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What cms to use for a membership site?

by googlejedi
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I would love some pointers on what cms is used for sites that have a members area.

I would like to be able to do the following:

- Special members area (secured)
- Surfer pays for membership -> receives his membership info (username : password) automatically after payment and can login to the membersarea where he can read all info about the product. (Inc. embedded videos etc).

Anyone who can help me with this? Im looking to set things up with clickbank.

Thanks!
#cms #membership #site
  • Profile picture of the author nzdealer
    wp-wishlist or joomla
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  • Profile picture of the author Ray_Barnes
    i would choose wordpress :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author googlejedi
    Just wordpress wont cut it i think, is that what others are using?
    With what plugins?
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  • Profile picture of the author DogScout
    I think I'd go 'forum' IPB or Vbulletin
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  • Profile picture of the author jamespitt
    Personally - I'd use Drupal - it does most of what you want pretty easily. Take a look at Drupal Commons. You'll also need ubercart & this -> http://www.ubercart.org/docs/user/33...ole_promotions
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  • Profile picture of the author Ray_Barnes
    you can use wordpress with wishlist member

    edit packt books have a book called WordPress 3 Site Blueprints that goes through the process
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  • Profile picture of the author socialbookmark
    I choose wordpress too . Its very easy to use and its updating many times a year. Its the best.
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  • Profile picture of the author yours2u
    wishlist plugin and wordpress is a very powerful combination and very easy to use. I have it on both my main sites and can't fault it. Wishlist also has a great members site itself where you can get lots of help developing your site. Another advantage is that wishlist is good to go with paid membership via paypal, clickbank, shoppingcart etc
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  • Profile picture of the author magicjg
    wordpress+wishlist or amember = bad@ss membership site.
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  • Profile picture of the author googlejedi
    Thanks!

    Im going to try wp + wishlist.
    Cant wait to show you all what im
    up to
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    • Profile picture of the author skatir
      for website I recommend joomla, for blogging I recommend wordpress
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  • Profile picture of the author Vuuzla
    drupal, just because of it`s modular architecture and for it`s great flexibilty.
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  • Profile picture of the author Suzanne7557
    Hi, I just did a membership site on wordpress, used dlguard for processing and membership, as long as it is 1 level membership. I then made a separate salespage and submitted to clickbank. DLguard takes care of protecting the area and automating signin,passwords. I looked at wishlist too for membership, they allow multi level memberships.
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  • Profile picture of the author petevamp
    wordpress is one of the most veristile cms providers out there. I have thought about starting a membership site my self and when I was I was going to use wordpress to do so. All you need to do is get a simple plugin for the membership area where it would be stored in a directory of your chossing. Keep in mind though that running a membership site the site it self is what the members want and not you. I have been to far to many membership sites where the owner puts up a great idea for the site then decides the people coming in to the site are not the ones they want. So keep in mind to be successful with a membership site you need to provide a good service as well as a good support system. If you are going to have your members promoting your site let them promote it their way and not the way you want them to promote it. Provide them with things they can use for promotion as well for it will help them understand the type of members you want on the site. I wish you the best of luck
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  • Profile picture of the author Glenn Pegden
    As somebody that's developed around Drupal, Joomla and WordPress as well as years of hand-built stuff, I'd say if you're having to ask the question, the answer is probably WordPress.

    For bigger, more complex sites, if the customer has no preference, I go for Joomla, but as what you're describing is a run of the mill (in a technical sense, I'm sure your content wont be) membership site. Then WordPress and a Membership Plugin should have you up and running in minutes.

    One tip though, do a bit of research on these forums on which membership plugin to use, there are better, cheaper (and if today's rumor in twitter is true, more secure) options than WishList.
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