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Adobe Business Catalyst
The integration method with Adobe Business Catalyst(BC) and Post Affiliate Pro(PAP4)allows you track your sales which are made via BC by PAP4.
To make synchronization between PAP4 and BC, you will need to be advanced user in BC Panel.
To make synchronization between PAP4 and BC, you will need to be advanced user in BC Panel.
1
Activate BC Plugin in PAP4
You have to activate BC plugin in Post Affiliate Pro Merchant
Panel.
Go to Merchant Panel -> Plugins -> Adobe Business Catalyst plugin and click activate.
Panel.
Go to Merchant Panel -> Plugins -> Adobe Business Catalyst plugin and click activate.
2
Configure BC Panel
1. Log into the BC panel
2. Choose Admin from the menu in right upper corner and go to API integration section
3. Click on the button ACTIVATE API
4. Enter the url of BC script of your PAP4:
- Put this url: http://www.yoursite.com/affiliate/plugins/BusinessCatalyst/bc.php
- into the field: "Enter URL of your application to notify for new Purchases"
5. In API integration section you see the value of "Your SiteID".
Please remember this value for further configuration of PAP4.
2. Choose Admin from the menu in right upper corner and go to API integration section
3. Click on the button ACTIVATE API
4. Enter the url of BC script of your PAP4:
- Put this url: http://www.yoursite.com/affiliate/plugins/BusinessCatalyst/bc.php
- into the field: "Enter URL of your application to notify for new Purchases"
5. In API integration section you see the value of "Your SiteID".
Please remember this value for further configuration of PAP4.
3
Configure BC Panel forms
Configure BC Panel forms following this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2jtwx7ooak
Do these main steps:
1. Extend customer database
2. Create CRM form - PAP tracking
3. Create Form Field -> PAPField(this is your PAP Custom field)
4. Create PAP Landing Page
Do these main steps:
1. Extend customer database
2. Create CRM form - PAP tracking
3. Create Form Field -> PAPField(this is your PAP Custom field)
4. Create PAP Landing Page
4
Add PAP4 Sale's integration code into your BC panel
1. Go into Website and click on your PAP4Landing Page.
2. In the form Web Page Content click on HTML(on the bottom of the form)
You can find there PAP4 Custom field input.
This is the original HTML code. Id(CAT_CUSTOM_154728) of the HTML tags will be different in your case.
Do not forget to use CAT_CUSTOM Id that is shown in your HTML.
<td>
<label form="CAT_Custom_154728">PAPfield2</label>
<input type="hidden" maxlength="1024" name="CAT_Custom_154728" class="cat_textbox" />
</td>
Convert it to this HTML code:
2. In the form Web Page Content click on HTML(on the bottom of the form)
You can find there PAP4 Custom field input.
This is the original HTML code. Id(CAT_CUSTOM_154728) of the HTML tags will be different in your case.
Do not forget to use CAT_CUSTOM Id that is shown in your HTML.
<td>
<label form="CAT_Custom_154728">PAPfield2</label>
<input type="hidden" maxlength="1024" name="CAT_Custom_154728" class="cat_textbox" />
</td>
Convert it to this HTML code:
5
Configure BC plugin in PAP4 Merchant Panel
1. Go to PAP4 Merchant Panel -> Plugins -> Adobe Bussines Catalyst Plugin and click configure
2. Set your BC login values for BC API Login and BC API Password
3. Set your BC Catalyst Domain Name (e.g.: if your domain is: pap.businesscatalyst.com , your BC Catalyst Domain Name is "pap")
4. Set your BC Site Id - it is the one that you had to remember in in previous step 2.5.
5. Set PAP4 Custom Field number that you setup in the BC Panel (step no. 3.3.)
2. Set your BC login values for BC API Login and BC API Password
3. Set your BC Catalyst Domain Name (e.g.: if your domain is: pap.businesscatalyst.com , your BC Catalyst Domain Name is "pap")
4. Set your BC Site Id - it is the one that you had to remember in in previous step 2.5.
5. Set PAP4 Custom Field number that you setup in the BC Panel (step no. 3.3.)
6
Add PAP4 Click Tracking scripts to BC's pages
Add this code into every page in BC on which you want to track clicks.
Go to BC Panel -> Website -> ...select one of the sites there
Go to BC Panel -> Website -> ...select one of the sites there
7
Create your sale's page
When you will creating your sale's page be aware of this:
Without fulfilling registration data in your CRM form the sale will not be tracked by PAP4.
Before your customer makes sale he must fulfill the registration data in your CRM Form. In our case it is PAP4 Landing Form.
Please, make your customer fulfill this form before he will make checkout.
Without fulfilling registration data in your CRM form the sale will not be tracked by PAP4.
Before your customer makes sale he must fulfill the registration data in your CRM Form. In our case it is PAP4 Landing Form.
Please, make your customer fulfill this form before he will make checkout.