subscriptions: 1 user, multiple profile s

I have one user signup quota. User can create multiple profiles. There are multiple quota tiers with additional space by subscription. It appears that while quotas are based on profiles, quota subscriptions are based on user accounts. For instance, if I subscribe to a quota with 500MB of space, all of my profiles together are limited to 500MB. Is that correct?
updated by @blindmime: 01/25/17 09:37:52PM

Quotas are the resources that Profiles get.

Docs: "Quotas"
https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/documentation/jamroom-admin-handbook/2985/quota

A visitor to your website will be able to look at the stuff the USER has uploaded to their PROFILE.
What they can upload to their profile is limited by what QUOTA the profile is in.

Not understanding the rest of the question, what are you trying to set up?

What's sort of throwing me off a bit is the subscriptions aspect when a USER can create multiple profiles. I have a number of profile quotas differentiated only by the amount of space allotted to them. A user signs up for free and then can create any number of profiles; let's call them Fan Sites.

Let's say a user signs up as a member then creates a "Fan Site" for the Pittsburgh Steelers under the 250MB quota. Even though that quota is set as subscription only, the user can create additional profiles by clicking the + button next to a profile name without purchasing a subscription.

So evidently I am approaching it in the wrong way. Subscriptions are not per profile, but per USER. Correct? So if a user has 10 different profiles and my subscriptions are based on space limits, the total of their profiles must fall below that limit -- correct?

If that's the case, related question: if their subscription lapses do ALL of their profiles move to the quota I have set in Foxycart for that event?

The space limit is per profile - the profile resources are limited by quota.


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When a user purchases a subscription, their quota changes. The quota that changed will stay in that quota for as long as the subscription is live, then it will revert to whatever is set in the QUOTA CONFIG tab for that profile to change to once its subscription ends. When money is received from a subscription payment the end date of the subscription is pushed out longer.

If you allow your subscription quotas to be signed up to, no one will buy them. dont do that.

A purchase of a subscription should only change one quota, not multiple at the same time. I've not done extensive testing on multiple power user quotas purchasing subscriptions so don't have a model to answer this question.

So what about multiple profiles? I want my users to have many profiles if they wish. Can a user subscribe to more than one profile?

You can set Users as 'Power Users' in the quota settings so that they can create multiple profiles. However, if you want them to be allocated to existing profile(s) you need to do that 'by hand' as admin.
hth


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist

Got that, but how does that work with subscriptions? Does that Power User purchase multiple subscriptions, one for each profile created? It doesn't appear to work that way. Subscriptions appear to be User-based, not Profile-based; even though you do set them up based on Profile Quotas. Or do they purchase one subscription that covers all of the profiles they create?

If you want subscribers to pay for the number of profiles they are allowed, set up different subscription quotas with the max profiles set in the user quota settings.
hth


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist

I've done that. It doesn't seem to work that way. If I set up a user as Power User with the ability to create profiles in the selected quotas, they can just make profiles without purchasing subscriptions. They just click on the + button next to a profile name on the profile page and make a new profile.

Maybe try only allowing Power User to quotas that are in a subscription quota.

They signup to the subscription quota, then they can create profiles in the other allowed quotas.

eg: "Subscription quota, power user enabled, max profiles 2, allowed quotas Artist Quota"
The user must then purchase the subscription quota in order to be able to create 2 artist profiles.

That's my question. So subscriptions are User-based, in effect -- a user can only purchase ONE subscription, correct?

Correct.


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist

And, just to be clear, if this user is a Power User, does their subscription limit the TOTAL space they are using over multiple profiles?

Profiles are each limited by the quota they are in.

So if each profile is limited by its quota, why can't I purchase a subscription for each one? Yes, because subscriptions are user-based. But there's a kind of disconnect for Power Users. A Power User can simply create multiple profiles in subscription-only quotas and not pay for them.

I may be approaching it wrong, however. If that's the case, tell me the best way to allow one user to have multiple profiles which are subscription-based on a sliding scale of increasing allotments of space.
updated by @blindmime: 10/26/16 04:56:41AM