I would expect there to be some good threads on this topic already, but everything I've found has been several years old.

I am building a small subscription based site and have some questions about what basic pieces I need and what pieces might provide additional benefits.

The site will be very simple - just a handful of pages, but to have access you need one of two levels of subscriptions for (say, $5/month for basic, $100/mo for very advanced).

- Payment method?  
   Paypal Website Payments Standard?   Can I do recurring (monthly) payments with this?  Will the customer have to re-enter credit card info each month?

- Membership software?  
   Leaning toward aMember.  Anyone using this that can summarize their experience/recommendations?

- Other recommendations?
I've seen some mention of Joomla.  Can anyone explain to me how this fits into the big picture?  What benefit does it provide, etc?
Thanks!!