Gift Upgrades [Paid] 2.5.0

[beerForo]

Bookmarked for future purchase. Cool add-on.

 

[JoyFreak]

Can you make it so guests don't see the "Gift" button on user profile?

 

[Naz]

Can you make it so guests don't see the "Gift" button on user profile?

Yes, just adjust the permissions for guests so that they can't gift.

 

[JoyFreak]

It's already set to no? I haven't touched the permission.

 

[JoyFreak]

In fact, I think it's ignoring permissions. When I installed the gift button was already there. And despite setting "Gift to users" as yes, no or never, nothing really happened. My assumption was it's been hardcoded in.

 

[Naz]

In fact, I think it's ignoring permissions. When I installed the gift button was already there. And despite setting "Gift to users" as yes, no or never, nothing really happened. My assumption was it's been hardcoded in.

Ah yeah, there's actually a bug there where it won't hide for guests even if they have no gifts available to give. I'll get it fixed in the next release. Thanks!

 

[Gsk8]

I would really like this after it "hides for guests"

 

[BIG LLC]

Hi @NixFifty -

We have a number of levels and length of upgrade.

Where do we select the particular upgrade that users can gift? Right now it shows only the first upgrade in the list and gives no option to gift a different upgrade.

 

[Warchamp7]

Is there a way to prevent gifting of an upgrade that a user already has?

I would have expected this to use the "Disabled user upgrades" list for that

 

[beerForo]

Is there a way to prevent gifting of an upgrade that a user already has?

I would have expected this to use the "Disabled user upgrades" list for that

But that would be considered a renewal/extension. It's better to not let the membership lapse first.

I can see this for lifetime memberships or payment-agreement subscriptions, yes.

 

[BIG LLC]

Hi @NixFifty -

We have a number of levels and length of upgrade.

Where do we select the particular upgrade that users can gift? Right now it shows only the first upgrade in the list and gives no option to gift a different upgrade.

@NixFifty is there an option?

 

[Warchamp7]

But that would be considered a renewal/extension. It's better to not let the membership lapse first.

I can see this for lifetime memberships or payment-agreement subscriptions, yes.

Yeah, we have recurring subscriptions in multiple length variants (1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year)

Currently, there is no way to prevent gifting someone one of those if they already have it

 

[beerForo]

Have you run into issues with it or is this precautionary?

Because if I had a monthly sub and someone gifted me a year that would be okay with me.

 

[Warchamp7]

Have you run into issues with it or is this precautionary?

Because if I had a monthly sub and someone gifted me a year that would be okay with me.

Alternatively if you're 3 months into a 6 month sub and someone gifts a year, 3 months of subscription money goes up in smoke

It is precautionary, yes.

 

[Naz]

Recurring upgrades can't be gifted, at the moment. If you're not seeing upgrades, that'll be why.

IIRC, there's no real technical reason why it can't be done. It just needs to be properly exposed in the UI so that the gifter can cancel that subscription easily. It's something I plan on looking in to but haven't had time.

Is there a way to prevent gifting of an upgrade that a user already has?

Not at the moment. The idea is that it "stacks" but I realise it's probably not expected when upgrades are split in to length terms like that.

 

[beerForo]

Sounds legit.

However, I think he means, if someone is on a recurring sub, and a person buys them a yearly. But I don't see this as an issue. That person can cancel their recurring and reap the benefit of the gifted one.

 

[Xon]

It just needs to be properly exposed in the UI so that the gifter can cancel that subscription easily

The actual issue is interacting with paypal (or stripe) in a sane way to cancel these.

 

[JoyFreak]

Ah yeah, there's actually a bug there where it won't hide for guests even if they have no gifts available to give. I'll get it fixed in the next release. Thanks!

Is there going to be a fix for this anytime soon?

 

[Naz]

NixFifty updated Gift Upgrades with a new update entry:

Version 2.2.2

• Now requires PHP 7.0+.
• Now depends on Standard Library by Xon.
• Properly hide "Gift" button for guests.

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[Warchamp7]

Not at the moment. The idea is that it "stacks" but I realise it's probably not expected when upgrades are split in to length terms like that.

Would it be difficult to add this as a feature in some way? A few different approaches could work.

• Hooking into XenForo's existing "Disabled user upgrades"
• Adding a new list of upgrades like the above, explicitly for blocking gifting
• Adding another usergroup selection that says user cannot be in to be gifted the upgrade if they're in it

I feel like the first one may be easiest. That way, the recurring subscriptions and the one-off gift versions can all list each other as disabled. If a user has a subscription or a gift active, they can't subscribe or be gifted it again until it expires.