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Account Expiration Control - Membership Manager 
Features at a glance:
• More than 40 payment processors built in (Manual Transfer handling, Paypal (& Pro!), 2Checkout, Authorize.net (& AIM, ARB, CIM!), CCBill, Paycom...)
• Extensive Registration & Subscription workflow handling
• MicroIntegration API to attach PHP code to payment plans
• Already features more than 30 MicroIntegrations, including: emails, htaccess, mysql queries, setting of remository, docman or VirtueMart groups, restricting of listings amount in Mosets Tree and many more
• Multiple payment plan options (Paid, Free, Lifetime, Trials, Global free trials)
• An easy and comprehensive front- and backend and easy customization - you will have your memberships set up in a blaze.
• Integration with major components like CB and JACL
• Discount Coupons
• Extensive Access Control Features for visibility of plans (hierarchical setup of plans)
• Grouping of Payment Plans
• Comprehensive event handling (notification of processor and user problems)
(To update, just uninstall your old AEC and install the new one - all data will be preserved, although you should check your AEC settings for additions or changes that might affect you)
This entry here now describes the latest development release which is ready for production use in either Joomla! 1.0.x or Joomla! 1.5.x (with the legacy bot enabled). The package that you can download after registering at our site includes a ten page quickstart manual to get you set up. If you don't want to go through the trouble or don't have the time to set up the software - we offer many different ways of getting help from our support team, ranging from helping you out with small problems - to full blown installation service to your specifications.
Please support our work by getting a paid membership on our site! This is Free Software, but it can only be that with your Support!
- This extension requires registration to download.
a. disable warnings in php.ini (this was to get rid of the "acctexp.class.php on line 735" error, something about an array, it was posted earlier in this thread. hopefully this issue will get resolved so that i can undo the php.ini hack.
b. uninstalled CB1.1, it was causing duplicate emails and registration messages on the "checkout" page. i am guessing the latest version of CB would fix this issue but i haven't installed & tested it yet.
c. install the updated plugin that Jake posted on the valanx.org home page. very speedy response to the J1.5.11 security update!
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I can't thank Valanx and Websgold.com enough. I will definately be doing business with them again in the future.
Thanks for the review! And just to clear this up - Jake is my partner in crime doing most of the support on valanx.org. The other site mentioned is his personal business. In some cases we still defer requests directly to his business... just in case somebody was getting confused why the two sites were mentioned!
A great product if you want to run a mickey-mouse operation where your users invoices and payments are lost, not accounted for otherwise shredded.
Sorry, that is just wildly inaccurate. Since the only recent release was three days ago, I must assume that you are talking about that. Leaving aside the (pretty important) fact that this is a development release and I have put it out with a big disclaimer that we are still working on the last bugs, I have problems finding what you are talking about in the forums.
After I have put up the latest release, there were 7 threads posted. Two are about a minor PHP warning (quite common with development software). One where people have not understood recent changes, which I explained. One was for a payment processor - which is well known to cause problems (and which we have been trying to integrate for half a year now) and another one for a component integration that is scheduled for the upcoming stable release. One was about a bugfix that didn't work out for this user - and I have since requested further details on this. And the last one was of a kind user who provided us with a custom Spanish translation.
Sorry, but is that what you call "numerous reports of bugs, incompatibility, issues with connections, blank pages, failed processing of invoices"? Or were those your personal experiences?
As for the rather grave accusations - I have yet to hear of a case where invoices or payments are "lost". The worst thing that can happen (if I make the right connection about which of the recent threads you posted in our forum) is that a payment notification comes in and is not parsed correctly (or understood at all). If that happens, there are tools to fix that immediate issue (manually clearing the invoice in the user account). The next step of course is to figure out where it went wrong. Since the AEC logs a lot of data, the first step is to have a look there. In most cases, its a setup issue with the payment processor (for example - if you did not set your PayPal account to automatically accept payments without your consent). If you really are using a processor like Clickbank (the recent reports were about that), I would be glad (and have requested) to get any further details that help me fix the situation. I have detailed the problems with Clickbank on a number of occasions (they don't really like you to handle your own business, but would rather have everything on their site... which makes integration a hit and miss if you factor in that their documentation is not only inaccurate and self-contradictory, there is also TWO of them - which in turn contradict each other!) and while it always and again and again seems like we are close to getting it to work... well, I'm tired of making the promise that it will work soon. I'm trying to get it to work - And that is all I have claimed about that for a crushing long time now.
Apart from that - I have now put up a big RED box at the top of the forum saying that its a community forum, NOT the place to get professional support. If you have problems paying a small fee to get help when you obviously need it (the majority - by far - of users can use it right away without encountering any of the problems you have talked about), I'm not sure you have understood what this is really about. Also: I don't sell software (and I never get tired of saying that).
Area of improvement: the Installation documentation. Some crucial steps need to be mentioned in the documentation - since I had to troll the forums to find them - and I bet lots of other users might have given up on this product because of similar teething problems. Of particular note are the reinstallation steps (in the case that first installation does not go well). The document fails to mention that all AEC databases should be dropped from the backend in order to re-install properly. I hope this is included in future documentation.
Best - Susmit
I see subscription services as being the most profitable business model on the web, so the availability (and great support, I might add) for this product truly makes Joomla itself a more valuable tool for developers and end-clients alike.
We've now built a few more sites using AEC, and continue to rave about the results.
Thanks guys; keep up the good work!
-MLP
Thanks guys. Hope to see a Native 1.5 soon
I lookt at some other extensions than AEC and read allot about the possibilities. Then I gave this one a try because it was free and look t really nice!
So downloaded AEC this morning and try to install it. Ooops something was not right on my hosting account ... It gave and error about memory limits. I searched the web about the error and found a solution. Changed php ini to have some more memory. After that install was working. After installing AEC it gave a very detailed log.
Because I am on a Apache server the zipped files where not unpacked. No problem I did this myself.
OKE AEC is running :)
I got scared by seeing al the functions, allot new therms like micro processors, payment processors. Hacks. I ran to the Forums and read al documents carefully. Install 4 plug ins, apply hacks, legacy before the plug ins. And so on.
Created a new Pay pal account. Again read the forums. Changed some settings. Downloaded Doc man and Again read the forums. Changed some settings.
After this all the only problems that was left Users registering get no email and paypal doesn't send the right sign to my website, to activate the subscription plans.
I was pulling my hair about Joomla not sending emails ... so stopped for a while ...
Stupid as I am, I had to change some email settings in the back end of my Joomla installation. SMPT ore something.
Oke to the point now! Just about 1 hour ago, I started to play around with the website, fixed the email and integrated the Doc man groups, and applied the settings in AEC, micro processors for Doc man and uploaded some test files. Create an Test account. Set the subscription plans for about 2 $ and bought myself a subscription.
WOW ...
It worked just as described in the website :)
I got new user details in the mailbox.
I got info about my subscription.
I got the mails from Paypal.
I got the Joomla registration link.
Oke applied the link and try to log in ...
Yess wonderwull it works! When I click on my subscription tab it says ...
This account is active until: Tue, 05 May 2009 21:21:00 CEST
22 Days left
Less than 1 day work to understand and that for a very novice user like me in CMS Joomla website land. This was a great experience.
Not only that I managed to get this component running, but also the knowledge that I can move on whit my project and build a subscription website.
I want to say thanks to the developers, for building this great extension and offering it free … As soon I get my first 15 subscribers. I will make a reasonable donation.
Kind regards and thanks allot A happy customer !
Hope this project keeps running and works with Joomla 1.6 also.
Problem is, I couldn't figure out how to use it. There's a manual on the extension's website, but you have to pay to use it--and I didn't want to pay until I've figured out if the component does what I want it to do.
I searched their website up and down looking for just a simple OVERVIEW on how to use it and how to get rid of the "white template" effect that happened when I used the component to register.
But no go. I couldn't information anywhere regarding the "big picture" (flow line, how to configure the content for different users, etc).
After tearing out more hairs than I wanted to lose, I gave up.
I am sure this is a really fine component. I just wish it had more AVAILABLE information about how the thing is supposed to integrate into your website. (It has great installation instructions, but no "free" integration instructions.)
Thank you for your review. We get replies in both directions on this matter - as you can see from the reviews on this page already. Some find it easy to jump in directly, even without full documentation, others struggle and give up (which I'm sorry for). We are working on functional overviews on the component that will give people a good "direction where to think" when using the component - to get a grasp of the basic functions. Nothing as thorough as the manual, but something to get folks on the right path.
Again - sorry that it didn't work out for you!
2 thumbs and 2 toes up for this! By the way, my friends here also wants to share their thumbs, so thats about 20 thumbs up and 2 toes up!
However this is a 2 star component when it comes to Authorize.net Automatic Recurring Billing (ARB). The checkout process is extremely unfriendly. It would require programming to make it more professional.
However if you use PayPal or 2Checkout the payment checkout process is handled on PayPal & 2Checkout's servers. So the checkout will obviously be very smooth.
I am using Joomla 1.0.15 and have installed the correct component.
Pitty really as I am sure it would be awesome
The amazing part is that it is for free. Which I'm glad for because, I did like some I see here had an awful time getting it installed. However, it had nothing to do with AEC it had to do with the server/hosting company...what ended up to me as a nightmare...causing me days to get installed. But once my server got straightened out installation couldn't have gone smoother or easier...seriously a breeze to install and get setup.
The integration with PayPal couldn't be any easier either. So simple.
Only hickup I've come across which is their restrictions tab in plans section.
Other than that couldn't be more pleased with what this extension offers. It's exactly what I needed as so many users have stated. Definitely a component worthy of monetary support!!! So go try it out for fee but don't forget to send them love and support back...well deserved!
Everything works perfect except the Paypal buy now.
My hosting company is saying paypal code is outdated so they block it saying its a phishing code. If you can correct it it would be great.
it is really easy to install and run... a lay man like me can do it, but don't know why people are not able to install and complain and posted negative comments here, i am really angry with negative posters who dishearten the developers, but there are some guys like me who appreciate other's efforts.
Again Thanks for a good work Valanx...
Regards from Sunny