{"id":443,"date":"2016-02-01T14:24:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T22:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.idevaffiliate.com\/?p=443"},"modified":"2021-05-17T22:08:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T05:08:48","slug":"idevaffiliate-installation-instructions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idevaffiliate.com\/help\/idevaffiliate-installation-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"iDevAffiliate Installation Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"alert alert-info\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-top: 20px;\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>This tutorial is for customers using our <u>Owned Editions<\/u> only.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Customers using our <strong>Cloud Edition<\/strong> do not use these instructions as we handle the upgrade for you on our cloud.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"alert alert-success\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Please watch this video or follow the step-by-step instructions below.<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Installing iDevAffiliate\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/86492210?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"980\" height=\"519\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;\">Step 1.<\/span> Create a new MySQL database (naming it idevaffiliate is fine). This is typically done at the command line or via a web hosting control panel if your web hosting service provides one.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;\">Step 2.<\/span> Create a folder in your document root that will be used as your affiliate program location.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We highly recommend installing into a top level directory such as: <strong>idevaffiliate<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Example: public_html\/idevaffiliate or http\/idevaffiliate (each server looks different).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;\">Step 3.<\/span> Using your favorite FTP program, upload the <strong>install folder<\/strong> and <strong>idevaffiliate.zip<\/strong> file into your newly created folder from step #2 above.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-danger\">Important FTP Note<\/div>\n<p>Use AUTO-DETECT mode when uploading files.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;\">Step 4.<\/span> From your web browser, run the install program.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.{your website domain}.com\/idevaffiliate\/install\/index.php<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to adjust the above path to match your actual location of iDevAffiliate. 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