link text modification question

Hello,

I searched but got irrelevant results.

I just want to double check - I'm adding items to my review site, and I'm using the "get product link" link from CJ.

The result is something like this:

<a href="http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-3xxxx25-10xxxx42?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.txxxx.net%2FOxxxxxxxus_Exxxx10_xxxxera_Kit.26xxx1.html&cjsku=1xxx2" target="_top">
Product name</a>
<img src="http://www.ftjcfx.com/image-xxx9825-104xxxx42" width="1" height="1" border="0"/>

Code (markup):

but I need a link for my template that is just a traditional url with an href. So do I just strip that from the box to end up with this:

<a href="http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-31xxx25-104xxx42?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xxxxxx.net%2Fxxxx.Olyxxxxxx0xxxCamera_Kit.26xxx1.html&cjsku=17xx2"> link text here </a>? 

Code (markup):

I just want to make sure I'm not breaking the rules since none of the vendors provide a simple url for you to use in your own links. I also want to make sure it'll track as it should.

Thanks in advance, and I appreciate any and all responses.

 

Also, could I do a simple http redirect from mydomain.com/item to the affiliate link to make it look cleaner?