By paolability on

I'm looking for module suggestions.

All the content on the site (4.7) I am working on is currently public and there is no user login.

We will be adding premium content for registered paying users but the same premium content will be free and public at weekends.

Can you recommend what modules I use that'll mean the least coding additions?

I'm aware of these modules but not sure which to use given the circumstances:

Thanks.

Paola

⋅ Categories: Drupal 4.7.x

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WorldFallz’s picture

WorldFallz commented

Interesting problem.....

I would think you'd want http://drupal.org/project/premium and http://drupal.org/project/lm_paypal. Not sure if the time options in the premium module will allow for your time scheme though. if not I would think you'd have to add some sort of cron hook to check for weekends and disable/enable the module (if that's even possible programmatically, I'm not sure, you'll have to research that)

Just as an FYI-- adding features like this to a 4.7 site would make me a little nervous. I would think support for 4.7 will probably be dropped soon.

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CWitt-1’s picture

CWitt-1 commented

Agreed on being wary of the 4.7 version. Go ahead and upgrade to 5.x it's worth it for the support.

Chill35’s picture

Chill35 commented

I agree with WorldFallz and CWitt here, you really should upgrade to Drupal 5.

Whether you do this or not, I can help you modify the premium.module to give you that functionality for a very small fee.

I know the module inside out. I have used for Drupal 4.7 (and modified it then for multiple 'premium' levels), and I am using it now on my personal Drupal 5 site.

I would not use a cron job and disable the module, I would simply check for the day in week in the implementation of HOOK_nodeapi.

WorldFallz is correct: The combo http://drupal.org/project/premium and http://drupal.org/project/lm_paypal is problably your best bet.

Contact me if you're interested. If you want to modify the module yourself, you can ask away and I and other people will help in the forums.

Caroline
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