krileon wrote:

Yes, you can set items or categories to be accessed by specific groups. The CBSubs VirtueMart integration plugin will allow you to change users VM group based on subscription.

So this this mean I won't need an ACL to prevent certain subscriptions to access certain pages, too? Or do I have to have a separate ACL extension like Community ACL?

Do the different subscriptions create their own different groups? Could I have "Membership Type I" and "Membership Type II", or are they all going to be "members," "authors," etc. as they come default in joomla?

There isn't a demo anywhere? Or a way to do a trial on localhost?

Thank you SO much for being patient. I'm not "getting" a good picture.

Can you restrict by groups?

To be honest, I'm not comfortable spending $140 and then replacing two modules on a site (AEC + JACL), just to "see if it works."

As I upgrade to 1.5, I'd like to do it smoothly. If CBSubs can replace the functionality I have now, so that I can ditch AEC and the JACL hacks, it is worth it to me.

Right now I have three types of subscriptions:

Regular members
Sustaining members
Student members
Free members

The first three have access to download 40 documents for free.

The first two of those will be able to register for a conference using Virtuemart at one price, and never see the other options.

The third (Student) would get to register for the conference at a reduced rate, and would never see the higher rate options. They would have a "Student" section of the Virtuemart store.

The "Free" would be restricted from the documents. They would also have their own special area at Virtuemart where everything is more expensive, and could not navigate to the cheaper areas.

I can do this with a lot of work using AEC and JACL (or maybe Community ACL). My members are already in AEC, and that works well for me. Community ACL may have extra benefits.

But you are telling me, with certainty, that you can do what I have described? With group access (Plans) so that I can restrict certain memberships from content, documents, etc.? Not ALL members, but certain members going here, others going there, etc. And is it fast and not custom MySQL based? I'm not that good .

Would there be any additional reason to have an ACL module? Would the Plans also (differentially) restrict certain kinds of posting on forums, etc.? (I don't have a forum chosen / up yet).

If yes, I can buy today. Thanks. I'm really having a hard time picturing this, but I've got to move fast. Can I see documentation? Please?

S

krileon wrote:

You say groups, but I don't know if you mean VirtueMart (default, shopper, etc...) groups or ACL groups (register, editor, publisher, etc..).

I'll try to simplify:

*Within* the ACL group of "Registered," can CBSubs help me prevent someone who pays $100 for membership (let's say a basic membership) from getting to URLs that someone who pays $300 for a premium membership gets? So that more money can access more things within the "Registered" group?

And if I do use something like Community ACL, will it recognize the groups created by Community ACL?