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XTDir for SobiPro

SobiPro and PayPlans Membership Management

Presentation based on Joomla 3, SobiPro 1.2 and XTDir 6.3

2016-12-30

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XTDir for SobiPro

In this presentation, we are going to show how you can:

extend a SobiPro directory with XTDir,
manage subscriptions with PayPlans,
and promote entries with XTDir�

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XTDir for SobiPro - PayPlans

Prerequisites

XTDir 6.3 or superior
SobiPro 1.2, or superior
PayPlans 3, or superior
Joomla 3, or superior
MySQL 5.5 (recommended), or superior
PHP 5.5, or superior

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XTDir for SobiPro - Installation

In this tutorial, we’ve assumed you have a working XTDir for SobiPro installation.

To review the installation steps, visit:

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PayPlans - Creating Plans to Sell

PayPlans is a membership software for selling your services online & provides automatic subscription and effortless billing management. PayPlans is everything you need to create an exceptional online membership system.

Beautiful & Clean Interface
Responsive Design
Ultimate Flexibility
100% Open-Source

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XTDir for SobiPro and PayPlans

How it works:

XTDir Promotions for SobiPro are assigned according to Joomla User Groups.

E.g. “Premium Subscribers”

PayPlans manages assigned User Group according to the membership status.

In the following steps, we are showing how to:

Create a Joomla User Group
Create a PayPlan Plan, Payment Gateway, and customize a “Joomla User Type” App Instance
Create a XTDir User Group Promotion
Test a payment and verify an assigned membership

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Joomla - Creating a User Group

Go to Website Backend > Users > Groups > New.

Create a new user group “Premium Subscribers”.

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PayPlans - Creating Plans to Sell

First, you need to create Plans to sell your membership.

Go to the Plans tab of PayPlans.

You can follow the steps given for creating plans.

To show plans to customer you need to create a menu. (This step have been added in setup-checklist, you can do it by a single click)

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PayPlans - Setting up a Payment Gateway

To process online payments automatically Payment gateway is required. PayPlans has integration with many popular payment gateways.

Go to Website Backend > PayPlans > App-Manager > Search and install required payment gateway Apps.
Go to the Website Backend > PayPlans > Apps tab, and create a new app.
Select your choice of payment gateway from the available list.
Fill your account details of the payment gateway and give a name to the app.

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PayPlans - “Joomla User Type”

Customize a “Joomla User Type” App Instance.

Go to Website Backend > PayPlans > App-Manager > Search and install “Joomla User Type” App Instance.�
Fill the User Group details and give a name to the app.

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XTDir - User Group Promotion

Go to Website Backend > XTDir > Promotions�
Create a new Promotion

Fill Promotion details, and select “User Group” type, and the specific group.

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