Force Registration before purchase with redirect to Easy Social Registration?

-- HikaShop version -- : 3.2.0
-- Joomla version -- : 3.7.5
-- PHP version -- : PHP 7.1.7 .
-- Browser(s) name and version -- : firefox
-- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : none

This is my dilemma.

a) I want to sell membership to a group.
b) This means that I want the user to have to login before purchase.
c) I am not using Joomla Users/Groups rather Easy Social Users groups that sit on top of Joomla.

Reading the following here:
www.hikashop.com/support/documentation/5....html#checkout_login

Plan A

I was thinking that the easiest thing to do would be set things up as follows:

1) Have a registration button and no login form.
2) That this would make the “Add to cart buttons” disappear until logged in.
3) That I could figure out a way to do a redirect from the Joomla Registration button to the Easy Social Registration registration form!*

Either with some kind of url redirect plugin or maybe even “ReReplacer” from Regular Labs!

I have set things up as in the screen shot.
Is this the way I need to set things up for this work flow?

Or am I missing something?

Plan B

Place a Easy Social Login box next to the product using

a) Some thing inside Hika Shop?
b) “Modules Anywhere” from Regular Labs

Have the setting in Hika Shop set so that

Plan C

Use something like this
www.jlexart.com/jlex-block
To hide “Add to Cart buttons” until logged in.
Or similar strategy!!?!?!

kindly advise

Paul

Hello,

You can use ACL on the product to display it only for right users or you can use a custom plugin to block the orders when the user is not with the right group.
Afterwards, the organization/structure is up to you and what you want to do !

Regards,

Hi Jerome

You can use ACL on the product to display it only for right users

Will this work out of the box for Easy Social Users?

I guess not?

thanks

Paul

PS have I set up the Register Button correctly so that it should dispay as shown in the screen shot above?
Because as of now I do not see it and need to see it before tweaking further

Hello,

The ACL feature in HikaShop is meant to work with the Joomla user group.
As long as the Easy Social Users are also Joomla account, if they have user groups assigned, you can use them.
The system is not built to work with the Easy Social groups ; it would require some custom development to add the feature.
That's why I proposed you to use ACL just to fill the point 2

This means that I want the user to have to login before purchase.

And told you about the need of a custom plugin for the rest.

Regards,

Hello Jerome

Thanks for your patience.

I will find a solution.

Paul