About This File
[b]Single Use License Keys (SULK)
Add-in for IP.Nexus v1.4.x/1.5.x[/b]
[b]What is it?[/b]
SULK
is a method of supporting the use of license keys generated prior to
sale. IP.Nexus generally creates a license key at sale time but this
does not cater for the case where a non-PHP key generator is used or
that the keys are purchased from a supplier for re-sale.
[b]How it works[/b]
You
create your product in IP.Nexus and use the SULK licensing method. Then
you visit the SULK application select ‘Add keys’ and the relevant
product, copy & paste the block of keys and press ‘Add Keys’. SULK
automatically sets the IP.Nexus stock level so that clients can not buy
if there are no keys available.
[b]SULK Overview[/b]
The
overview page allows you to see how many keys that have been issued and
the remaining keys that are free to be allocated for sales. If you
select the product name a list of each key and its status is available
for you to peruse.
[b]Key Suffixes[/b]
In
addition to adding predefined license keys you may also add a ‘suffix’
to be appended to the key so that the chance of a duplicate key being
issued by multiple vendors is avoided. As an example our product
‘Widget’ is sourced from another company who issue us with ten keys at a
time like;
[indent=1]9001
9002
9003
9004
9005
9006
9007
9008
9009
9010[/indent]
Now
if another company we deal with issues the same keys IP.Nexus will be
unable to handle the duplication. So when SULK adds the key it will
automatically append the suffix, so in our ‘Widget’ case we set the
suffix to ‘ (Widget Key)’ notice the space before the ‘(‘ when the first
key is generated for a sale the license code will be;
9001 (Widget Key)
Use
of suffixes is totally optional, but please remember keys are not
re-generated so if you may need to differentiate products do it at
initial setup.
[b]Installation[/b]
Copy
the files in the distribution file to your forum, if you have changed
your admin directory you will need to make sure you upload the files to
that directory.
Run the application installer as per normal.
If
you want to remove the application please make sure that you change all
existing SULK licensed products in your IP.Nexus packages to a
different licensing method.
Add-in for IP.Nexus v1.4.x/1.5.x[/b]
[b]What is it?[/b]
SULK
is a method of supporting the use of license keys generated prior to
sale. IP.Nexus generally creates a license key at sale time but this
does not cater for the case where a non-PHP key generator is used or
that the keys are purchased from a supplier for re-sale.
[b]How it works[/b]
You
create your product in IP.Nexus and use the SULK licensing method. Then
you visit the SULK application select ‘Add keys’ and the relevant
product, copy & paste the block of keys and press ‘Add Keys’. SULK
automatically sets the IP.Nexus stock level so that clients can not buy
if there are no keys available.
[b]SULK Overview[/b]
The
overview page allows you to see how many keys that have been issued and
the remaining keys that are free to be allocated for sales. If you
select the product name a list of each key and its status is available
for you to peruse.
[b]Key Suffixes[/b]
In
addition to adding predefined license keys you may also add a ‘suffix’
to be appended to the key so that the chance of a duplicate key being
issued by multiple vendors is avoided. As an example our product
‘Widget’ is sourced from another company who issue us with ten keys at a
time like;
[indent=1]9001
9002
9003
9004
9005
9006
9007
9008
9009
9010[/indent]
Now
if another company we deal with issues the same keys IP.Nexus will be
unable to handle the duplication. So when SULK adds the key it will
automatically append the suffix, so in our ‘Widget’ case we set the
suffix to ‘ (Widget Key)’ notice the space before the ‘(‘ when the first
key is generated for a sale the license code will be;
9001 (Widget Key)
Use
of suffixes is totally optional, but please remember keys are not
re-generated so if you may need to differentiate products do it at
initial setup.
[b]Installation[/b]
Copy
the files in the distribution file to your forum, if you have changed
your admin directory you will need to make sure you upload the files to
that directory.
Run the application installer as per normal.
If
you want to remove the application please make sure that you change all
existing SULK licensed products in your IP.Nexus packages to a
different licensing method.
