I did try AEC and even got it to work. Then I needed to fix something else which required removing things including AEC and when I tried again, I couldn't get it to work! My concern is that even if I got it to work again, I still couldn't be sure how to fix it if it went wrong. The hacks are a little confusing and also a couple say that I need access to my server. The server folk at Siteground say it's all working anyway so they do not need to fix the hacks. In short, a bit out of my ability range to be confident about. Will be looking at JContentSubscription (advertised on iJoomla) and still waiting to see what the pay add-on from the CB team might bring.
You must have mastered AEC! Well done.