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HostBill Multi-Brand plugin allows you to use one HostBill back-end with multiple client front-ends (brands / client portals). You can adjust brand name, look and feel, invoice templates and more. Each brand can have separate payment gateway configuration, product sets and support departments.
Note: Each brand must have separate domain name, pointing to your HostBill installation (DNS CNAME or DNS A record).
Activating the module
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- If the plugin is included in your HostBill edition you can download it from your client portal.
- If the plugin is not included in your HostBill edition you can purchase it from our marketplace and then download it from the client area.
- Once you download the plugin extract it in the main HostBill directory.
- Go to Settings → Modules, find and activate HostBill MultiBrand plugin.
- Once the plugin is activated you will be directed to Settings→ Modules→ Plugins to configure the plugin.
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- Terms of service URL - provide separate URL for your customers to visit to read TOS upon purchase.
- Pro-forma/Invoice numeration prefix - prefix used for invoice numeration
- Invoice numeration format - choose from the dropdown list
- Separate Invoice numeration:
- No, use the same number sequence as in default brand
- Yes, use separate number sequence for invoices in this brand
- Invoice numeration starts from - select the number
- Reset Invoice numeration
- No, Don't automatically reset invoice numeration
- Yes, Reset every month
- Yes, Reset every year
- Redirect after payment - URL which the client should be redirected to after submitting payment
- Invoice Logo - you can upload separate logo to be displayed on your invoices for this brand.
- Invoice template - create separate invoice template to show different company address / invoice layout for customers under this brand.
- Estimate template - create separate estimate template to show different company address / estimate layout for customers under this brand.
- Credit note template - create separate credit note template to show different company address / credit note layout for customers under this brand.
- Send emails:
- Same as Default brand
- Send out all emails
- Don't send any emails
- Email address for system emails - choose email address that customers should receive messages from (set as Reply-To mail header).
- Mailer type:
- Same as Default brand
- PHP Mail
- SMTP
- Message HTML wrapper - you can choose to wrap your email templates in custom HTML wrapper, giving you option to show your custom brand header/footer in emails.
- Email signature - additionally you can sign all your emails for new brand using custom email signature.
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Question: Do I need separate HostBill licenses to run additional brands?
Answer: No. You only need one license per backend (admin area). You can run multiple front-ends (client portals) using this plugin.Question: Can I assign staff members to certain brands only?
Answer: No. This is one of few limitations of this module. Your staff members will have access to all your customers/brands. If you wish to limit access consider purchasing additional HostBill license and have separate HostBill backends for this purpose.
Question: Can I have separate backends for each brand?
Answer: No. HostBill Backend (admin-area) can work only under one domain name.
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