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Subscription Manager is still in Beta 3 correct?

The subscription manager is barely released. These ideas should probably wait until the damn thing is open to the public, out of beta. :thumbsup:

yes i'm having problems too.

Yea I guess sometime in August it will be released. I'll just wait for it 'till then. That's the most important thing for me. One of the forums I administer depends on the subscription manager. There are over 200 active members with recurring subscriptions. I cannot, and will not, do beta tests on a live board. I exclude myself from the beta testing because all I will most likely do is (first figure out how to use paypal sandbox) then do what everybody else has been doing, fooling around clicking on stuff. I'll just wait and see how long it takes to get this finished. Would you like to place a bet Bfarber? :lol:

No actually it was something that was supposed to be shipped in the "next betas." Source: http://forums.invisionpower.com/topic/280069-invision-power-board-3-0-0-beta-1-released/ (IPB 3.0 Beta 1) Date: December 2008 Same excuse for the next beta: http://forums.invisionpower.com/topic/280965-invision-power-board-3-0-0-beta-2-released/ Feb 20, 2009: New Statement: "Subscription Manager is not included in this beta." -source Beta 4, yup, same statement What about Beta 5? Actually, there is no mentioning of the subscription manager here. -source No report on the subscription manager for RC1 *and* RC2. But we do get another excuse once 3.0 came out. "The subscriptions manager and MS-SQL database driver are not yet available. They will be released separately very soon. Our apologies for the delay. Rest assured we are making these releases a priority." - June 25 2009 source Let's compare that with this statement made a year ago "Chat Services and Subscription Manager are not included in this beta. They will be available in future betas." - December 22 2008 source

Yes I had the same mentality back in November when I purchased another license* to get 3.0 (waiting for the estimated q4 release). :rolleyes: But it took a little longer than 6 months didn't it? I'll rather wait and renew my license when I actually need the service. *I meant a renewal license

I'll be renewing my license *after* the subscription manager is released. I've been checking it and on occasion I do see updates.

There are reasons why I am not renewing a subscription for which I have no need as of yet. I am sure I am not the only customer here whom is unsatisfied with the event background of the subscription manager, especially with the denied releases in every single beta and release candidate. All I ask is for the IPS staff to respect this specific share of their customers by not leaving them in the dark of events which are their utmost concern regarding IP.Board.

I didn't know you were part of the IPS staff.

Heck no! I would like a major downgrade!!!

From what I understood they wanted to separate it from the board, making it a community project. I still would like some status updates. I've been waiting since November 2008. Should I wait for a whole year? Maybe we're supposed to wait 2 years.

Well even if that's true I didn't have much problems with the subscription manager on a site I manage. Just a few problems that I already mentioned in this thread. Let's just hope it doesn't take 3 years to get the important stuff squared away (if they exist). :P

that's probably because they didn't pay attention to it. It's not like it was such a massive bug it took them 3 years to fix.

Yea I get it. What I meant by final rc was just 1 rc (not 2 or more). Beta, Beta, RC, Final. So this next beta will probably take 2 weeks I guess, then the rc about 2-3 weeks estimating to about 5 weeks. I wonder if that's accurate. Well, it's possible that no bugs are reported for Beta2 (w00t) .

Okay thanks. While I understand these aren't concrete dates due to future circumstances, I still want to you ask in your opinion, how long would it take for final RC to be released, and afterward, the actual release? I will not hold you accountable if you're predictions do not come true. I would just like a rough timeline, say 3 weeks, 4 weeks, 5 weeks? Thanks, A.Neo

Okay aside from the childish argument, what's the status update for the subscription manager?

looks like a new issue was posted 30 minutes ago :ph34r:

Any news? Updates? How are things going? The tracker seems to not be getting much reports.

3.0.2?? I'm still waiting for the subscription manager.

Thanks for your response. When it is released I will report any errors I get from my members. I have about 200+ active subscriptions so I bet that would help a bit. Here are the problems/complaints I've had for 2.3.6 (not very many) 1. Automatic renewal (I at first didn't know such a setting existed. So I had to go in, disable it, and tell the members to remove any subscriptions from their paypal) 2. Double billed. Alot of my members were getting double-billed and I think it had to do with the automatic subscription issue. Once I disabled that, this problem wasn't reported any more. 2. Renewing before expiration. Many members wanted to renew their subscription before it expires and found it frustrating that they can't. 3. Failed transactions. On rare occasions the system would report a failed transaction or a transaction of $0.00 even though the payment was really successful (money was already sent to paypal). I had to manually take care of subscriptions for some members. 4. Paypal / E-check delay. I don't know how people or paypal does this but a few members use e-checks and report long delays on getting their account approved even though the money was sent. When this happens I manually approve the accounts. I have some members from afghanistan and saudi arabia, and *maybe* there are some discrepancies with how electronic funding works there.

Hmm thanks for your input. I think they're working on beta 2 now but I may be reading the tracker incorrectly.

How many beta releases is planned for the Subscription Manager? Is this a project that will take a week, a month, or 5 months to complete? Can I get some sort of deadline. It doesn't have to be accurate. I just want a ballpark area. I waited for the subscription manager this whole time since 2008 when a Q4 release was estimated. I waited to see it in beta releases, and in the RC's but didn't turn up. So I'm sure you will understand why I am a bit frustrated for this long delay. Nothing personal here. I would just like an honest estimate as would many of your paid customers.

I meant final. I don't have an active subscription. I'm waiting until the subscription manager is released. I have been waiting since October 2008.

man I hope it comes with the subscription manager.