Version: 1.00, by insanctus
Developer Last Online: May 2006
Version: 3.0.0
Rating:
Released: 05-06-2004
Last Update: 03-22-2005
Installs: 109
No support by the author.
What this does (added in first post)
With the current vbulletin subscription set up, it only charges your members one time. So if you have a pay based site, or forum area they have to keep subscribing, and causing them to waste time and effort (and maybe you lose money)
What this does, is give you the option if you want one time payment (standard vb) or reoccurring payment.
When you choose reoccurring the script has them sign up for a reoccurring payment, as paypal sends you confirmation each time you get a subscription payment, your system will now update their access time.
This will save your members from having to resign up all the time and hopefully save you some money
For instance, say you have a paying member?s only area, and you want them to have to pay $10 a month.
With this you can charge per month and it handles all the charges, and every month they send another payment automatically your script gets updated and sets their new expiration.
This has been asked for many times and IMO should have been in to begin with.
Enjoy and I will help as I can.
Note from the new supporter: This hack is now being actively supported again. I have updated the install instructions to work for version 3.0.7, and we can now begin to work out any existing bugs. This code is still raw and has not been tested extensively due to the difficult nature of testing paypal transactions.
We've had some time to test all of our subscriptions.
Here's an update from my earlier message today.
1. All of our regular non-recurring subscriptions work fine - everyone gets their account updated a.o.k.
2. None of the recurring subscriptions get their accounts updated.
It sure looks like this is an issue with the mod since standard subs work like a charm.
Comments anyone?
Are you using IPN or are you using the notify url? I don't think this hack works if you haven't set up IPN.
Have you followed all of the hack's directions? You may have missed the file changes to paypal.php. If you did, it won't recognize the new IPN variables.
I am not using 3.0.3 and can't test on that platform.
Are you using IPN or are you using the notify url? I don't think this hack works if you haven't set up IPN.
Have you followed all of the hack's directions? You may have missed the file changes to paypal.php. If you did, it won't recognize the new IPN variables.
I am not using 3.0.3 and can't test on that platform.
Yes, we are using IPN. Checked and double-checked the install files - including paypal.php.
Strange indeed. This underscores the weakness of the current vbulletin software with all the variations between the different versions.
I hope 3.5 will get us to some kind of mod stability.
Hey! I'm interested in this hack but I'd like to know first if it will allow me to set up a free period of say 90days and then begin charging the appropriate fee from that point on?
If not, anyone know of any hacks that will allow that?
I noticed after I posted my reply/question that insanctus, in a later post, indicated s/he (gender unknown to me, sorry), had actually coded that option but had not decided how it should look so had not released it yet.
I'm wondering now if s/he has since released it and I haven't found it yet? If not, would Insanctus please release what s/he has and let us worry about how it looks to our end users? Perhaps one of us can make suggestions after we see it in action?
well, hmph! we need this option rather quickly.... I was hoping he (thank you for that would be willing to supply it. Would it be a difficult hack do you think? Do you know anyone willing to code it? (Hint, hint, "wink, wink, nudge, nudge, know what ah mean, guvnor?")
Romeos, as I said before, that could be the problem with the stock vbulletin subscriptions. I have had problems with those ever since vbulletin 3 was in beta.
Make sure the paypalrecurring subscription was set up and make sure you made the changes to the paypal.php file. If you did the paypal.php changes, you are probably seeing the same problem many of us see with subscriptions in general.
This script works perfect on 3.0.6 so its a change from .6 to .7
Im using it for hundreds of subs on a .6 board and it won't work on my .7 boards
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06-09-2005, 09:08 PM
would be willing to supply it. Would it be a difficult hack do you think? Do you know anyone willing to code it? (Hint, hint, "wink, wink, nudge, nudge, know what ah mean, guvnor?")
