Monetary System?

[Heildgar]

Hi everyone, not sure if this is the right subboard but I can't find the main monetary system plugin anymore. Its' companions are still available in the library but I can't find the actual monetary plugin

Would appreciate any info on this.

[?adwoman?]

support.proboards.com/thread/514804/monetary-shop-updated-25th-2015
words of warning this plugin is NO LONGER BEING SUPPORTED by the author therefore you are on your own somewhat....

[Former Member]

Is there another coder who is working on the Monetary System for v6? Along with the Stock Market section? I did ask this question awhile ago, just trying to stay on top of it.

[bigballofyarn]

Jul 2, 2020 5:32:33 GMT -8 @dooglas57 said:

Is there another coder who is working on the Monetary System for v6? Along with the Stock Market section? I did ask this question awhile ago, just trying to stay on top of it.

My guess would be that a developer would want and need full access to v6 before committing to this project. Being an alpha tester here doesn't offer much help. I know that a developer once stated that the shop and monetary system were over 50,000 lines of code.

[Lynx]

Jul 2, 2020 5:32:33 GMT -8 @dooglas57 said:

Is there another coder who is working on the Monetary System for v6? Along with the Stock Market section? I did ask this question awhile ago, just trying to stay on top of it.

To add to what bigballofyarn stated above: as far as I know, Peter will be doing a V6 version of the Monetary System. However, regardless of who takes on that task, keep in mind that it will be practically impossible for a coder to get the entire plugin done ahead of time - unless PB releases any new default ID's/Classes that will be in use that replace the current ones - ahead of V6's launch.

To note, though - do keep in mind that V5 and V6 will both be operative for 18 months after V6 goes live. That will give everyone time to continue to use their current plugins while plugin/theme authors (if they so choose) to update their codes for V6.

As far as the Stock Market, I do recall that that was disabled due to the API that was used to become not available anymore. You'd have to ask Peter if there are any plans for a Stock Market option in V6.

[Tiffy-Bean]

V6 will pretty much mean almost all plugins will need updates, because the theme skeletons are built around certain classes. Peter is a very talented and very accomplished coder, so I can't imagine he wouldn't make a version of his monetary system. I just wonder if V6 will offer paid for features, because if they do, I'm pretty sure Peter deserves to be paid for that one.

[Joshua Farrell]

Jul 2, 2020 17:28:26 GMT -8 Tiffy-Bean said:

V6 will pretty much mean almost all plugins will need updates, because the theme skeletons are built around certain classes. Peter is a very talented and very accomplished coder, so I can't imagine he wouldn't make a version of his monetary system. I just wonder if V6 will offer paid for features, because if they do, I'm pretty sure Peter deserves to be paid for that one.

The original thread announcing the starting work of V6, mentions the plans for the plugins and themes section:

Paid Themes & Plugins

We know that plugin and theme developers have worked long and hard providing enormous value to the ProBoards community over the years. We greatly value the contributions made by these talented and dedicated individuals, and to this end, we are working on building a platform to allow them to offer their creations for sale through the Plugin and Theme Libraries. We are not yet ready to announce full details, but you can expect that the program will be similar in nature to that of mobile app stores. The complex nature of this particular feature means that although we do hope to have it ready by the launch of v6, outside factors may delay its availability until shortly after the release of v6. We will be sure to reach out to our dedicated community of ProBoards Resource Contributors to keep them in the loop as we work on rolling out this feature.

Best guess is that if Peter wants to switch it to purchasing it for the next version, for continued support of the time it takes to work on creating and updating it, then he would be allowed to charge through the plugin library if he so wishes.

[Lynx]

If I recall correctly, I believe Peter said that there will a basic Monetary System that may remain free - but there'll be extras for it that may be pay. I think this may be true for the Monetary Shop (basic might be free, extras might be pay) as well. Of course, I could be wrong. Best wait to see if Peter wants to chime in 0 or maybe he'll just leave it as a surprise.

[Former Member]

Thank you all for your in depth updates, I really appreciate them.