I think I found a major bug, unless I'm doing something wrong.

In order to entice some customers to migrate from a previous site to this new one powered by CBSubs, I wanted to create some "special" plans for them. The idea was to send a special link to these customers that would allow them to register using one of these "special plans". This way I'd also ensure that these "special" plans would be HIDDEN from the general public.

Thus, I created these "special" plans with the following settings under the "Workflows" tab:

- Allow Registration: Yes
- Propose spontaneously plan at registration: No: hide this plan from registration, unless included in URL or needed for access

Bug 1:
The URL for a plan is displyed under a field that reads:
Url of plan to display only this plan (',' to display multiple plans)
Followed by a URL similar to this:

index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=pluginclass&plugin=cbpaidsubscriptions&do=displayplans&plans=8

According to the on-screen help, to use a URL that displays "multiple plans", they simply need to be separated by a comma. So I replaced the end of the url from "plans=8" with "plans=8,9". Unfortunately, this didn't work as ONLY plan 8 would be displayed as an option.


Possible Bug 2:
When the general public goes to the registration page, these "special plans" are correctly hidden. However, when a user clicks on a menu pointing to a component restricted by my plans, all plans appear, INCLUDING the "special plans" I wanted hidden from the general public!

Questions:

1. Are you able to reproduce bug #1? Is this fixed in CBSubs 1.0.2?
2. Is bug #2 indeed a bug or expected behavior? If it is expected, this seems to be an odd behavior. Why would we want to hide them from the general public in the registration page but show them in restricted areas?
3. Is there a way to accomplish what I'm trying to do (hide plans from the general public and only show them for special customers?). Otherwise, could you consider changing this odd behavior (or adding it as a new feature) for the next maintenance release?

Thanks,

Carlos
P.S. Using Joomla 1.5.12, CB 1.2.1 and CBSubs 1.0.1.
Upgrading to CBSubs 1.0.2 is not possible as I had to downgrade to CBSubs 1.0.1 due the following bug in CBSubs 1.0.2:
HUGE ISSUE: Account & Subscription NOT Activated!

Thanks for your quick reply krileon.

Please re-read properly the tooltip.

I did read it, and that's why I wrote "Possible bug" as the tooltip is not very extensive. I was hoping to find more details about it in the user manual but it does Not mention anything at all about this option.

That's also why my question remains:

Why would we want to hide them from the general public in the registration page but show them in restricted areas?

3. Examine the plan with Firebug for Firefox and see about hiding the plan with CSS.

Does this mean you wouldn't consider changing this behavior that seems odd or having a new feature?

Maybe I just didn't understand your reply since I haven't used Firebug. Would you mind expanding on what you mean?

Thanks again,

Carlos

Once again, thank you krileon for taking the time to reply really fast.

I have no reign whether it'll be implemented or not. It's possible it might be, but I can not give you a definite answer.

Do you know what the formal process is to request a new feature?

In the meantime, I'll give the CSS option a try. Thanks for giving me more info about this.

Regards,

Carlos