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

[TRR]

Replying to my own post:

Fixed (I think)
Changed

<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>

to:

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

The string "userinfo[userid]" wasn't working so I changed it to "post[userid]"

I need to get one of my users to gift another one to test it.

[gigolo_ant]

The available subscriptions does not show up. Any thoughts? I'm running 3.5.4

[Shaliza]

It looks like it was abandoned.

[Mysticales]

Any 3.0x version of this able? We havent had a chance to upgrade yet.

[theChronic]

In what case do people use this? Never knew people would pay for someone elses' subscription?

Very curious

[Mysticales]

Originally Posted by theChronic

In what case do people use this? Never knew people would pay for someone elses' subscription?

Very curious

Say like on our forums. http://forums.qj.net its LARGE, dedicated, mostly PSP users.

Needless to say.. "Kids" under 18. The option to buy someone else a 3$ gift.. is nothing to the 18+ users if they like the person.. thus being able to buy a membership for someone else helps. =)

[LanciaStratos]

Anyone running this on 3.6.0? I could really use this mod.

[---MAD---]

Originally Posted by LanciaStratos

Anyone running this on 3.6.0? I could really use this mod.

same.

[dsotmoon]

Originally Posted by LanciaStratos

Anyone running this on 3.6.0? I could really use this mod.

ditto

[Exitilus]

Yup. I'm running it on 3.6.0 and having no problems.