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.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by wacnstac

Any word on getting "latest subscribers" added to this?

The purpose of this addon is to notify people about the status of their subscription which is what it does. While I see some interesting value to your suggestion, it's not something I see including in this particular addon.

[csquare016]

hi, this is very nice.
do you know if it will work with 3.6?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by csquare016

hi, this is very nice.
do you know if it will work with 3.6?

It's not 3.6 tested nor do I support it with 3.6 but odds are it will work... I would encourage you to install it and see what happens.

[UK-Biker]

Installed

BUT

I would encourage "latest Subscribers" to be included to make this mod worthy of MOTM.

Great mod with loads of potential, so why not exploit it's potential ???

[regitbull]

its working perfect on 3.6.8 level 2 !!!

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by UK-Biker

Installed


BUT

I would encourage "latest Subscribers" to be included to make this mod worthy of MOTM.


Great mod with loads of potential, so why not exploit it's potential ???

Thanks for your feedback. As I mentioned before, I don't see the relation of one to the other but while i had been considering a separate hack, I'm very well aware that my opinion is not the only one that matters.

So with that in mind, for those of you who want to show the latest subscribers, where would this appear (in a message block? elsewhere?) and how would it function ideally for you.

Right now I'm thinking a list with an admin defined number of members that can be included with any of the other messages or with one for non-subscribers. Anything else you'd like to see it do?

[wacnstac]

I would love for it to be added to any template, but more specifically FORUMHOME, would be an ideal place for me. To get members to subscribe and resubscribe, they have to be able to SEE that others are subscribing as well IMHO.

[Ted S]

wacnstac, UK-Biker & others who want the recent subscriber function...

I've built out a new version of the addon which I think you'll like. Recent subscribers can be set for each/ any of the messages as can the number of subscribers shown and the date of each one's subscription. While I'm comfortable with how this works more testing and feedback would be great.

Please use the attached code on your test boards and let me know if it meets your needs. You can customize the list contents from the vBulletin options or phrase manager.

Note: You will need to enable the option for one or more messages to see it!

Second Note: For those who don't want this option, don't worry, it is disabled by default and queries are only executed if you enable it.

[UK-Biker]

Great News :up:


Will install the new code over the weekend and test it for a while and then leave feedback.


Thanks Ted

[wacnstac]

Can the recent subcribers be seen my non-subscribers as well? I'll try to get this installed tomorrow. Just saw it now.