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Tracking Referrals [message #29637] Thu, 05 January 2006 08:34 Go to next message
Everfree is currently offline  Everfree   United States
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Hi,

I would like to set up an affiliate program for the members of my forum. Where does it show who the referrer is for a member? If a member does not have a referrer, can I manually asign one somehow?

Also, is there some compatible software available that can extract the referral information and calculate multi-tier payments?

Thanks in advance for any help.
Re: Tracking Referrals [message #29638 is a reply to message #29637] Thu, 05 January 2006 21:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ilia is currently offline  Ilia   Canada
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There is a control panel that each member has access to that shows who they referred to the forum. It'll appear in referral tracking is enabled in the forum settings. The referrer for a user is stored inside a column in the database, so you can easily query this data from other applications.

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Re: Tracking Referrals [message #29641 is a reply to message #29638] Thu, 05 January 2006 22:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Everfree is currently offline  Everfree   United States
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Thanks for the response, I would like to query this data from another application if I knew how. Can you suggest some programs that I could try?
Re: Tracking Referrals [message #29642 is a reply to message #29641] Thu, 05 January 2006 23:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You simply need to run an SQL query of the users table, fetching the referer_id field.

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Re: Tracking Referrals [message #29645 is a reply to message #29642] Thu, 05 January 2006 23:54 Go to previous message
Everfree is currently offline  Everfree   United States
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OK... I have a phpMyAdmin window that says Run SQL query/queries on database everfree_fud. In the box it has "SELECT * FROM `fud26_users` WHERE 1" and a list of fields where I can select referer_id among other things. If I am on the right track, what do I put in the box that wants me to "SELECT * FROM `fud26_users` WHERE 1"?

Below all that I have two things to check or uncheck:

Show this query here again

and

Do not overwrite this query from outside the window

Lastly, what happens when I check the Go button?
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