Affiliate Coder Setup Instructions.

Open all the files in a text editor.
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'affil_coder.cgi'
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1. Define the correct path to Perl on the first line of 'affil_coder.cgi'.
2. Follow the rest of the setup intructions contained in this file. 

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'affil_template.txt'
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1. You can put any HTML affiliate code you like in this file.  BUT: Where you would normally
put the Affiliate ID or nickname, put this instead: THEIR_AFFILIATE_ID.

An example of my own affiliate HTML code is included.

What happens is that 'affil_coder.cgi' looks for this text string , and replaces it with the ID entered
by your affiliate in the form. It then writes the HTML code to the next file:

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'affil_coder.html'
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Leave this page completely blank.

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'affil_form.html'
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In the HTML code of this file, change the URL of affil_coder.cgi to the location where you put it.


=================== Uploading the files ============================

1. Make a subdirectory in your cgi-bin called 'affil_coder'.  
2. Make a sub-directory in your web directory called 'affil_coder'.
3. Upload 'affil_coder.cgi' and 'affil_template.txt' to the 'affil_coder' cgi-bin sub-directory.
4. Upload  'affil_form.html' and 'affil_coder.html' to the web sub-directory.
5. Chmod 'affil_coder.cgi' to 705,  and 'affil_template.txt' to 606.
6. Chmod 'affil_coder.html'  *and* the web sub-directory it's in, to 606.  

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That's it. It should now work.  If not,  read my tutorials on telent and setting up cgi-scripts,
in my online ebook at http://www.tigertom.com/ebook/web/dem/index.html. They cover
all you need to know about setting up cgi-scripts and forms.