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Announcing the launch of the SocialGO Affiliate Program!
To register for the program, head over to http://affiliate.socialgo.com and enter your details. You will then receive an email with your user name and password; simply log in, copy the banner code, and paste it into your website - you are now ready to race! If you have any queries in regards to the program, please write us at support@socialgo.com.
This is an amazing and direct opportunity to earn money from your site, so be sure to take advantage and get signed-up today!
How to use the SocialGO affiliate program
Here's how to get started...
1. Head to http://affiliate.socialgo.com and hit the 'Sign Up' button
2. Fill in the sign-up form, (making sure you get your PayPal e-mail correct, and using your own name if you don't have a company name).
3. You'll receive an e-mail confirming your username, and giving you a password. Head back to http://affiliate.socialgo.com and click the 'Log-in' button, and enter your details.
4. Once you're logged in, you'll see your SocialGO Affiliate Control Panel
6. Select the ad you'd like to appear on your network, and click the 'Get banner code' button beneath.
9. As soon as your ad is placed on your network, you will be able to start potentially making money! The more prominently it is placed, and the more traffic you get, the higher the chance that someone will click the link and create their own premium network - instantly making you money for doing next to nothing!
'Introduction to the Widget Store' Workshop
In this workshop you’ll get an overview of the new Widget Store and how to use it with the layout manager, as well as learn more about the existing and upcoming widgets. Feel free to ask any questions relevant to the topic during the Q&A portion of the workshop.
SocialGO launches the Widget Store!
SocialGO is pleased to announce the release of the much-anticipated Widget Store.
Watch the following demonstration video (6 mins)
The team has been busy developing the new SocialGO Widget Store which is now available in your network admin center. The Store allows you to browse and add a variety of free and paid widgets to Premium SocialGO networks. Each widget adds additional native functionality instantly like video chat, games, visitor maps and more!
Because widgets are integrated at the platform level, rather than through Open-Social, they become true “white-label” features of a site. Their integrated nature improves the user experiance to bring value and uniqueness to each site compared with typical external widget offerings which look disjointed and out of place and typically inconsistant with a network's overall look and feel.
Check
out WidgetLaboratory, our first
official third-party widget supplier for more info on their
existing and upcoming widgets.
The Widget Store works with SocialGO’s advanced Layout
Manager, which we launched last month. The Layout Manager
allows you to drag and drop any element of your network and now
allows you to place and configure your selected widgets.
The Widget Store will continue to increase the range of modules that can be dragged into your network and is the latest step in creating a flexible, rich platform for building social websites in minutes.
Every widget is different, ranging from the professional to the
silly, but all always designed to increase the engagement of your
network. The widget store will be playing a central role in the
future development of SocialGO as the widgets grow and improve
and you guys give us feedback on what widgets you would like to
be developed.
We would also like to invite you to an online
workshop this Thursday, 14th May, where we will
introduce the Widget Store. Please visit the 'Workshops' tab
on the SocialGO Owners'
Network to learn more and answer any questions you may have.
The Layout Manager
SocialGO Launches Layout
Manager
SocialGO would like to announce the launch of the 'Layout
Manager', giving anyone and everyone developer-like customization
opportunities without writing a single line of
code!
SocialGO.com has now launched it's eagerly
awaited 'Layout Manager'. This powerful new feature combines
infinite customization possibilities with drag and drop
simplicity. It also eliminates the need for any special
programming skills, allowing virtually anyone to build an
advanced and unique social network with no prior
experience.
Since every niche wants a unique look and feel, features and rules, our Layout Manager allows for infinite customization, without the need to hire an expensive developer or designer. This is a tremendous advantage over other hosted solutions, most of which simply provide a ‘one look fits all’ template, rather than delivering power and control into the hands of the network creator.”
How Layout Manager Works
The Layout Manager (see below) using simple "point & click" allows you to break every page in your site down into nine distinct "Zones" that can be moved, deleted, modified or added to. Each Zone can be broken down into one column, two column or three column and you can vary the width of each column.
Layout Manager is available on SocialGO Premium and Concierge Plans.
You'll find the Layout Manager in your Admin Centre at http://my.socialgo.com by simply clicking on the 'Layout Manager' block.
If you are on the SocialGO FREE or Starter Packages and would like to use the Layout Manager, simply go to your admin Centre at http://my.socialgo.com and click the 'Change My Plan' option, from where you'll be able to upgrade to the Premium Plan from just $24.99 per month.
How to empty your browser's cache.
- In Firefox, you can do this by going to Tools->Clear Private Data...
- Uncheck everything except for Cache
- In Internet Explorer, you can do this by going to Tools->Internet Options..
- Under 'Browsing History', choose 'Delete...', then uncheck everything except Temporary Internet Files
Then revist or refresh your web page.
Help us to help you!
We're currently compiling a list of tutorials to create to add to the 'Tutorials' section of the Owners' Network.
We love getting feedback from all our network owners, so would like to ask - "Is there something particular that you would like a tutorial for?"
Let us know if there's something you'd like help with, or if there's anything you think might be useful to have explained to other SocialGO network owners!
Thanks!!
How to set up a custom domain.
2. Every domain registrar is different in the way they are laid out, but, all will have a field for the following information, which you need to enter in to the relevant fields when logged in your domain registrar's website:
For your domain, you need the A name (e.g. yourdomainname.com) pointing to 92.60.117.57
You need the www CNAME pointing to yourdomainname.com (type in the domain name there without the w’s)
In tabular form for yourdomainname.com it’ll look like:
yourdomainname.com A 92.60.117.57
www CNAME yourdomainname.com
3. Once you have changed your settings, go to your SocialGO admin center and click on 'Network details'

4. Enter the name of the domain you have purchased in to the domain field.
6. Wait. Domain changes may take up to 72 hours to take effect.
7. You can check the status of your domain by clicking the button labelled 'Check domain'

8. If the domain is set up correctly, you will get this message:

If you do not see the above message, then please check you have entered all of the data correctly, or contact your domain registrar.
How to generate HTML code - Useful for custom tabs

2. Add your page content (i.e. your text which you can format, images using 'Add image' and create links), using the tools in the Tiny MCE

3. Click the 'HTML' button once you've added all your
content


4. Copy and paste the contents of the pop up window - this is
your HTML code
5. Paste this code in to the 'Edit Page Content' section of tab
you wish to edit.

6. Save your changes, and you will have updated your tab's
content!

