Hi, I am using aMember successfully and really like how it's working. However, I now want to do the following and would appreciate any thoughts about whether it's possible: My site has 10 videos - each video has it's own content page and has DRM protection provided separately. Up to now, there have been 2 levels of access --- public (can see no videos), and registered (can see all videos). I now want to offer a PPV option, so that people can subscribe to see just "one video". I presume the neatest way to do this is to simply give them access to the content pages they "buy". The question is -- how can this be done in joomla? I don't think JACL will work, as the access is not heirachial.... btw, if this plugin doesn't exist yet, I'd be happy to pay for the development as I need to get this done!
You could do it with a hack to the joomla content.php file. Using php_include to protect specific content with specific aMember products. David
ppv videos and DRM What DRM service are you using? Are you pre or post licensing the files? Most drm setups allow for PPV licenses (post issue). You can keep your same setup and just issue timed play or # of play licenses from within Joomla. Then edit your amember member page and product groups so that buyers would be able to purchase/upgrade to watch the specific videos. It really depends how many different videos you have and the number of options you are giving users. The other thing to consider is how complex/confusing you want the acquisition of licenses. Are the users experienced enough to know exactly what videos/courses they want? Just my 2 cents!
Thanks Thanks for your help guys -- I think I'll try the content.php file first, and if that doesn't do what I need, I'll see what I can do with the DRM side of things. Thanks again for your quick replies!
JACL does work, and amember recognises the additional group. Since you only require 3 groups, and joomla by default offers public, registered and special, u can make use of Jacl, create a new group, and through out joomla set the group to special, I myself have done this and it works exactly as I need it. Public - restricted access levels Registered - little more acces than public but still restrictive Subscribed (new group) full access to all systems within site. In Amember, simply setup the 3rd product and you will see from the membership options of the joomla plugin that the new group is visible (remember Amember can see and communicate with certain aspects of your joomla database, so changes within the db are visible to amember. Hope that helped.