than the one on the main PC site.

 

[PampChefJoy]

hmmmm... do you think that link will work "publicly" for all users, whether or not they have a PWS, and it won't link to anyone's specific PWS?It doesn't seem like it should but sometimes I think they have weird re-directs on the corporate server that are conspiring against me!

 

[Sheila]

I've already had 2 people complain this month that they couldn't open links that normally work. The recruiting brochure being one of them.

 

[BlueMoon]

I've been uploading the host/guest specials and outside order forms to PDF Escape so I could put my info on them, and couldn't do it this month, the upload tool rejects the url.Too bad, I like using their flyer, all I add is the "your consultant" info--and online ordering info on the OOF.

 

[BethCooks4U]

I didn't have any trouble downloading/opening (and adding my info via pdf escape) for Nov or Dec. I downloaded them from CC.

 

[PampChefJoy]

Downloading the flyers as a logged-in consultant isn't a problem, as far as I can tell. It's giving out the link to someone who is not a consultant, who cannot log in, that seems to be the issue. If you are already logged into CC actively, and click on the link, it should take you right to it. But if you are logged out, it prompts you to log in.

Sheila - do you put together your own or do you use another service? I am guessing it's most any of the flyers we access behind CC that are affected

 

[Sheila]

I use iContact to send them, but format them myself.

 

[DebbieJ]

That is so dumb! Why would HO do that? Perhaps they are trying to get us all using their newsletter.

 

[PampChefJoy]

Maybe... I get these paranoid delusions that HO is plotting against me to put me out of business Really, when all I've ever done is help bring in more business to consultants and the company....

 

[NooraK]

hmmmm... do you think that link will work "publicly" for all users, whether or not they have a PWS, and it won't link to anyone's specific PWS?

It doesn't seem like it should but sometimes I think they have weird re-directs on the corporate server that are conspiring against me!

The URL doesn't contain a specific PWS address. It does have the .biz instead of the .com, but doesn't have my PWS address after the slash. I would hate to think that HO would put something on my PWS that wouldn't open for a customer visiting my site.

I've been uploading the host/guest specials and outside order forms to PDF Escape so I could put my info on them, and couldn't do it this month, the upload tool rejects the url.

Too bad, I like using their flyer, all I add is the "your consultant" info--and online ordering info on the OOF.

I always save the file to my computer first, then upload it to PDFEscape, and then save over the original version. Never had a problem.

That is so dumb! Why would HO do that? Perhaps they are trying to get us all using their newsletter.

Maybe... I get these paranoid delusions that HO is plotting against me to put me out of business Really, when all I've ever done is help bring in more business to consultants and the company....

I would hope HO isn't trying to do that. I actually just got an email forwarded from my Director, that came down from Chris Manion. She put a blurb in there about the benefits of newsletters and though she put in a plug for the HO service, she also plugged Mike.

 

[PampChefJoy]

I'm finalizing the November newsletter and now it looks like the links on CC are different again.. they don't reference "reponly" in the URL, so it may appear as though they are "public" links once again... can anyone tell?