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bybriangarson, July 6, 2009
I run a community, that consists of Joomla, with Kunena message boards. I wanted new members to sign up and have to pay to create an account (Yearly membership), and each year it automatically renews via paypal.
This plugin did EXACTLY that.
I had it installed and working within 20 minutes. All you need is Joomla installed, and a paypal account.
#1. install the module/plugin, create a new menu item/page that points to the module
#2. disable registration on your site via the login module
#3. hacked my kunena message board "register" link to redirect to the PayPal Module
#4. hacked my login module, so that the register also pointed to the PayPal Pro page
#5. set up subscriptions, I did a 1 year subscription, and also a free trial that turns into one. I clicked off "recurring" so it automatically will renew the subscription (this hasn't happened yet since it's so new, but i've been told it does it)
when the user "registers" they're directed to paypal, where they login, pay the $20. paypal then sends a message back to your Joomla site, that creates an account for that user with their paypal email address, then sends that email address, the login credentials. Simple as that.
So bottom line, if you're looking for a tool to force people to pay to register for your Joomla site, this one works really well, and is really easy to use.
Features I'd like to see:
- customization of emails sent
- a better way to lay out the registration page with the subscription buttons
- reminder emails where you can set the date to send out a reminder to renew the subscription (although since mine are recurring this shouldn't matter I don't think)
Also should note the developer always returned my emails within 24 hours, despite the number of repeat and pretty obvious questions I asked. I would definitely recommend again.
If you're interested in seeing how I have it working: http://ascartel.com