Pig's Subscription Gift

Description

Allows users to pay for a paid subscription for another user.

• Five plugins
• One new template
• Three new phrases
• Three template edits

Installation

• Install the product XML through the product manager.
  
• Edit template 'subscription' in 'Paid Subscriptions Templates'.
  
  Find:
  

  <if condition="$show['activesubscriptions']">

  Insert before that, this code:
  

  $giftbits

  Find:
  

  <input type="hidden" name="do" value="order" />

  Insert after that, this code:
  

  <if condition="$giftuser != null">
  <input type="hidden" name="gift" value="$giftuser[userid]" />
  </if>

• This step may be altered according to taste. I chose to insert the link that userA would click to pay for userB into userB's profile, i.e. MEMBERINFO, but it could just as easily be put in 'postbit'. Anyway...
  
  Edit template 'MEMBERINFO' in 'Member Info Templates'.
  
  Find:
  

  	<td class="vbmenu_control">
  		<if condition="$show['addbuddylist']">

  Add before that, this code:
  

  	<td class="vbmenu_control">
          <a href="payments.php?$session[sessionurl]gift=true&userid=$userinfo[userid]"><phrase 1="$userinfo[username]">$vbphrase[buy_x_a_sub]</phrase></a>
          </td>

And you're done.

Notes

• Active subscriptions are never shown on the paid subscriptions page, either for the donor or the recipient, when visiting the paid subscriptions page through the gift subscription link.
• The identity of the donor is not revealed to the recipient. An admin will have to check out the payment info if the recipient wants to know who gave them the subscription.

Screenshots

• screen1.png: Member profile page containing link to subscription gift page
• screen2.png: Subscription page showing that the user is about to pay for someone else

[VbStudent1]

Just installed this on 3.6.2. No problems, everything seems fine. Nice Job.

[CSS59]

anyone running it on 3.6.4?

[Cyn]

We're running it on 3.6.4 All is fine.

[Caerydd]

I'm trying this out too, hoping someone will pick it up and maintain long term though ^^ I can't believe this isn't standard in vB.

[Caerydd]

Installed and running fine on 3.6.4, and confirmed to work by our users.

[Mysticales]

Hey side question.. is there a way to ENSURE that gift subscriptions do not "Auto Renew"? I mean I know I could make a new set of options.... however that would allow everyone to select a subscription that doesnt auto renew. I just want it to ensure users who buy a gift sub do not get auto renewed for giving a gift. Is there a way to check for that and have forums tell paypal not to setup auto renews for gift sub purchases without setting up or disabling auto renew on vb admincp paid subscription settings?

[mandy71480]

When I told my members our board was going paid they screamed for this feature! It installed beautifully and seems to be working fine! Thank you so much! :up:

[Merriweather]

Easy install, works perfectly. This is excellent! Thank you.

[Endurer]

Where are the files?

[Endurer]

Sorry but where is the XML file?