#6 Payment Interval: Biannually

[Pontius Malmberg]

I don't know if this is concidered a major bug,
however, the Payment Interval drop-down has one field
stating Biannually.
To be correct Biannually = 2yrs, and not 6months.
Semi-annually = 6months.

I think that Biannually (2yr interval) would be
needed, since there are certain clients that will
renew domain names or other services on a 2 year basis.

Also, there should be a way for the ISP using the GCDB
to add whatever billing interval he/she would need.
For example, I have some clients that buy domain names
for 5yrs or 10yrs as well, and I don't want to re-bill
them every so often.

Just a thought!

Great work goes to all the developers out there!

Peace out,
Ponch

[Rob Cermak]

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Agreed. Just have to figure out how to implement that.
Might be a separate table that has various billing intervals
with columns for year, month, day. So say:

CREATE TABLE BillInterval
BillIntervalID integer,
Desc text,
Year integer,
Month integer,
Day integer;

INSERT BillInterval (1,'Yearly',1,0,0);
INSERT BillInterval (2,'Biannual',2,0,0);
INSERT BillInterval (3,'Semi-Annual',0,6,0);
INSERT BillInterval (4,'5 Years',5,0,0);
INSERT BillInterval (5,'Monthly',0,0,1);
INSERT BillInterval (6,'Quarterly',0,0,3);

Just have to add all the component programs:
enterbillinterval.php, update edit.php... and then
get the billing engine to work on it. Then you can create
all your custom billing intervals as you need them.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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Please be accurate in your vocabulary, it is critically
important for the sake of accurate communication. The
definition of Biannual is twice per year or every six
months. The thing you are after (which I also agree should
be implemented) is called BIENNUAL.

[Dimitri Seirlis]

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A big yes to this idea - domain renewals are getting more
diverse in their periods of reg. Must have various timed billing
options re other threads - good work but we need to
consolidate this projects development ...see oscommerce
and mambo developments for good examples

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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Actually, biannyally does meen twice a year.

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=biannual