How do Agents Get Paid by Customers?

cg180759 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:40 pm

hi all!

i have an agent that would like his customers to pay him via credit card through a2billing? is this possible? how does the agent url work? i'd like to create a website for him through the signup url, and then have his customers pay into his paypal account. is this possible?

any help or advice would be appreciated!

jroper · **Joined:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:56 pm **Posts:** 4065

Hi

In essence, the agent buys credit from you, (A2B Admin) which he can then sell to his customers.

To allow customers to pay into his paypal account would be complicated, and you may as well have them buy from your account, but if an agent has Credit card merchant account or cash taking facilities, then the above scenario should be fine.

Version 1.4.4 in trunk at the moment is having the agents section re-visited to add more functionality, so trunk testers are always appreciated.

Joe

cg180759 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:17 pm

Ok. Thanks for the quick reply. Is it safe then to do an svn update? i'm currently still using a2b 1.4.1 if i update, will it take me to 1.4.4 or the latest stable version, 1.4.3?

jroper · **Joined:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:56 pm **Posts:** 4065

Hi

it depends on which version you are using from the SVN

Joe

cg180759 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:57 pm

thanks for the reply... how do i find that out please?

jroper · **Joined:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:56 pm **Posts:** 4065

A question only you can answer - you installed it!

Joe

cg180759 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:20 pm

oh... ok

that would be 1.4.1 then? but how do i know which version of the trunk that would be?

jroper · **Joined:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:56 pm **Posts:** 4065

Hi

How did you install, from tarball or from SVN. If SVN, was it trunk, stable or a tag?

Joe

cg180759 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:41 pm

joe, i truly appreciate all your help today. it has been a blessing. to be honest, i don't know how to check that. i might have it written down in some notes i took while installing... but i'm not too sure

jroper · **Joined:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:56 pm **Posts:** 4065

IN the SVN, there is a version called current stable. That will always be the latest current stable version, and the version we use for commercial installs, exactly the same as everyone else, so you can run an svn update on it, and if you use symlinks and aliases in apache during the installation, then updating to the latest version is simply a case of svn update, followed by running the appropriate db update scripts, after the usual precautionary backups, and some testing on say a vmware session.

However, to upgrade, you have to know where you are at the moment, and it is only in 1.4.3.1 that we have included the version number in the db. you should NOT run db upgrade scripts twice under any circumstances.

Joe

LFCII · **Joined:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:49 pm **Posts:** 184

jroper wrote:

IN the SVN, there is a version called current stable.
Joe

Hi Joe,

Where exactly is the version called current stable?

I think I must be looking in the wrong place.

This is the link I use. http://svn.a2billing.net/svn/asterisk2billing/

When I look in trunk or tags I do not see anything labeled current stable? Actually this link always gives me the current revision.

Kind Regards,

Les

jroper · **Joined:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:56 pm **Posts:** 4065

Hi

Run this at the command prompt

Code:

 svn co --username guest --password guest http://svn.a2billing.net/svn/asterisk2billing/tags/1.4-current/

This is the version we use for commercial installs, and is always up to date with the latest current stable release, so updating is easy. (svn update)

Joe

LFCII · **Joined:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:49 pm **Posts:** 184

jroper wrote:

Hi

Run this at the command prompt

Code:

 svn co --username guest --password guest http://svn.a2billing.net/svn/asterisk2billing/tags/1.4-current/

This is the version we use for commercial installs, and is always up to date with the latest current stable release, so updating is easy. (svn update)

Joe

Hi Joe,

Thanks for the reply.

If I just go http://svn.a2billing.net/svn/asterisk2b ... 4-current/ the directory views as empty. If I go up one directory up it shows the different versions and if I click on one of those, there are files. Shouldn't something be listed in 1.4-current if I view it as I am? Are you hiding the view?

Kind Regards,

Les

jroper · **Joined:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:56 pm **Posts:** 4065

Hi

There is some internal magic that links http://svn.a2billing.net/svn/asterisk2b ... 4-current/ to the tag 1.4.3.1

When say 1.4.4 is released, then we will re-point that link to new 1.4.4 tag, but from the command line it always downloads to the same directory, which means that updating A2Billing from one stable version to the next is as simple as updating from that SVN, and then applying the database update scripts, provided you have used aliases and symlinks.

Joe

LFCII · **Joined:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:49 pm **Posts:** 184

jroper wrote:

Hi

There is some internal magic that links http://svn.a2billing.net/svn/asterisk2b ... 4-current/ to the tag 1.4.3.1

When say 1.4.4 is released, then we will re-point that link to new 1.4.4 tag, but from the command line it always downloads to the same directory, which means that updating A2Billing from one stable version to the next is as simple as updating from that SVN, and then applying the database update scripts, provided you have used aliases and symlinks.

Joe

Hi Joe,

Thanks for the tip on the magic.

Kind Regards,

Les

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