Tough ones for me!

GateKeeper · June 6th, 2006, 08:32 PM

I want to do the following with two usergroups. Can you help direct me to the correct setup, if it is at all possible.

I have one category, for example purposes we'll call it "Used Cars". This category is set up with a base cost of $5.00 and 50 cents for each of the highlight options.
Does the base cost imply a required cost? Or is this just the cost that applies if "Allow Payment" is also set for the usergroup that can post to this category?

I have two usergroups. One is simply a registered user. There are no limits to the number of ads a registered user can place, however, each one requires a payment of $10.00. I would presume that this user group would be set to "Allow Post = Yes" and "Allow Payment = Yes" and "Ad Limit = 0 (Unlimited? or is zero mean NONE?)".

The second user group is a paid membership group. The paid member will pay $20.00/year for the basic membership of the bulletin board, and it will allow up to 10 ads to be placed simultaneously (in all categories that allow it?). I would like to think that since to be a member of that group, they already made their payment through the bulletin board payment gateway, that the user group settings in PhotoPost Classifieds would be "Allow Post = Yes", "Allow Payment = No", "Ad Limit = 10".
This setup would rely completely on the bulletin board to monitor how users become members of that group. Once they are, the settings in PhotoPost above apply.
Do I have this right?

Last but not least, what sets a Featured Ad? I presume this could be a paid option? If so, how?

Thanks in advance,

-GateKeeper

Chuck S · June 7th, 2006, 07:07 AM

You can post any modification questions in the mods forum

As far as answering the support question your base ad costs are a required cost if you set allow payment to a usergroup in the usergroup permissions in admin.

GateKeeper · June 7th, 2006, 09:38 AM

Thanks, I think that one answer does it for me, but just to be sure, if a Base Cost exists in the category and the usergroup is set to "Allow Posts", but the "Allow Payment" is set to "no", that usergroup will still be able to post without payment.
Sorry if this seems a bit thick!

Thanks.

Chuck S · June 7th, 2006, 09:41 AM

yes if they dont pay they dont pay

GateKeeper · June 7th, 2006, 09:55 AM

I think what is confusing is the term "Allow Payment" in the usergroup permissions table. If that read "Require Payment" it might make it a bit easier to interpret. That way "Allow Post" = Yes and "Require Payment" = No might be more easily understood. Of course it looks like I'm the only one asking the question, so maybe the problem lies elsewhere!