1. Introduction to the system

Post Affiliate Pro can be divided into these parts:

Merchant (admin) panel

It is the panel for merchant (or administrator, affiliate manager). Here you can configure your campaigns, set up commissions, add banners, etc.

The default theme for merchant panel is Blue Aero. It is a theme where the panel looks like a standard application run on the browser. The desktop contains:

1. Start button with taskbar with open windows
2. Pull down menu that contains all the system functionality
3. Desktop area with customizable wallpaper
4. Quicklaunch (customizable) with icons of most used screens
5. Sidebar where you can place gadgets
6. Application gadgets – for example list of tasks waiting for merchant's approval

It is possible to change the theme of your panel, you can do it in Panel settings after the login.

Menu description
Panel menu contains all the functionality you can use. It is divided into two parts:

• left part contains items for affiliate system functionality
• right part is a system menu – it contains functionality related to the application, for example setting of plugins or panel (design, wallpaper, etc.)

The affiliate functionality is clearly divided into sections for:

• Campaigns – here you manage campaigns
• Banners – here you manage your banners and text links
• Affiliates – list of affiliates
• Transactions – list of clicks and commissions
• Reports – various system reports
• Payouts – manage the affiliate payouts here
• Emails – send emails to affiliates
• Config & Tools – system configuration and all other system tools are here

Affiliate panel

Control panel for your affiliates. Every affiliate will get access to his control panel. There he can watch his statistics, get banners to promote your products, or get training materials.
Affiliate panel is fully customizable by merchant. You can define which screens and menu items should be visible to affiliates, ad even write your own pages.

Affiliate program mini site

It is optional, but useful part of your affiliate program. This is where the visitors get when they are not yet logged to their panel. This mini-site could contain few pages with description of your affiliate program for visitors interested to become your affiliates. It should be something similar to sales page, with the difference that you are "selling" them to your affiliate program.
You should mention how big commissions they can earn, conditions of your program, you can add FAQ page.

Signup form

It is the form where visitor can sign up and apply to be your affiliate. Again, it is fully customizable by merchant, you can also define which fields (information about affiliate) should be displayed.
Signup form can be a part of affiliate mini-site, but it works also without it.d

Test your affiliate software

If you want to check examples how to setup banners, sales and tracking onto your web page and test the PAP4 performance, go to Samples & test page. You would find it in your installation under http://www.yoursite.com/affiliate/samples_tests/