members only area

[Derek Bryant]

HELP!!

We would like to create a members only area as a category on our website.

Using admin tools we intend to remove the option for a new customer accounts to choose newsletter subscription, and use this field as a flag for membership.

There would be a product created on the site whereby the customer can purchase membership, and we would then manually set the newsletter subscription for the relevant account field to YES.

As a members category there would then be a simple HTML subsite for the members.

To view this area a check would be necessary:
If the customer is signed in and the newletter flag is YES then the members site is displayed.
If the customer is not signed in or the customer is signed in and the newsletter flag is NO, then another page is displayed telling the customer to either sign in and/or purchase membership

If anyone can think of a better method please advise.

Can anyone please help with the php coding of the category page to achieve the above functionality?

thanks

Derek

[fairestcape]

Get in touch with Scott Wilson (swguy).

He helped me with a similar challenge and developed a very nice solution to it...

[Derek Bryant]

thanks fairestcape

can I contact him through the forum?

Derek

[fairestcape]

Yes... his forum name is swguy, so find his profile and send him a Private Message (PM)

[Derek Bryant]

Swguy makes a charge for this type of mod.

I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction for constructing an IF statement to check:
1. If a customer has logged on to their account
2. Whether the newsletter subscibe field is set to YES or NO

I may be able to code the rest myself

thanks

Derek

[fairestcape]

Swguy makes a charge for this type of mod.

... but I believe Scott's prices are very reasonable for the skill he has and the time he puts in.

The code he wrote for me was quite complex, and required a very good knowledge of Zencart's code structures.

At the end of the day... spend 200 (frustrating) hours on it yourself, or hire a professional...