By earthangelconsulting on

Hi there

Forgive me if there are other threads on this topic, but they seem to be long out of date and often refer to modules that aren't going to help in this case. So I am starting a new thread.

So far I have found only ONE module that might help (uc_subscribe, http://www.ubercart.org/contrib/2851) but it doesn't seem to be ready for Drupal 6.x / Ubercart 2 yet. :-( So I need to spread the net further.

Here's more detail:

We are trying to set up a website with one-year subscriptions, where there is some kind of table that shows all active subscriptions (they will give the purchaser a role while they are active, though I am comfortable with setting up that part myself if need be, as long as I know that there is a database table that shows subscriptions and their status).

If possible, this module should allow for refunding of subscriptions purchased, and for admins to set up a subscription manually without a payment being made.

Also, there needs to be multiple reminders emailed, saying that the subscription is about to expire (I can also tweak this code if need be).

This is NOT intended to use "recurring billing", users will manually put through a credit card purchase once a year, if they want to renew.

Also, there are actually two subscription types, one paid one free, though I assume that if I set the price of the paid one to zero, I can make Ubercart skip the payment phase if the cart value is zero, while still activating the subscription (yes, I may have to write a bit of custom code here too, but maybe not).

So... does anyone have any advice for me, on how to implement this in Drupal 6.x / Ubercart 2 ?

cheers,

Peter 'Fish' Fisera
Earth Angel Consulting / GoatVirus Technologies
http://earthangelconsulting.com
http://goatvirus.com

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earthangelconsulting commented

update: that original project that prompted my post was aborted; however on a newer project we are using a version of uc_subscribe that i grabbed off the web a couple of months ago (i think from http://ubercart.org/project/uc_subscribe), dated Dec 28, 2008 - appeared to have been recently ported from D5 to D6 and there were still some porting issues. I fixed the porting issues and added some other functionality.

Today when i went to http://ubercart.org/project/uc_subscribe to see if there was a newer module, i found that the actual scope of the module had been changed (even a different author?) i think it's actually a totally different module entirely, designed JUST to do subscriptions to SimpleNews newletters. NOT THE SAME MODULE by any means. do module names get "re-used" when one is discontinued? seems like a bad idea to me :-)

anyhow, my modded uc_subscribe is at this point looking pretty good, though the site isn't in quite in production yet

if anyone wants a copy to play with, let me know and I'll send it.

cheers
Fish

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jimboh commented

http://www.ubercart.org/project/subscribe

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4kant commented

Peter, I´m looking for a module like this - especially the "manual puchase to renew" - feature.
Is there any progress that could help?
Thanks, Wiegand

www.w-b-design.de

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jimboh commented

Hi I am responsible for the later version. I did not intend to re-use the name and have now renamed it to uc_subscribe_news. I apologise for the confusion I have caused.