Re: Membership management system

On 28/11/06, John Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On 11/28/06, jalal <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > On 28/11/06, John Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > extend pmember module.
> >
> >
> > Would it be better to extend it or base a new module on it?
>
> Could do either, but prolly working on it would be best.  The majority of
> what you want is already there, but I haven't touched it in a couple of
> years, and don't plan to work on it any further...
>

OK, I've hacked around on it quite a bit... but now the question is, whether
to create a new module ('subscriptions'?) or try to fix an upgrade path for
pmember.

Thing is, I've changed quite a lot around:
* can now setup different types of subscriptions (monthly, annual, student,
gratis etc).
* removed the dependency on the PayPal modules and setting it up for
whatever payment modules are installed (I need Worldpay as well).
* added some admin screens for managing subscribed members.
* added hooks to get a membership extension module as I need a lot more
fields than are in Roles
* some other stuff.

I can't actually see an easy upgrade path at the moment, so my feeling is to
make it a new module. But I thought I'd get feedback on whether that is a
good idea or not. (I'll keep John Cox as one of the authors as I have some
of the original code in there).

cheers
jalal