For those of you that are interested, here's my suggestion for a very basic free membership site using JVM2 (Joint Venture Manager 2 - Fantasos). Why am I doing this? Well - it's not an advert for JVM2, nor an endorsement. I have access to the script through a membership site that I belong to, and had to find my way with no tutorials (at that time) available. I finally managed to create my own e-commerce solution using JVM2, and thought I'd give anyone who might be in the same spot I was in at the beginning a quick intro to help them on their way to discovering for themselves the enormous possibilities of this great script.
Please note this model does not take into account the addition of peripherals like affiliate program etc; you can look at that later since, after going through this excercise, you should know JVM2 a lot better.
OK, here goes:
1. In the webroot on your server (where your site is to be hosted - normally the public_html folder) create a folder called "members" and CHMOD it to 777 (this has nothing to do with JVM2 yet - it's on your hosting server and you would probably be using your FTP client, unless you're a "Telnet Propeller Head");
2. Now login to JVM2, go to the "Store" menu and select "Remote memberships";
3. In the "Remote memberships" box on the page click on "Add new";
4. Fill the form that appears in as follows:
FTP Server: www.yoursitename.com
FTP Username: yourusername
FTP Password: yourpassword
FTP directory: /public_html/members
URL: http://www.yoursitename.com/members
Comment: Something like YourSite.com Free Membership
5. Click on "Save";
6. In the "Users" menu, select "Roles" and click on "Add new";
7. In Title enter "Standard Customer" or "Standard Member", and select the checkboxes next to the following:
- this role will be automatically assigned to new members
- Account / My memberships
8. Click on "Save";
9. Back to the "Store" menu, select "Products" and click on "Add new";
10. Fill the form that appears in as follows:
Title: YourSite.com Free Membership
Short description: Free membership to YourSite.com membership site.
Price: 0.00
Digital delivery: A short message or something. This is actually a good place to put your autoresponder opt-in form, telling the new member that you have a gift for him for joining your site (you could've told about the gift on your front page already as an encouragement to join the site), and he should just enter his name and e-mail so you know where to send his gift.
Remote membership(s): Click on "Add new" and select the remote membership you created
Role(s): Click on "Add new" and select the Role you created
11. Click on "Save";
12. Still in the "Store" menu, select "Packages" and click on "Add new";
13. In Title enter something like YourSite.com Free Membership, in External homepage URL enter http://www.yoursitename.com and at the top of the form add the corresponding Product;
14. Click on "Save";
15. Upload your minisite or main page with your sales pitch and a "Join Now" (or whatever you want) button (or text) to your webroot via FTP;
16. Back to JVM2, the "Store" menu, and "Packages" - next to the name of the package you created, click on "View" and copy the link that's shown;
17 a. Give the button on your sales page that link, using the following code:
<script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'>jvmPrintHref('http://your-jvm2-installation.com/jvm2/xxxxx/xxxxx/order','<img src=http://www.yoursite.com/images/freemembership.png border=0>');</script>
(of course "xxxxx/xxxxx" in this example should be replaced with your own code from the package you created);
17 b. VERY IMPORTANT: In the body of your sales page (and in any other page that might contain an order button/link) add the following code, preferably just after the <body> tag:
<script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript' src="http://www.your-jvm2-installation.com/fantasos_aff.js" language="javascript"></script>
18. In the "members" folder, put your page(s) that the members will see once logged in (this also has nothing to do with JVM2 - it's on your hosting server). IMPORTANT: Don't delete the .htaccess and .htpasswd files you see there. They were created there by JVM2 and are your "policemen" - they control access to your site's members area;
19. Back to JVM2, the "Tools" menu, and "Templates" - In 1st order page, 2nd order page and "Thank you" page you can change the headers and footers to those of your site, but be careful not to mess up the HTML or CSS code (fortunately it can always be undone by clicking the "Load the default template into edit area" button).
And voila! You have a very basic free membership site. Of course there's a lot more that can be added, configured etc (autoresponder, paid membership, affiliate program etc.), but those you can play with as you get to know JVM2 better (and by now you should already have a pretty good idea).
Let me know if you thought this was useful, OK?
God bless,
Phil
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Contributor's Note
I'm not affiliated with John Delavera, creator of JVM2 Fantasos in any way, nor do I claim to be an authority on this script. This is just a simple tutorial (which I do not claim to be 100% perfect either) to help people to get to know how JVM2 works so they can take it from there and create their own e-commerce solutions using this powerful application.
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