Cool. :)

I tested it, and it works, now I just have to think on how to make the templates look.

Here is what I have thus far.

Can't wait :-D

Hmm, I am so stumped on how I want it to look on user end, specially the first subscription page.

Atleast it is working, tested it on my page. As soon as I can get it in my mind how I want client side to look it will be out (the upgrade)

hi just installed this and it works just as you say - sweet :)

I have a few suggestions however:

1) Ability for users to choose the subscription amount
2) Ability to make it a one-time payment
3) Ability for users to cancel their subscription from within vbulletin
4) Send user a PM each time their subscription renews

I don't know if these are possible but be good if they were - especially as I am thinking that its gonna take Jelsoft a decade to do their PayPal rewrite. They say they will do it for v3.1 yet they are still only on 3.0.1 so er mayb a decade is too soon ... who knows !!!

Anyways, thanks for this excellent hack.

Glad you like :)

As for list

1, hmm not sure how I like that idea
2, you can do this in admin cp, just do not click reoccur
3, I do not think this is possible , they have to via paypal or you do
4, Very possible and easy to do, may add it in I like idea.

you right I did skip this step, I modified it but I still cant get the members group to change plus they users dont show up in the subscription page. Any ideas what it could be?

Are you trying with your own accounts? If so are they both active, due to if one is pending it will not change their group, until such time as it is confirmed.

No I'm trying with my girlfriends account which is active. Shouldn't it show active users even without your hack? I have 2 VB boards and same issue on both.

Hmm that is odd, mine working fine, moves me up and everything on subscriptions.

Both boards using my hack?

You can do it by creating a cancellation link to PayPal, but you'd need to store PayPal's subscription ID in the database. The cancellation link's made using the subscription ID. ;)

Yes and they would still have to log in :) so hence doing it themselves.

Yes, but they aren't having to look through there history to find the subscriptio nthey're wanting to cancel. If you make the link, which most site's I've seen do (at least where I've purchased subscriptions), it's a lot easier and more user-friendly for the end-user.

It's a matter of convenience for the end-user more than anything. ;)

Hmm, I do not see where it would be hard then..... I will look into it when I have time.

Sure, no rush.. It's not really a neccessity, but would be something that the memebers would appreciate having I'm sure. I know it's something I like to see myself when I purchase reocurring subs from a site. I don't have to dig through all the stuff at PayPal to find it if and when the time comes to cancel it.

I found a bug:

I'm running 3.0.1, and found the following that should be updated:

for includes/functions_subscriptions.php, in your text, there is:
in my vb 3.0.1, there is:
I installed it fine, just thought I'd let you know :)

That's not a bug, just something that's changed from v3.0.0 to v3.0.1 is all. The only difference that'll make is if you've renamed your index.php to something else and it's not a DirectoryIndex file. i'm assuming the author's using v3.0.0 when he made this. ;)

i know it's not a bug, but novice users would be confused with this, so I thought I'd update it :)

Absolutely brilliant hack! Thank you very much for sharing. If this works out well, I'll be sure to donate $ to your paypal account. Do you have a paypal account?

*Install*

I have a yearly membership system. Can this be setup to make yearly transactions?

This looks like a great hack. Thanks.

Yes if they read down the thread, I think making two instructions would be more confusing.


Yes just pick one year, those who subscribe after you set it up will be reoccuring :)

what about all the members who are already subscribed?

This will not effect them until next time they subscribe.

any query i can run to make them already have the auto subscribe option?

No due to that is all paypal side, when they paid they agreed with paypal one time.

Now with this they are agreeing to reoccuring. So next time they subscribe, it is all set.

Thank you very much for this hack!

Can you say how your testing with offering an initial payment & reoccuring subscription payments is coming along?

BTW, just because you would know and getting a question answered at vb.com is like waiting for the icecap to thaw...in the SM, there appear to be options for currencies:

Could anyone tell me whether I can enter payments in all three currencies? Or do you choose one? (Say, either dollars or pounds?) To accept all three currencies is there any back-ending that I need to implement at Paypal?

Thanks again for sharing your work.

As for types of currencie I can only assume it would work, I have never used them so there I am at a loss, but from what I have 'seen' I would say they would be ok.

As for my initial it is doing a hit or miss, and with my gallery taking up more time I have yet to fine tune it.

But I can assure that hack to do an initial will be out soon :)

The new one I am working on is almost done, that will allow for you to choose an initial payment and a dif reoccurring :)

It is working, just a bit of work to do on the look

slightly off topic:

any way to make the system move the user from the paid usergroup back to the standard one as my vb3 doesnt do that mate

It should do it in the cron job, due to it sets how long it is active for....

Any progress on the new version?

It is all done cept the look, I have been putting most my time into the gallery I sell, seems it is becoming a hot item.

But I hope to finish up the new version of this hack this week. Although it will be released in a seperate thread due to it does more then some may need...

Please let me know when the new version is posted. ;)

i like this hack very much and have installed it but i would like to know if its possible in the next vers or if this is a paypal issue... but i offer access to a download seection and if they cancel their subscriptionafter one day they get what they downloaded and ended up not paying.. so is it possible to get the payments prorated upon cancelling subscription???

Great Hack BTW

I would like to know also, I m running VB3.0.1 and would like to have a yearly subscription to allow into a forum for viewing content they paid for, ALSO is it possable to EDIT the USER that paid for the subscription to be able to UPLOAD attachments, like they pay and they can add attchments now.

just set it up in the ACP ....
ACP >Forums and Moderators > Forum Permissions> Forum X(insert your forum here)> Usergroup X(insert the your usergroup here) > Edit > Post Permissions > Can Upload Attachments [x] Yes [ ]No

and save :classic:

EDIT: almost forgot ... goto your subscription manager and make sure you check off on the right by the usergroups the name of the usergroup you want to have access to that section... as well as setting the forums that they have access to ;)

^ Correct.

As for if they cancle well sadly if they buy then download and cancle there is little you can do but be happy you got the first payment.

Myself I use a first time payment on my site (price of software) then a reoccuring yearly (for updates on said software)

if they cancel after a day does it refund them the money?

Nope. Say they sign up for a monthly sub at $5 per month.

You get their first $5 payment, then they cancel the subscription. You still get to keep their first payment and they don't get any refunds unless they try to request a refund from paypal.

Then since their sub has been cancelled, after their first month of use is up, they go back to the registered group.

I offer subscriptions based on daily, weekly, monthly and yearly rates.
Daily - $4, Weekly - $21, Monthly - $60 & Yearly - $365
Now while the amounts may be excessive for your sites, look at the structure. It increases the daily cost for the shorter terms. If you're getting a lot of cancellations after the first subscription, this may be a good idea for you to use.