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1. Affiliate Panel allowing for easy layout modification and template overrides Installation package is compatible with Joomla s standard installer and automatically upgrades 4 0 installations with no data loss Following Joomla s standards language files are now INI files placed in Joomla s standard language folder The frontend now validates against the W3C XHTML Strict standards including the generated advertising material Absolutely no VirtueMart core hacking VM Affiliate 4 5 uses smart techniques for all the tracking and integration needs without modifying a single VirtueMart file Completely reliable tracking using a smart tracking plugin No more custom code is required in payments configuration New layout using new icons for both the frontend and backend Offline tracking support one of the most important new features is offline tracking which enables your users to either type the affiliate s username or select him from a list of names Coupon based tracking additionally a long time requested feature which is another type of offline tracking allows your affiliates to hand out coupons which provide a discount for the customer and a commission for the affiliate Product Ads now display prices including taxes if VirtueMart also does Product Ads now display the discounted prices the way VirtueMart does Commissions are now calculated after the discount has been deducted from the2. gt More Per Click Products Per Click 0 0000 USD Shopper Per Unique Click 0 0000 USD Orders Vendor Per Sale Reports gt Tax Fixed Rate 0 0000 USD D Shipping Percentage 15 00 D Coupon D Manufacturer O sexe b Affiliates O Summary Copyright O 2011 Globacide Solutions Additional options may be available on the commission rates page depending on your affiliate program s settings If Multi Tier Tracking is enabled you are able to set the commissions that affiliates who refer other affiliates earn from these referred affiliates sales For example if affiliate A refers affiliate B to the affiliate program affiliate B becomes a level 2 affiliate for affiliate A If affiliate B refers another affiliate to the affiliate program called affiliate C this new affiliate becomes a level 2 affiliate for affiliate B and a level 3 affiliate for affiliate A Thus on the General Commission Rates page you can set how much do top affiliates earn from their sub level affiliates commission rates calculated directly on the order s value For example if an order s value is 100 and this order was referred by a level 2 affiliate for another affiliate and the commission rates are set to 3 from the 2 tier the top affiliate will earn 3 rR Please note that the commission rates earned from sub level affiliates are like general If Offline Tracking based on Discount Coupons is used you can set the discount that the
3. California United States 30284 gt Coupon Non PayPal payments must be made manually After the payment is made click on the Mark as Paid button to log it and redeem the records 2 Manufacturer d Affiliates O Summary ES varas Paid Copyright O 2011 Globacide Solutions E mailing Affiliates One feature you may occasionally find the need for is the E mail Affiliates page You can access it by navigating to the Joomla backend gt Components gt VirtueMart gt Affiliates gt E mail Affiliates This page as the name suggests allows you to quickly and conveniently e mail your affiliates You can either mass e mail all of your affiliates at once or you can e mail a specific affiliate To e mail all of them you need to choose the All option from the Recipients list Otherwise you can select a specific affiliate from the list to send the e mail to The message content can be regular text or rich text through the use of HTML and a WYSIWYG editor To send the message as HTML and enable the editor you need to check the Send in HTML mode checkbox This will switch the normal text area into a rich editor if you have enabled one in your Joomla administration Simple Layout Extended Layout z Administration D Admin D Store D Products D Shopper 2 Orders D Vendor D Reports gt Tax gt Shipping D Coupon D Manufacturer b Affiliates O Summary
4. These pages can be accessed in the Joomla backend gt Components gt VirtueMart gt Affiliates gt Traffic Sales Payments The information can be filtered by specific criteria helping you learn in depth details of your interest You can see the overall traffic as opposed to current traffic traffic that has been referred since your last payments to affiliates you can see all the visits or just unique visits or you can see the traffic referred by a specific affiliate Simple Layout Extended Layout 7 2 Traffic Administration Overall Current Clicks Unique Clicks Search gt Admin D Store IP Address Referring URL Affiliate ID Time Date Y M D gt Products 1 127 0 0 1 None 1 Test Affiliate 1 18 5324 2011 7 2 D Shopper 2 127 0 0 1 None 2 Test Affliate 2 18 53 20 2011 7 2 D Orders i D Vendor 3 E 127 0 0 1 None 1 Test Affiliate 1 18 51 3 2011 7 2 gt Reports You can as well see the overall sales or just current ones you can see all of them or just confirmed sales and you can of course see the sales referred by a specific affiliate Simple Layout Extended Layout Ed le Sales Administration Overall Current All Confirmed Search gt Admin ae Order ID Order Subtotal Order Total Affiliate ID Confirmed Paid Date Y M D D Products 1 1 3 23 17 31 66 1 Test Affiliate 1 Jd 9 2011 07 03 gt Shopper D Orders And you can list all or just the confirmed payme
5. which tracks but does not touch VirtueMart orders Other nice features such as offline tracking using discount coupons and many others would also not be possible without this integration between VM Affiliate and VirtueMart Copyright O 2011 Globacide Solutions How It Works First of all affiliate marketing allows you increase your sales potential by letting third parties a k a affiliates promote your products They can e mail their friends write blog posts place ads on their websites even promote them by word of mouth Affiliate marketing has better results and is more profitable than regular advertising Probably the biggest benefit is that you can pay commissions only for confirmed orders in other words you pay for results The process is simple Users visit your website They see you have an affiliate program available on your website They realize they have a website or many friends or otherwise know they can properly promote your products They find your offer attractive the commissions you offer are reasonable They decide to sign up for the affiliate program and promote your products Doing so grants them access to their affiliate panel Inthe affiliate panel they find advertising material which they easily place on their websites Visitors come to their websites and click on the advertisements They land on your website and VM Affiliate takes note of the fact they have been referred
6. Manage Affiliates gt Recipients Subject Send in HTML mode Message E mail Affiliates gt All Test Affiliate 1 Test Afiliate Test Affliate 3 _ of Path ms x i v Styles y Format dE SO mm PRT Send Mass E mail Copyright 2011 Globacide Solutions Advertising Material Advertising material represents personalized images and text with attached referral links which your affiliates can use to promote your website VM Affiliate automatically provides such material by default creating ads from all of your shop s published products and categories which have images attached to them Thus adding additional advertising material becomes optional It is however a good practice to do so In addition to the automatically generated Product Ads and Category Ads you can add Banners and Text Ads Banners Managing banners is done by accessing the Joomla backend gt Components gt VirtueMart gt Affiliates gt Banners To add a new Banner you need to click the New button from the top toolbar This will lead you to the Banner Form The first step of adding a banner is uploading a banner image by clicking the Upload Banner button You need to browse your file system and locate the file you wish to upload Accepted types are JPG JPEG PNG GIF either static or animated or SWF Shockwave Flash files Then you need to specify a name and choose what to link the ba
7. O 2011 Globacide Solutions Tracking Settings Online Offline ay Select from the Track which referrer list who do you wish to track and credit in the event the customer was referred by more than one affiliate You can credit the first referring affiliate or the last one The Link feed string text box allows you to set the URL parameter that will be used for holding the affiliate s ID in the referral links The default is aff_id You can set it to whatever you wish except of course parameter names already used by your website You can set in the Referral cookie lifetime text box the time in seconds you wish the tracking cookie to last In other words how long do you wish to commission the referring affiliate for a customer s purchases from the last time he referred him This defaults to 1 year Use the Enable offline tracking checkbox to enable or disable offline tracking features The Offline tracking type specifies the behavior of the offline tracking feature The Username and Name options provide additional fields to the registration form of customers This way when customers register in the shop they can either type in the affiliate s username in a text box or select his name from a list An additional type is Discount Coupon This option allows your affiliates to hand out their usernames as regular coupons which at the same time will grant the customer a certain discount and the affiliate a commission The di
8. Uninstallation The uninstallation process of VM Affiliate is even simpler than its installation Should you no longer require running an affiliate program along with your VirtueMart shop these simple steps will guide you through the uninstallation process of VM Affiliate 1 Open up your Joomla backend 2 Choose Install Uninstall from the Extensions menu 3 Click on Components 4 Check the Affiliate component s checkbox 5 Click on the Uninstall toolbar button Extension Manager 3 Uninstall Help Install Components Modules Plugins Languages Templates O Uninstall Component Success Component Enabled Version Date Author Compatibility 1 Banners Y 1 5 0 April 2006 Joomla Project Y a Newsfeeds Y 1 5 0 April 2006 Joomla Project Y 3 Polls Y 1 5 0 July 2004 Joomla Project Y 4 Weblinks Y 15 0 April 2006 Joomla Project Y ent P Y ject Y Ma wd 50 P Y Y la Proj Y m a lal Pro Y Y F Y Y m Copyright 2011 Globacide Solutions Additional Help If you can t find your answer in this manual there are plenty ways to get additional help for VM Affiliate The first thing you can immediately try is search our support forum for your question It is very likely it has already been asked and answered If that fails please contact us as soon as possible and request our support so we can help you and make sure everything is working great and you have all the answers and help you need We offer various su
9. by placing a cookie in the visitor s browser The visitor purchases a product either then or any time in the future VM Affiliate detects that the customer has been referred by an affiliate and when the order is confirmed credits the affiliate the corresponding commission that was agreed upon Please note that the time interval since the user s last visit through an affiliate link to the moment their purchase can be tracked is defined by the lifetime of the cookie which can be set in VM Affiliate s configuration It defaults to 1 year Copyright 2011 Globacide Solutions 10 11 12 13 14 Feature List Online tracking VM Affiliate automatically detects the affiliate ID from incoming links and tracks incoming visits Offline tracking VM Affiliate supports tracking of users referred through offline advertising efforts such as printed material The user can type the username of the referrer or select his name from a list Coupon based tracking Your affiliates usernames can become discount coupon codes which can be tracked Thus an affiliate can hand out the coupon to a person which gains a discount while the affiliate earns a commission Multi tier tracking Commonly referred to as MLM Multi Level Marketing this enables your affiliates to refer other affiliates which leads to more marketing thus greater profits for both the merchant and the affiliate VM Affiliate can track and co
10. customers will receive if they are referred by an affiliate using discount coupons You can set the type of the discount Fixed or Percentage and the amount just like you would for a standard coupon in VirtueMart Simple Layout Extended Layout He Sui ez a General Commission Rates 4 tueMart 5 Administration Manage Affiliates gt Admin General Commission Rates From Tier 2 3 4 5 gt Store gt Products Per Click gt Shopper Per Click 0 0000 USD gt Orders Per Unique Click 0 0000 USD gt Vendor Pe rtd Per Sale gt Tax Fixed Rate 0 0000 USD D Shipping Percentage 15 00 D Coupon gt Manufacturer Y Affiliates Offline Referrals Discount O Summary Type Percentage SR Manage Affiliates Amount 500 gt E mail Affiliates gt Pay Affiliates e Save Commission Rates The second way of setting commission rates is if you wish to assign different commission rates for specific affiliates To do so you need to access the Joomla backend gt Components gt VirtueMart gt Affiliates gt Manage Affiliates then click on the icon in the Rates column that corresponds to the affiliate for which you wish to set the different commission rates Copyright 2011 Globacide Solutions Payment Methods VM Affiliate provides you the ability to manage the payout methods you wish to offer to your affiliates You can define and mange payment methods by accessing the Joom
11. text by default customized using your website s name and address for your convenience You can just review it and eventually adjust it to your needs Simple Layout Extended Layout i os Configuration Administration gt Admin Store Affiliate Program Terms D Products gt Shopper Must agree to Affiliate Program Terms gt Orders Content gt Vendor D Reports D Tax D Shipping gt Coupon D Manufacturer 10 Affiliates O Summary 2 Manage Affiliates E mail Affiliates Pay Affiliates Commission Rates Configuration Payment Methods M Banners summary General Tracking Affiliate Program Terms Styles Paragraph dy E SY Om Bl 2 General terms and conditions for participation in the G Globacide Solutions Affiliate Program l July 1 2011 NOTE PLEASE THOROUGHLY REVIEW THESE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE GLOBACIDE SOLUTIONS AFFILIATE PROGRAM THE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE YOU COMMENCE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE GLOBACIDE SOLUTIONS AFFILIATE PROGRAM IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS GLOBACIDE SOLUTIONS IS NOT WILLING TO APPOINT YOU AS AN AFFILIATE AND YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GLOBACIDE SOLUTIONS AFFILIATE X Path div p O se Copyright 2011 Globacide Solutions Commission Rates Commission rates represent the value of the rewards you o
12. Mart Affiliate tracking software also known as affiliate program software is software which provides the tools and technology to create manage and track an affiliate program network within a unique yet successful type of marketing called affiliate marketing As described by Wikipedia affiliate marketing is a marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought about by the affiliate s own marketing efforts Thus VM Affiliate provides these tools and technology required to create manage and track an affiliate program from scratch with no hassle providing that e commerce activities are powered by VirtueMart Basically installation and configuration takes less than 5 minutes At the end of this simple process your affiliate program has been deployed Affiliates can then already bump into your affiliate program s offerings sign up for it and start advertising your products VM Affiliate integrates seamlessly with VirtueMart acknowledges and uses its settings blends within its administration as well as website s layout automates many tasks and best of all it achieves everything without interfering in any way with VirtueMart processes or files Copyright O 2011 Globacide Solutions Integration Benefits Unlike other standard stand alone affiliate tracking software VM Affiliate takes full advantage of its integration with the shopping cart namely VirtueMart This inte
13. User Manual Administrator s guide for creating and managing an affiliate program of any scale VM Affiliate 4 5 The powerful and fully integrated affiliate program extension for Joomla amp VirtueMart tanble your network Alfako VIVA Fabs cae See R e m gt A 5 lt a s Contents PFOGUCE OVERVIEW ocn van cBevdt cadens cats chesage AAEREN 3 integration BEMenitS cere lt 4 cleereecse cette cass e E E 4 HOW It WOrKS cia 5 Feature Listar 6 Whats NW iii ttd olaa 7 A A TN 9 COMMS UAL OM static todito 10 General Seti id 10 Tracking Settini vasta toi cia id EI A E T E RA cid iaa 11 Afiliate Program Terms ii aia 12 COMMISSION Rate iii aiii iii 13 Payment Methods ntsc ia nana dino iia 15 Managing Ai da dd 16 Payne Alt ii disnei 17 Emailing AMAS ii A A A A A a an ica 18 Advertising Matar abetted wast cacaageedeaneteasch cect cadswnstesciedslettaneteasdianetelwndiscsadelectiornes 19 BONS caia A Grveed A vada abet he ae aa A T 19 TOKE AGS aian a R E e E E E 20 Product 8 Category AUS osinaren aii AEN AARAA SUU aid ida ada RE TERTE 20 KA O 21 Uninstall ati ii 23 Additional HOM ceccsstevcscceccecesdscacoccea beree A oe oeucesecedesdabseyeastcegusadienastaes EE 24 Copyright 2011 Globacide Solutions Product Overview VM Affiliate is a complete and powerful affiliate tracking software developed specifically for the Joomla CMS and its popular e commerce component Virtue
14. ce field which enable you to quickly get to that affiliate s payment page The payment icons vary in appearance depending on the affiliate s preferred payout method New Simple Layout Extended Layout Manage Affiliates Administration Y E There are 2 affiliates with a balance greater than 550 00 that need to be paid on day 1 of next month D Admin gt Store A Affiliate 1D Name Clicks Unique Clicks Sales Balance Enabled Rates Edit Remove D Shopper 1 1 Test Afiliate 1 2 1 0 0 54 25 A fi gt Orders Test Affiliate 2 1 1 ao 54 25 Y D Vendor D Reports D Shipping D Coupon gt Manufacturer M Affiliates O Summary M amp Manage Affiliates Copyright 2011 Globacide Solutions Paying Affiliates The only recurring maintenance task you are required to perform when running an affiliate program powered by VM Affiliate is paying your affiliates their earned commissions on the specified payout date The Manage Affiliates page will automatically let you know of affiliates that need to be paid and provide quick links for doing so or you can manually access the Pay Affiliates page by navigating to the Joomla backend gt Components gt VirtueMart gt Affiliates gt Pay Affiliates This page lists all of your affiliates that need to be paid and provides links for doing so Depending on the payout methods you offer and your affiliates preferences you may pay you
15. ffer your affiliates in exchange for their marketing efforts and results Commission rates can be accessed in two different manners depending on the type of commission rates you wish to set The General Commission Rates page is found in the Joomla backend gt Components gt VirtueMart gt Affiliates gt Commission Rates This page allows you to set general commission rates which apply to all affiliates by default Regardless of other settings you always have four types of commissions you can award your affiliates Per Click a commission that is given for each visit brought by an affiliate through a referral link regardless of whether this specific visitor was previously referred or not Per Unique Click a commission that is given only for different unique visitors Per Sale Fixed Rate a commission that is awarded for each confirmed sale brought by an affiliate regardless of its value Per Sale Percentage a commission that is awarded for each confirmed sale brought by an affiliate based on this sale s value this is the most commonly used rewarding option used in today s affiliate marketing business the higher the sale s amount is the higher the commission earned by the affiliate You can combine these commissions as you see fit and award any or all of them Save Apply Cancel Simple Layout Extended Layout A A General Commission Rates Administration Manage Afiiates Admi
16. gration provides VM Affiliate with precious knowledge that enables it to grab the wheel and automatically operate and maintain the affiliate program relieving you of this effort It starts saving your time from configuration since it detects many of your CMS s and shopping cart s preferences such as database connection currency settings and so forth Thus VM Affiliate blends perfectly in your website and shopping cart environment becoming an essential part of it Regular affiliate tracking software requires you to manually verify order s statuses determine its validity and approve disapprove commissions issued to affiliates This is one of many things that VM Affiliate does automatically for you It automatically tracks visits and orders referred by your affiliates lt automatically credits the corresponding affiliates with the corresponding commissions if the referred order has been confirmed Should the order be cancelled or refunded at any time VM Affiliate will as well remove the associated commissions from the affiliates balance VM Affiliate automatically generates advertising material from your store s product and categories and of course it automatically attaches the required tracking code to all the advertising material Integration also frees you of the need to insert custom tracking code in your page or go through any kind of hassle for that matter VM Affiliate automatically installs and enables a smart tracking plugin
17. la backend gt Components gt VirtueMart gt Affiliates gt Payment Methods VM Affiliate provides by default 3 payout methods PayPal Check and Bank Transfer You can add edit remove enable or disable payout methods On the Payment Method Form you are able to easily define an unlimited number of fields that affiliates can fill in in order to provide the information required for you to pay them Please note that the PayPal payment method cannot be edited or removed since it is a semi automatic payment method It can only be enabled or disabled New Simple Layout Extended Layout e o o y Payment Methods o Search Admi EJ Name Fields Enabled Remove Store a D Products 1 E Paypa 1 d NA D Shopper 2 El Check 1 Y a Ord m a Bank Transfer 5 Y i Vend gt Revorts Save Apply Cancel Simple Layout Extended Layout Ed o A lt A o Payment Method Form Bank Transfer vetuelar J o Administration o Admin Name Bank Trensfer Store Fields Account holder Products Bank name x Shopper Account number x Orders Bank address x hems SWIFT code x Reports x Tax x Shipping x upos Manufacturer e Sa Copyright 2011 Globacide Solutions Managing Affiliates The Manage Affiliates page is the heart of the affiliate program after this has been deployed It allows you to manage your affiliates by adding editing enabling disabling removing paying filtering them as we
18. ll as changing their preferences commission rates or merely monitoring their results This page can be accessed through the Joomla backend gt Components gt VirtueMart gt Affiliates gt Manage Affiliates The list provides comprehensive and essential information at a glance such as the affiliates IDs names clicks or sales count and commission balance Clicking an affiliates name will lead you to this affiliate s detailed information page which displays all the information VM Affiliate has on this affiliate The other buttons on the Manage Affiliates page are self explanatory the Edit button will lead you to the details form of the affiliate the Rates button will lead you to the affiliate s commission rates form and the New button from the top toolbar will allow you to add a new affiliate Additionally if there are any affiliates that have surpassed the set minimum payout balance a message will be displayed above the affiliates list letting you know the number of affiliates that need to be paid and when Clicking this message takes you to the Pay Affiliates page which displays the full list of affiliates that need to be paid on the agreed payout date You can manually reach this page by accessing the Joomla backend gt Components gt VirtueMart gt Affiliates gt Pay Affiliates For affiliates that need to be paid quick payment icons will appear on the Manage Affiliates page directly in their Balan
19. mmission up to 5 tier levels Automatic commissioning VM Affiliate automatically assigns the corresponding commissions to the corresponding affiliates only if the order is finalized confirmed or shipped Likewise if a commission is given to the affiliate but then the order is cancelled the commission will be deducted from the affiliate s balance Affiliate Panel VM Affiliate provides a complete user panel for affiliates where they can see their earnings visits orders have access to advertising material monitor their referred traffic conduct an e mail campaign or update their personal information Affiliate Management Goes without saying that you have full control over your affiliates You can add remove edit enable or disable them and edit their preferences Advertising Material VM Affiliate allows you to upload banners either images animated GIFs or flash SWF files create text ads either normal text or HTML or manage the automatically generated product and category ads Affiliate Program Configuration Without any bloated settings you can specify key preferences of your affiliate program regarding tracking registration payments and so on Default Terms amp Conditions Don t feel like writing a huge terms amp conditions text Don t worry VM Affiliate provides such a text by default automatically customized using your site s name and address So you can just review it and make sure it meets y
20. nner to You can link it directly to your website the shop s front page a product a category a menu item or manually type in a custom URL Finally you can adjust the banner s size You can choose to preserve the banner image original size or select a size group from the list to resize the banner image accordingly You can manage Size Groups directly on the form in an interactive modal box by clicking the Size Groups link next to the size list Save Apply Cancel Simple Layout Extended Layout A pa Banner Form Administration Banners D Admin Image D Store gt Products lobacide olutions D Shopper D Orders Upload Banner D Vendor _ Name Website Banner D Reports Link Type URL D Tax Size Size Groups D Shipping 88x31 Micro Bar 120x240 Vertical Banner 120x600 Y Affiliates 160x600 Wide Skyscraper D Coupon D Manufacturer 234x60 Half Banner O summary 300x600 Half Page Ad 468x60 Full Banner 728x90 Leaderboard SR Manage Affiliates Copyright 2011 Globacide Solutions Text Ads The second type of advertising material that you can offer your affiliates is Text Ads The Text Ads page is found in the Joomla backend gt Components gt VirtueMart gt Affiliates gt Text Ads The text ads creation process is very similar to the banners You need to specify a title some text conten
21. nts that you have issued to your affiliate s Simple Layout Extended Layout kes Payments Administration All Confirmed Search gt Admin 2 Store E Amount Payment Method Affiliate ID Confirmed Date Y M D D Products 1 54 25 Check 2 Test Affiliate 2 Y 2011 07 02 D Shopper gt Orders Copyright 2011 Globacide Solutions VM Affiliate also provides visual graphs based on the referred traffic and sales statistics that allow you to easily check the performance of your affiliate program at a glance The Statistics page can be accessed by navigating to the Joomla backend gt Components gt VirtueMart gt Affiliates gt Statistics This page displays a graphical representation of your affiliate program s performance in recent times You can see representations of the traffic or sales your affiliates have referred in the current month or year Simple Layout Extended Layout a Statistics A Ae Administration Trafic ThisMonth This Year gt Store gt Product oducts Statistics Traffic 2011 D Shopper r Traffic D Orders D Reports Q gt Tax D Shipping R Coupon D Manufacturer XV he EZ p oO O Summary SB Manage Affiliates Please note that brief additional statistical information is also displayed on the Affiliate Program Administration Summary page for your convenience Copyright O 2011 Globacide Solutions
22. order subtotal The E mail Campaign feature in the frontend now supports HTML content so affiliates can place actual banners in the message The E mail Affiliates feature in the backend now supports HTML content The Text Ads now support HTML content Support for GIF animated GIF and SWF Flash banners Banners have been moved to a frontend folder thus not interfering anymore with password protected administrator folders On new installations a standard Terms amp Conditions text is provided automatically customized with your website s name and address Copyright O 2011 Globacide Solutions When multiple product ads exist specifically more than 100 the product ads page will group products by category Product and Category Ads can be published unpublished in bulk The Traffic Sales and Payments pages in both the frontend and the backend contain multiple filters which can be used to narrow down specific information All advertising material is now previewed in modal boxes A new button is added to VirtueMart s administration control panel which links to the affiliate program management Copyright O 2011 Globacide Solutions Installation The installation of VM Affiliate 4 5 is trivial and is just a couple of clicks away VM Affiliate s installation package being completely compatible with Joomla s standard installer These simple steps will guide you throughout the very simple installation process O
23. our needs Payout Method Management You can add or modify existing payment methods that you like to offer to your affiliates You can pay them by PayPal semi automatic Check Bank Transfer or you can easily add your own payout methods or edit existing ones Logs amp Statistics Easily monitor review and filter through traffic sales payments or affiliate program s performance VM Affiliate logs and provides access to all this information MVC Framework Following Joomla s development standards VM Affiliate uses the MVC architecture for the frontend Affiliate Panel which enables you to easily modify the layout of your affiliates panel and preserve this layout even if you update VM Affiliate in the future Multi language At the moment VM Affiliate is available in 14 languages Need another VM Affiliate uses standard INI files which are very easily translatable Only 300 lines or 1330 words Copyright 2011 Globacide Solutions What s New You have just upgraded from version 4 0 and want to know what s new Here we lay it out for you The most important changes are in the fields of stability performance and reliability However VM Affiliate 4 5 does also deliver new and tangible changes Without further ado these are basically the changes Completely re written and re thought from scratch Dozens of bugs were fixed or better put not implemented again MVC architecture for the frontend
24. pen up your Joomla backend Choose Install Uninstall from the Extensions menu On the Upload Package File field click on the Browse button Browse through your operating system s file structure and select your VM Affiliate 4 5 package Push the Upload File 8 Install button APN In a couple of seconds you should see a confirmation message letting you know the installation was successful That s it You can go configure your affiliate program preferences now At this point VM Affiliate s installation package has installed the backend administration section the frontend the affiliates control panel the language file based on available translations that match your site s language the tracking plugin which tracks visits and orders and a new menu link in your main menu which links to the Affiliate Program page above apply to the upgrade process as well The VM Affiliate 4 5 installation package will automatically detect the old files and data and will seamlessly migrate your VM Affiliate 4 0 installation to version 4 5 It is advisable to create a full backup of your website before upgrading though ln Please note that if you are a VM Affiliate 4 0 user and want to upgrade the exact same steps Extension Manager un Help Install Components Modules Plugins Languages Templates O Install Component Success Thank you for choosing VM Affiliate The only truly integrated affiliate system for Joomla amp Virt
25. pport methods e mail phone support forum and support ticket system So please do not hesitate to contact us should you require additional help We would love to help you Copyright O 2011 Globacide Solutions
26. r affiliates in different ways Simple Layout Extended Layout I E 3 Pay Affiliates Administration Manage Affiliates Search gt Admin E Affiliate 1D Name Clicks Unique Clicks Sales Payment Method Balance Pay ore EE 1 E 1 Test Afiliate 1 345 156 5 5 PayPal 5425 viviy Shopper 2 2 Test Affiliate 2 523 130 4 4 Check 32 45 D Orders D Vendor D Reports Tax The PayPal payout method is semi automatic meaning that all you have to do is click the payment button type the login credentials on the PayPal page and confirm the transaction If the payment is successful VM Affiliate automatically redeems the affiliate s commissions All other payout methods are manual meaning that you have to manually issue the payment e g send out a check initiate a bank transfer After you ve made the payment you are required to click a Mark as Paid button so that VM Affiliate acknowledges you have successfully completed the payment and thus redeems the affiliate s commissions Simple Layout Extended Layout Ed L 3 Pay Affiliate John Doe Y Administration Pay Affliates D Admin D Store Payment Info y Products Amount 532 45 D Shopper Payment Method Check D Orders Payable To John Doe D Vendor D Reports Tax D Shipping Account Info First Name Last Name E mail Address Phone Number Address John Doe johndoe gmail com 3361037845 306 Sunset Blvd Los Angeles
27. scount amount can be set on the Commission Rates page either general or on a per affiliate basis Please note that offline tracking using discount coupons requires the Enable coupon usage setting in VirtueMart to be on Multi tier The Enable multi tier affiliate tracking checkbox allows you to enable or disable the Multi Level Marketing features of VM Affiliate Select the maximum tier level you wish to track and commission from the Maximum affiliate levels list VM Affiliate supports up to 5 levels including the top level Simple Layout Extended Layout y Configuration Administration summary General Tracking Affiliate Program Terms Online Thelast e af j 31526000 Offline Enable offine tracking Ofine tracking type Name Y Multi Tier Enable multi tier affiliate tracking Maximum affiliate levels 2 X Copyright 2011 Globacide Solutions Affiliate Program Terms This tab holds the Affiliate Program Terms Conditions Enabling this feature by checking the Must agree to Affiliate Program Terms checkbox places a link on the Affiliate Program registration page which displays the Affiliate Program Terms text in a modal box along with a checkbox that the user has to check in order to accept them and be able to sign up to the affiliate program The Content text area enables you to write or edit the Affiliate Program Terms text VM Affiliate 4 5 provides such a
28. t can be HTML what to link it to and its size can be fluid Save Apply Cancel Simple Layout Extended Layout i AbC Text Ad Form Ate Y Administration 4 Text ads Admi Title Awesome Joomla Extensions Store Text Products Styles paragraph See D E JO m Orders aaa Globacide Solutions provides the most awesome Joomla amp D Reports VirtueMart extensions ever D Tax D Shipping D Coupon Path p span D Manufacturer Link Site 5 Type URL Y Affiliates Size Fluid Size Groups O Summary O s S Manage Affiliates gt E mail Affiliates As previously explained Product Ads amp Category Ads are automatically generated and maintained by VM Affiliate You may however wish to disable any or all of them You can do so on the Product Ads amp Category Ads pages located in the Joomla backend gt Components gt VirtueMart gt Affiliates gt Product Ads Category Ads These pages allow you to publish and unpublish product ads and category ads You can publish and unpublish multiple ads at once by checking the corresponding checkboxes then clicking the Publish or Unpublish links above the list Copyright 2011 Globacide Solutions Logs amp Statistics VM Affiliate provides you with complete information on all the important aspects of your affiliate program You can see the referred Traffic referred Sales and Payments issued to your affiliates
29. that everyone could be able apply to your affiliate program Disable it if you wish to manually add specific affiliates from the backend Checking the Automatically approve affiliates checkbox makes sure everyone is automatically approved after sign up This way they can instantly access their Affiliate Panels and start promoting your site Disable it if you wish to review affiliate applications prior to approving them The Initial bonus text box allows you to specify an initial commission balance that affiliates will start with when they sign up for the affiliate program This is a common and efficient way to attract affiliates to your affiliate program Payout Settings The Minimum payout balance specifies the commission balance the affiliate is required to have each month in order to be eligible for a payment The Payment day of the month is as the name suggests the day of the month on which you wish to issue the actual payments to your affiliates Use the attached calendar to set it Simple Layout Extended Layout D Shipping D Manufactus rer gt lt Configuration GF Administration 9 summary General Tracking Affiliate Program Terms Registration Allow affiliate registrations Y a Automatically approve affiliates Mnitiat bonus 10 0000 USD Payout Settings Minimum payout balance 50 0000 USD Payment day of the month 1 E t Affiliates O O Summary Copyright
30. ueMart You have just installed version 4 5 0 of VM Affiliate vM RER PESA VM Affiliate is a complex affiliate system with powerful yet easy to use features Its integration with VirtueMart saves your time and money otherwise spent on maintenance needs as standard affiliate programs require It s highly stable automatic loba ide customizable and efficient l ti VM Affiliate has got this far thanks to the wonderful community and constant feedback from its users We would love to hear about your experience with VMA Your suggestion olutions will be treasured and carefully considered A Feature List wi User Manual ue Support Forums O Globacide Solutions Copyright O 2011 Globacide Solutions Configuration VM Affiliate s configuration settings are found in the Joomla backend gt Components gt VirtueMart gt Affiliates gt Configuration You can set various parameters for your affiliate program The settings are grouped in 3 tabs General Tracking and Affiliate Program Terms The General tab holds Registration and Payout Settings the Tracking tab holds settings for Online Offline and Multi tier tracking features and the Affiliate Program Terms tab enables you to manage your affiliate program s terms amp conditions Let s review these settings one by one General Settings Registration Checking the Allow affiliate registrations checkbox enables free sign up to your affiliate program Enable this if you wish
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