This tutorial is for customers using our Owned Editions only. Customers using our Cloud Edition are already set up to use SSL by default. Important Note Before completing these steps, be sure you actually have a secure certificate installed where iDevAffiliate is located. If you need help adding a secure certificate, please contact your hosting […]
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Per-Product Commissioning with Snipcart
To create a per-product commissioning structure with iDevAffiliate and Snipcart, all you need to do is define the commission rate for each product in your cart. The integration provided for Snipcart already has built-in support for per-product commissioning. All you have to do is set it up! Each time a defined product is purchased, the […]
Sample Paypal Buttons
NoticeYou should only use this tutorial and have Paypal enabled if you’re really using DIRECT Paypal buttons on your website that were created at the Paypal website. If instead you are really using a cart/membership system with Paypal enabled as the payment option, please enable the cart/membership system in your cart integration wizard instead then […]
Admin Center Password Reset
Having trouble getting in to your iDevAffiliate admin center? We have a couple suggestions for you as well as a manual reset process. The first thing to do is make sure you’re trying to login at the correct location. Often times, its easy to mistake the affiliate dashboard login for the admin center login. Be […]
Pay-Per-Lead Commissioning
Traditional affiliate tracking is based on what most people would call “pay-per-sale”. This means, a commission is created for the referring affiliate after the referred visitor places and order on your website. If instead, you’d prefer do what is called “pay-per-lead” commissioning whereby you issue a commission to affiliates for referring “leads”, you have a […]
Error occurred during account creation.
If you are receiving a message that reads “An error occurred during account creation. Please contact the system administrator for more information.”, it means the email address being used is in your block list. To remove this go to General Settings > Fraud Prevention > Signup Blocking (tab) in your admin center and remove the […]
Altering The Look/Feel of Your Affiliate Panel
Your iDevAffiliate panel is the ‘public’ side of your affiliate program. This is where affiliates can go to signup, login, get links, check stats, etc. iDevAffiliate comes with a stock template, color scheme and language pack that offers extensive options and ways to update them to you own personal liking. Nearly everything you will do […]
Installing Language Packs
If you have purchased the language packs plugin separately, you will need to install them in to your iDevAffiliate installation. To do so, download the language packs plugin package then unzip the package and inside it you will find a languages folder with all the language files in it. To install your language pack(s), take […]
PHP/MYSQL/PDO Connection Error
If you are getting the following error message: PDO::__construct(): The server requested authentication method unknown to the client [mysql_old_password] You will need to open a support ticket with your web hosting provider. The problem is your webhost is using a new version of MySQL client library that expects to connect with MySQLs newer 41-byte password […]
iDevAffiliate Upgrade Instructions
This tutorial is for customers using our Self-Hosted Editions only. Customers using our Cloud Edition do not use these instructions as we handle the upgrade for you on our cloud. Please watch this video or follow the step-by-step instructions below. Step 1. Backup your database before continuing! Please consult your hosting provider for help with […]