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

vB 4 beta version: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=241224

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.

[vitrag24]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...6&d=1211241423
this notification is for all members or only for paid subscribers?

how this mod decide paid subscribers? as i've created 2 new usergroup for paid subscribers and also vb promotion system for same usergroup on certain posts..
will this mod show notice to all or only paid subscriber of that usergroup?

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One mopre question:
if one paid subscription is monthly based and other is 6monthly and annualy, and i keep 30days reminder on then will it show reminder to all subscribers including monthly or only to 6 monthly and annual subscribers?

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Bug:

--It's showing message of expiry to subscribers whose subscription is disabled.

--It's showing 24hours expiry message to users whose subscriptions is expired.
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One suggestion when u update mod:

-- one more option for users, whose subscription has been expired,not renewed will see message your sub scription has been expired click here to purchase again.

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[vitrag24]

check my last post..
updated..some bugs and suggestions.

[Ted S]

It's hard to follow your post but I'll try to respond best I can...

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attac...6&d=1211241423
this notification is for all members or only for paid subscribers?

This message is for people not yet subscribing.

how this mod decide paid subscribers?

It looks at data in the subscription table. Usergroups are not relevant to this process.

if one paid subscription is monthly based and other is 6monthly and annualy, and i keep 30days reminder on then will it show reminder to all subscribers including monthly or only to 6 monthly and annual subscribers?

The mod looks for the newest subscription but really isn't meant for sites offering different levels that people would want to sign up for actively at the same time.

One suggestion when u update mod:

This message already exists in the modification and can be enabled through your ACP.

It's showing message of expiry to subscribers whose subscription is disabled.

If someone has an active or inactive subscription it finds it; if you've changed their usergroup to get them to not be "enabled" it will still show the messages. This mod queries based on data from the subscriptions table.

It's showing 24hours expiry message to users whose subscriptions is expired.

Please provide an example from your expiration database.

[SVTCobraLTD]

Any chance of this being updated to resolve the problem listed below?

Originally Posted by Ted S

Good question Jason. At this point the messages show up until they are no longer relevant (i.e. the next one takes over). I'll likely add something to let the user close them down soon.

I think the hack is a great idea and has great potentional.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by SVTCobraLTD

Any chance of this being updated to resolve the problem listed below?

I wouldn't call this a problem (the hack works it just keeps showing up) but it's something I still plan to address... I'm still trying to think of the best way to do it without adding a query.

Any other suggestions/ requests for the next version?

[infernow]

Thanks this will be usefull

[Sal Collaziano]

For some reason, this didn't work for me. It only displayed the message showing the last 5 subscribers who signed up for two specific levels. I have several different support usergroups and I need all the latest subscribers to appear here. If there's a way to edit which groups appear (preferrably, all of them), let me know.

[Mathew7000]

ever think about adding a "recently subscribed users" box down near the "currently active users" area on the forum home? like something everyone can see, just like seeing whos online on the forum home...Just a thought

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Sal Collaziano

For some reason, this didn't work for me. It only displayed the message showing the last 5 subscribers who signed up for two specific levels. I have several different support usergroups and I need all the latest subscribers to appear here. If there's a way to edit which groups appear (preferrably, all of them), let me know.

Usergroups are not involved in this addon what so ever. All that matters is if the person appears in the Paid Membership database. Are you using that to manage your subscriptions?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Mathew7000

ever think about adding a "recently subscribed users" box down near the "currently active users" area on the forum home? like something everyone can see, just like seeing whos online on the forum home...Just a thought

Interesting idea and something I could spin out into a different addon for sure. Any other interest?