Steven Zahm@ NetWarden
Changing entry status based on user role is an interesting idea. Certainly one I hadn’t even considered. I’ve attached a code snippet which you can tweak to suit your needs.
Why bridge/connector extensions?
Thru supporting many users, I found it is very common to find that they are already using a membership plugin. By integrating with the popular membership plugins (the ones that have an API) I can provide them with a seamless experience using what they already have setup. Having their users have to do multiple purchases would likely be very bad for conversions.
I will be doing my own at some point, but this is very complex because you have to deal with new submissions, renewals, expiration, upgrades, downgrades, featured, feature within category, limiting number of category (packages), email notices, multiple payment gateways and so on…