What is involved with “preparing” template files? How is an HTML file changed to a template file?
A. The only difference between a template file and the original HTML file is how the “links” are set up. For instance, all graphics image source links must be “absolute” links rather than “relative” — instead of saying you’d need to change that to
Links to other pages require some specific formatting. If you have a static page called “index.html”, and it will reference another static page called “faq.htm”, you could actually use a “relative” link, because both pages will be in the same directory (remember, static pages get duplicated — copied to the affiliate’s directory). If you were linking FROM a “dynamic” page to a static page (I’ll use “faq.htm” in this example), you’d use this format in your template file: href=”http://yoursite.com/affiliatesrootdirectory/yoap1/faq.htm” Where “affiliatesrootdirectory” is the directory name you choose when you setup the program. The “keyword” yoap1 will be replaced wit