{"id":681,"date":"2012-11-29T03:07:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T03:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/?p=681"},"modified":"2017-10-26T00:52:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T00:52:00","slug":"adding-an-affiliate-login-widget-to-your-sites-sidebar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/adding-an-affiliate-login-widget-to-your-sites-sidebar-681","title":{"rendered":"Adding an Affiliate Login Widget to Your Site&#8217;s Sidebar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After you have <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/setting-up-the-affiliate-viewarea-315\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">setup the affiliate area<\/a><\/strong>, you need to show your visitors where they can go and do the affiliate program related tasks.<\/p>\n<p>Normally, you would just add a navigation menu\/link on your site that points to the affiliate area of your site (see example below).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-684\" title=\"link-to-affiliate-area-example\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/link-to-affiliate-area-example.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/link-to-affiliate-area-example.jpg 444w, https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/link-to-affiliate-area-example-300x81.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visitors can click on this link\/menu item to go to the affiliate area and do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New visitors can signup for an affiliate account<\/li>\n<li>Existing affiliates can log into their affiliate dashboard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following demo page has examples of how the different affiliate portal styles looks like (if you haven&#8217;t setup the affiliate area on your site already then <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/setting-up-the-affiliate-viewarea-315\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check this documentation<\/a><\/strong>):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/affiliate-platform-plugin-demo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Affiliate Portal Demo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>In addition to the above, you may want to add an affiliate login widget to the sidebar of your site. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate-platform-plugin-simple-affiliate-program-for-wordpress-blogsite-1474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WP Affiliate<\/a> plugin has shortcodes that allow you to place affiliate login widget to the sidebar of your site.<\/div>\n<h2>How Does the Login Widget Look Like?<\/h2>\n<p>The affiliate login widget looks like the following:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-692\" title=\"wp-affiliate-login-widget-example\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wp-affiliate-login-widget-example.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"242\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Adding Login Widget For the Standard\/Default Affiliate Area<\/h2>\n<p>If you are using the standard\/default affiliate area (option 1) then do the following to add a login widget to the sidebar:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong>) Go to the &#8220;Widgets&#8221; menu of your WordPress dashboard<br \/>\n<strong>Step 2<\/strong>)\u00a0Add a standard WordPress &#8220;Text&#8221; widget to the sidebar<br \/>\n<strong>Step 3<\/strong>)\u00a0Add the following shortcode inside this text widget and you are done<br \/>\n<code>[wp_aff_login]<\/code><\/p>\n<h2>Adding Login Widget For the On Page Affiliate Area<\/h2>\n<p>If you are using the on page affiliate area (option 2) then do the following to add a login widget to the sidebar:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong>) Go to the &#8220;Widgets&#8221; menu of your WordPress dashboard<br \/>\n<strong>Step 2<\/strong>)\u00a0Add a standard WordPress &#8220;Text&#8221; widget to the sidebar<br \/>\n<strong>Step 3<\/strong>)\u00a0Add the following shortcode inside this text widget<br \/>\n<code>[wp_aff_login_onpage_version url=\"http:\/\/www.your-domain.com\/your-affiliate-page\"]<\/code><\/p>\n<p>You will need to add the correct URL to your WordPress page in the &#8220;url&#8221; parameter above.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can use the above mentioned shortcodes anywhere on your site (posts, pages etc) to place a login widget.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After you have setup the affiliate area, you need to show your visitors where they can go and do the affiliate program related tasks. 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