Documentation. How to use?
davidsnyder@me.com - July 3, 2007 - 14:00
| Project: | Affiliates |
| Version: | 5.x-1.0 |
| Component: | User interface |
| Category: | support request |
| Priority: | critical |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
Description
This is (looks like) a great module... but, how on earth do you use it? There is absolutely no information. Installed in Drupal 5 you get a admin link to configure a few settings and a link to add your banners, links etc., but no information beyond that. What use is a top affiliates block if you can't give out the affiliate tracking links? Where do you send users to take advantage of this, get their code etc? I'm baffled... would love to get this working.
#1
Has development of the mod been abandoned? I too just installed the module and you're right. There's no way to associate an image or text link or for user to get the code. There is only...
ROOT.URL admin/settings/affiliates
Home Page Profile Field:
Top Users Count For Page:
Top Users Count For Block:
Period for top users block and page:
IP Click Ignore:
Top User Refresh Interval:
User Text:
There is also a link deposited into the main site navigation called "Affiliates ads" linked to:
ROOT.URL affiliates/admin
There are 2 tabs - List and Add
Add Tab contents...
Label:
Points:
Type:
Category:
Link text:
Redirect to URL:
Order: (field and not a dropdown as in core 1,2,3 ...)
Status:
It stops there. That is all there is to configure. No upload of image field or feature for any previews. There is no affiliate page for users to select banners or text link code. What gives? Where's the documentation? Clicking on (more help...) link only returns to Affiliates administration pages
* Configure permissions
* Affiliates
Configure permissions only boxes for...
*administer affiliates
*affiliate click
*view own affiliate stats
Should have at least another permission like...
**access affiliates (see the page to get the code)
Project page indicates require Userpoints 2.0, but that version has ported to now 2.14. I installed affiliates mod on site using Userpoints 1.1 which is stable for it's environment. I will test in 2.14 in another environment and post an update.
If someone has a clue please post your solution. It would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Drupalgirl
#2
#3
#4
Had the same issue. Used this fix.
http://drupal.org/node/136419
All is good ! :)
#5
#6
First draft of README.txt has been written and will be committed shortly.
#7
subscribing
#8
I happened to find this link:
/affiliates/admin/
in the Navigation Menu listing (but doesn't show up anywhere in the navigation block).
Shouldn't it be visible somewhere? Like from the /admin/settings/affiliates page or the /affiliates page.
It's kinda hidden and rather necessary...
#9
I'm anxious to see this README file as I'm still struggling with getting it to work.
Does it touch on how to set up your folder structure to allow image uploads?
It seems like it needs a destination folder for affiliate images to be created, a /tmp folder created, permissions set properly...
I tried to manually create and set permissions on folders that I thought it needed to create but am still getting this error:
* warning: chmod() [function.chmod]: Operation not permitted in /home/viparagl/public_html/matheson/sites/default/modules/affiliates/affiliates.module on line 496.* The selected file /tmp/phpXd0ysp could not be uploaded, because the destination is not properly configured.
#10
README.txt was committed with version 6.x-1.3
#11
Your problem does need to be written into the README.txt .
First
You need to specify your 'files directory path @ admin/settings/file-system
and ensure that it is writable by apache (chmod o+w files)
Second you need to specify your 'temporary' directory i normally
put this under the files directory
The affiliates module will create an affiliates directory under the files
directory.
Please see screenshot of my files-system configuration
Best, Paul
#12
Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.
#13
There is still no accurate README file in the 5.x STABLE release. I have been messing with this module for a few weeks now and I can not, for the life of me, figure out how it's supposed to work.
After reading this thread, I downloaded the 6.x STABLE release just to get the README file, which still does not contain any kind of instructions on how to set this up or how users are supposed to obtain the affiliate banners?
It says "2. Users can collect text/image affiliate buttons @ affiliates"
Yet, if I go to /affiliates - I get a 404 from Drupal.
@Paul - Could you PLEASE give a little more description on HOW to set this up. Not one liners & then expect us to fill in the blanks?
Some basic questions:
Where do banners get uploaded?
What should they be called - any specific file names?
Any specific file types?
Where do users go to obtain the Affiliate banners?
#14
thanks for finding this link! /affiliates/admin/
I couldn't figure it out at all until this appeared. Good module, worth supporting but this link should appear somewhere in admin menu should it not? And some clearer instructions. Maybe I can try to write something if I get it working.