Current state of the Premium Membership module

symtab · 2010-10-11 17:22:11

Hi,

Like you know i'm in the process of finishing the Premium Membership module which will be released in the BETA3 version (its 80% finished). Here is how this module works:

PAGES: browse, category, rss, view, tag, search, register, upgrade, credit, cancel, success, failed, renew

Except for the video view page, all pages related to videos are the same as in the Video module. The view video page will have the related
videos on the right side (as there are no ads in the premium membership mod, except for the self advertising banners for user to signup).

Register Page - users register (and pay on this page, currently payment gateways supported: paypal and ccbill (still working on epoch and zombaio)).
Upgrade Page - already members upgrade their account here (see Register Page)
Credit Page - users can add credit to their account here (used by PPV, see below)
Cancel, Success, Failed - these pages are used for the payment processing
Renew Page - is used to renew your subscription.

Administrators can select premium method, subscription based or pay per view (PPV) based (per video or per second). Administrators can select which payment processor (gateway, currently paypal and ccbill supported) to use.

Administrators can set permissions for the Browse (browse, search, tag, category) page, the View Video page and the Flash Player itself. Here's the current schema for this:

1. BROWSE PAGE:
  - access level is the only restriction applied here
  CASES:
      'all'         = everyone can access
      'premium'        = check if user is in the premium group (which means he bought a premium membership/credit at some point)
      'moderator'    = can watch
      'editor'        = can watch
      'admin'        = can watch

? if access is set to premium should we check here if the user has credit or if his premium membership is still active? (or only on the view page?)

2. VIEW PAGE:
  - access level
  CASES:
      'all'            = everyone can access
      'premium'        = check if user is in the premium group (also check if his credit and/or subscription period is still valid)
      'moderator'    = can watch
      'editor'        = can watch
      'admin'        = can watch

3. PLAYER PAGE:
  - access level, subscription/credit checks
  CASES:
      'all'            = everyone can access
      'premium'        = check if user is in the premium group (also check if his credit and/or subscription period is still valid)
      'moderator'    = can watch
      'editor'        = can watch
      'admin'        = can watch

Please tell me your opinion on the above. Critics are more than welcome :-)

Thanks,
Adrian.

Coscast · 2010-10-11 20:45:27

Hmm, what's the difference between the Video Page and the Player Page ?

symtab · 2010-10-11 21:46:34

Basically View/Video Page is the actual page and Player Page is the player space (div). Administrators can chose to allow access to the video page, but display a text/image in the player space if the user does not have credit/subscription.

Coscast · 2010-10-11 22:34:07

Ah ok, i understand.

So do i define which videos are for premium members ?

Or is there something like a category "premium" with the subcategories like "premium mature", "premium whatever" ?

Or is the whole site premium ?

symtab · 2010-10-12 07:04:55

You can set which videos are premium. Also you can show premium videos on the rest of the site (didnt decide this yet), and a premium label will appear over the thumb and a rel="nofollow" for the link. The categories are the same.

symtab · 2010-12-24 11:08:43

This is outdated. The premium module is finished (and was included in BETA3).

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#1 2010-10-11 17:22:11

Current state of the Premium Membership module

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Re: Current state of the Premium Membership module

#3 2010-10-11 21:46:34

Re: Current state of the Premium Membership module

#4 2010-10-11 22:34:07

Re: Current state of the Premium Membership module

#5 2010-10-12 07:04:55

Re: Current state of the Premium Membership module

#6 2010-12-24 11:08:43

Re: Current state of the Premium Membership module

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