I've just finished setting up my drupal-powered drupal themes affiliate program and I figured I should share how I did it, since I think my set-up is better than what's done in the original documentation, for some people. This set-up guide also highlights some problems in the module.
1. Download modules
As the affiliate modules' scope is limited to the actual affiliate center, we need some extra modules for signing up new members and having existing users apply for the program:
You have to download and enable the above modules.
2. Create the affiliate info/sign-up page
You need to create a webpage to advertise the affiliate program and point people to the sign-up pages. As an example, take a look at my Premium Drupal theme affiliate program called SooperFriends. For now just create a simple page stating the terms of your program and the payouts your affiliates will receive. Creating the sign-up buttons is covered in the next steps.
3. Adding affiliate related fields to the user profile
