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Integrating
Ultimate Affiliate with older versions of Modernbill
Before you begin,
it's always best to be running the most current version of modernbill
as older versions might not have the ability to integrate with Ultimate
Affiliate as described below.
Also, this integration
method hasn't had a thorough testing with modernbill, so there may
be some changes to it in the future. If you have any comments or
techniques, please send them to smiles@groundbreak.com
so I can include them on this page. Thanks - Steve
Editing
ModernBill
In your modernbill
directory, you'll edit the php script:
/order/include/cases/step_submit_process.case.php
In that script,
you'll find these lines:
<!--
REMOVE THIS LINE WHEN ACTIVE
<tr>
<td colspan=2 bgcolor=<?=$tablebgcolor?>>
<?
// INSERT AFFILIATE CODE HERE
// $invoice_amount
// $invoice_id
// $order_totals['sub_total']
// $order_totals['pre_tax']
// $order_totals['tax_due']
// $order_totals['post_tax']
?>
</td>
</tr>
REMOVE THIS LINE WHEN ACTIVE --> |
While it seems
that this tag is in most of the versions of ModernBill I've seen,
sometimes the $order_totals variables don't seem to work. You should
try them first, and then if all else fails, use: $cart[order_total]
if you own your own secure server certificate, meaning you can have
https://www.yoursite.com, you can use the image tag method and change
the entire chunk of code above to:
<tr>
<td colspan=2 bgcolor=<?=$tablebgcolor?>>
<?
print<<<EOF
<img src="https://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/sale.cgi?secret=SECRET
&cashflow=$cart[order_total]&goods=$invoice_id"
border=0>
EOF;
?>
</td>
</tr>
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If you don't have your own secure certificate, you might have to
use the javascript popup method:
<tr>
<td colspan=2 bgcolor=<?=$tablebgcolor?>>
<?
print<<<EOF
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--start
function noelPopup()
{
var popupURL = "http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/sale.cgi?secret=SECRET
&cashflow=$cart[order_total]&goods=$invoice_id";
var popup = window.open(popupURL,"Popup",'toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,status=0,
menubar=0,scrollbars=0,resizable=0,width=300,height=100');
if( navigator.appName.substring(0,8) == "Netscape"
)
{
popup.location = popupURL;
}
}
noelPopup();
// -->
</script>
EOF;
?>
</td>
</tr> |
Make sure you
connect some of the lines above that are split on multiple lines
for the sake of fitting into this web page.
Note that right
now the script will be calculating this commission on
the INITIAL PURCHASE. It doesn't have any connection with
ModernBill for recurring commissions so you will have
to have the affiliate script recur the commission if need
be. In later versions of Modernbill you can have their
system trigger the recurring commissions, but in older
versions the only access you have to triggering a commission
is ONCE on the INITIAL sale...
Another tip
is a little trick to let you "reload" the final ModernBill
page that triggers the commission. This is the page that will give
the buyer the paypal, 2checkout, etc...buttons to finish the order
- but realize that the commission is triggered on that page too.
(View the source of the page and you'll find the code you added).
If you try to
reload that page, it will normally say "order already finished"
and won't let you do anything. However, in the file if you comment
out these lines:
if ($order_completed) {
vortech_HTML_start(7);
display_error(DUPLICATEORDER);
vortech_HTML_stop(7);
if (!$debug) { exit; }
}
by putting a
// in front of each line it will let you reload that page over and
over to test commissions.
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