Alternatives to vBux/vPlaza

[cheekymonk3y]

What alternatives are there to vbux/vplaza? Im asking in the light of the fact that no one has access to the mod now due to the exploitation that has been revealed. Its really important that i get my donations system up and running and i cant wait for the mod author to release a fix. What alternatives are there? Im sure other people want to know as well.

[Mysticales]

What alternatives are there to vbux/vplaza? Im asking in the light of the fact that no one has access to the mod now due to the exploitation that has been revealed. Its really important that i get my donations system up and running and i cant wait for the mod author to release a fix. What alternatives are there? Im sure other people want to know as well.

Just dont allow any vbplaza items to send a PM to users. Like on the manage item page itself. Then you should be ok. Just manage the donate function. If you have gifts enabled etc, youll need to turn the PM part off for it.

[cheekymonk3y]

but i cant download vbplaza, i dont have permissions, im sitting without a donations system at the moment, and i need to start collecting for next months server bill or site goes down, is there no alternatives? or can someone send me vbplaza or something, i am getting desperate here

[MissKalunji]

try ushop

[subnet_rx]

Just dont allow any vbplaza items to send a PM to users. Like on the manage item page itself. Then you should be ok. Just manage the donate function. If you have gifts enabled etc, youll need to turn the PM part off for it.

Is that where the vulnerability is? I can do that easily, but I haven't seen a post about what exactly is wrong.

[EnIgMa1234]

thats because if it got out on a hacking site for example, all vbulletins with it installed are at risk of being hacked

[MortysTW]

but i cant download vbplaza, i dont have permissions, im sitting without a donations system at the moment, and i need to start collecting for next months server bill or site goes down, is there no alternatives? or can someone send me vbplaza or something, i am getting desperate here

What is it about vbplaza that is forcing you to use it to receive donations?

Paypal offers all sorts of precoded snippets to just add to your site.

You can also use the SUBSCRIPTION process that's built into vb by default. It offers several internet based means of receiving money. People would be subscribing to whatever you want them to and you call it DONATIONS.

For example you could have them SUBSCRIBE to the Donator's Club or some corny yet catchy term that also makes the people that donated feel better about their donation.

[hitboy]

What is it about vbplaza that is forcing you to use it to receive donations?

Paypal offers all sorts of precoded snippets to just add to your site.

You can also use the SUBSCRIPTION process that's built into vb by default. It offers several internet based means of receiving money. People would be subscribing to whatever you want them to and you call it DONATIONS.

For example you could have them SUBSCRIBE to the Donator's Club or some corny yet catchy term that also makes the people that donated feel better about their donation.

Are you being serious? lol its called people get points to do actions like post, view, etc then they can trade there points for something ??? lol

[MortysTW]

Are you being serious? lol its called people get points to do actions like post, view, etc then they can trade there points for something ??? lol

Re-read my post above yours.

I was responding to the part where cheekymonk3y was saying they had to have vbPlaza to receive DONATIONS.

but i cant download vbplaza, i dont have permissions, im sitting without a donations system at the moment, and i need to start collecting for next months server bill or site goes down, is there no alternatives? or can someone send me vbplaza or something, i am getting desperate here

That's all I was responding too. If all he needed was a way to collect $$$ there was no need to wait for vbPlaza for the time being.

[rjmjr69]

Ziki is working on an alternative. Looks real promising too.

[HMBeaty]

try ushop

ushop is no longer available

[hitboy]

Re-read my post above yours.

I was responding to the part where cheekymonk3y was saying they had to have vbPlaza to receive DONATIONS.



That's all I was responding too. If all he needed was a way to collect $$$ there was no need to wait for vbPlaza for the time being.

opps sorry about that lol

[cheekymonk3y]

oh, i was under the impression that in order to get a donations system going, i would need vbux, and the points and stuff was extra features, guess i was wrong. thx for that, anyway, i tried ushop on localhost and it refused to install....so the only new thing that vbux & ushop bring to the table is points?

[Zia]

Ziki is working on an alternative. Looks real promising too.

any idea ? any url to know the details....

[rjmjr69]

Its at his website you can find the url in his profile.

[MortysTW]

oh, i was under the impression that in order to get a donations system going, i would need vbux, and the points and stuff was extra features, guess i was wrong. thx for that, anyway, i tried ushop on localhost and it refused to install....so the only new thing that vbux & ushop bring to the table is points?

Correct. As I mentioned, vBulletin, the default installation, I know its in all the 3.6.xx's versions, has a subscription system. And basically its a subscription to a "member group". You set the time period as long or as short as you want it. I have a PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP where you get unlimited game plays in my arcade. Where vbPlaza would of came in handy for me, is that I also have a merchandise page I had to build from scratch with PayPal's individually price/buy now buttons for all my Merch. With vbPlaza, I could of had a Merch page that people could make purchase's via points/money and it would of been easier to create the page in the first place.

vBux/vPlaza are just a kickass way of mixing money and/or points into a website to allow your users to "work for what they want". They get points for posting, downloading, replying, farting, etc. etc. Then you as the webmaster decide what the points go towards. With the vBux you can mix actual money into the mix where people can purchase points and cash out on points too. Or they can buy things from your merchandise page with their points and YOU can can cash in on those points and get your money. vBux is a sweet little way to make "points = money".

This was a crappy explanation and there are much better details that could have been given. But this is the general idea. The subscription system is sweet because there are various type online money companies like PayPal, etc. that your users can pay YOU with. Being that you have accounts with all those various money companies. Otherwise, if all you want is PayPal, forget all this crap and just go to PayPal.com when you are logged into PayPal and do a search for DONATION. They have pre-built Donation Buttons that you just copy/paste the html that's created specifically for YOUR ACCOUNT and then you have PayPal donation button on your site and no complications at all.