Haloscope Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Hello all, I'm fairly new to PHP/MySQL, but have managed to cobble together my own website. I'd like to migrate my website to a platform that (hopefully natively) supports a user registration/authentication and paypal subscription for public/subscription content. Its a website that performs many calculations relating to california workers compensation, permanent disability, temporary disability, life pensions, etc. Is there a platform that would best serve my needs? Thank you for your input, - H Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/95497-best-platform-for-user-authsubscriptionspaypal/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpic Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Do you mean have a script which will allow people to sign up for an account for your web site that is subscription based? I made one like that before for a sports stat site, worked pretty well. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/95497-best-platform-for-user-authsubscriptionspaypal/#findComment-488919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haloscope Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 Do you mean have a script which will allow people to sign up for an account for your web site that is subscription based? I made one like that before for a sports stat site, worked pretty well. Well, yeah, I guess so. My site has several uninteresting/uninteractive pages - links, downloads, etc. The only really interesting/interactive page has several AJAX/PHP/MySQL calculators I built. I would like my site to require a user/pass, allow people a way to register for a free account, allow people to upgrade to a subscription account in which they would get additional functionality. Ideally, it would work with paypal becuase people are comfortable with it. One friend suggested WordPress (easy to install and get running). However WP has proved to be somewhat clunky for my purposes. I was also looking at Drupal, Joomla, and Ruby on Rails. Suggestions and comments greatly appreciated, - H Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/95497-best-platform-for-user-authsubscriptionspaypal/#findComment-489277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpic Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Like I said before. I don't use the other type of software, I just build the software myself which allows me to custimize everything. As far as using open source software, becides Fedora to run my web server, that about covers it. For what I see, your best bet is Joomla. Didn't dig too deep into it, but I believe that is your best bet. Again though, never really used any of those before. Sorry, wish I could be more help. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/95497-best-platform-for-user-authsubscriptionspaypal/#findComment-489536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haloscope Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 Actually, that was a big help. The current site is a system I wrote from scratch on PHP - specifically because it allows me to customize everything. However, I'd rather not have to reinvent the wheel with a user auth and paypal scheme. I know a lot of work has been done to create a secure system. Thanks again, - H Like I said before. I don't use the other type of software, I just build the software myself which allows me to custimize everything. As far as using open source software, becides Fedora to run my web server, that about covers it. For what I see, your best bet is Joomla. Didn't dig too deep into it, but I believe that is your best bet. Again though, never really used any of those before. Sorry, wish I could be more help. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/95497-best-platform-for-user-authsubscriptionspaypal/#findComment-489646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadonarrival Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 I wouldn't suggest Ruby on Rails for your needs; Joomla is a nice program, similar in useability to wordpress, but a bit sleeker. I prefer to make my own just to improve my own programming, but if I wanted an existing system, that's the way I'd go. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/95497-best-platform-for-user-authsubscriptionspaypal/#findComment-489681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haloscope Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 You know, I learned a LOT by developing my own system. I went from a PHP illiterate to a PHP newb in 3 months. I've downloaded Joomla 1.5 and will give it a whirl. - H Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/95497-best-platform-for-user-authsubscriptionspaypal/#findComment-489722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpic Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Hey deadonarrival, love your profile pic. That is a great short film by pixar! "For the birds" Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/95497-best-platform-for-user-authsubscriptionspaypal/#findComment-489818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadonarrival Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 lol halo - it's not always 3 months a step dj, thanks - always amuses me, plus it's nice and noticeable. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/95497-best-platform-for-user-authsubscriptionspaypal/#findComment-489822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haloscope Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 Well, after a little tinkering with Joomla, it looks like my friend might be right - WordPress may be the way to go as long as I can use a good paypal/other service to handle the monetization of subscriptions. - H Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/95497-best-platform-for-user-authsubscriptionspaypal/#findComment-490984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haloscope Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 After tinkering with WordPress, I think this will work. Built in user auth/registration looks good. The big issue is payments. I can't seem to find a WordPress plugin that does what I need. Automatically renewing monthly payments that are keyed to a user's ability to access certain content. Does anyone have a recommendation? - H Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/95497-best-platform-for-user-authsubscriptionspaypal/#findComment-491086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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