paid membership sites

[mikel2k3]

Heya,

I have recently sorted a deal with a model that is wanting a website that will be able to allow people to sign up for a membership.

Im sure you get the idea of what im talking about. What id like to know, is if anybody knows of any good free php scripts that will do most of the hard work, such as:
- Dealing with new memberships
- Price plans
- Stopping an account once there time is up
- Dealing with downloads
- Dealing with payments

A lot of the details havnt been finalised yet so I may be able to sort something else out, but i thought I would ask here anyway.

If there is anybody here that could create the scripts or help me out with it, I will be able to pay you, but only after the work has been done (when i receive payments from the client)

- Mike

[KowKing]

You can check on HotScripts, there should be something there that you're looking for.

[mikel2k3]

already been looking through there... cant seem to find what im after.

Im not too sure what sections to look into etc.

[Christopher]

Check out this: http://www.geniegate.com/listings/dolphin/

[Archkronos]

You could use CubeCart, if thats the sort of thing you need... else I dont know.

IPB 2.2+ has the abilty to take subscriptions, if you buy that and bridge it with a portal, or use MKPortal (which you dont need to install bridge mods, its designed for it).

[halohalo]

The closest I've seen to that kind of software is phpcoin; this application specializes in collecing sign-ups and memberships, but for webhosting resellers. You could probably do some re-coding or modifications to fit your needs. The primary purpose of this system is to integrate billing and support functions. Reselling hosting services is very similar to selling website memberships so I figure it may work for you.

As for the membership site itself, maintaining a members-only section on a website is actually pretty easy. One of the PHP for dummies books has a whole section on how to code your own members only section of a website. All you have left to do is to set your login validation scripts to use the "active memberships" database in phpcoin and you've probably cobbled together a working solution. Good luck to you!

[maikefutesi]

Visit official websites for popular CMS's like Drupal, Joomla and Mambo, and check their plugins.

I don't think you should sign a contract when you don't know how to complete the project but heck, what's done is done... Best tip I can give you is not too mix too many scripts together, having 5 different scripts each running its own configuration and own database might get things messed up, hence why I'm suggesting a CMS (which will take care of basic operations) and enhance it with plugins.

If you really can't find anything though, I'll be willing to help you. Good luck !

[lionheart8]

I'm sure Drupal has modules to do those things.
What I'd suggest is to sign up for membership (www.drupal.org), log in to the support forums and post that question above, modified to address it to Drupal. Ask what modules you'd need to realize what you want to do. I'm sure you can get some guidance to do it yourself & there are also paid services.