Having just installed OSCAffiliate2.8 on a brand new version of 2.2rc1 I have a solution for the index.php code changes as listed. rc1 uses a "modular" index page for the Admin section, so the code changes need to be in a new file of their own, as included.

Install instructions:
New file:
Place the affiliate_summary.php in the catalogadminincludesmodulesindex folder

Make all other changes as per the modified instruction text file as included in this fix.

I have included the missing New News gif for the Affiliate News Admin page. Upload this to catalogadminincludeslanguagesenglishimagesbuttons to fix the missing image.

This is not a complete package and needs OSCAffiliate2.8 as well.

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