mcwebsitedesign Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Hi, I am a new WHMCS user, learning as I go. I am running V 7.1.1 I am a bit confused on the affiliate sign up. I see the "Affiliate" button, I click on that but it just takes me to a login screen. There is no link to sign up, just log in to an existing account. I do see the affiliatesignup.tpl file but I cannot figure out where the option is to allow new affiliates to signup. Also, it would be nice if before an affiliate signs up they can see what we offer affiliates. Maybe this is the same problem/solution as above? Any help/advice is much appreciated. TIA 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian! Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 the documentation might enlighten you on this - http://docs.whmcs.com/Affiliates Clients can activate their affiliate account from the client area but you as an admin can do it from the client summary page also. To do that, locate the client you want to activate using the search or client list and then in the Actions panel click the Activate as Affiliate link. so only clients can become affiliates... now, they don't necessarily have to buy from you to become a client, they would just need to register with you (if you have the registration page enabled)... once registered then, as shown above, they can enable the affiliate option in their own account - or you can from the admin area. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcwebsitedesign Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 Thank you for the info! I did read the Affiliate info in the documentation. So if I understand correctly there is no "Register for an Affiliate Account" link on the "Affiliate" page? I assume I can place this link within the code in affiliate.php ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian! Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Thank you for the info! I did read the Affiliate info in the documentation. So if I understand correctly there is no "Register for an Affiliate Account" link on the "Affiliate" page? I assume I can place this link within the code in affiliate.php ? well you won't be able to edit affiliates.php as it's an encrypted file. the important point to remember is that you can't see the affiliates page unless you're logged in as a client... if you aren't logged in, then you'll see the login form... if you (they) are logged in as a client (but not already an affiliate), when they click on the affiliates link in the navbar, they'll see this (or similar)... the above is the 'affiliatesignup.tpl' template - if they're logged in and already an affiliate, they'll see their affiliate stats page (affiliates.tpl). what you'll have to do is get them to register as clients first - once registered, then they can enable affiliate status... I guess you can dress up the register.tpl page as a 'affiliate signup page' and then automate the affiliate activation, but that would require additional hook coding... or add an 'affiliates information' page that anyone can see... there are options, it just depends exactly what you want to do! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcwebsitedesign Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 Thanks! I will play around with it a bit more, maybe I will just put an "Affiliate Signup" link in the footer. It may be a bit confusing for any registered affiliates, have to see how it goes I guess 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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