snap-affiliates?

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Originally Posted by masb

This sounds great! I have one question though... if someone signs up as an affiliate, with this module, can they sign someone up and get commissions off of what that person sells. I'm sorry if I didn't explain that very well, I don't know the lingo. :P

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So if I'm an affiliate, and sign you sign up to be an affiliate, do I get a portion of your earnings?

The answer, no. What you're asking for is a type of a pyramid scheme (legal one mind you). That is not currently possible with this module.

Hi, are anyone knows someone who makes custom plagin for ZC 1.3.8. ??? :blush:

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Originally Posted by thelawman

did you insert the Snap Affiliate tables using the included snap.sql file?

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I'm trying to do this... could you spell it out for me?

I don't know what to do with the snap.sql file

Where does it get uploaded to?
What is the exact syntax to enter in the ADMIN > TOOLS > Install SQL Patches screen?

I keep getting error messages

And, am I supposed to use the zc_installer folder? what is that?:frusty:

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Originally Posted by wifeandmomof4

I'm trying to do this... could you spell it out for me?

I don't know what to do with the snap.sql file

Where does it get uploaded to?
What is the exact syntax to enter in the ADMIN > TOOLS > Install SQL Patches screen?

I keep getting error messages

And, am I supposed to use the zc_installer folder? what is that?:frusty:

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You do not do anything with the zc_installer folder. That folder is for installing ZenCart. You copy and paste the contents of the snap.sql file into the text field at ADMIN > TOOLS > Install SQL Patches screen.

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Originally Posted by retched

Low and behold, this one didn't even take much though...

Make the following change in /admin/referrers.php

BEFORE:

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     ($referrers[$selected] == $referrer) ? "" : zen_href_link(FILENAME_REFERRERS, "referrer=" . $referrer['customers_id'], 'NONSSL') ); 


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AFTER:

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     ($referrers[$selected] == $referrer) ? "" : zen_href_link(FILENAME_REFERRERS, "referrer=" . $referrer['customers_id'] . "&offset=" . $_GET['offset'] . "&limit=" . $_GET['limit'], 'NONSSL') ); 


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Let me know how this does for ya.

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I can't find this line of code in ADMIN/referrers.php. What line # is it?

:no:

And, should the admin_level be changed to 0 in this file too if we're experiencing email alerts going out as the 2nd Admin profile?

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Originally Posted by retched

You do not do anything with the zc_installer folder. That folder is for installing ZenCart. You copy and paste the contents of the snap.sql file into the text field at ADMIN > TOOLS > Install SQL Patches screen.

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THANK YOU! :yes:

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Originally Posted by thelawman

I had the same issue with the email error.

Try editing the includes/modules/pages/referrer_signup/header.php file line 56 from 'admin_level = 1' to 'admin_level = 0' or you can do what I did and create a second admin user called Affiliate Manager with a new email address (I used [email protected]) and left the code as is at 'Admin_Level = 1 '

The pay button is for a manual pay system, i.e you send them a check or PayPal, etc. and then click the button to change the status.

For me... when an email is sent to the affiliate all it says is

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Do you also have to change admin_level to 0 in ADMIN/referrers.php? :unsure:

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Originally Posted by wifeandmomof4

I can't find this line of code in ADMIN/referrers.php. What line # is it?

:no:

And, should the admin_level be changed to 0 in this file too if we're experiencing email alerts going out as the 2nd Admin profile?

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You can change this if you need to. It's only necessary for some sort of "from" for the mailer. ((Now I see why this was using my owner email.)) Expect this to change in the next version or in the very worst case, the following subsequent version to some sort of "select from these emails" in the Admin Panel under Configuration.

Also PM so we can set up a time or that you can provide me details so I figure out what's wrong here... Are you using my version, the original, or the new version recently posted?

Can you tell me how to change the look of the referrer pages (terms, signup, etc)? There weren't any css files in the mod and I'd like to have a slightly different look than the normal account pages.

Thanks!!

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Originally Posted by wendyandmilo

Can you tell me how to change the look of the referrer pages (terms, signup, etc)? There weren't any css files in the mod and I'd like to have a slightly different look than the normal account pages.

Thanks!!

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You would directly edit the template files in the respective template directory. If you want to make CSS style changes, you can do them inline or add them to the stylesheet.css file.

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Originally Posted by wifeandmomof4

I can't find this line of code in ADMIN/referrers.php. What line # is it?

:no:

And, should the admin_level be changed to 0 in this file too if we're experiencing email alerts going out as the 2nd Admin profile?

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You might be messing with an older version of the file. If you using an older version, just download and overwrite. Just the file logic changed, not the database (at least in my edition).

im having issues with affiliate links.
When the are in the browser window they have a white screen. Currently using ZC 1.39

Which version of the mod are you using?

Can you check your cache folder and bring up the .log file that's related? To get this, try to visit one of the links and note the exact time you get the white screen. Then go into your FTP account and retrieve that message. Paste the message back here.

Thanks for developing this MOD! :smile:

I am planning on installing this for a store and wondered if the Affiliate places the order in their own account, will they get a commission on that order ... or do they have to click through on their own aff. link?

For example, we have sales reps in the field who can take an order in person, but would like to enter the order in over the website - obviously with a SHIP TO address of their client. We'd like them to be able to "be in control" of the order and essentially their own commission.

Also, I am assuming that there is now a way that deleted or cancelled orders are not accumulation commissions.

And finally, it's not imperative, but if it is not already integrated, you may want to add it... being able to assign an existing order to an affiliate.

Thanks again :)
Chrissy

I'll answer each of thiese:

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Originally Posted by cpixi

Thanks for developing this MOD! :smile:

I am planning on installing this for a store and wondered if the Affiliate places the order in their own account, will they get a commission on that order ... or do they have to click through on their own aff. link?

For example, we have sales reps in the field who can take an order in person, but would like to enter the order in over the website - obviously with a SHIP TO address of their client. We'd like them to be able to "be in control" of the order and essentially their own commission.

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They have to click on their own affiliate link. It's a downfall and I'm working on ways for setting an option to disallow or allow this.

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Originally Posted by cpixi

Also, I am assuming that there is now a way that deleted or cancelled orders are not accumulation commissions.

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Not as of yet, this is being worked on and is sadly something that has be addresed.

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Originally Posted by cpixi

And finally, it's not imperative, but if it is not already integrated, you may want to add it... being able to assign an existing order to an affiliate.

Thanks again :)
Chrissy

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You know, while I messing with Super Orders and the regular orders.php file to show the affiliate ID, this crossed my mind. It'll take some time but I can get this but I'm not quite set up to do anything regarding this software at least until late June.

+1 for click tracking. Right now all we can really see is which referrers need to get paid and how much. More stats would be delicious including:
total clickthroughs, conversions, avg. transaction and return traffic
thanks though it's been a great plugin.

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Originally Posted by blouisdiddy

+1 for click tracking. Right now all we can really see is which referrers need to get paid and how much. More stats would be delicious including:
total clickthroughs, conversions, avg. transaction and return traffic
thanks though it's been a great plugin.

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Total Clickthroughs, avg. transaction per click through I can do. Conversions and Return traffic... that's a bit over my head. Unless you mean Return traffic from previous referrals?

I am having the same problems
and tested it and the refer doesn't get the credit for the sale.
help

and I am using a SEO module.

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Originally Posted by retched

Are you using some sort of SEO module? There are known problems with making this work. Can you contact me via PM with your address?

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Originally Posted by noppie

I am having the same problems
and tested it and the refer doesn't get the credit for the sale.
help

and I am using a SEO module.

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Can you check to see if the Affiliate Tracking cookie is being installed?

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Originally Posted by retched

Total Clickthroughs, avg. transaction per click through I can do. Conversions and Return traffic... that's a bit over my head. Unless you mean Return traffic from previous referrals?

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Sorry for disappearing retched.

Even the clickthrough totals would be awesome. The main thing we want to see is how many people came to cart via their affiliate link regardless if they bought anything or not.

Also, does anyone know a quick and dirty way to take an existing customer account and tweak a DB entry so that that customer is now also seen as an affiliate?

Thanks

B

where do I look for that..
the affliiate tracking code.
Noppie

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Originally Posted by retched

Can you check to see if the Affiliate Tracking cookie is being installed?

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I just uploaded the mod to my install version 1.3.9b and all I got was a big fat nothing. I have no idea where to go, no idea what to do and no idea on how to fix this. I have 2 "proofs" tat something was installed and thats the "referrers" and "customers referral" which won't let me do anything.

Robert

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Originally Posted by thelawman
I had the same issue with the email error.
Try editing the includes/modules/pages/referrer_signup/header.php file line 56 from 'admin_level = 1' to 'admin_level = 0' or you can do what I did and create a second admin user called Affiliate Manager with a new email address (I used [email protected]) and left the code as is at 'Admin_Level = 1 '

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I have no idea how that is supposed to work. "Add a second Admin"? To what? I have 8 admins in my store, so if it's a ZC Admin it would be my 9th. if it's a Snap admin I don't know where that would go. And how does the admin_level fit in? What does it do?

Anyway, I did this a different way. First create a new ZC admin:

Go to Tools / Admin Settings and create a new admin with a new email address like [email protected]. This will be the one that gets the affiliate notices.

Find the Admin ID from the Admin Settings page (it's the first column). We will change the Database call to return the new admin you just made, instead of whatever it was doing before.

In /YOUR_ADMIN_FOLDER/referrers.php make the following change around line 33:

Comment out the line (put // in front of it)

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$query = "select admin_email from ". TABLE_ADMIN ." where admin_level = 1 limit 1";

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And add this line, with your Admin ID:

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$query = "select admin_email from ". TABLE_ADMIN ." where admin_id = YOUR_NUMBER";

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After the edit my 2 lines look like this:

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//**Return the Affiliate Admin Email only** $query = "select admin_email from ". TABLE_ADMIN ." where admin_level = 1 limit 1";
$query = "select admin_email from ". TABLE_ADMIN ." where admin_id = 999";

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Do the same thing in includes/modules/pages/referrer_signup/header_php.php. The same line is around line 35. After the edit mine looked like this:

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// **Return the Affiliate Admin only only** $query = "select admin_email from ". TABLE_ADMIN ." where admin_level = 1 limit 1";
$query = "select admin_email from ". TABLE_ADMIN ." where admin_id = 999";

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Remember: 999 is the Admin ID in MY shop. Use your own number. Works like a charm for me!

Good Luck All

Here's a short list of the links that should be in your site after you install this module. When I tried the old version of snap it didn't work for me, then I got the version from January 2011 that includes the get paid module. Now all these links are there.

You have to login to your site first

your_site_name.com/index.php?main_page=login

Once logged in, you can access your referrer statistics and tools here:

your_site_name.com/index.php?main_page=referrer_main

your_site_name.com/index.php?main_page=referrer_tools

your_site_name.com/index.php?main_page=get_paid

your_site_name.com/index.php?main_page=referrer_signup

Terms & Conditions:
includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE_DIR/templates/tpl_referrer_signup_default.php
your_site_name.com/index.php?main_page=referrer_signup&terms

Marketing Tools
your_site_name.com/index.php?main_page=referrer_tools&terms

THE TEXT LINK::
Your Default Text Link Can Be Changed Simply Finding this code in the tpl_referrer_tools_default.php about 3/4 of the way down the file
Find this section of code:
<h3>Site Link</h3>
<p>The following link can be used anywhere you want to promote this site. Copy and paste the HTML code following each image into your blog or web page to link to us.<br><br>
<a href='<?php echo get_referrer_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT); ?>'>YOUR TEXT LINK</a><br>
<textarea>
<a href='<?php echo get_referrer_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT); ?>'>YOUR TEXT LINK</a>
</textarea>

Thank you Tapper. I'll be sure to add in a better README in the version due out during this month or next.

hi , please help me
i got this error when processing the order
1062 Duplicate entry '2147483647' for key 'PRIMARY'
in:
[INSERT into commission (commission_orders_id, commission_referrer_key, commission_rate, commission_paid) VALUES(2011080204410115,"CNWR_11312215357",0.1,0)]

the page is in http://127.0.0.1/index.php?main_page=checkout_process

This is a great mod and I'm very grateful to its originator and everyone who's helped to improve it.

I've installed all three versions including the newest one (from 1/16/11) without serious problems (ones I couldn't eventually resolve)...until now.

I'm trying to make this work on a 1.3.8a site.

I've uploaded all the files and patched the db and it appears as if everything is in place, but when I log into 'My Account" there's no links to the refferer files nor a headline above where those links should appear.

At the same time, I set up a clean 1.3.9h installation on my xampp server, uploaded the mode and patched the db. Works flawlessly--including the emails.

i compared all the mod files to my existing 1.3.8a files and found very few discrepancies overall and nothing that appeared to be a potential problem.

Is it likely that the current mod pkg relies on something used in 1.3.9 that doesn't exist (or worse) in 1.3.8a? Is it possible another mod--I'm thinking "Edit Orders" or "COWOA", both of which have been in use for over 2 years without a problem( might have introduced something further upstream (cuz I didn't see anything in the snap affiliate modded files) that could prevent those links from appearing on the my account page?

Once again, I truly appreciate everyone's work on this mod. Thanks so much.

As much as I hate having to admit having caused my problem, I'm happy to report I was able to resolve it myself and that Snap Affiliates seems to be working and playing well with everything else on that site.

If I were more logical, I would have realized much sooner that stuff in "includes/templates/my-template/templates" path would trump stuff in I'd uploaded to "includes/templates/template_default/templates".

Can someone please link me to the latest version of this addon? From reading the thread, it looks like a newer version was released by retched sometime in January 2011.... I can't find a link for it though.... I can only find version 1.0.1 released by the original author, Michael Burke.

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Originally Posted by lolwaut

Can someone please link me to the latest version of this addon? From reading the thread, it looks like a newer version was released by retched sometime in January 2011.... I can't find a link for it though.... I can only find version 1.0.1 released by the original author, Michael Burke.

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nevermind... it was in the addons section... should have looked there first!

I really want an affiliate program for my site. I can follow instructions and do some basic common sense type editing. I'm afraid this mod requires more than my ability. Is anyone familiar with this mod available for hire? If so, email me at [email protected] Thank you!

How do you edit the Affiliate Program page found here:

http://www.faithfullyyours.net/Shopp...eferrer_signup

I have tried editing

/includes/templates/sherbet/templates/tpl_referrer_signup_default.php

and in admin>tools>EZPages

but neither work. :(

Thanks for any insight.

Dawn

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Originally Posted by dstegall

How do you edit the Affiliate Program page found here:

http://www.faithfullyyours.net/Shopp...eferrer_signup

I have tried editing

/includes/templates/sherbet/templates/tpl_referrer_signup_default.php

and in admin>tools>EZPages

but neither work. :(

Thanks for any insight.

Dawn

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Nevermind...figured it out.

Is there any plan for PAY PER CLICK option? Thanx

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Originally Posted by my8st

It is great module.I have one problem on the affiliates link .Mine is xxx.com/&referrer=CNWR_231295745778 .When I submit it.It shows 'page not found 404 error.' How to make is correct?Thanks.

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How to fix this? I'm unable to find the solution. Please help. I'm using Simple SEO URLs.

I know it needs to be changed from:

xxx.com/&referrer=CNWR_231295745778

to

xxx.com/?referrer=CNWR_231295745778

but I don't know how :unsure: Please help. Thanks in advance.

Ok I really wanted to get this working.
so I started from scratch started a brand new zen cart
and added this add on first
tested it and everything worked like a charm.
them I add CEON uRL MAPPING
AND it still worked.

I am using the multi site.. and then added that and yes it still worked
added a new store and it still worked.

I added all the other items..
and then I added the database
and did a test and got to this page

index.php?main_page=checkout_process
and got a blank page.

and so I checked the debug files.
and got this
[28-Oct-2011 02:29:47] PHP Catchable fatal error: Object of class queryFactoryResult could not be converted to string in /home/hera/public_html/shop/includes/classes/order.php on line 639

if( $commission > 0 ) {
$referrer_query = "INSERT into " . TABLE_COMMISSION . " (commission_orders_id, commission_referrer_key, commission_rate, commission_paid) " .
---line 639--> "VALUES(" . $insert_id . ",\"" . $_SESSION['referrer_key'] . "\"," . $commission . ",0)";

can anyone help.
I have no idea where to start..
I know enough to add things but fixing any code is beyond me.

thank you in advance
Noppie

I got it working.

I took an includes/class/order.php from the stock zen cart
then
re added the affiliate code
and then added
the multi site code..
and it worked.. yea yes yes
thank you for this add-on
thank you so much
Noppie

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Originally Posted by noppie

Ok I really wanted to get this working.
so I started from scratch started a brand new zen cart
and added this add on first
tested it and everything worked like a charm.
them I add CEON uRL MAPPING
AND it still worked.

I am using the multi site.. and then added that and yes it still worked
added a new store and it still worked.

I added all the other items..
and then I added the database
and did a test and got to this page

index.php?main_page=checkout_process
and got a blank page.

and so I checked the debug files.
and got this
[28-Oct-2011 02:29:47] PHP Catchable fatal error: Object of class queryFactoryResult could not be converted to string in /home/hera/public_html/shop/includes/classes/order.php on line 639

if( $commission > 0 ) {
$referrer_query = "INSERT into " . TABLE_COMMISSION . " (commission_orders_id, commission_referrer_key, commission_rate, commission_paid) " .
---line 639--> "VALUES(" . $insert_id . ",\"" . $_SESSION['referrer_key'] . "\"," . $commission . ",0)";

can anyone help.
I have no idea where to start..
I know enough to add things but fixing any code is beyond me.

thank you in advance
Noppie

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Originally Posted by arcanesanctuary

Didn't work for me at all. The instructions for this mod are woefully incomplete. They need to include what happens after the mod get installed. Where to go, what to do and where all the functionality is.

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Yeah I'm sorrt about this.. I get the notifications, extremely late.

Do you have any sort of SEO modificatiosn installed on your page?

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Originally Posted by vescera

Is there any plan for PAY PER CLICK option? Thanx

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Not immediately. I will put plans in the works for better statistics, but not for Per click. There are too many variable in getting this to work including whether to allow for dynamic pricing or static pricing.

I mainly want to get the problem of unpaid orders still receiving commissions payments resolved first before dealing with PPC/PPM payments. It is on the list though.

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Originally Posted by noppie

I got it working.

I took an includes/class/order.php from the stock zen cart
then
re added the affiliate code
and then added
the multi site code..
and it worked.. yea yes yes
thank you for this add-on
thank you so much
Noppie

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Can you tell me exactly what happened here or if there is something that needs to be changed?

no.. I don't really know how to answer this.. I just thought I would redo what I did on the includes/class/order.php
and see if that fixed the problem..
and it did.. beyond that I really don't know.. I wish I knew more about codeing.
I researched the error and all the answers where about the html-output page.
so I don't think so.
I know that isn't much help.. I just put what I did and it was corrected so if anyone saw the error message and what
I wrote.. they would know what I did to try to fix it.. and it worked,.

so many times I have seen that someone had a problem but you never know if they got it working or not..

Noppie

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Originally Posted by retched

Can you tell me exactly what happened here or if there is something that needs to be changed?

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Does anybody have any experience installing this with a SEO URL re-writer module? I am using MAGIC SEO by InveoStore.com

Jacob

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Originally Posted by JacobBushnell

Does anybody have any experience installing this with a SEO URL re-writer module? I am using MAGIC SEO by InveoStore.com

Jacob

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Hi,

It's very dicey with regards to SEO Rewriting. It can be done though. Generally, you'd have to instruct your mod_rewrite block in htaccess not to rewrite any URL which has your key prefix. Sometimes this is not needed but sometimes it is.

Has anyone used snap-affiliates with v1.5.0 ? I'm needing to up grade and was just wanting to make sure they play well together before I get my mind around it.

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Originally Posted by noppie

no.. I don't really know how to answer this.. I just thought I would redo what I did on the includes/class/order.php
and see if that fixed the problem..
and it did.. beyond that I really don't know.. I wish I knew more about codeing.
I researched the error and all the answers where about the html-output page.
so I don't think so.
I know that isn't much help.. I just put what I did and it was corrected so if anyone saw the error message and what
I wrote.. they would know what I did to try to fix it.. and it worked,.

so many times I have seen that someone had a problem but you never know if they got it working or not..

Noppie

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Can you please upload your orders.php file? I am having the same exact issue. Taking an orders.php from the stock ZenCart and merging the code did not work for me.

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Originally Posted by lolwaut

Can you please upload your orders.php file? I am having the same exact issue. Taking an orders.php from the stock ZenCart and merging the code did not work for me.

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i resolved the issue. it was occuring because i deleted some of my referrer records directly from the database. dont do that or anyone that was assigned that referrer's cookie will get the error.

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Originally Posted by lolwaut

i resolved the issue. it was occuring because i deleted some of my referrer records directly from the database. dont do that or anyone that was assigned that referrer's cookie will get the error.

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What records did you delete exactly?

I was looking to upgrade to Zen1.5 and try snapA, but since I got no encouragement form this forum ( must not be a good idea) I decided to stay with 1.3.8a and install snapA. I uploaded an copy of Zen1.3.8a onto a back testing folder on my server, (to see it I could get it to work for me) and after uploading all the snapA files I got the famous white screen. I then reloaded all the Zen1.3.8 files and got my test site running again. Then loaded one file at a time of the snapA files and then tested the admin side of ZenC each time I added a file. Everything worked fine all the way through the admin, and emails folders and when I got to the filenames.php file in the includes folder and uploaded it I got the white screen again. Anyone have any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong???
Thx in advance

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Originally Posted by willweC

I was looking to upgrade to Zen1.5 and try snapA, but since I got no encouragement form this forum ( must not be a good idea) I decided to stay with 1.3.8a and install snapA. I uploaded an copy of Zen1.3.8a onto a back testing folder on my server, (to see it I could get it to work for me) and after uploading all the snapA files I got the famous white screen. I then reloaded all the Zen1.3.8 files and got my test site running again. Then loaded one file at a time of the snapA files and then tested the admin side of ZenC each time I added a file. Everything worked fine all the way through the admin, and emails folders and when I got to the filenames.php file in the includes folder and uploaded it I got the white screen again. Anyone have any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong???
Thx in advance

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Can you PM your contact information. I can help you off forum.

I thought I'd throw this out there before digging into the code to see if anyone has already addressed this. The commission is based on the entire order total including shipping. We don't want to include shipping in the commission. Has anyone made the code changes to do this? I want to exclude just the shipping, so if any discount codes or gift certificates are used or any other order total module they are taken into account when the commission is calculated. Or is it more fair to the affiliate if it's based on the subtotal before any discounts are applied? If no one has done this, I will figure it out and post my changes. It looks like just a modification to admin/referrers.php.

I am also going to look at adding some logic to be able to create conditions for different commission rates. So if an order is below a certain threshold, say $50, the commission is one thing, and over $50 it's another. Has anyone done that yet? If not, I will dig in this weekend and see about doing it and will post the code when it's ready.

Thanks to all who have contributed refinements to the original code!

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Originally Posted by lankeeyankee

I thought I'd throw this out there before digging into the code to see if anyone has already addressed this. The commission is based on the entire order total including shipping. We don't want to include shipping in the commission. Has anyone made the code changes to do this? I want to exclude just the shipping, so if any discount codes or gift certificates are used or any other order total module they are taken into account when the commission is calculated. Or is it more fair to the affiliate if it's based on the subtotal before any discounts are applied? If no one has done this, I will figure it out and post my changes. It looks like just a modification to admin/referrers.php.

I am also going to look at adding some logic to be able to create conditions for different commission rates. So if an order is below a certain threshold, say $50, the commission is one thing, and over $50 it's another. Has anyone done that yet? If not, I will dig in this weekend and see about doing it and will post the code when it's ready.

Thanks to all who have contributed refinements to the original code!

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Scratch the first paragraph, it was too late to edit my post. I see, looking closer, that shipping is not included but sales tax is. Shouldn't post first thing in the morning before the coffee kicks in!:blush::laugh:

So I am going to exclude sales tax from the affiliate total. Looks to be an easy fix. But has anyone cracked the "multilevel affiliate rate"?

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Scratch the first paragraph, it was too late to edit my post. I see, looking closer, that shipping is not included but sales tax is. Shouldn't post first thing in the morning before the coffee kicks in!:blush::laugh:

So I am going to exclude sales tax from the affiliate total. Looks to be an easy fix. But has anyone cracked the "multilevel affiliate rate"?

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OK, I got it to exclude sales tax. I'm no expert so my edit is probably a real hack and a totally inelegant solution but it does work as far as I can tell. I am working on a couple of other things before releasing the changes. First, I want to unset the referrer cookie once checkout is complete and completely remove that code from includes/application_top and into a proper observer class. I am seeing about enlisting the help of a forum member that is way more knowledgeable than me to work it out. Either way, it will get done and once it is I will post the results.

I have ZenC 1.3.8.a and SnapA 1.0.2.3 installed on a back folder on my website for testing purposes. I have a clean install of both. I can not find the MyDomain/index.php?main_page=referrer_main, with or witout the "index.php?" Logged in or not under the admin or not. Nor can I find the MyDomain//index.php?main_page=referrer_signup under the same conditions above.
I also have read this entire thread ( all 16 pages) and can find where others have had the same problem but no fix that works for me.
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thx in advance

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I have ZenC 1.3.8.a and SnapA 1.0.2.3 installed on a back folder on my website for testing purposes. I have a clean install of both. I can not find the MyDomain/index.php?main_page=referrer_main, with or witout the "index.php?" Logged in or not under the admin or not. Nor can I find the MyDomain//index.php?main_page=referrer_signup under the same conditions above.
I also have read this entire thread ( all 16 pages) and can find where others have had the same problem but no fix that works for me.
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thx in advance

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Can anyone tell me what I need to do, or where to start????

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Can anyone tell me what I need to do, or where to start????

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What is it that you're trying to do with these? If you want to edit these pages, head to the templates folder where you should've copied three files template files. tpl_default_referrer_main, etc.

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What is it that you're trying to do with these? If you want to edit these pages, head to the templates folder where you should've copied three files template files. tpl_default_referrer_main, etc.

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I did do that. I even edited the files where it says "your term and cond go here. I put it up on the server and all I see is "Affiliate Signup". No matter what I put in the URL "affiliate Sign up", "affiliate main" they both lead to "Home :: Affiliate Signup"
I upgraded to 1.3.9 h and have gotten more with it, but still can't get the HTML to load from one of those pages and show up on the web. I don't have any SEO patches, or any temp-lets except classic, what came with ZEN Cart. Any thoughts???
Thx

I just installed the Snap Affiliate module (1.0.2) to a client's cart running 1.3.9h ZenCart. In my initial tests when trying to apply to be an affiliate, and admin email was sent the request just fine. However, for whatever reason, I'm not getting those alert emails now. I get it kicked back to the site default email address (not the admin address) with this error

"The original message was received at Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:54:06 -0700
from clientsite@localhost

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
Southwestern Cedar Oil <>
(reason: 550 5.1.1 User unknown)

----- Transcript of session follows -----
550 5.1.1 Southwestern Cedar Oil <>... User unknown"

Now, I was trying to set this up so that these emails would be sent to two email addresses, not just one, but I have reset everything in my admin back to the original settings, and still get this error. Is there something I accidentally tweaked in the module file(s) that would have messed this up somehow?

I cannot seem to get this to work with CEON URI....I have added the following to my htaccess:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/&referrer=CP.* [NC]

(CP is my referrer code)....

Also is there any way to get this to work with those that chose guest checkout (FEC module)?

Thank you for a phenomenal mod - it is awesome!!!!

Thanks,

Jill

I noticed a lot of people asking if Snap works with Zen 1.5.0 and I just installed it. I can definitely say Snap does NOT work with 1.5.0. It creates an error that would either make you delete your install and reinstall or if you are good at php you can attempt to find the error and fix it manually.

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I noticed a lot of people asking if Snap works with Zen 1.5.0 and I just installed it. I can definitely say Snap does NOT work with 1.5.0. It creates an error that would either make you delete your install and reinstall or if you are good at php you can attempt to find the error and fix it manually.

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I am working on Snap Affiliates to get it to work with ZenCart 1.5.0 but it will take some time.

I was able to hire a programmer at ODesk.com to convert snap affiliates module to zen cart version 1.5.

It was about $200

I would share it but we have made so many customization's that its pretty much only usable by us.

Jacob

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Originally Posted by JacobBushnell

I was able to hire a programmer at ODesk.com to convert snap affiliates module to zen cart version 1.5.

It was about $200

I would share it but we have made so many customization's that its pretty much only usable by us.

Jacob

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Yeah most oDesk freelancers tend to do that...

Upgrades....you win some you lose some. Wanted to say Yay...instead I said Heyyyyyyyyyy. :wacko:

I installed this on 1.5.0... I have a lot of mods installed (including FEAC) and it took comparing the snap files against virgin ZC files, and then making a judgment call on each thing that was different as to whether or not it was something I needed to add or not... and then uploading the files one at a time and seeing if they broke the site (they often did and so I'd change something)... one thing I had to change is remove the
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from the bottom of many of the files. If my (already modified) file *didn't* have a ?> at the bottom, and the Snap Affiliates file did, I left it off. If I put it on, the whole site broke--wouldn't even display a page. I finally got it to look like it was going to work... all the links showed up for signing up and so on, but when I entered a url and tried to test the signup, I got an error (page wouldn't even load) but can't find what the error was. It isn't in my error logs that my host provides, and when I try to go back to the page I get the "Thanks for you interest in our referrer program. Your application is still under consideration. As soon as we've looked it over and made a decision, we'll contact you via email" page...

The other problem is... there is nothing on the Admin side of things. It isn't in any of the menus. From the thread it looks like it's supposed to be in the Customers menu, but there isn't anything there. I assume this is because of the different way that 1.5.0 inserts things into Admin menus--could someone who knows how that's done post a fix so I can get the menu?

Here is my referral signup page: https://opalessenceshop.com/index.ph...eferrer_signup
When I submit it, the error I get is: WARNING: An Error occurred, please refresh the page and try again.

Any ideas?

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I installed this on 1.5.0... I have a lot of mods installed (including FEAC) and it took comparing the snap files against virgin ZC files, and then making a judgment call on each thing that was different as to whether or not it was something I needed to add or not... and then uploading the files one at a time and seeing if they broke the site (they often did and so I'd change something)... one thing I had to change is remove the
?>
from the bottom of many of the files. If my (already modified) file *didn't* have a ?> at the bottom, and the Snap Affiliates file did, I left it off. If I put it on, the whole site broke--wouldn't even display a page. I finally got it to look like it was going to work... all the links showed up for signing up and so on, but when I entered a url and tried to test the signup, I got an error (page wouldn't even load) but can't find what the error was. It isn't in my error logs that my host provides, and when I try to go back to the page I get the "Thanks for you interest in our referrer program. Your application is still under consideration. As soon as we've looked it over and made a decision, we'll contact you via email" page...

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Errors where you see the WARNING: An Error occurred, please refresh the page and try again. will appear in your CACHE folder in your site root. Depending on where it happened, it will contain an -adm- prefix if it occurred in the admin area or nothing if it occurred in the front end. I need this before I can tell you.

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The other problem is... there is nothing on the Admin side of things. It isn't in any of the menus. From the thread it looks like it's supposed to be in the Customers menu, but there isn't anything there. I assume this is because of the different way that 1.5.0 inserts things into Admin menus--could someone who knows how that's done post a fix so I can get the menu?

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This is because there was a change in the way the menus are built in 1.5.0 (there was a reason why I said NOT to use this yet with 1.5.0). If you want to rush for it, you will need to go to the admin panel.

Specifically Admin Access Management > Admin Page Registration.

The other programs you mentioned include in the installation steps an SQL insert that automatically does this for you. I don't have that.

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Originally Posted by WebKat

Here is my referral signup page: https://opalessenceshop.com/index.ph...eferrer_signup
When I submit it, the error I get is: WARNING: An Error occurred, please refresh the page and try again.

Any ideas?

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Again, I need the steps that file I mentioned above from your CACHE folder which will outline what went wrong and where.

I cannot stress this enough... Please:

DO NOT USE THIS WITH ZEN CART 1.5.0 YET!

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Errors where you see the WARNING: An Error occurred, please refresh the page and try again. will appear in your CACHE folder in your site root. Depending on where it happened, it will contain an -adm- prefix if it occurred in the admin area or nothing if it occurred in the front end. I need this before I can tell you.


I cannot stress this enough... Please:

DO NOT USE THIS WITH ZEN CART 1.5.0 YET!

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1) my cache folder is empty
2) I haven't seen where you said before not to use it with 1.5.0, let alone "stressed" it... just that you were working on it and needed time.

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1) my cache folder is empty
2) I haven't seen where you said before not to use it with 1.5.0, let alone "stressed" it... just that you were working on it and needed time.

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I apologize about that, but yeah 1.5.0 and Snap Affiliates isn't a good mix right now. I managed to get it to work together but I'm not releasing until I get this bug with the roster worked out.

Can you find where is the directory that was selected as cache in the config file? That or whether the cache setting in the config file is set for?

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Can you find where is the directory that was selected as cache in the config file? That or whether the cache setting in the config file is set for?

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Where in the 8 million configuration pages would that be set? I can't find it after a cursory poke-around...

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Where in the 8 million configuration pages would that be set? I can't find it after a cursory poke-around...

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There is only one (technically two) files that holds configuration, all the rest is coded pages.

/includes/configure.php
/admin/includes/configure.php

This is the one that you likely had to CHMOD to 444 or 644 to avoid the error message about needing to do so after you installed.

You're looking for a line that reads:

define('SQL_CACHE_METHOD', 'file');
define('DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE', 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs/zencart/cache');

or something similar.

What is the value listed there? The second should be file, database, or none. The second contains where all these errors are stored as log files.

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I cannot seem to get this to work with CEON URI....I have added the following to my htaccess:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/&referrer=CP.* [NC]

(CP is my referrer code)....

Also is there any way to get this to work with those that chose guest checkout (FEC module)?

Thank you for a phenomenal mod - it is awesome!!!!

Thanks,

Jill

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Hi Did you get this fixed? I'm facing exactly the same problem. URI and guest checkout. Thanks!

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Hi Did you get this fixed? I'm facing exactly the same problem. URI and guest checkout. Thanks!

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This shouldn't be a problem with the Guest Checkout, but you need to changes inside the logic for Guest Checkout. And is this a bonafide fix for the CeonURI, I was thinking this needs a similar fix.

Likely to be a dumb question but I am good at asking dumb questions.

Does Snap work like the Amazon Store affiliate program whereby the affiliate can modify the appearance of the store and the customer does not realize they have left the original site? Or is it simply a link setup from their site to my store?

I have downloaded the plugin but am yet to install it as I suppose I need to understand exactly how it works. I have read the forum posts from page 1 but am still not clear.

I have not been involved in having affiliates before however ideally I envisage being able to plant my store, or sections thereof, (with certain things modified/modifiable like header image, store name references etc so that it fits within their site theme as best as possible) into someone else's site with all the shopping cart functions being linked to my site so that I control the customer and the purchase ... So wondering if this can be done?

I would appreciate a brief description from someone as to how snap works in practice and also any advice in respect to what I would like to achieve.

cheers,
Mike

any updates regarding when it'll be usable for 1.5? im a newbie...so trying to get my store up asap... :D

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any updates regarding when it'll be usable for 1.5? im a newbie...so trying to get my store up asap... :D

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Yeah I'd love an update. I can't wait to get this mod installed!

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any updates regarding when it'll be usable for 1.5? im a newbie...so trying to get my store up asap... :D

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Yeah I'd love an update. I can't wait to get this mod installed!

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Would love this too in the not too distant future!

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Likely to be a dumb question but I am good at asking dumb questions.

Does Snap work like the Amazon Store affiliate program whereby the affiliate can modify the appearance of the store and the customer does not realize they have left the original site? Or is it simply a link setup from their site to my store?

I have downloaded the plugin but am yet to install it as I suppose I need to understand exactly how it works. I have read the forum posts from page 1 but am still not clear.

I have not been involved in having affiliates before however ideally I envisage being able to plant my store, or sections thereof, (with certain things modified/modifiable like header image, store name references etc so that it fits within their site theme as best as possible) into someone else's site with all the shopping cart functions being linked to my site so that I control the customer and the purchase ... So wondering if this can be done?

I would appreciate a brief description from someone as to how snap works in practice and also any advice in respect to what I would like to achieve.

cheers,
Mike

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Seems like I may have wasted a lot of fingertip skin typing this ;;;;;;;; doesn't anyone want to offer comments / advice ?

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Seems like I may have wasted a lot of fingertip skin typing this ;;;;;;;; doesn't anyone want to offer comments / advice ?

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Hi there. Sorry for not replying to this earlier. But as of right now, NO. This program does NOT create affiliate sites. This program simply tracks referrers and commissions based on a tracking cookie. The tracking cookie is installed in the visitors browser when they use a special link provided to visit the site and stays with them for a set duration of time.

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Hi there. Sorry for not replying to this earlier. But as of right now, NO. This program does NOT create affiliate sites. This program simply tracks referrers and commissions based on a tracking cookie. The tracking cookie is installed in the visitors browser when they use a special link provided to visit the site and stays with them for a set duration of time.

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Thanks Retched - sorry if my post was a bit pointed.

Where can I find a mud map that shows how this add-on works? Something like; I have site with products - Joe wants to sell my products as an affiliate >>>>> Then how does Snap work after Joe has applied and I approve him - what is the process thereafter? do I make a banner for him and he puts it on his site or do I send him images of product that have the tracking cooking embedded - ??

I have no doubts about being able to handle the program once loaded but I have no idea how it is meant to work in the first place :dontgetit

cheers,
Mike

The update is almost done. I just have to get a copy out to beta test to the public. So far Private Beta testing are showing that the site is working and taking commissions.

One of the draw backs is the fact that I'm trying to accomplish the ability to award commissions on SELECT transactions. That is, the user/admin will go to each affiliate and manually award the balance to them. From there, the user will be sent an email that will tell them how much they are expecting. Obviously, everyone would like an easy button where the affiliates are automagically awarded their commissions based on having an order status of say "Complete" tabbed, emails, etc... but that isn't priority right now. For right now, I'm staying within the framework of the abandoned project and adding things as I go along.

Another hang ups is the email templating system. I thought I had a fix for this a while ago, just to find out... crap hit the fan and you'll see the PHP defines in capital letters printed in the message sent. What will most likely end up happening is the template files will be deleted and hard-coded directly into referrers.php code.

Some roadmap of what's to come:
- Tracking
- Better email system
- More detailed application (payment choice)
- The ability to create an affiliate account without needed a store account.

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Thanks Retched - sorry if my post was a bit pointed.

Where can I find a mud map that shows how this add-on works? Something like; I have site with products - Joe wants to sell my products as an affiliate >>>>> Then how does Snap work after Joe has applied and I approve him - what is the process thereafter? do I make a banner for him and he puts it on his site or do I send him images of product that have the tracking cooking embedded - ??

I have no doubts about being able to handle the program once loaded but I have no idea how it is meant to work in the first place :dontgetit

cheers,
Mike

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This is a rough idea of how the program works, there's three people involved: Store Owner (assumingly you), Other owner (the "Affiliate"), and the refer-ee (err... the person who the other owner will send to your site)

- The Other Owner visits your store and sees that you have an affiliate program and wishes to apply. They will make a store account like a normal customer would but when finished, they will complete the sign up process. (Currently it's just a checkbox agreeing to the terms and conditions and the submission of their website for review).

- You, the store owner, will receive an email notification saying that the Other Owner has applied for your affiliate program. It will provide you with the details as provided in their application. (Their mailing address linked with the account as well as the website address.) You can approve or deny the request there. (Denying the application deletes the application and sends an email to the applicant that it was denied. Accepting the application provides them with an acceptance email.)

- The Store owner can (and should) provide banners for the affiliates to use. When the affiliate is ready, they will come back to the special affiliates control panel on the front side of the site and get the HTML code needed for such. Inside the HTML code is a <a> tag which will contain their affiliates ID to ensure they are credited.

- The Other Owner then takes these banners or any other special links you provide and will place it on their own website to provide their visitors. When one of the Other Owner's visitors clicks on such a banner or link, a special (non-invasive) tracking cookie is stored in their browser. While that cookie is in the browser's storage, any orders made within the life of the cookie (currently 30 days with the option to increase this coming soon) will be credited to that affiliate.

- At least once a month, you the website owner will go through and check each affiliate for a pending balance and will see what orders they were not paid for. You will select these orders and mark them as paid. This will send a notification email to the affiliate saying a payment is pending. (You will be responsible for initiating the payment through outside means, like paypal or writing a check).

And this cycle continues.

Now currently, you can only offer a set percentage for ALL items in the store. I'm looking into the possibility of allowing for custom rates for different categories and products but that's down the line.

Hope this helps.

Would love to see this working in 1.5

I can't get the http://www.mysite.com/referrer_signup.html to come up.

on ZENcart 1.3.9 ,I am able to install but I can not get to the referrer_signup page

Got the module installed and displaying properly in ZC 1.5, however the referrer link (once a user signs up for an account and generates a link) leads to a 404 error page. It keeps referencing the website with only an "&referrer=xxxx" code at the end of the URL. Should there be something more so that when someone clicks on this link it leads to my homepage but references the referrers number?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Hi, I'm working with V1.5.0 I intalled the files (one by one, had to merge content) I had a syntax error when I added the code to /includes/aplication_top.php so emoved that code. Also not sure what to do with the zip folder in the main folder that's named get_paid_page_1.0

Any tips to fully install this for 1.5.0 would be great.

I'm currently using version 1.5.0, and I've been eagerly awaiting for the updated addon for a while, now. Is there any news on the progress of this affiliate addon?

I have set up this module successfully ,,, but the most lacking feature is that ,,, the orders which are not confirmed yet .. how can we control the comissions made on them ? Like the one who uses manual payments like bank transfers or western union/MG what will they do ?

Also ANXIOUSLY awaiting a 1.5.0 version of this module. I want it! I want it! I NEED IT!

I also am interested in an update to the progress of updating this module for v1.5. Any information would be appreciated.

I am also looking for an update to v1.5; please create this!

I have read threw this thread a few times and could not see if this was covered or not. If a shopper goes to a blog then clicks on the affiliates link then goes to another blog who is also is an affiliate and clicks on that link to come to my site which affiliate will get credit? Will the first affiliate, the second or BOTH????

I'm still using Zencart 1.3.9h, but can't see to find a link that delivers Snap Affiliates 1.0.2.3.
Can someone please post a proper link (Zen-cart.com has the wrong link for 'latest version' (1.0.2.1)).
Thank you,
-Peter

I am waiting for 1.5 snap affiliate module too.

Yay!
Thank you Lat9!!
http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...93#post1190493

Pressure is off me for this one... I'll keep my updates on the side then.

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Pressure is off me for this one... I'll keep my updates on the side then.

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Oh no, I guess nobody had heard any progress or responses from you that it was assumed...
Are there any enhancements that you can add to v2.0 with Lat9?

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Oh no, I guess nobody had heard any progress or responses from you that it was assumed...
Are there any enhancements that you can add to v2.0 with Lat9?

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Well Lat9 covered the main ones, installation without using the SQL files, incorporation of the main variables into the admin interface. (I still plan on doing this for the 1.3.8h version.) One major thing is listing the status of the order in the question and then selecting it to pay instead of just a pay all button.

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Well Lat9 covered the main ones, installation without using the SQL files, incorporation of the main variables into the admin interface. (I still plan on doing this for the 1.3.8h version.) One major thing is listing the status of the order in the question and then selecting it to pay instead of just a pay all button.

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retched, for clarification, are you saying that the plugin should have a "selectable" pay ... i.e. you check which commissions you're going to pay and then click the "Pay" (or "Pay Selected") button? I've got another update in the works where you can exclude specific order-status values from commissions; is that part of the solution you are heading for?.

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retched, for clarification, are you saying that the plugin should have a "selectable" pay ... i.e. you check which commissions you're going to pay and then click the "Pay" (or "Pay Selected") button? I've got another update in the works where you can exclude specific order-status values from commissions; is that part of the solution you are heading for?.

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One of the common requests was that users wanted to select which orders they wanted to pay the commissions on. This was due to several circumstances including payment method used, order status and possible fraud. So it would be to let the user select all or cherry pick the ones they wanted to pay on.

For all you guys who use this module, let me ask you a quick question. I just installed it on a 1.5.1 site. Everything looks good, except during my testing, my test account doesn't seem to be earning any commissions.

For example, I created a referral account. Then using the Link Creator, I created a custom URL for a product in my store. I then logged on as a DIFFERENT user and clicked that link, made a purchase, and I hoped to see an earned commission for my test account. However, I am seeing nothing under the Order History for the affiliate account. It's as if nothing was registered.

Any ideas what I could be missing? I do see a cookie being created on my machine which records the referrer_key in there.

I just don't know why it's not recording the sale after I purchase something while using the affiliate URL as a test. I hope anyone using this module can let me know your thoughts!