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Q: I own a surf related business and know of local photographers. Can I become an affiliate?
A: Yes. You simply register to become an affiliate (
Affiliate Registration) and let the local photographers know the company name you have supplied during registration. This is the name that a photographer will search for when associating themselves to you.
When an affiliate registers with wpsurf they will be able to perform all the actions that a surfer can on the site as well as:
When an affiliate registers, they will see the following screen and must complete all the required fields indicated by *. Affiliate registration gives automatic surfer functionality but certain steps must be taken before the affiliate account is approved. A confirmation email is sent out to the email address supplied during registration.
As an affiliate will receive funds from affiliated photographer photo sales using Paypal, this email address MUST correspond with the affiliate's Paypal email address.
This email address is used by the affiliate to login and the confirmation email provides the password they must supply to login. This may be changed at any time in the future by logging in and selecting the Change Password option from My Profile.
An affiliate must supply their Company Name as this is the name that a photographer will search for when associating themselves to you.
Certain profile information cannot be changed after registration by an affiliate (indicated by the lock symbol 
), so ensure this is correct before confirming the registration details.
An affiliate must supply their Country of residence and VAT Number if they are VAT registered. These details will be locked after an affiliate account is approved, but it is the affiliates responsibility to inform wpsurf if these details change in the future.
An affiliate must supply their Website address.
An affiliate may select which type of surfing they are interested in by selecting any combination of the options under I'm Interested In. These selections will be carried through to the more complex search when the user logs on to wpsurf in future.
The affiliate must confirm that the have read and agree to the terms and conditions of the site before registering.
After clicking Submit the affiliate has an opportunity to review the information they have entered.
Once an affiliate is approved, an email will be sent out informing them.
On their next login, the affiliate will see new affiliate options activated for their account.
Q: What does becoming an affiliate do for me?
Once an affiliate is approved, an email will be sent out informing them.
On their next login, the affiliate will see new affiliate options activated for their account.
Affiliates can:
The affiliate area allows the affiliate to set up the information required for the mini-site and their advertisement.
When Photographers associate to you as an affiliate, they will show up in a list below 'Users affiliated to you'.
This option is only available to approved Photographers and Affiliates.
For a Photographer - The name of this break will show up when anyone views that Photographers profile.
For an Affiliate - This is also used to decide the map which will be shown on the affiliates 'mini-site'.
The home break is set by following the steps below.
This is used to decide the map which will be shown on the affiliates 'mini-site'.
Once the affiliate account is approved the home break cannot be changed without contacting wpsurf.
The affiliate log which will be resized and positioned at the top left of the affiliate mini-site may be uploaded from here.
The Tag line should be entered at the same time - this will appear in the top of the mini-site (below "local surf photos")
Once this logo has been approved, neither the logo nor the tag line can be changed without contacting wpsurf.
The affiliate advertisement which will be resized and positioned in the advertising space of the main wpsurf site may be uploaded from here.
Once this advert has been approved, none of the advert, text or URL can be changed without contacting wpsurf.
The Advert text and Advert URL should be entered at the same time:
This is the layout of a sample affiliate 'mini-site' showing how the home page might appear.
This is shown as a stand-alone browser window - but this could be displayed in a frame of an existing web site.
Affiliate Logo
The approved affiliate logo will appear here Affiliate Logo.
The affiliate log which will be resized and positioned at the top left of the affiliate mini-site may be uploaded from here.
The Tag line should be entered at the same time - this will appear in the top of the mini-site (below "local surf photos")
Once this logo has been approved, neither the logo nor the tag line can be changed without contacting wpsurf.
Local surf photos
Describes what the affiliate mini-site is designed to provide.
Tag Line
The affiliate can specify the text to appear here using the "Tag line" text when uploading their Affiliate Logo.
The affiliate log which will be resized and positioned at the top left of the affiliate mini-site may be uploaded from here.
The Tag line should be entered at the same time - this will appear in the top of the mini-site (below "local surf photos")
Once this logo has been approved, neither the logo nor the tag line can be changed without contacting wpsurf.
Statistics
These statistics are configured for the individual affiliate mini-site:
Login / Register
Menu area changes once logged in - Dynamic Menus
Depending on whether the current user is logged in or not, and what registrations have been applied for and approved, various menu options will be available to the user:
Affiliated Photographers
This provides a list of affiliated photographers.
Map
The affiliates Home Break is used to decide the map which will be shown on the affiliates 'mini-site'.
This option is only available to approved Photographers and Affiliates.
For a Photographer - The name of this break will show up when anyone views that Photographers profile.
For an Affiliate - This is also used to decide the map which will be shown on the affiliates 'mini-site'.
The home break is set by following the steps below.
Once the affiliate account is approved the home break cannot be changed without contacting wpsurf.
Search Criteria
Find photos (and breaks) by simply entering WHERE and WHEN. SEARCH
A number of different types of search may be performed on the wpsurf site.
Searches will only find breaks and photos taken by affiliated photographers at the affiliates map level.
Breaks on this map
Below each map containing breaks there is also a list (sorted alphabetically, left to right) of all of the breaks on that map.
Moving the mouse over the name of any of these breaks will cause the pin marking that break to be highlighted (
) on the map above.
Where a map contains a very large number of breaks this list may be quite long and with lower resolution computer monitors it may not be possible to see the map and the breaks at the bottom of the list at the same time.
By clicking on the Shrink / Hide option 
at the top of the list of breaks, the list will be split into "pages" so that the breaks will always be visible along with the pins on the map.
Brief Site Description
What is local surf photos...and what does it offer?
Language and Currency
Change Language or Change Currency
The default currency of the site is £ Pounds Sterling and the purchase price for all images is always given in £ Pounds Sterling but may be displayed (approximately) in five other currencies.
Pounds Sterling £ (default)
Simply select the desired currency from the selection available at the top right of the screen:
The exact cost (in currencies other than £ Sterling) will not be given until the Checkout option is selected and payment is actually being prepared using Paypal, as they set their own currency exchange rates.
The default language of the site is English but, as the site content matures and dependant on demand, the intention is to translate the site into four other other languages.
English (default)
Simply select the desired language from the selection available at the top right of the screen:
Top Menus
Various Site Menus
Selection of Images
Bottom Menus
Various Site Menus
Q: How will I get paid?
A: Getting Paid
An affiliate will be paid to their Paypal account monthly only if their account balance has reached the threshold value (currently £100.00).
Payments will be processed in the first week of each calendar month.
It is up to each affiliate to ensure the email address registered with wpsurf has been setup with Paypal in order to receive funds.
Q: How do I know which photographers are associated with me as an affiliate?
A: When Photographers associate to you as an affiliate, they will show up in a list below 'Users affiliated to you'.
Once an affiliate is approved, an email will be sent out informing them.
On their next login, the affiliate will see new affiliate options activated for their account.
Affiliates can:
The affiliate area allows the affiliate to set up the information required for the mini-site and their advertisement.
When Photographers associate to you as an affiliate, they will show up in a list below 'Users affiliated to you'.
This option is only available to approved Photographers and Affiliates.
For a Photographer - The name of this break will show up when anyone views that Photographers profile.
For an Affiliate - This is also used to decide the map which will be shown on the affiliates 'mini-site'.
The home break is set by following the steps below.
This is used to decide the map which will be shown on the affiliates 'mini-site'.
Once the affiliate account is approved the home break cannot be changed without contacting wpsurf.
The affiliate log which will be resized and positioned at the top left of the affiliate mini-site may be uploaded from here.
The Tag line should be entered at the same time - this will appear in the top of the mini-site (below "local surf photos")
Once this logo has been approved, neither the logo nor the tag line can be changed without contacting wpsurf.
The affiliate advertisement which will be resized and positioned in the advertising space of the main wpsurf site may be uploaded from here.
Once this advert has been approved, none of the advert, text or URL can be changed without contacting wpsurf.
The Advert text and Advert URL should be entered at the same time:
This is the layout of a sample affiliate 'mini-site' showing how the home page might appear.
This is shown as a stand-alone browser window - but this could be displayed in a frame of an existing web site.
Affiliate Logo
The approved affiliate logo will appear here Affiliate Logo.
The affiliate log which will be resized and positioned at the top left of the affiliate mini-site may be uploaded from here.
The Tag line should be entered at the same time - this will appear in the top of the mini-site (below "local surf photos")
Once this logo has been approved, neither the logo nor the tag line can be changed without contacting wpsurf.
Local surf photos
Describes what the affiliate mini-site is designed to provide.
Tag Line
The affiliate can specify the text to appear here using the "Tag line" text when uploading their Affiliate Logo.
The affiliate log which will be resized and positioned at the top left of the affiliate mini-site may be uploaded from here.
The Tag line should be entered at the same time - this will appear in the top of the mini-site (below "local surf photos")
Once this logo has been approved, neither the logo nor the tag line can be changed without contacting wpsurf.
Statistics
These statistics are configured for the individual affiliate mini-site:
Login / Register
Menu area changes once logged in - Dynamic Menus
Depending on whether the current user is logged in or not, and what registrations have been applied for and approved, various menu options will be available to the user:
Affiliated Photographers
This provides a list of affiliated photographers.
Map
The affiliates Home Break is used to decide the map which will be shown on the affiliates 'mini-site'.
This option is only available to approved Photographers and Affiliates.
For a Photographer - The name of this break will show up when anyone views that Photographers profile.
For an Affiliate - This is also used to decide the map which will be shown on the affiliates 'mini-site'.
The home break is set by following the steps below.
Once the affiliate account is approved the home break cannot be changed without contacting wpsurf.
Search Criteria
Find photos (and breaks) by simply entering WHERE and WHEN. SEARCH
A number of different types of search may be performed on the wpsurf site.
Searches will only find breaks and photos taken by affiliated photographers at the affiliates map level.
Breaks on this map
Below each map containing breaks there is also a list (sorted alphabetically, left to right) of all of the breaks on that map.
Moving the mouse over the name of any of these breaks will cause the pin marking that break to be highlighted () on the map above.
Where a map contains a very large number of breaks this list may be quite long and with lower resolution computer monitors it may not be possible to see the map and the breaks at the bottom of the list at the same time.
By clicking on the Shrink / Hide option at the top of the list of breaks, the list will be split into "pages" so that the breaks will always be visible along with the pins on the map.
Brief Site Description
What is local surf photos...and what does it offer?
Language and Currency
Change Language or Change Currency
The default currency of the site is £ Pounds Sterling and the purchase price for all images is always given in £ Pounds Sterling but may be displayed (approximately) in five other currencies.
Pounds Sterling £ (default)
Simply select the desired currency from the selection available at the top right of the screen:
The exact cost (in currencies other than £ Sterling) will not be given until the Checkout option is selected and payment is actually being prepared using Paypal, as they set their own currency exchange rates.
The default language of the site is English but, as the site content matures and dependant on demand, the intention is to translate the site into four other other languages.
English (default)
Simply select the desired language from the selection available at the top right of the screen:
Top Menus
Various Site Menus
Selection of Images
Bottom Menus
Various Site Menus
Q: Does it cost me anything to register as a wpsurf affiliate?
A: No.