I've worked with both TotalAVS and Totalavs pro sense they were created. I helped incorporate the Tavs standard into Getverified (sense then getverified has edited the system to fit his exact needs) and i have worked with just about every site that uses either version of Totalavs and helped develop the pro version.
The original tavs and tavs pro was using "idsignup2.cgi?user=fakeuser" as the "welcome_page" link with a refer check to make sure the link came from ccbill's signup page. This way of adding members has been changed many months ago. Perlcoders, Ccbill and I worked together and came up with the current way of passing info to the avs system using "alternate_script" hidden tag. This tag allows about everything to be posted back to the system and again we check the refer url to make sure. This was before ccbill's newest version which allows you to set the post back url in the actual ccbill admin. All 3 ways will work with Totalavs and Totalavs pro.
As for pay periods, they are run on a crontab or manually?that is up to the owner to decide how and when they want it run
In Totalavs Pro, suspending accounts for webmasters is the 3rd option and the 4th option suspends the subscriber?using either the webmasters or subscribers id! This is one of the reasons perlcoders created the pro version. Many of the standard owners wanted more feature.
The back up error was brought to my and perlcoders attention and was taken care of. Have your client get with us; we?ll make sure they get everything taken care of.
I?ll be the first to say that Totalavs pro is a hand full but for a few errors (that have been and are taken care of) all the problems are do to how the templates were setup and server problems. A script as large as Totalavs pro that has to work with many different billing systems and be as customizable as possible and have to work on EVERY unix server platform will have issues. PLUS just about every avs system owner wants their system custom at least in part. This is why perlcoders insists on doing the install, cause it isnt easy! We get everything from free avs setups to getting a free membership to a paysite along with a membership to the avs AND have both systems track the billing. I do my best to meet the needs of my clients and I know perlcoders has helped me with everything. If you have problems and are my client get with me plz or get with perlcoders for everything else.
http://hentaikey.com/ is one of the sites using the tavs pro and is currently making sales. They use both the new and old ccbill version.
Ryan
1-877-722-5932
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