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VP-ASP
Shopping Cart
Thank you for purchasing the VP-ASP
Option Package. The Option Package is designed to work with Version 4.00 of the
VP-ASP Shopping Cart. These features will not work with previous releases of
the VP-ASP Shopping Cart. If you wish to obtain a copy for a previous release
of VP-ASP, please contact us.
1.1
VP-ASP Option
Package
The
VP-ASP Option package provides enhanced features and facilities.
1. Affiliate
processing and reporting
2. Automatic
creation of extended description pages from database fields
3. Mailing
to customer and merchant by templates
4. Generic
Template handling
5. Automatic
Language Switching
6. Customer
Discount Coupons
7. Gift
Certificates
8. Mail
to Suppliers
9. HTML
mailing
10. Product
ratings and reviews
11. Project
services using VP-ASP for payment
12. Order
Tracking
13. Image
uploading
1.2
More
Information
We continually add information to our
web site http://www.vpasp.com
Please check for What's new and Frequently
Asked Questions. Your questions may already be answered.
1.3
Gift Registry
The Gift Registry is a separate product and not part of the Option
Package. The documentation is included in this manual. You must purchase the
Gift Registry as a separate add-on.
1.4
Installation
The VP-ASP Option Package can only be
used with Version 4.00 of VP-ASP Shopping Cart.
1. Unzip all the files.
2. Transfer them to your web site using
FTP.
The VP-ASP Option package is installed.
You now may need to configure each of the components that you plan to use.
Except as noted below, the Option Package is all new code and does NOT replace
any existing VP-ASP Shopping Cart Code
1.4.1 Files Changed for Option Package
The Option Package simply replaces
dummy pages and does not otherwise change any working VP-ASP Files.
1.5
Installation
Using Version 4.00 Plus
If you purchased VP-ASP 4.00 Plus, then
the VP-ASP Option Package is already integrated and there is no extra install
to be done.
1.6
Set-up VP-ASP
Option Package
Each of the various components of the
VP-ASP Option Package has their own configuration. This is accomplished by logging into the VP-ASP administration
System and selecting “Configure Shopping Cart”.
Some may be as simple as altering a
line in the configuration file and others may be more complex.
2
Affiliate
Processing
Affiliate processing allows you to
associate individual orders with another site, person or company. The site
links to your shopping site passing their affiliate number. VP-ASP remembers
that number and adds that number to any orders processed for that customer for
that session.
The affiliates table can be in the same
database or a different database. By default it is in the same database as the
rest of the VP-ASP tables.
2.1
VP-ASP
Facilities
1. Associates
individual orders with an affiliate
2. Detailed
reports which include:
·
The number of links to your site
for each affiliate
·
The number of orders
·
The total of all orders
·
Date of last link to your site
·
Commission reports
3. Ability
to add, alter affiliates using standard VP-ASP administration
4. Affiliate
Administrator. Affiliates can review orders and change their details.
2.2
How it Works
The affiliate must link to your site
with a hyperlink or form specifying
shopaff.asp?affid=n
shopaff.asp?affid=n&id=yyyy
Where n is the assigned affiliate
number. This is the affid in the affiliate table. If the affiliate does not
exist, VP-ASP goes to your home page. No error occurs. If you want the
affiliate to be directed to a specific product, specify the catalogid of the
product as id=yyyyy.
If the affiliate exists, the login
count and login date is updated. Each affiliate can have a unique page on your
site and VP-ASP will automatically link to that page. If no page is specified
in the field directurl in the
affiliates table then VP-ASP goes to your home page.
2.3
New Report
Program
New reporting programs have been
provided that allows you to:
·
Summarize all affiliate activity
·
View orders for a specific
affiliate
·
View account details by date
range
·
Edit affiliate records
2.4
Registering
an affiliate
Affiliates can register themselves by
linking to shopaffregister.asp.
Or you can use normal VP-ASP administration facilities to add names to the
affiliates table.
2.5
Configure the
Affiliate System
The affiliate system needs some
information about your site before you can use it. The configuration involves:
1. Login
to the Administration section and select “Affiliates” from Configure Shopping
Cart.
2. Edit
shopaffuserinfo.htm with text that you want to display when a new affiliate
registers.
3. Optionally
create a page or pages on your own web site that describe your affiliate
system.
2.6
Affiliate
Options
Certain options need to be set in
VP-ASP configuration. You MUST alter
these before you allow self-registration using shopaffregister.asp
|
affallowaffiliatesrevieworders |
Can the affiliate review orders via the customer
service |
|
affcommissionincludesallorders |
When calculating commission, should all orders be used
or only those marked “processed” |
|
affcommissionIncludesshipping |
Should commission include shipping costs |
|
affcommissionrate |
The default commission rate. It can be altered for
each affiliate by editing their record |
|
affdirecturl |
The default page to display when an affiliate links to
your site |
|
affinfourl |
A location on your site that describes your affiliate
system |
|
affpaymenttypes |
How you will pay your affiliates |
|
affsubject |
Your Affiliate System |
|
afftemplateaffiliate |
tmp_affiliate.txt |
|
afftemplateMerchant |
tmp_affmerchant.txt |
|
affwebsite |
|
|
xaffiliatedb |
You can have the affiliates in a separate table |
|
xaffiliateusecookies |
No. If you use Yes, more sales will be associated with
an affiliate since the cookie will remember where the customer originally
came from. We recommend that Yes be
the default |
2.7
Information -
Shopaffuserinfo.htm
On the affiliate registration page,
shopaffregister.asp, you can provide information about your program by editing
file shopaffuserinfo.htm. This file
is plain html but should not include any html start or ending code. It is
included as part of shopaffregister.asp.
2.8
Affiliate
Service – Shopaffadmin.asp
Affiliates can register themselves,
login and review any orders. We
recommend that you have a hyperlink on your site that points to this file.
2.9
Affiliate
Registration
File Shopaffregister.asp has been supplied to allow an affiliate to
register.
There are two ways to register an
affiliate. One is to allow the affiliate to register themselves using
shopaffregister.asp. This form is shown
below.
The second is for the shop
administrator to add the affiliate in the administration section of VP-ASP
Shopping Cart.
The form below is displayed by shopaffregister.asp. It allows both new
registrations and for existing affiliates to update their details.
2.10
Affiliate
Login – shopafflogin.asp
Affiliates can login and then alter
their details or review any orders.
