=== AffiliateWP - External Referral Links ===
Contributors: sumobi, mordauk
Tags: AffiliateWP, affiliate, Pippin Williamson, Andrew Munro, mordauk, pippinsplugins, sumobi, ecommerce, e-commerce, e commerce, selling, membership, referrals, marketing
Requires at least: 3.3
Tested up to: 4.2.2
Stable tag: 1.0.1
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Allows affiliates to promote external landing pages by including the affiliate's ID or username in any outbound links to your e-commerce store.

== Description ==

> This plugin was built to be used in conjunction with [AffiliateWP](http://affiliatewp.com/ "AffiliateWP").

Like other affiliate plugins, AffiliateWP must be installed on the same domain as your e-commerce system (Easy Digital Downloads, WooCommerce etc) to properly track visits and referrals.

This plugin allows your affiliates to promote any landing page (or site) that exists on a completely separate domain. Simply install this plugin on the external WordPress site and your affiliates can now promote it using the site's URL and their affiliate ID appended (eg /?ref=123). If a customer uses the affiliate's referral URL, any outbound links to your e-commerce store will automatically include the affiliate's ID. If the customer then makes a purchase on your e-commerce store, the proper affiliate will be awarded commission. The affiliate's ID is stored in a cookie so even if the customer moves between pages on your site, the outbound links will still have the affiliate's ID appended.


**What is AffiliateWP?**

[AffiliateWP](http://affiliatewp.com/ "AffiliateWP") provides a complete affiliate management system for your WordPress website that seamlessly integrates with all major WordPress e-commerce and membership platforms. It aims to provide everything you need in a simple, clean, easy to use system that you will love to use.

== Installation ==

1. Unpack the entire contents of this plugin zip file into your `wp-content/plugins/` folder locally
1. Upload to your site where your 
1. Navigate to `wp-admin/plugins.php` on your site (your WP Admin plugin page)
1. Activate this plugin and navigate to Settings → Add Referral Links to configure the plugin

OR you can just install it with WordPress by going to Plugins >> Add New >> and type this plugin's name

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

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== Upgrade Notice ==

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.1 =
* New: French language files, props fxbenard
* Fix: Remove trailing slash on URLs that already have query string
* Fix: Cookie expiration not being pulled from settings

= 1.0 =
* Initial release