I see that I can restrict a user to add a new topic based on category and the user group or trust level. I want to show membership link(generated by Procourse) to the user who can not add topic or belong to a specific group. Please let me know if it is possible?
The easiest way would be to pin a topic with the instructions. If you donโt like that then you could probably do it with a theme component, but thatโs not my wheelhouse.
This sounds interesting. If I am using paypal, is there any way to know how much revenue is coming from ProCourse as opposed to other sources which could be paying into my paypal account (donate buttons on other websites for example)? Is there a way to export all payments made through the plugin? If there is no functionality for this, is anything recorded to the database (which could be queried using sql)?
I donโt use paypal, but I guess in your paypal account, youโll have subscription pages related to the ones you created in your forum with more detailled stats
Hi everyone. Can ProCourse plugin be used as a gateway without charging a fee? I know that I can restrict group access in group settings, but with the plugin, I can show and explain the purpose of the gateway, and step them through it. So, could the billing step be removed if the fee is set to zero dollars?
Understood, but the registration flow would appear like the fee groups, which is nice for consistency.
Another question: could a $ fee be replaced with a requirement to post in a specific category? This way, users will need to create specific content before having group membership privelages.
After I installed the plugin and created one level for experiment. The link to that level doesnโt open properly (only shows first few lines and keeps processing).
Iโve installed this plugin thru ProCourse Plugin Installer.
@pfaffman Iโm re-reading your reply, and Iโm just not getting how this would work. Iโd like to require a user to post to category 1 before they can view category 2. Would your suggestion help me accomplish this? If yes, how so? I apologize for not getting it.
I was thinking that TL1 or 2 required creating a topic, but thatโs not the case. I think youโd need a plugin that would put people in a group when they had posted in a category. Iโm guessing itโd be in the $500-1000 range.
In category #1 I would like to post links to exam study materials. This category will be a group category, and users who want access to these topics will need to post a topic to a separate category (category #2). Once theyโve done that, they be added to the group and can see category #1 posts.
Weโre about to integrate and I have a couple of questions. Based on reading through all the replies on this thread, Iโm guessing we will need the three plugins - membership, teasers, static.
Our community is ALL paid. Meaning if you donโt join, you donโt get to read the forums. We also ask users to fill out a form for us to collect data about them. Weโre a professional community so itโs questions such as โWhat is your job title?โ
Can we integrate the form into a static page during the sign-up process? So the user flow would look something like this:
Create an account in Discourse
User is able to login and via the Teaser plug-in see topics in certain categories. This is important because we have a board and they have a private area. Iโm guessing the category restriction is done via Discourse mostly with the user level of new users, and the Teaser plug-in just doesnโt allow them to read the replies?
When they click on a topic instead of the replies is takes them to a static page where they are allowed/directed to join to access the rest of the content.
Can they then be directed to another static page to fill out the form? Once form is complete and submitted, they are redirected to the payment page.
And lastly, is there some functionality to have sub-memberships or at the very least a tiered pricing? We currently have two kinds of memberships - individual and company. Companies get 3 users included in their membership and itโs not the individual membership rate x 3. I would love some thoughts on how best to manage this.
These plugins donโt change anything regarding the account creation, it will work as usual
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The category security will be respected. The content of the topics will be hidden but you can activate the teaser on the categories you want.
The title will be visible, the name of the category also, but if theyโre not a member of the private group, they wonโt access anything
If you donโt have the right accreditation, they will be redirected on the link you chose. Here is the setting on a category:
For the link, I redirected to a static page where I presented the different offers. I created a basic html table (itโs in french and not very responsive friendly, but it will show you what can be done with the static page)
To recap :
you can restrict a category to a specific group
you create a membership that gives access to this group via membership
you can use the teaser plugin to show the title and number of replies to this category
if the user doesnโt have the accreditation, they will be redirected to the page you want. Like a static page where you list all the directement memberships access.
I donโt think you can create a static page where you can add forms like these. The best way will be to create mandatory custom fields in the account creation using the options already available in Discourse with a validation by the staff, then redirect them to a membership or static page
Not at the moment, you can create multiple memberships pages, with a monthly payment, an annual payment for the same group access, but not anything for multiple accounts.
You would need to hire the procourse team to create a addon