What I usually do is set a cookie BEFORE sending them to the paypal site then
on the confirm page (which they click through to after they paid) check for the
cookie - if it's there then activate the account. If not then delete the
account after 5 days (gives them plenty of time to bitch if they d
:-)
done it many times
It is ALWAYS preferable to have the user choose the username FIRST, then
pay. That way they have taken posession of a 'good' so to speak, for which
they must pay. If they pay BEFORE they choose, they may be unable to find
a username they want, and then they want their
I am helping a client make a transition from a ad revenue based site
to a membership based one and I was wondering if there was some commonly
used mechanism for php based membership sites. I have made
membership sites before but they were free. How does one :
1. Have a person register a username
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