Subscription Notifications -- Drive paid subscriptions & renewals

[Ted S]

Paid Subscriptions are a means of driving revenue for thousands of forums but what do you do when a subscription is about to expire? On most forums, if the subscription does not recur automatically, users lose their status and only if they notice a change in benefits do they think to renew. By proactively informing users of their subscription expiration you can help increase paid subscription renewal rates and decrease support inquiries from subscribers.

Notifications Options & Customizations:

The Subscription Notifications System can appear on your Forum Home and/or User CP pages and can display the following messages:

Expired Alert
24 Hour Alert
48 Hour Alert
7 Day Alert
1 Month Alert
Long Term Membership
No Membership

All of these messages can be configured using phrases and customized with HTML code to meet your forum's needs.

Each message is enabled/ disabled through your vB control panel with a link provided to modify the message contents using the phrase system.

Modifications/ Instructions:
Template edits: 1-2
Plugins: 1 (adds 1 template and several phrases & settings)
SQL Queries Added: 1-2

This addon should take under 5 minutes to implement and customize. Note: Minor template modifications are required for this addon to show up (see instructions file for more details)!

[buileminh]

Sounds good. Anyone tried yet?

[Ted S]

Sounds good. Anyone tried yet?

This is an active mod-on from the 3.7 series. See this post for past comments.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=179864

[CAMS]

how do i show the number of current subscribers?

tryed to make an old simple hack to work to show the numbers but cant work it out...

heres the code i have... any help would be great?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<plugins>
<plugin active="1" product="vbulletin">
<title>Subscriber Count</title>
<hookname>global_start</hookname>
<phpcode><query_read("SELECT * FROM subscriptionlog WHERE status = 1");
$totalsub = mysql_num_rows($query1);]]></phpcode>
</plugin>
</plugins>

[Ted S]

how do i show the number of current subscribers?

tryed to make an old simple hack to work to show the numbers but cant work it out...

heres the code i have... any help would be great?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<plugins>
<plugin active="1" product="vbulletin">
<title>Subscriber Count</title>
<hookname>global_start</hookname>
<phpcode><query_read("SELECT * FROM subscriptionlog WHERE status = 1");
$totalsub = mysql_num_rows($query1);]]></phpcode>
</plugin>
</plugins>

This thread is for the support of the Subscription Notification system.

Please direct your code question to the appropriate programming sub-forum where you'll find many more programmers available to help you. Thank you.

[Deyth]

How do I get the $submessage to work in other templates?

[Ted S]

How do I get the $submessage to work in other templates?

You would need to add the query from the system to additional hooks to be able to use the variable. If you have a few pages in mind I can get you started with some code.

[Deyth]

You would need to add the query from the system to additional hooks to be able to use the variable. If you have a few pages in mind I can get you started with some code.
Forum view (thread list), thread view, and search results.

[takerman]

Hi,

I installed the mods and I would like to know why it displays the date on subcription that expired ?

Your subscription expire on 01/12/2009! (12 January 2009)

Thx you for your reply.

[Ted S]

Hi,

I installed the mods and I would like to know why it displays the date on subcription that expired ?

Your subscription expire on 01/12/2009! (12 January 2009)

Thx you for your reply.

Because that's one of the options... You can disable the entire display for this condition or edit the phrase to change what is said.

[Ophelia]

Thank you for this mod. I have it installed and it's working perfectly.

[M A T]

How to add Libertyreserve to Payment Api manager?
https://www.libertyreserve.com

[Ted S]

How to add Libertyreserve to Payment Api manager?
https://www.libertyreserve.com

That's not a question for this thread... You would need to ask in one of the programming forums or hire a programmer to help you with this.

[msu2k]

Excellent mod! I would definitely like to use this on Forumdisplay though. Most of my users bypass my ForumHome and just have an individual popular forum bookmarked. They'd miss this notice unfortunately.

[Silver_2000_)!]

What would be required to show the user name in the message

I added {username} and it doesnt work

Thanks in advance

[Ted S]

You'd need to alter the template and add it to the phrase conditional.

[Silver_2000_)!]

You'd need to alter the template and add it to the phrase conditional.
You lost me

I was just thinking reminders might be more effective if they used the users name.

Im not a programmer so Im not sure what changes to make

[marianoblesa]

Hello good

I have 2 subscriptions forum and only shows me 1 say that later lapses.

How can I do to appear both subscriptions?

Thank you.

[Ted S]

Hello good

I have 2 subscriptions forum and only shows me 1 say that later lapses.

How can I do to appear both subscriptions?

Thank you.

You would need to modify the addon to loop through the options and print them out. This would require code changes.

[marianoblesa]

uff, I would not know the code to play, someone could help me?

[Ted S]

uff, I would not know the code to play, someone could help me?

This is not a two or three line change you'll find people posting about. You would need a programmer to make some larger edits to the addon... basically take the core functionality and change how it displays out. Nothing crazy but something.

[Sam Conder]

Excellent mod! I would definitely like to use this on Forumdisplay though. Most of my users bypass my ForumHome and just have an individual popular forum bookmarked. They'd miss this notice unfortunately.

Same with me. I would like to get this working on Search, ForumDisplay, and ShowThread. Possible?

[Ted S]

Same with me. I would like to get this working on Search, ForumDisplay, and ShowThread. Possible?

Yes but this adds a query to each of those pages!

[Ted S]

Same with me. I would like to get this working on Search, ForumDisplay, and ShowThread. Possible?

Give this version a shot. But please note, it's not fully tested... remove if anything comes up.

Each of the pages can be turned on/off.

[MagicThemeParks]

Couldn't you just put $submessage into the ad location under nav and have it display on all pages that way?

[Ted S]

Couldn't you just put $submessage into the ad location under nav and have it display on all pages that way?

No. The mod is designed to only run in two places to minimize queries. You can change this of course.

[Alex@Mk3OC]

Are you planning on updating this to vb4?

[Ted S]

Yes!

[Alex@Mk3OC]

:D Just what I wanted to hear, this is such a useful mod

[Battle_Ring]

What if the user is set to recurring, will they still get this notice to renew?

[need2fart]

Great hack thank you.

[manofphat]

Can't wait to see this on vB4!

[Falcon Capt]

Hi Ted,

GREAT MOD, been using it on vB 3.8.x, will the port to vB 4.0.x be ready soon? This mod is an absolute necessity!

[Ted S]

Hi Ted,

GREAT MOD, been using it on vB 3.8.x, will the port to vB 4.0.x be ready soon? This mod is an absolute necessity!

It's been out for a few weeks.

[Falcon Capt]

Hi Ted,

GREAT MOD, been using it on vB 3.8.x, will the port to vB 4.0.x be ready soon? This mod is an absolute necessity!

It's been out for a few weeks.Oooppsss... I guess I should have searched before posting. I had searched several weeks ago and didn't see it, thanks for porting this EXCELLENT mod to vB4!

You may want to include a link to the vB4 version in the header block of this mod so if someone stumbles across it they can easily find the vB4 version of the mod.

Thanks again!

vB4 version of this mod (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=241224)

[BirdOPrey5]

I have about 20 members who sent PayPal 'donations' before I had the formal subscription system up and running so I manually put them in the 'premium users' usergroup so they can have the benefits of membership. Is there any way I can 'convert' these users to an existing subscription? Basically add their username to my annual subscription package and a date of expiration that I choose? Otherwise I will have to check a spreadsheet each week to see who expires when.

[Ted S]

I have about 20 members who sent PayPal 'donations' before I had the formal subscription system up and running so I manually put them in the 'premium users' usergroup so they can have the benefits of membership. Is there any way I can 'convert' these users to an existing subscription? Basically add their username to my annual subscription package and a date of expiration that I choose? Otherwise I will have to check a spreadsheet each week to see who expires when.

You can add subscriptions via the subscription manager and assign a date when you do so.

[BirdOPrey5]

You can add subscriptions via the subscription manager and assign a date when you do so.

The "Add new subscription" button in subscription manager allows me to add a new 'type' of subscription that someone can buy, not add a person to an existing subscription. I've played around with all the obvious places this option should be but can't find it. Have you actually done this?

Edit- Nevermind, found it under "add user" in the controls drop down box, THANKS!!

[viper357]

Ted, couple of questions if you don't mind.

Can this be made to display on vbadvanced?

If I set a reminder for 1 month, does the reminder stay there for the entire month or is the user able to disable it, or minimise it?

[Ted S]

Ted, couple of questions if you don't mind.

Can this be made to display on vbadvanced?

If I set a reminder for 1 month, does the reminder stay there for the entire month or is the user able to disable it, or minimise it?

I'm not sure how vBa runs hooks but assuming it has the right plugin location, you would just have to tweak the mod to key off of it.

In 3.8 the notice does not go away. On 4.0 it uses the notices system which can be minimized.

[cowcowcow]

Yes it works perfectly in vba.

Add "submessage" to the global settings under your vbacmps and instead of forumhome, put it under adv_portal below $navbar

[Jon12345]

I've installed this plugin and so far so good! I've got the notification bar showing below my navbar. However, there is lots of whitespace above and below it.

Is there a simple way I can reduce the amount of whitespace?

Thanks,

Jon

[Ted S]

I've installed this plugin and so far so good! I've got the notification bar showing below my navbar. However, there is lots of whitespace above and below it.

Is there a simple way I can reduce the amount of whitespace?

Thanks,

Jon

Edit the alert template through your template manager and you can remove the extra padding.

[Jon12345]

Thanks for replying. I am not sure what you mean by my template manager. Do you mean I go to Styles & Templates > Style Manager and then find an alert template there? I can't seem to find an alert template, but not sure if I am looking in the right place or not.

[Ted S]

Thanks for replying. I am not sure what you mean by my template manager. Do you mean I go to Styles & Templates > Style Manager and then find an alert template there? I can't seem to find an alert template, but not sure if I am looking in the right place or not.

Sorry, so little vB 3 activity I didn't notice you were on that version still...

You'll want to edit the welcome headers templates to change the styles / padding... Templates are located in the styles & templates area under templates, not styles.

[Jon12345]

I still can't work out where you mean. I have gone to Styles & Templates > Style Manager. Then I choose Edit Templates using the drop down box on the right. Then I expand all templates so I can see a big list. But there are none called Welcome Headers.

Am I still looking in the wrong place?

[Ted S]

I still can't work out where you mean. I have gone to Styles & Templates > Style Manager. Then I choose Edit Templates using the drop down box on the right. Then I expand all templates so I can see a big list. But there are none called Welcome Headers.

Am I still looking in the wrong place?

Right place, wrong instructions (that's a new record for me confusing myself on what mod I'm talking about)...

The templates used in this mod are:

sub_expirations
sub_recent_subscriber_bit

[Jon12345]

Thanks for following up on that. I found the code for the tables there but in fact I think its the wrong place for me to look. I want to reduce the space above and below that table rather than inside it. So perhaps its the navbar template I need to look at.