What This Page Does

This page lets you manage partner accounts on your site. Partners are special submitters who can upload content with higher priority. You can set their permissions, control what categories they can submit to, send them emails, and track who has access to your admin panel.

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How to Get Here

Navigate to Admin Panel > Import > Partners

Understanding the Page

When you first open the Partner Control Center, you'll see several sections:

Statistics Bar

At the top, three cards show quick stats about your partners:

• Total Partners - How many partner accounts you have
• With Admin Access - How many partners can log in to the admin panel
• Blacklisted - How many partner emails appear on your blacklist

Add New Partner Section

A simple form where you can add new partners by entering their email address.

Partner List

The main table shows all your partners. Each row displays the partner's email, password, rank, submission limits, and permission checkboxes. Partners whose emails are blacklisted appear with a red background and a "Blacklisted" badge.

Action Buttons

The top of the page has quick action buttons:

• Email Partners - Send a message to all your partners
• Export - Download all partner data as text
• Import - Upload partner data in bulk

Common Tasks

How to Add a New Partner

When you want to give someone preferential submission status:

1. Scroll to the Add New Partner card.
2. Type the partner's email address in the Email field.
3. Click Add Partner.

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What happens: The system creates a random password for the partner and sends them a welcome email automatically. You'll see the new partner appear in the list below.

How to Edit a Partner's Settings

To change anything about an existing partner:

1. Find the partner in the list.
2. Click directly on the field you want to change:

• Email - Type a new email address
• Pass - Change their password (up to 15 characters)
• Rank - Select a number from 1 to 10 (higher means their content appears more often)
• Max Submits - Set how many items they can submit per day (0 = unlimited)
• Min Clicks - Set how many clicks their content needs before it expires (0 = no minimum)

1. Check or uncheck any permission boxes to control what they can access.
2. Scroll to the bottom and click Update Partners.

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How to Set Partner Categories

To restrict which categories a partner can submit to:

1. Find the partner in the list.
2. Below their email address, you'll see a list of categories.
3. Check the boxes for categories you want them to access.
4. Leave all boxes unchecked if they should have access to all categories.
5. Click Update Partners.

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How to Delete a Partner

To remove a partner account:

1. Find the partner in the list.
2. Click the trash can icon in the Actions column.
3. A confirmation box will ask if you're sure.
4. Click OK to confirm.

How to Email Your Partners

You have three options for sending emails:

Option 1: Email All Partners

1. Click Email Partners at the top of the page.
2. The email form opens with all partner emails already filled in.
3. Edit the subject line if you want.
4. Type your message in the HTML Message box.
5. Click Send Mail.

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Option 2: Email Non-Partners

This sends to submitters who are NOT partners yet (useful for recruiting):

1. Click Email Non-Partners in the Partner List header.
2. Review the recipient list (these are people who have submitted content but aren't partners).
3. Remove any emails you don't want to contact.
4. Write your message.
5. Click Send Mail.

Option 3: Email ALL Submitters

This sends to everyone who has ever submitted content, whether they're partners or not:

1. Click Email ALL in the Partner List header.
2. Review the complete list of all submitters.
3. Remove anyone you don't want to email.
4. Compose your message.
5. Click Send Mail.

How to Export Partner Data

To create a backup of all your partner information:

1. Click Export at the top of the page.
2. A text box appears with all partner data.
3. Select all the text and copy it.
4. Paste it into a text file on your computer and save it.

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How to Import Partners

To add multiple partners at once:

1. Click Import at the top of the page.
2. Read the format instructions on the import page.
3. Paste your partner data into the text box (one partner per line).
4. Click Import.
5. Review the preview showing which partners are new and which already exist.

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Understanding Partner Permissions

When you check permission boxes for a partner, you're giving them access to specific admin panel pages. Here's what each permission does:

Understanding Rank, Max Submits, and Min Clicks

Rank (1-10)

The rank controls how prominently a partner's content appears on your site:

• Low ranks (1-3) - Their content appears less often
• Medium ranks (4-6) - Normal display priority
• High ranks (7-10) - Their content appears more prominently

Max Submits

This sets how many items a partner can submit in a single day:

• 0 - Unlimited submissions
• Any number - They can submit up to that many items per day

Min Clicks

This guarantees a partner's content stays visible until it gets a certain number of clicks:

• 0 - No minimum (content expires based on your site's normal rules)
• Any number - Content stays visible until it receives at least this many clicks

Blacklisted Partners

Partners whose email addresses appear on your blacklist show up with a red background and a "Blacklisted" badge.

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When you see a blacklisted partner:

1. Go to Admin Panel > Blacklist to see why they're blacklisted.
2. Decide whether to:

• Delete the partner account (if you don't want them submitting anymore)
• Remove them from the blacklist (if the issue is resolved)

Tips for New Users

Troubleshooting

Can't add a partner with a specific email

What you see: When you try to add a partner, you get an "Email already exists" message.

How to fix it: This email is already in your partner list. Scroll through the list to find the existing partner and edit their settings instead of adding them again.

Partners aren't receiving emails

What you see: You add a partner but they don't get the welcome email.

How to fix it:

1. Check your spam folder first - sometimes these emails are flagged.
2. Verify your site's email settings are configured correctly in Admin Panel > Settings.
3. Ask the partner to check their spam folder.
4. Try sending them a manual email using the Email Partners feature.

Changes aren't saving when I click Update

What you see: You edit partner information and click Update Partners, but nothing changes.

How to fix it:

1. Make sure you're scrolling down far enough to find the Update Partners button.
2. Check if demo mode is enabled - a yellow banner at the top means the page is read-only.
3. Try refreshing the page and making your changes again.

A partner should have admin access but can't log in

What you see: You've checked permission boxes for a partner, but they can't access the admin panel.

How to fix it:

1. Make sure you clicked Update Partners after checking the boxes.
2. Verify the partner is using the correct password shown in the Pass column.
3. Give them their email address and password and have them try logging in at your admin panel URL.

Related Pages

Email Message Macros

When sending emails to partners, you can use these special codes that get replaced automatically:

Example:

Hi %name%,

Your partner account has been activated. Your password is: %password%

Thanks for contributing!

This automatically personalizes each email with the recipient's name and password.