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1 Affiliate Software

2 I Affiliate Software Table of Contents Foreword 0 Part I Affiliate Utility Pages 1 1 Main Page 2 Translation Troubleshooting... 1 Part II Getting Started 2 1 Getting Started... - Step Getting Started... - Step 2 4 Part III System Management 5 1 Manage Administrators Manage Affiliate... Programs 5 3 Manage Banners Manage Text Links... 7 Part IV Manage Affiliate Users 7 1 Add New Affiliate... Users 7 2 Manage Affiliate... Users 8 3 Affiliate User Groups Affiliate Settings Approve Affiliates Customize Sign... Up Page 10 Part V Manage Campaigns 10 1 Add New Campaign Manage Campaigns Create Auto-Responders Build HTML Manage System... s 12 Part VI Sales Tracking 12 1 View Click Records Add Sales Record View Sales Records View Sales Invoices Part VII Customize Interface 13

3 Contents II 1 Customize User... Interface 13 2 Customize Control... Panel 14 3 Backup Database Part VIII Company Information 14 1 Affiliate Link... Guard 14 2 Affiliate Link... Tracking 15 Index 0 II

4 1 Affiliate Software 1 Affiliate Utility Pages 1.1 Main Page Welcome to your User Guide! This comprehensive user guide will step you through all the dynamic features of the Affiliate Software. 1.2 Translation Translating is a simple process, all you have to do is translate one file for the entire software Troubleshooting 1. How do I reset the admin password in the affiliate management program solution? Follow these instructions to reset your administrative password: * Download the reset_password.php. This file is located in the affiliate folder. * Open that file in an editor and enter in your database. You will see variables, db, db_user, db_password and db_host. For example: $db='database_name'; $db_user='database_user'; $db_password='database_password'; $db_host='database_host'; * Save the file and upload the file back to your web server. Make sure the file is put back in the folder named affiliate. * Go to the web page in a browser. For example go to: Once you pull up this page it will reset the password to admin/admin Then you should login with admin/admin and change the password. * Remove your database information from the reset_password.php page. 2. I am having trouble uploading large files, what can I do? Uploading Large Files: If you are looking to upload large files to the mailer to import contacts then you need to do the following: * You need to change the setting in PHP called: upload_max_filesize and post_max_size These values should be set to 16M You can do this through the php.ini file or you can add this line to your apache under the virtual host and re-start apache: php_admin_value upload_max_filesize 16M

5 Affiliate Utility Pages 2 php_admin_value post_max_size 16M * For MySql you have to have the variable: max_allowed_packet to be equal to 16 This can be accomplished by: modifying to /etc/my.cnf and setting the: set-variable = max_allowed_packet=16m under: [mysqld] Also keep in mind that my.cnf can reside in different dirs depending on the installation. Usually it is /etc/my.cnf, /var/lib/mysql/my.cnf, /usr/local/var/my.cnf. 3. Apache Upload Troubleshooting If you are still having trouble once you set the parameters above, then you should check the following apache limits LimitRequestBody LimitRequests LimitRequestSize LimitRequestLine You should check especially the first one in the httpd.conf. It is possible the POST data is larger than the value in the LimitRequestBody 2 Getting Started 2.1 Getting Started - Step 1 Once you have setup the Affiliate software, there a few steps necessary to get the software working with your site. Create an Affiliate Program First, you want to setup an affiliate program. The affiliate program will be for one of your products, or if you are offering a flat rate of commission on a range of products, it will be your online store. To create a new affiliate program, go to Manage Affiliate Program and select Add Affiliate Program. The next thing to do is the enter the following fields:

6 3 Affiliate Software Name: This is the name of your affiliate program. This will be the named referenced in the software. Also, this name will be displayed to users. Redirection URL: This is the URL that is where users will go when they click on the affiliate user's link. When they click on the affiliate user's link, they will be forwarded to the page you enter for this link. Commission Type: You can choose whether you want commission to be calculated when a sale is made, when a link is clicked or if a banner is shown. You can choose one of these options. : This description will be shown to your affiliate user's when they sign up for the affiliate program. After you fill out these fields click on the Next Page. If you select the commission type of sale then you will see the following fields: All sales from this affiliate must be approved before being added to the system: Affiliate users will earn the following amount per sale: Multi-Tier Commission: Re-Occurring Commission: If this check box is checked, then if the commission type is set to sales, then all sales must be approved before they are added to the system. If sales need to be approved, when they appear in the Manage Sales Report section they will have an "approve" link next to each sale. This is the amount that each affiliate will earn when they send you sales. The options below are only used if you want to have multi-tier commission, so that your affiliates can earn money if they sign up addition affiliates. You may leave this section blank if you do not want to offer multi-tier commissions. For example if you set the 2nd Tier to $5.00 per sale. This means if you have an affiliate who signs up another affiliate and the affiliate he signs up makes a sale then the original affiliate will earn $5.00 A reoccurring commission is if you want your affiliates to earn a commission on a reoccurring basis as long as the affiliate they signed up remains an affiliate. To setup a reoccurring commission you must setup a cron job which is located on this page. If you choose Commission Type "Earn based upon clicks" Cost per click: The amount you enter in this field represents the amount that your affiliates will earn per click. Multi-Tier System: Use this field if you want to setup a multi-tier field. Therefore for example if you setup 2 tier to be $2.00 then if you have an affiliate that signs up an affiliate. If the second affiliate gets clicks then the original affiliate will earn $2.00. If you choose Commission Type "Commission Based on CPM" Earn Commission The amount you enter in this field represents the amount that your affiliate will based on CPM: earn based upon the impressions they send. The amount is based upon 1000 impression. Therefore if you enter $1.00 in this field then after 1000 impressions from the affiliate the affiliate will earn $1.00 Multi-Tier System: Use this field if you want to setup a multi-tier field. Therefore for example if you setup 2 tier to be $2.00 then if you have an affiliate that signs up an affiliate. If the second affiliate gets 1000 impressions then the original affiliate will earn $2.00.

7 Getting Started 4 Add special code to your shopping-cart thank You page This is for users who are going to use our affiliate program to track sales, if you are simply paying per click or based on the number of impressions that are shown, you can skip this step. If you are going to pay your affiliate users for each sale they send you, then you need to add our code to the thank you page for your shopping-cart. This code can be found on the Getting Started page in your affiliate software. You should login to your affiliate software, and click on the Getting Started Wizard. This is an example of the code: <img src= style='visibility: hidden'> NOTE: Where it shows YourDomain.com in the link above, replace this link with your actual domain name. This code should come from the Getting Started Wizard in your affiliate software. This code contains the line amount=10, this is the default value of sales. If you want to set a specific price, edit the number. You can also have your shopping cart software pass the value for the amount. If you would like to pass the amount value, then consult your shopping cart software or how to pass the amount. You can also pass values for the transaction id by passing values to the transaction field. Add Product descriptions to your Affiliate Page Next you should customize the affiliate user page. The affiliate user page is located on the user frontend area and you get to it by clicking on affiliate program. To add product descriptions on this affiliate user page, click on Customize User Interface from the administrative page and select the page prodgroups.php. You can customize the title and images for the page, then create your own content. Our WYSIWYG editor allows you create an attractive page without having to know HTML. 2.2 Getting Started - Step 2 Customize Your Affiliate Home Page The user front-end of your affiliate program can be customized easily. From the main administrative area. From the administrative interface, click Customize User Interface, and select the Customize User Interface link from this page. You can choose to keep the graphics we used, or you can upload your own. You can also customize the text on the main page. You can browse in your own logo, allowing you to brand the software as your own. Create a FAQ Section You can also create the affiliate user FAQ user section. To add entries to the FAQ section, you can go to the Frequently Asked Questions link from the main admin page. To go to the FAQ section, from your administrative section, click on System Settings and then click on Manage Frequently Asked Questions section.

8 5 Affiliate Software 3 System Management 3.1 Manage Administrators From this section you can manage your Affiliate manager software administrators. Password: From this field you can enter a password. Make sure you do not enter spaces in this field. The password should be 3-8 characters. First Name: Enter the first name of the administrator in this field. Last Name: Enter the last name of the administrator in this field. Enter the of the administrator in this field. Notify of new If this field is checked then administrators will get s when a new affiliate affiliates: signs up from the user interface. Send test s to In the administrators section, if you click on Manage Campaigns, you will be able this account: to send s to your affiliate users. There is an option to send the administrator a test . If this option is checked, then the administrator will get the test . Notify Admin of new If this option is checked, then administrators will get notified when a new sale is sales referrals: received. Receive Thank You If this option is checked, then the administrator will receive thank you s Manage Affiliate Programs From this section you can add affiliate programs to your online affiliate business software. You can add unlimited programs from this section. Affiliate Programs: Redirection URL: Time to wait before accepting next sale from same IP: From this field you should add your affiliate name. This will be the name displayed to users. This will also be the name that will be used in the admin pages when your affiliate program is referenced. When affiliate users add your banner or text link to their page and someone clicks on the banner this is the URL that users will be forwarded. Therefore, most of the time this is the link to your main page of your site or the page that describes your products or services. This field is used to prevent a duplicate sale. The amount of time you enter in this field is the number of minutes that the system will wait before it counts an additional sale from the same IP. You can leave this field blank if you do not want to use. The purpose of this field is to make sure if someone hits refresh on the thank you page then your sale is not counted twice. This field is only used if the Commission Type is set to Sale. If you are awarding your affiliate users based upon their clicks or impressions, then you can leave this field blank.

9 System Management 6 Commission Type: There are three methods that you can use to calculate the commission for your affiliate users. The most popular method to calculate the commission for your affiliate users is to calculate the commission by paying your affiliate users a percentage or flat fee for each sale that is sent from the affiliate user. Another method is to pay the affiliate user commission for each click that is sent from the affiliate user. The last method is to pay commission for every 1000 impressions from the affiliate user. If you choose this option then every time your banner is shown from the affiliate user's site the affiliate user will earn a commission. The affiliate will receive commission based on every 1000 impressions of the banner that is shown. Therefore, if you set this field to the amount of $1 then after 1000 impressions the affiliate user will earn a commission of $1. If you use this method, then you should add a banner for your affiliate program. If you do not add a banner for the affiliate program, this method will not work. : This field is used to describe the affiliate program and the information entered in this field will be seen by the user so that they will understand the details of your affiliate program. If you select the commission type of sale then you will see the following fields All sales from this If this check box is checked, then if the commission type is set to sales, then all affiliate must be sales must be approved before they are added to the system. If sales need to be approved before approved, when they appear in the Manage Sales Report section they will have being added to the an "approve" link next to each sale system: Affiliate users will earn the following This is the amount that each affiliate will earn when they send you sales. amount per sale: Multi-Tier The options below are only used if you want to have multi-tier commission, so Commission: that your affiliates can earn money if they sign up addition affiliates. You may leave this section blank if you do not want to offer multi-tier commissions. For example if you set the 2nd Tier to $5.00 per sale. This means if you have an affiliate who signs up another affiliate and the affiliate he signs up makes a sale then the original affiliate will earn $5.00 Re-Occurring A reoccurring commission is if you want your affiliates to earn a commission on a Commission: reoccurring basis as long as the affiliate they signed up remains an affiliate. To setup a reoccurring commission you must setup a cron job which is located on this page. If you choose Commission Type "Earn based upon clicks" Cost per click: Multi-Tier System: The amount you enter in this field represents the amount that your affiliates will earn per click. Use this field if you want to setup a multi-tier field. Therefore for example if you setup 2 tier to be $2.00 then if you have an affiliate that signs up an affiliate. If the second affiliate gets clicks then the original affiliate will earn $2.00. If you choose Commission Type "Commission Based on CPM"

10 7 Affiliate Software Earn Commission based on CPM: Multi-Tier System: The amount you enter in this field represents the amount that your affiliate will earn based upon the impressions they send. The amount is based upon 1000 impression. Therefore if you enter $1.00 in this field then after 1000 impressions from the affiliate the affiliate will earn $1.00 Use this field if you want to setup a multi-tier field. Therefore for example if you setup 2 tier to be $2.00 then if you have an affiliate that signs up an affiliate. If the second affiliate gets 1000 impressions then the original affiliate will earn $ Manage Banners Banner ads are one way of having your affiliates link back to your affiliate management software. You can upload images for each of your affiliate programs for your affiliate users to put on their web pages. When web visitors click on the banner, they will be brought to the Redirection URL that you setup when you added the affiliate program. When you add a banner you have the following fields: Banner Name: Affiliate Program: Banner Image: The banner name is the name that represents your banner. This name will be shown to the user when they see your banner and used in the administrative section when your banner is shown. You should choose the affiliate program that corresponds to this banner. Each banner will correspond with one affiliate program that is setup in the Manage Affiliate Program section. This field will allow you to browse in your image for the banner. You can browse in a.jpg or.gif image. If your image is not a jpg or gif then you should covert your image to be one of these formats. 3.4 Manage Text Links You can create a text ad for your affiliate users to link back to your products or services. Ad Name: Affiliate Program: Ad Content: This field will not be shown to users and it is just used to reference the link in the administrator section. Use this field to select which affiliate program this text link should reference. This field is the actual link that will be shown to your users. 4 Manage Affiliate Users 4.1 Add New Affiliate Users From this section you can add new affiliate users. User Group: Referred By: A user group will allow you to group your affiliate users if you want certain affiliate users to have special commission or special properties. To see the option avaliable for user groups go to: Manage Affiliate Users -> Manage User Groups - > Add User Group The affiliate system is multi-tier. Therefore, this field shows if another affiliate user referred the affiliate user.

11 Manage Affiliate Users 8 Status: If this affiliate user is approved, then this field should be set to approved. This is the address of the affiliate. Company Name: This is the company of the affiliate user. This field is optional. First Name: This is the first name of the affiliate user. This field is optional. Last Name: This is the last name of the affiliate user. This field is optional. Choose Password: This is the password field. Make sure the password does not have any spaces. Re-Enter Re-enter your password in this field. Make sure this password matches the first Password: password. Address : Enter the address of your affiliate. Subscribe to This field allows you to subscribe or un-subscribe this affiliate if you your affiliates. Override Minimum From this section you have the option of marking invoices as "Needs to Pay" Payout Amount: when this user's invoice reaches the desired amount that you set. Also, you have the option of automatically marking the invoice as close when it reaches the desired amount. HOWEVER, these options are set in the Affiliate Settings page for ALL affiliates. This option is only used if you want to override the settings in Override Close Invoice once minimum payout reached: 4.2 Manage Affiliate Users Affiliate Settings section for this user. Only set if you want to override the default setting on the Affiliate Settings page You may search your affiliate users in this section. After you search affiliate users, you can download the results of your search. Affiliate Program: Referred By: Status: First Name: Last Name: Company: Web Site URL: Address : City: State/Province: Zip: Phone: Paypal Check Name: Payment Preference: Tax ID: Added To and From: View Affiliates: Select a specific program to search within Search based on which user referred the affiliate Search for approved or disapproved members You can search the first name of the affiliate user. You can search the last name of the affiliate user. You can search the address of the affiliate user. You can search the company the affiliate works for. You can search the url of the affiliate's website. You can search by address. You can search by city You can search by state You can search by zip code You can search by the phone number of your affiliate You can search based on the address they use with Paypal Search based on the name on the affiliate's check You can search based on their preferred way to receive payment You can search based on the tax identification number the affiliate signed up with You can search based on when the affiliate was added You can choose whether you wish to search users who have met minimum payout or who have not 4.3 Affiliate User Groups There is a built in system for organizing your affiliate parters called groups. Affiliate groups allow you to organize different rates of commission for your affiliates, as well as set up easy means of

12 9 Affiliate Software communication, allowing you to send s to groups, set up promotional programs with different groups of advertisers, and generally separate out your advertisers. Being able to differentiate your commission is a great way to attract higher tier advertisers with access to a larger, higher return audience.you can also set up commissions for groups that pay out higher amounts for large ticket items and bulk purchases, allowing you to set who benefits from such sales and who receives a flat rate of commission for everything. Group Name: Enter a name by which you will identify the group Minimum Payout Set the dollar amount at which you will generate an invoice to pay an advertiser Amount: Close Invoice once You can also set the software to close an invoice and generate a new one once minimum payout you reach the minimum payout reached: Multi-Tier Multi-Tier commission allows you to set up variable commission rates, so that Commission: recruiters that find new advertisers will be paid every time their recruits make a sale. The recruit receives the base commission and the recruiter receives the tier commission Re-occurring Commission: Re-occurring commission is set up to pay an affiliate on a regular basis. This is done either for a product with re-occurring payments or as a way of paying advertisers above and beyond their normal commission. You can set up different tiers to allow for different payment options. Reward High Sales: You can reward customers who sell expensive products by giving them extra commission when they do. Simply enter a price range and the commission total or percentage to set up this feature. You can have multiple tiers of rewards. Reward Based on Number of Sales: Do Not Use Reward Options: 4.4 Affiliate Settings Similar to the High Sales rewards, this feature allows you to reward affiliates for selling items in bulk. Enter a range of total products sold and enter the new commission total or percentage.you can set up multiple tiers of rewards Select this radio button if you do not wish to implement a reward system for your affiliates From this section you can modify the affiliate settings. Require Admin Approval for New Affiliates: Notify Affiliates of Invoice Payment: Cookie Lifetime: Show affiliate users a link to refer other users to your affiliate programs: If this option is checked then when an affiliate user signs up for your affiliate program they will not be added to the back-end. The affiliate user will be added to the Approve Affiliates section in the back-end area and remain in that section until the administrator approves the affiliate user. To approve affiliate users go to the Approve Affiliate User section. If this option is checked when the administrator pays the affiliate user, the affiliate user will receive an letting them know the administrator has paid the affiliate user. To pay an affiliate user the administrator should search for the sale in the Manage Invoice section. After you go into an invoice there is an option to pay the affiliate user. The cookie lifetime dictates how long the browser cookie will remain active. Once an affiliate user sends a user to your site, the system automatically stores a cookie within the browser for that user. The recommended time is 60 days. Therefore, if the user returns to your shopping cart 60 days later, the system will still track which affiliate user sent the sale. This option is used if you want to have your affiliate program be multi-tier. If your affiliate program is multi-tier then affiliate users can refer other affiliate users. When you add a new affiliate program, on step 2, you can specify the commission for each tier.

13 Manage Affiliate Users 10 Minimum Payout Amount: Using this option, you can mark invoices as "Needs to Pay" when the affiliate user's invoice reaches the specified amount. Also, you have the option of automatically marking the invoice as close when it reaches the specified amount. IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have a specific affiliate user that you want to have a different minimum payout amount then what is specified in this field, when you add the affiliate user there is an option to override the amount that you enter within this section. For example: you can have all your affiliate users have a minimum payout of $300.00, but for one affiliate user you can set their minimum payout to be $200. Show affiliate users If this option is checked, and if you have replication enabled in the configuration the replication link: then when a new user signs up, they will see the replication link. To learn more about web site replication, visit our user guide about web site replication. Currency Symbol: This option will allow you to change the currency symbol from $ to any desired When affiliate users are added, they should automatically be added to: Sign Up Bonus: 4.5 Approve Affiliates currency. This option will allow you to automatically add affiliate users to user groups within your back-end. A user group allows you to group your affiliate users to offer certain groups special commission. This option allows you to offer your affiliate users a sign up bonus when they sign up for your affiliate program. Once a new user signs up the amount specified here will automatically get added to their invoice. This is an optional field. From this section you can approve affiliate users. If you want to make sure all affiliate users get approved before being added to the back-end, you should go to: System Settings and check the option: Require admin approval for new affiliates: 4.6 Customize Sign Up Page From this section of the affiliate tracking software you can create additional fields so that you can collect information from users such as first name, address or any other type of information that you require from your users. Name:. Required: Allow user to modify: Type: The information you fill in this field will be shown to the user If this option is checked, then this field will be required. If this field is checked, then users will be able to modify this field when they are logged in. To find out the type click on the more info link that is next to the type. 5 Manage Campaigns 5.1 Add New Campaign From this section of the affiliate software you can add campaigns. By adding campaigns, you can stay in contact with your affiliate users. Campaign Name: Subject: To: This is the name the campaign will be listed under This will be listed in the subject line of the s This is where you select which list you wish to send this campaign to

14 11 Affiliate Software From Name: From Reply-To: Return-Path: Text Body: HTML in the Build HTML Section: Location of HTML I want to send: Attachments: Send Date and Time Send notification s to the following addresses when campaign finishes: 5.2 Manage Campaigns The name listed as from in the The address listed as from in the This is the address replies will be listed as going to This is the address replies will be listed as going to This is the plaintext version of the You can select an HTML you have built within the software You can also send an HTML you have created and hosted elsewhere You can attach files to the You can set a future time to send the , as long as you have run the chron job on your server You can enter addresses that will receive confirmation once this campaign is completed From this section of the affiliate software you can manage your HTML campaigns. When you create an campaign, you can use a page that you have on the Internet or you can build your campaign from within our software using our templates. 5.3 Create Auto-Responders Your affiliate software is designed to provide you with a powerful advertising tool. Being able to communicate with your advertisers is an important part of keeping your profits growing and keeping things coordinated. The built in autoresponder system allows you to keep your network of advertisers updated without having to send s yourself. Auto-Responder Enter the name of the Autoresponder you are creating Name: Send To: Select whether to send to All Users, Subscribed Users, or Unsubscribed Users Format: Select whether you will send HTML s, Text s or Both User Group: Select whether the should also go to a user group Subject: This is the subject line of the From Name: Enter the name you want the to be listed as from From: Enter the address the will come from Reply-To: Replies to the will go to this address Return-Path: This is the address bounces go to This autoresponder This is the length of time after signing up that you will receive the should be sent: Text Body: Enter a plain text version of the , this ensures all subscribers can read the even if they filter out HTML Build HTML You can attach one of the HTML templates, which you have the ability to fully customize Location of HTML I You can also attach an that you have posted elsewhere on the web want to send: Attachment You can attach up to 2 files with the Update Un- You can customize the text of the unsubscribe link here Subscribe Text

15 Manage Campaigns 12 Apply this You can apply this auto-responder to your current subscribers by selecting this autoresponder to all option current subscribers in my database: 5.4 Build HTML From this section of our affiliate software you can build HTML Newsletters from pre-made templates. Each template has optional sub-pages that you can link to from the main page. If you do not want to link to the sub-page, then do not link to the sub-page from the main page. 5.5 Manage System s From this section you can manage your list of system s that are sent out automatically from your affiliate management solution. Click on a name to edit the content of that . 6 Sales Tracking 6.1 View Click Records You may search your affiliates' click records in your database by filling out this form within the affiliate program solution. If you are searching for s from a certain domain then in the column you can just enter domain.com and it will pull up all records from that domain. You may also search for click records in a range of dates. Affiliate To and From: You can search based on the of your affiliates. You can also search based on the date the user signed up. 6.2 Add Sales Record From this page of the affiliate software you can add a new sales record. Important Notes: If you leave the box for manual date and commission unchecked, the current date will be used, and commission will be calculated based on the affiliate's rates. The system will also give proper commission to the affiliate's referrer. If you choose to manually enter the date and commission, the affiliate's referrer will not be credited. In this case, you will have to manually credit the affiliate user's referrer. Affiliate: Affiliate Product: Sale Amount: Transaction ID: Date: Commission: Select an Affiliate you would like to add a sales record for. Select an affiliate program you wish to add a sales record for. This is the amount the product costs This is the identifying information for the transaction This is the date the transaction will be associated with This is the amount the Affiliate made from this sale

16 13 Affiliate Software 6.3 View Sales Records You may search the sales records from this section. If you are searching for s from a certain domain then in the column you can just enter domain.com and it will pull up all records from that domain. If you want to search on other fields and you only know a few letters from the field you can enter what you know and the system will try to find the correct record. Affiliate Transaction ID: Sale ID: Added To and From: You can select an Affiliate you would like to search records for You can also search based on the ID of the transaction This is the ID of the Sale You can also search based on date 6.4 View Sales Invoices You may search the sales invoices in your easy to use affiliate solution's database by filling out the form below. If you are searching for s from a certain domain then in the column you can just enter domain.com and it will pull up all records from that domain. If you want to search on other fields and you only know a few letters from the field you can enter what you know and the system will try to find the right information. Invoice Number: Affiliate Payment Status: Status: Start Date To and From: You can search invoices based on their ID number. You can select an Affiliate you would like to search records for. You can also search based on whether an invoice has been paid. You can also search based on whether the invoice is open or closed. You can search based on when the invoice was created. 7 Customize Interface 7.1 Customize User Interface From this section you can customize the user interface. From this section, you can click on the following sections:

17 Customize Interface 14 Customize Header/ Footer HTML: Customize User Interface: Customize Navigation: From this section you can browse in your own HTML for the header and footer. If you browse HTML in this section, it will be used for the header and footer for all your user pages. This section is used to customize the front-end interface. This section is used if you want to customize the navigation links or change the color with the navigation links. 7.2 Customize Control Panel From this section of the affiliate tracking solution you can customize the header and footer that is shown in your control panel. Header Graphics: From here you can browse in a new header graphic Delete Header This will delete the old graphic from your server Graphics: Header Alignment: This determines the alignment of the image Footer Graphics: From here you can browse in a new footer graphic Delete Footer This will delete the old graphic from your server Graphics: Footer Alignment: This determines the alignment of the image 7.3 Backup Database From this section you can backup the entire database of your affiliate program software. This backup can be used if you have to do a restore after a server crash and you know how to work with the dump of a database. 8 Company Information 8.1 Affiliate Link Guard Users of the Affiliate Solution have access to a special Link Guard tool which allows them to create a forwarding address. This means that affiliates can direct traffic to a local url that will redirect the customer to the Admin's site. This function is useful because it allows the affiliate to make their link something easy to remember and enter, increasing the likelihood they use it, and thus increasing the

18 15 Affiliate Software traffic back to the Admin's site. 8.2 Affiliate Link Tracking The affiliate tracking software includes a link tracking feature, which allows affiliates to code their links and track traffic from different sources. This allows them to place links in different places and determine which form of advertising is most effective. This allows them to administer affiliate program management solutions.