I have a very specific need, and I'm really hoping aMember can help me. If anyone has done a similar setup, or if you are confident aMember can be set up to do this, I would very much like to know. The setup isn't difficult, in fact, it's rather simple. I need ... 1. Only 1 product for a set price, but I need to be able to give out coupons that can give discounts or make the product free. 2. The "product" is really just access to a members-only forum. 3. New members need credentials mirrored to a PunBB forum. (username/passwords need to work in both places without needing to register or login at the forum itself). 4. Registration and Login for the forum can only take place through aMember (maybe forward the register links or something). 5. Payments only through PayPal (maybe Google Checkout too). Is this all possible with aMember (and the punbb plugin)? Thanks!
Let me paraphrase (in aMember terms) to see if I understood what you are looking for. 1) One product at a fixed price (non reoccurring) 2) Coupon code(s) to reduce price up to and including no cost 3) User and Single Signon Integration between aMember <-> PunBB 4) Accept payments via PayPal exclusively This is all doable out of the box with aMember and the PunBB integration plugin. No extra coding required.
It is fairly straightforward. The manual is here: http://manual.amember.com/Main_Page Plenty of folks in the forum to help. Download the trial and play with it for a bit before you buy..
If there is a plugin for your forums please follow the directions for set up. If it works as a trial then you can purchase everything you need. From what you have described the way you want it to work is how the vBulletin plugin works, so I dont see why your forum plugin would work too much differently.