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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