Subscriptions page mod...

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I posted this over on vBulletin.com and was told that it was not possible to do... but upon further thought I think there is a way to do it thier way on the backend, but have the frontend (that the user sees) be alot simpler.

Here's my old post:

Basically, I'm trying to setup the subscriptions system on my site.

I love the idea that I can set it up so that users can subscribe to my site either by a "monthly" or "yearly" rate, and that I can set this to "one-time" or "recurring". However, according to the manual I have to set a specific amount for each type, but I would rather allow people to pay as much as they want (with say a $1 minimum for a monthly account, or whatever).

In otehr words, If I was to setup a subscription that is for "1 month" and "one-time" payment, I want them to be able to pay any amount they want for that month. (ie: choose the amount from a dropdown box)

As it is right now I can setup like 50 options where they can donate $1, $2, $3, $4, etc etc for each type (That's like 50 X 4 (200) payment options i'd have to setup.) and have them choose one, but that is a crappy way to do it. It will be one LOOONG list on the payments.php page, and no one will want to use it.
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there's got to be an easier way... anyone??

Now... as I said... upon further thought... I would be willing to setup those 200+ subscription options, and then add a page (a template or something) to organize it into a *nice* looking frontend.

Then once they choose say for example from the "1 month", "non-recurring" "plan a" box the "$4" choice, they are taken to the subscription page for that specific one (of the 200+, they only see 4 options with dropdowns before going to the next page).

Anyone know how I could do something like this? I'm kind of new to vB, but I know there is a hack for adding template pages... but how would I use/add globals, and pull variables so that I could list subscription types that are pre-defined in the admin panel in the dropdowns??

I hope I didn't confuse everyone... haha.
THANK YOU!

EDIT:
Darn, ok I added a second post with more details, and it deleted it as a "double post"... grrr...

Here's what I had added:

I'd like to make my own page (using one of the add a page mods), and link to it in the navbar. On this page will be something like this page: http://yourdomain.tld/payments.php (but not inside the user CP). I would customize this page with my packages and the features they get for each one, etc, etc... then have some dropdown boxes for the duration, wheather it's re-occuring or not, and the price they want to pay.

THEN once they choose the options they want, it'll go and pass the appropriate info to the http://yourdomain.tld/payments.php?do=order page where they can pay for thier subscription.

Again, I realize i'd have to setup all possible combinations in the adminCP and that's o-k.