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)!
Compatibility with 3.6.x versions:
This addon will work with 3.6.x but the admin cp phrase links will appear broken. Users of 3.6.x versions will need to manually search for the phrases to customize.
Updates:
- 12/24/2008 - Minor bug fix to support table prefixes
- 08/26/2008 - Minor bug fix to change expired subscription message.
- 06/12/2008 - Update recent subscriber feature
- 06/06/2008 - Update to fix urls to relative path
- 06/05/2008 - Update to resolve bug with date format and multiple subscriptions
Credit goes to tspore for providing the original idea for this addon.
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I want to use this but my user cp doesn't have $header in it, can you tell me where to enter $submessage please?
As explained in the install file, the user cp template should be modified to include this variable at or near the top. Where exactly is a function of where you want it go show up.
You would need to modify the xml file adding a new plugin for the hook newthread_start. You can more or less copy the plugin for forumhome_start to accomplish this.
An updated version has been released. This version provides access to one variable in the phrases. An update is not required unless you wish to access this variable.
As explained in the install file, the user cp template should be modified to include this variable at or near the top. Where exactly is a function of where you want it go show up.
Yes, what it says in the install file is place it under $header - what i said was i don't have $header in my user cp file, so where should i enter it.
Sorry i wasn't clear that i WAS following the instructions of the install file.
Yes, what it says in the install file is place it under $header - what i said was i don't have $header in my user cp file, so where should i enter it.
Sorry i wasn't clear that i WAS following the instructions of the install file.
No, it says to place it in under $header in the forumhome template and at the TOP of the file in user cp. But again, you put it where you want it to show up... at top, the bottom, anywhere you like.
As a side note, I've rewritten this step in the install file to make it easier to understand when just glancing through the step.
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05-20-2008, 01:58 AM
