drdes wrote:

krileon wrote: Yes, all of which can be done using CBSubs. You'd need 2 plans, 1 for Author and 1 for Users. You can also adjust the workflows such as 1 is required to Confirm and the other is not. All of which is managed on the Workflows tab of your plans (including Hiding fields based on plan selection). There's no other way to accomplish this without CBSubs.

when you say "you will need 2 plans" - what do you mean? Does this mean I will need to have two subsriptions?

If you want 2 groups then you need two plans.

A user subscribing to one plan is considered to me a member of that group.

drdes wrote: so basically if i want to set up two separate registration forms (one for say males and another for females), I will need to buy two sets of subscriptions (and two sets of maintenance fees)

correct?

No.

Its a configuration issue. You need to configure CBSubs and create two subscription plans in it. One plan for Male-members and one plan for Female-members. You can create as many plans as you want here.

Clarification - there aren't separate registration forms - its a single form that can have option to register as Male-member or as Female member. Selecting the Male-Member plan will automatically hide/show a different set of registration form fields. Same concept with selecting Female-Member plan. Its a single registration form that adjusts to specific plan selected.

CBSubs does much more than this - suggest you read-up on this in the www.joomlapolis.com/cb-solutions/cbsubs section.

You can charge for a membership subscription if you want and you can also provide special benefits to subscriber members based on their plan. For example your Male-Members can have access to specific content areas of your website that your female members cannot see ...