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The Subscriptions Admin Tool is where you create subscription types and define their prices and other properties. For detailed information on setting up subscriptions, see section 4.13.
To edit a subscription, choose the name of the subscription type from the topmost drop-down box, and click the ``Get'' button. The fields below will be filled in with the appropriate information. To create a new subscription, leave the topmost drop-down box on ``New Subscription Type'' and fill in the fields below as appropriate.
In both cases, to save either changes to an existing subscription or a new subscription, click on the ``Save'' button in the top row of the form.
The fields are:
- Delete?
- If selected, the current subscription type will be deleted when you click the ``Save'' button.
- Name
- The name of the subscription type. This is used as the display name as well, when members are choosing which subscription they would like to buy.
- Current Subscribers
- Displays the number of people currently subscribed to the loaded subscription type.
- Group
- The name of the group subscribers will be placed in. The group generally has a few extra permissions. You must create the group before you can create the subscription type.
- Price
- The cost per month of this subscription type. If set to 0, the subscription is activated immediately; if set to some positive value, the subscription is activated once paid.
- Maximum Time
- The maximum time a user can be subscribed. For example, a trial subscription could have a maximum time of one month, so people don't perpetually use the trial subscription instead of getting a real subscription.
- Renewable
- Whether or not a subscription type is renewable. For example, a trial subscription wouldn't be renewable, so that once a user tries it they have to either get a real subscription or go back to being a non-subscriber once their subscription runs out.
- Description
- A description of what the subscription type allows a subscriber. This is displayed when a user is selecting which subscription type to buy, to help them make their decision.
janra
2004-03-26