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how to members become affiliates?

Confused about the affiliates program. Don't see any instructions about how our members can become affiliates. Have enabled the plugin and looked through all settings, but think I'm missing something.

Jack Kitterhing
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Hi there @peter_harris,

Hope you're well today and having a great weekend!

By default a affiliate would be a WordPress user, so if they don't already have a account, on a single site they would sign up at domain.com/wp-login.php?action=register

On a multisite they would register at wp-signup.php and choose a user account only (they could also choose a site, if you have that option enabled).

They would then visit the wp-admin area > users > affiliates and choose from the drop down to enable affiliate links.

Alternatively the best option would be to use the included shortcodes to output the affiliate info and signup to the front-end of the site using the following shortcodes.
```
[affiliatelogincheck] – place this at the top of the page that you are planning on using the rest of the shortcodes on and it will display a login message if the user isn’t logged in.
[affiliateuserdetails] – mirrors the affiliate details form from the admin area (yellow box)
[affiliatestatstable] – mirrors the large click statistics table
[affiliatevisitstable] – mirrors the referrers this month table
[affiliatetopvisitstable] – mirrors the top referrers table
[affiliatestatschart] – mirrors the main statistics charts
[affiliatevisitschart] – mirrors the referrers charts
[affiliatebanners] – displays the banners you add to your affiliate settings
```
Any issues at all, we're here to help.

Thank you!

Kind Regards
Jack.
peter_harris
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Thanks Jack!

I later discovered that there's a link under Users in the dashboard. Maybe this could be added to the Usage documentation?

Will definitely try out those shortcodes!
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  Hi @peter_harris,
  
  Thank you for your reply.
  
  I have notified the usage writer about it so that it can be added in the usage section of the plugin page.
  
  Cheers,
  Vinod Dalvi
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  Thanks so much for having reported this @peter_harris. The docs have had an extensive update and should provide more than enough information to help use the plugin.
  
  Just let us know if you have any questions or concerns with that.
  
  Thanks!
  David

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