LMS- License Management System

[Deaths]

I'm thinking of creating a LMS - License Management System hack.
It will probably be coded as a stand alone hack (well, still integrated with vB), but with the posibility to integrate it into my Members' Area hack.

This hack would basicly allow you (the admin) to give members a kind of license.

For example, you run a site which sells vBulletin skins, and you have vBMA installed.
Someone buys a skin at your site, and you then give permition to that user to use the Members' Area.

Now, with this hack, you can than give that member a "License", which will specify:
The user's license ID, the product purchased, and optionally the duration of the license, and maybe some more stuff.

This would be a lot easyer for the both the admin and the user...

Question is, would you guys like this hack?

[deathemperor]

your question could never be answered correctly, it's just you release it and they use, if I say I like this hack or so do 10 other guys but that doesn't matter, not all of the hack-finders know this thread.

So just release it.

[Deaths]

It's a question whether anyone would be interested, if so I will code it and release it, if not it's just wasted time to code it, so i won't...

[ManagerJosh]

It's a question whether anyone would be interested, if so I will code it and release it, if not it's just wasted time to code it, so i won't...
I think it was your Members Hack. Might be wrong.

[Deaths]

I don't quite get your post, could you maybe specify what you are trying to say?

[Dark_Wizard]

Personally I wouldn't release anymore hacks if I were you unless you really do code them yourself.

Your vBMA hack (which has been pulled from this site) is a complete rip of my vBug Tracker in every file and line for line with only some minor changes to reflect your table change to make it appear as your own.

Alot of people here work hard to provide the community with more flexibility in how they conduct their sites as well as provide their users with more features. People like you should not belong in this community when you rip other peoples hard work and call it your own.

And to answer your PM, NO, you may not provide me credit and still release your hack!

[Deaths]

As I told the brad.loo, I started coding this hack around september, and I used one of the hacks on this site to get me started.
Back then, it was still a private project, designed for my own personal use.
Throughout the year, though, after working on it for a couple of months, I desided to release it for the public.
I couldn't remember which hack I used for mine, so I just released it, expecting a PM from the author of the original hack.

I release it in the evening, wake up in the morning and the hack is removed.
I can understand your anger, but please be reasonable.

We'll continue this convo by PM, as I don't want my threads to go off-topic.

PS I coded the actual members' area (not the ticket system) myself, without using even the slightest bit of anyone's code.

[Dark_Wizard]

I can understand your anger, but please be reasonable.


How can I be reasonable? Everything is identical, the installer, the admin file, the functions file and your sticket.php file as well....please stop PM'ing me to release it as the answer is no and will remain that way.

[Deaths]

As I said, the Members' Area, a.k.a. user area is completely coded by me.

As I said, we'll let it rest.

[sabret00the]

once again i missed all the drama :o

deaths i think your best bet is to rebuild your hack from scratch without DW's code. once you do that then you can start thinking about making new hacks which plug into whatever.

[eva01_]

*ignores the stupid 5 year old hissy fit that people are having*

i would like the idea

[Deaths]

once again i missed all the drama :o

deaths i think your best bet is to rebuild your hack from scratch without DW's code. once you do that then you can start thinking about making new hacks which plug into whatever.
Yes, I will. I'm not giving up all the time I spent coding the members area part, heh.

[Paul M]

I couldn't remember which hack I used for mine, so I just released it, expecting a PM from the author of the original hack.That seems a pretty poor excuse - surely you could have spent a few minutes searching. If you really believed that the author would just shrug their shoulders and PM you after you ripped of their work then you are very naive.

[Deaths]

I did search, but I didn't get any results, because I was searching for a ticket system.

As I said before, please do not spam my threads with this discusion, if you wish to talk about this, PM me.

[sabret00the]

Yes, I will. I'm not giving up all the time I spent coding the members area part, heh.
good luck on both getting vBMA and VLMS finished in original code :)

[Deaths]

Thank you :)

[deathemperor]

It's a question whether anyone would be interested, if so I will code it and release it, if not it's just wasted time to code it, so i won't...
do you want to be John ? he wasted his time on coding v3 arcade and now it had 1200+ installs, he never asked it here

[mikaelweb]

LMS- License Management System when is this ready to use mate

[Gary King]

Hack sounds good; what have you got so far? (in coding, or psuedo-code, or whatever in particular)

[Deaths]

I've basicly coded the database and ACP part, now I've got to code the "GUI", the part where the user can actually look at their licenses.

@michaelweb: I have no idea, but I hope ASAP

[mikaelweb]

i hope it will be soon :) ide of this hack is Great
is it harde to mod whit products page to like http://www.vbadvanced.com/products.php? have

[Dark_Wizard]

i hope it will be soon :) ide of this hack is Great
is it harde to mod whit products page to like http://www.vbadvanced.com/products.php? have

You may want to look at PHPAudit (http://www.phpaudit.com) and talk to me about a plugin that I built and works with vBulletin, it's a complete license system and manages users, provides them a link to upgrade their forum status once payment is received etc.... PHPAudit has version 2.0 on it's way to beta testing and I am one of the testers and will be writing plugins for vBulletin to further enhance the product.

[mikaelweb]

when can this plugin be ready to use then ??You may want to look at PHPAudit (http://www.phpaudit.com) and talk to me about a plugin that I built and works with vBulletin, it's a complete license system and manages users, provides them a link to upgrade their forum status once payment is received etc.... PHPAudit has version 2.0 on it's way to beta testing and I am one of the testers and will be writing plugins for vBulletin to further enhance the product.

[Dark_Wizard]

when can this plugin be ready to use then ??

I already have one designed for phpaudit version 1.1.2 but no installer yet. Version 2.0 is very close so how long can you wait?

[mikaelweb]

as long it takes mate

[Deaths]

The license for PHPaudit is 100$, how are you going to release a free version of it?

[Dark_Wizard]

The license for PHPaudit is 100$, how are you going to release a free version of it?

Where was that stated? Please elaborate....

[Deaths]

You said you are going to create a hack which will make use of that system.

Now, there are 2 options when you say that;
1.- You will get the source of PHPaudit, and code a complete addon
2.- You will code your hack sothat PHPaudit can be integrated in vB

In case 1, you would need permition from the author, and he'll probably want money for it.
In case 2, the user would have to buy PHPaudit himself, which will cost him money aswell.

So, I ask again, how are you going to release a free version?

[Dark_Wizard]

You said you are going to create a hack which will make use of that system.

Now, there are 2 options when you say that;
1.- You will get the source of PHPaudit, and code a complete addon
2.- You will code your hack sothat PHPaudit can be integrated in vB

In case 1, you would need permition from the author, and he'll probably want money for it.
In case 2, the user would have to buy PHPaudit himself, which will cost him money aswell.

So, I ask again, how are you going to release a free version?

Well you obviously assumed wrong and never added a 3rd option as I never specified my hack was for free. mikaelweb has seen my hack both backend and front end and also knows this will cost money on both parts but when it comes to protecting your intellectual property this system definitely works.

[mikaelweb]

hmm still cost of this system will be like $100 PHPaudit and cost of you hack if it will cost money

[Deaths]

Well you obviously assumed wrong and never added a 3rd option as I never specified my hack was for free. mikaelweb has seen my hack both backend and front end and also knows this will cost money on both parts but when it comes to protecting your intellectual property this system definitely works.
I was talking about a FREE modification, and I assumed yours was free aswell, because the only reason why someone would want to hijack someone else's thread, is when that person competes to the other.
Clearly, this isnt the case, as your hack will cost money.

[eva01_]

wow you two fight more than a married couple >_>

[cinq]

Yeah, instead of fighting, how about both of you each come up with a free great download hack which I can install and use on my site ? :D:D

[Deaths]

Heh, it's just a friendly discussion :p.

And he hijacked my thread, it's not the other way around.

[south park tune]Blame Dark_Wizaaard, blame Dark_Wizaaaard[/south park tune]

Heh ^^

[Creed]

I would like to see this released soon as well :)

[Deaths]

I will have 2 weeks off around easter, I'll try to finish it then.

Not making any promises though, heh.

[lasto]

Death aint getting at you but you said that on March 4 when u was going on holiday and ive just read your oher thread about the postbit hack and u are currently doing that as a private job now - yet u asked us the same question in that other thread,that you asked here - `Do we want it` and we reply yes then you say `err ok will work on it when get some time `
TBH id be surprised if any of these 2 hacks see the light of day.

[Gary King]

Death aint getting at you but you said that on March 4 when u was going on holiday and ive just read your oher thread about the postbit hack and u are currently doing that as a private job now - yet u asked us the same question in that other thread,that you asked here - `Do we want it` and we reply yes then you say `err ok will work on it when get some time `
TBH id be surprised if any of these 2 hacks see the light of day.
Me too.

[Deaths]

Right after I got back from holliday I got a nice offer from a friend of mine, to start a site together with him.
That is currently my priority, and for that site I am coding the hack right now.(the postbit one)

This hack (LMS) will be released, thats a promise.
However, I cannot yet tell when.

[paulfletcher]

I would be interested in this as well.

[akanevsky]

I wouldn't be interested in this, because there are already mature products available that do the job perfectly.

[Allan]

I wouldn't be interested in this, because there are already mature products available that do the job perfectly.

Me too.