CBSubs™ beyond Memberships and ACL

CBSubs™ beyond Memberships and ACL

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Presentation Agenda What is CBSubs™ - setting expectations The package Documentation Basic entities and terminology How content protection works The CBSubs™ subscription module How integration works The architecture Sample use cases Cost structure, how to get it, support Summary

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What is CBSubs™ - expectations CBSubs™ …

… is a powerful paid subscriptions membership solution with a built-in content protection mechanism and many integrations with well known Joomla extensions.

… is a set of Community Builder plug-ins and supporting CMS extensions that can transform your Joomla website into a free or paid membership website

… has a built-in access control mechanism that can restrict access to virtually any CMS content element based on specific membership plans.

Membership software is used to either manage free membership to a website and restrict access to certain parts of the site to those that have signed up, or manage paid membership, allowing access to premium content on a website for a monthly or annual fee.

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!!! We needed it – we developed it !!!


The package

One main CB plugin One Joomla plugin One Joomla module

18 optional integration plugins

1 English language plugin

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The documentation Quality 300 pages Very detailed Many use cases presented Hundreds of pictures Special forum for doc suggestions

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Basic entities and terminology Payment Gateway Payment Organization Plan (subscription, donation, merchandise)

Duration period (different first period possible) Grace period Price (different first period pricing possible) Auto-recurring payment Number of recurrences allowed (could be zero) Integrations (actions w. start/end of plan

subscription) Subscription

Start date, end date, renewal date, etc. Payment, status, notification, etc.

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Basic entities and terminology Plan hierarchies Exclusive plans Upgrades Pro-rating

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Payment center Payment center shows nice overview of last 7 day

activity: Number of transactions, Completed payments, New

Registrations, Upgrades, Renewals

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Main panel

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Payment Gateways Payment gateways can be configured for Paypal

(*), Authorize.net (*), YellowPay (Swiss), Dummy, Offline* Also support recurring payments

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Plans overview Plan overview area shows nice summary of

available plans Easy to see plan name, exclusivity, duration and

pricing, etc.

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How content protection works

CMS content published

CBSubs™ bot intercepts

Content blocked or available if

authorized by plan

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ArticlesCategoriesSections

MenusModules

ComponentsURL-parts

Control access to any CMS content element!


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Article protection Article teasers can be shown, but access to main

content requires subscription.

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Module protection Hiding a module

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Expensive plan has extra module Cheaper plan

does not


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Component protection Even if user knows direct URL to component,

CBSubs™ will not allow access with needed subscription.

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URL-parts protection Can be used to protect access to specific URL

defined functions of a component. Example: Kunena forum categories!

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CBSubs™ module The subscription module can be used to market

up-sell messages

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Guest visitor

sees this

Weekly pan subscriber

see this


How integration works

A

•Component needs to be installed (e.g., DOCman)

•Component configuration (e.g., DOCman groups created and documents uploaded)

B

•CBSubs™ integration plugin needs to be installed (e.g., cbplug_int_cbsubsdocman-E.zip) and published

C

•CBSubs™ plan integration area must be configured as per use case.

•Subscription action (start / end) will trigger relevant integration action.

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Included integration plugins: CB Fields, GroupJive, DOCman, Remository, Jawards, Jevents, Alphauserpoints, idevaffiliate, pap4.


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How integration works CBSubs™ plan subscriber will be automatically

added to 2 DOCman groups when subscription starts and will be automatically removed when subscription ends.

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How integration works Of course we can verify this in DOCman backend

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SQL integration In order to support more integration CBSubs™

has a SQL action integration plugin included in the package. This plugin is used to execute specific SQL statements for each member when his/her subscription starts and ends.

This is a very powerful tool and must be used with care.

CBSubs™ forums already have many SQL statements to integrate with Joomla extensions at the database level: SOBI, Mosets Trees, Acajoom newsletter, AcyMailing

newsletter, Agora forum, JoomGallery

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URL integration There are cases where SQL actions will not suffice

to accomplish out integration needs. The URL integration plugin will automatically execute a specific URLs when specific subscription actions take place.

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• http://www.mysite.com/insert.php?username=[username]First subscription activation

• http://www.mysite.com/renew.php?username=[username]Subscription renewal

• http://www.mysite.com/deactivate.php?username=[username]Subscription deactivation

• http://www.mysite.com/expire.php?username=[usrename]Subscription expiration


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CB Tabs / Fields protection Specify who sees what, where and when!

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Must be a Plan A subscriber to see a specific CB field/tab

in his profile

Must be a Plan B subscriber to see a

CB field / tab in someone else’s

profile


Architecture

Community

Builder

CBSubs™

Membersh

ip

Managem

ent

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Architecture

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• PrivilegesCBSubs

™Plan A

Joomla

• Joomla 1.0.X

• Joomla 1.5.X

• Joomla 1.6.?

Joomla Extensions

• CB• DOCman• Remository• Jawards• Jevents• VirtuMart• GroupJive• Alphapoint

s• Pap4• Idevaffiliat

e• AcyMailing• SOBI• Mostrees• JoomGaller

y• Kunena• many more

CBSubs™

• Settings• Currency• Gateways• Plans• Baskets• Payments• Notificatio

ns• Subscriptio

ns• Donations• Merchandi

se• Statistics• History log


™Plan B


™Plan C


More Community Builder™ vs.

CBSubs™

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CBSubs™ 1.1 In workgroup testing Has Gateway API 2checkout support

included Fully translatable Partner developer

program

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CB

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bs™

1.1

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testi

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Key features Support of Authorize.net new silent calls

for auto-recurring payments Can support compatible payment

gateways 2Checkout payment gateway support

included Backend now fully translatable via

language plug-in Bug fixes of course

In CBSubs™ workgroup for testing, so should be released in June.

CBSubs™ 1.2 will have: Open API for other integrations (plug-ins,

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Sample use cases Download club Supplier – Consumer model:

Dating use case Model – agency case Teacher – student case

Clubs – associations – organizations Paid support use cases

VIP clients get special treatment (e.g., access to special forum)

Access to knowledgebase articles, ticketing system, etc.

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Cost structure All this for …

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30 day money-back, no questions asked guarantee


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How to get it Visit your Joomlapolis user profile and Click on Subscriptions

tab Check CB Subscriptions plugin, select users count, number

of sites and maintenance pack and click Donate/Buy/Upgrade button to check-out

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How to get it Once your check-out process and payment is complete, you

will receive an email containing information about how to download.

Your Joomlapolis Subscription tab will also be adjusted to show your license number

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• CBSubs 1.0.3 package• CBSubs 1.0.3 pdf


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Support Forum support area dedicated to CBSubs users

http://www.joomlapolis.com/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,38/task,listcat/catid,86/

CB Team members respond to forums daily Sometime remote access is requested to further

assist Experimenting with remote assistance sessions

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Documentation is plenty, functionality is rich, code quality is great, but use cases are infinite…

So, we are here to help you!




Summary CBSubs™ is a powerhouse tool that can:

Transform you Joomla site into a money making machine by enabling content for money type subscriptions

Protect any Joomla content and charge a subscription fee to access

Manage your membership subscriptions automatically granting or revoking privileges when needed

Sell your merchandise items Collect your donations Integrate with many key Joomla extensions

Thank you ….

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Technology

CBSubs™ beyond Memberships and ACL