DISCUSSION - 2 tier membership system (paid members!).

[huss]

Originally posted by dgessler
huss,

Did you hire a programmer to make the little system? How did you get ahold of something like that?

Dan

We wrote it from scratch. Frist it checks if you are subbed. If not you can go thru sub checkout. That connects to 2checkout recurring biling. Then your usergroup and your styleset are chnaged. Then you see the site in the new style and the usergroup gives you access to ce3rtain forums. The styleset has all the features like forumjump and no ads that the default set doesn't.

[huss]

Originally posted by thirdwatch430
I'll probably going to be having a donation membership option to get free stuff, don't know if it will be monthly or just a one time small donation. I am going to use the template modification where for ads for non contributing members. Sounds easy to integrate and I'll be giving away more things.

/we started with donations. the response was so high we decided to make it a legit program. when we launched 2 tiers, all the donaters got upgrade credit. the recurring billing is the key to long term success imho.

[thirdwatch430]

huss: yeah i agree, however I am just testing it out and if I get a good response will develop the program further. Except I have no clue where to start developing a script so hopefully by then one will be released.

[huss]

I need a lil hacker help.

In showthread, I wanna check a user's usergroup, and if it is say 6 (i.e premium member) print 'xyz' by their name.

Help?

[grb123]

Originally posted by huss
In showthread, I wanna check a user's usergroup, and if it is say 6 (i.e premium member) print 'xyz' by their name.

In admin/functions.php under Start buildpostbit add:

// Premium Members
if ($post[usergroupid]==6)
$premiummember = 'xyz';
else
$premiummember = "";
// End Premium Members

Then in your postbit template where you want the xyz to appear add:

$premiummember

[gengar003]

Hmmm... how about, plain and simple, create a special usergroup for donators, and when they're put in it, they get to use custom styles and template sets, whereas non-contributing members get the basic Vbulletin look? Probly would only need a simple hack to prevent the changing of styles if they're not in the usergroup...

[caislander]

Guys,

This looks like an awesome hack, we would certinaly be interested, has it been released, or is it available for purchase. I read the whole thread but didn't see that anything was released by wluke did I miss something

[Neo]

I have a system in the works. If anyone wants the system faster they can contact me at twilightstar0@hotmail.com for information.

[pgowder]

Can you tell us more about your system?

[Neo]

not on vb.org

once I have it somewhat done I will post info about it.