avatars and more private messaging space.
Creating the new Usergroup
Creating the subscription
Visible within the User Control Panel should be the Paid Subscriptions which should display the following:
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Login to the Admin Control Panel2
Open the Usergroups menu and click "Add New Usergroup"3
At the top of the screen choose "Registered Users" from the Create usergroups Based off of Usergroup menu and click [Go]4
Adjust usergroup permissions appropriately, increasing attachment space, avatar dimensions and private messaging space5
Click [Save]1
Open the Subscriptions menu and click "Add New Subscription"2
Enter the appropriate title, description, length and cost for your subscriptions3
On the right of the screen there will be a Usergroup Options table, under Additional Usergroups check the Usergroup that you created earlier in this example4
Click [Save]To edit existing subscriptions or to perform any management on subscription users, go to Subscriptions >
Subscription Manager. This will display all subscriptions setup in the system with the number of currently active subscriptions and those which are inactive.
z Title – the title of your Subscription.
z Active – the number of users with active subscriptions.
z Completed – the number of users with completed subscriptions.
z Total – the total number of users with active or completed subscriptions.
z Display Order – the order in which subscriptions will be displayed on the forum, a lower value will appear above a higher value.
z Controls – these options allow you to edit a subscriptions, manage users with a subscriptions or manually add a user to a subscription.
A user can be manually added to a subscription in the case that they have transferred funds in another way.
From the Subscription Manager selectAdd User from the Controls menu.
You will be presented with a screen containing the following:
You should enter the username that this subscription applies to and adjust the dates if appropriate, by default these are the lengths for the subscription.
The Transaction Log is where all successful payment transaction posted to your forum can be viewed. This log is the actual history of transactions posted to your forum by the payment processors. These transactions are comprised of successful charges and reversals.
This log offers several search options that enable you to narrow down searches to specific criteria.
Start Date - Date to limit the oldest transactions to.
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Back to TopEnd Date - Date to limit the newest transaction to.
Subscription - Include transactions that pertain to all subscriptions or limit transactions to thost that pertain to a specific subscription.
Processor - Include transactions that pertain to all payment processors or limit transactions to those that pertain to a specific payment processor.
Currency - Include transactions that pertain to all currencies or limit transactions to those that pertain to a specific currency.
Type - Include failure, charged and reversed transactions or limit to either one.
Note:
Failed transactions are those that could not be matched up with a subscription. This generally happens when there is a misconfiguration. Click on Failure when viewing these transactions to see raw output of what was sent by the payment processor. This information can be used by support to help you troubleshoot problems.
User Name - Include transactions that pertain to all users or limit transactions to those that pertain to a specific user.
Order By - Control the order of the resulting log. The order can also be changed when viewing the log by clicking the column headers.
Note:
Transactions completed before vBulletin 3.6.0 Beta 1 will contain incomplete information.
From this screen you may also directly look up a transaction. The transaction lookup accepts the transaction id that pertains to the transaction performed on the payment processor side. You can often find this ID in any email that is sent you when a signup is received or in the admin center of your payment processor.
Transaction Stats allows you to track how many transactions are being performed.
Stats offers several search options that enable you to narrow down searches to specific criteria.
Start Date - Date to limit the oldest transactions to.
End Date - Date to limit the newest transaction to.
Subscription - Include transactions that pertain to all subscriptions or limit transactions to those that pertain to a specific subscription.
Processor - Include transactions that pertain to all payment processors or limit transactions to those that pertain to a specific payment processor.
Currency - Include transactions that pertain to all currencies or limit transactions to those that pertain to a specific currency.
Type - Include charged and reversed transactions or limit to either one.
Order By - Control the order of the resulting stats. List the stats in order of most transaction or in order of date.
Scope - Groups transactions into the chosen option. Example, selecting Monthly would show you how many transaction were performed each month.
Note:
Transactions completed before vBulletin 3.6.0 Beta 1 will contain incomplete information.
Managing your subscription permissions is done by simply selecting yes or no for usergroup access. If you click Paid Subscriptions > Subscription Permissions, you will see a screen similar to this:
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Back to TopHere, you will see each subscription on your forum with a list of all usergroups under each forum. Notice the color key at the top. In this example, red indicates that a usergroup does not have permission to purchase the subscription. Otherwise, usergroups listed in black have access to purchase the subscription.
To edit a subscription, simply find the appropriate subscription and usergroup, and click [Edit]. This will lead you to this screen:
To deny access to purchase a subscription, choose No, otherwise choose Yes to allow permission.
Avatars are small pictures that appear next to or underneath your members' names on their posts etc.
Using the Avatar Manager, you can pre-define groups of avatars from which your members can choose one as their own avatar.
Also under this section is a tool to control the storage of your members' custom avatars (those which they have uploaded themselves). You may choose to store custom avatars in the database, or as files on the server's file system.
Avatars are small images which can be assigned to a members' profile. When a member selects or uploads an avatar the image will be displayed on every message the members' post on the bulletin board.
The administrator can choose to implement avatars a number of ways, they can opt to disable avatars completely, allow users to select from a list of predefined avatars or allow users to upload their own custom avatars. The administrator can assign the avatar permissions on a per-usergroup basis.
To configure avatars on your bulletin board first open the vBulletin Options menu in the Admin CP. Select User Picture Options.
In this section you can set the following options:
z Avatars Enabled - Use this to enable/disable the overall use of avatars
z Avatar Display Width - This option defines the number of columns of avatars displayed to the user via the user control panel avatar selection page.
z Avatars Per-Page - This option defines the number of pages the avatars will be displayed over in the user control panel avatar selection page.
z Profile Pictures Enabled - This option relates to the use of profile pictures which if enabled will allow members to upload small images, usually larger than avatars, that can be displayed on the member's profile in the members' list.
If avatars are enabled the administrator can also choose to include avatars in the registration options. This will set the defaults for new members during the registration process.
To enable avatars for member registrations:
AdminCP > vBulletin Options > User Registration Options > Default Registration Options > Display Avatars > Tick the box
vBulletin offers two ways off adding avatars to you bulletin boards:
z Add New Avatars - allows you to add one or multiple avatars that have already been uploaded to your webserver
z Upload Avatar - enables you to upload an avatar from your local hard disk Add New Avatar
When you select the Add New Avatar link in the Avatar menu you are presented with the add avatar option screen. You have the option to either add a single avatar or to add multiple avatars.
To add a single avatar enter the following details and click the Add Avatars button: