Miscellaneous Hacks - Subscription Notifications -- Drive paid subscriptions & renewals

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 (optional)

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)!

[Bat21]

Does this work with vB 4.2.2?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Bat21

Does this work with vB 4.2.2?

It should work with any 4.x version.

[iraqiboy90]

Show Expired Paid Subscription Notification

I want this to be shown for a certain period, not forever.

I tried modifying this code, but it just didnt do any change:

PHP Code:

if ($vbulletin->options['subexp_exp'] && $sub_expires < (TIMENOW)){ $sub_when=1; $sub_phrase = '1'; } // already expired 


to

PHP Code:

if ($vbulletin->options['subexp_exp'] && $sub_expires < (TIMENOW +  (86400 * -5))){ $sub_when=1; $sub_phrase = '1'; } // already expired 


[Ted S]

Your formula just delays the start.

[iraqiboy90]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Your formula just delays the start.

Then how would I be doing it?

[Ted S]

I believe there's a subforum for coding help in the vB4 section of this site.

[DemOnstar]

I use this, it works well.

Do I understand correctly that a user cannot get a notification if they subscribe to a forum?
Just a thread?

Thanks.

[iraqiboy90]

Originally Posted by DemOnstar

I use this, it works well.

Do I understand correctly that a user cannot get a notification if they subscribe to a forum?
Just a thread?

Thanks.

Forum subscription gives you notification on new threads, I assume.
Thread subscription gives you notification on new posts.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by DemOnstar

I use this, it works well.

Do I understand correctly that a user cannot get a notification if they subscribe to a forum?
Just a thread?

Thanks.

The addon keys off of paid subscription status. Nothing else will change how it displays or does not display.