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//                        NDLink Affiliate Management System                          //
//                                2004 Alan Briolat                                  //
//                  See http://www.net-dezigns.com/ for more details                  //
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Contents
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1.	Introduction
2.	Features
3.	Requirements
4.	Installation instructions
5.	Known issues
6.	Support
7.	Disclaimer


1.	Introduction
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	NDLinks is a powerful, yet easy-to-use Affiliate Management System.  I wrote it
because lots of webmasters I had talked to were looking for a good affiliate management
script, and I was fed up with my own site script which was 'bolted on' and not very
user-friendly to manage.  So here it is, NDLinks, a script developed purely for the
demand for such a script.  To anybody who may accuse me of stealing any code, I did not
use anybody else's code or tutorials as reference, the only resources I used were the
MySQL and PHP manuals (which can be found at http://www.net-dezigns.com/?id=resources).


2.	Features
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+	Self installing - no SQL statements have to be manually executed to create the tables.
+	Has a form to generate link display code for you, for how you want links displayed.
+	Incorporates a category system, so links can be organised into different types, 
	displayed by category, etc.
+	Option to automatically notify the owner of a site added (if you also enter their 
	email address, or course!).
+	Counts hits out, and if the other site uses the link sent via e-mail, counts hits 
	in too.
+	Can send messages to multiple selected recipients via a built-in form.
+	Links can easily be added without any SQL knowledge via a simple form.
+	Links can easily be deleted or have their hits counters reset, and both of these
	functions allow actions to be taken on multiple links.
+	Different configurations of link displays can be show on the same page.
+	Supplied with an affiliale application form (index.php).	


3.	Requirements
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+	PHP 4 or later.
+	MySQL 4 or later.
+	Access details for a MySQL database - can use a database already in use, table names
	will not interfere with others you may be using (tables are preceeded by 'ndlinks_').
+	All pages on which links are to be displayed MUST have .php or .php3 extensions
	(may also be supported in .xml, currently untested).


4.	Installation instructions
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+	Upload the entire 'ndlinks' folder to your webspace, into the directory in which the
	pages that will display links are stored (if you entire site uses php navigation, 
	e.g. index.php?area=page, this would be the directory where index.php is stored).
+	CHMOD config.php to 777.
+	Use install.php to set up the system.
+	Delete install.php - you will not be able to use the admin panel until you do this!
+	Go to admin.php to use the admin panel.
+	If you want to use the supplied affiliate application form, make you application link
	point to index.php inside the directory where you have installed NDLinks.
	
	
5.	Known issues
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	There are currently no known problems with this script.
	
	
6.	Support
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	If you have any problems with this script, you can contact me in the following ways:
+	Contact form: 	http://www.net-dezigns.com
+  	E-mail: 		webmaster@net-dezigns.com
+	AIM:			NetDezigns
+	MSN:			webmaster@net-dezigns.com
+	ICQ:			331954573					


7.	Disclaimer
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	Well, gotta have it, because of those people who like to blame other people for 
all their problems... :P
	Net-Dezigns.com and its creator take no responsibility for the use of this
script, and any damages it may cause.  You use this script at your own risk.  However,
every effort has been mode to ensure that there are no potentially harmful errors in
the coding or design of this script.


Net-Dezigns Webmaster Resources
URL:	http://www.net-dezigns.com/
E-mail:	webmaster@net-dezigns.com
