What Is The Best Way To Protect WordPress Membership Post Content?

few ways you can do it. You can use wordpress plugin called wishlist . Cost is 97 for 1 site or 297 if you want to use it on more than 1 site.

Free option is to do what I did. use aweber to deliver content and free wp plugin privateurl to protect the posts from other finding them that didnt pay etc. Hope that helps.

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Hi Monika,

I reckon you're looking for DigitalAccessPass.

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I think areaK makes a really valid point here re: usability. In fact, I'm trying to solve the same problem as you, for exactly the reason she's pointed out.

If we are trying to do the same thing, then this is the way I plan to overcome the delivery/access problem using DAP, and not cripple navigation around the site for paid, logged-in members who will want to access previous content without rummaging through their email box:

- create a single level membership (DAP will add buyers to your Aweber list... or it will just send out an email without any need for a 3rd party autoresponder)

- create a "release date" for every piece of content (i.e. post) to coincide with when the autoresponder messages get sent out (actually, staggered 1-day in advance to accommodate time-zone differences, i.e. autoresponder goes out on Days 1, 3, 5, 7... then... content gets released on Days 1, 2, 4, 6...)

- as their membership "matures" -- and not before -- more and more links will start to accumulate in the sidebar (or wherever you put them), solving the accessibility problem and not giving access (or even protected links to your content) until the "days-since-joined" you've set has been reached.

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I actually put in a support ticket just this afternoon to ask Ravi something along these lines (plus some other stuff) so I'll post back when I hear from him -- unless he sees this thread first and responds himself.

All the best with it!

TheNightOwl

I am using that trickles content. Visit WordPress Membership Plugin - Membership Script For WordPress Blogs And Regular Web Sites

Hi Monika

I just get a response from Ravi and I'm very happy! You can do this! Yay!

Of course, check with him directly. I'm not a staffmember or a programmer and i have no connection with DAP other than being a happy customer -- and an affiliate, naturally! (Why wouldn't you be an affiliate for such an awesome product!)

You'll notice that's not my affiliate link, above. (See, below, however)

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Anyway, for what it's worth, here's what I wasn't sure if I could do and emailed Ravi about (perhaps some other folks are also wondering if this is possible):

- I have an existing site with plenty of existing content

- I have an autoresponder that sends out messages saying something like "There's a new article for you. Click here to read it" (with a couple of more copywriting chops applied, though ,eh! )

- All of the content is open to the search engines (and I get plenty of visitors who find the site from articles ranking well in the SERPs)

- But... none of the content is linked to in the sidebar of the site (because that would defeat the purpose of the email list! )

- I really don't like this model for all sorts of reasons (and it's just a little hobby site that has grown) so...

- I want to convert the site to a paid annual membership and "drip" access to the content over that time (organising the content into a more logical progression, where content builds on and refers back to previous content... not exactly a "course;" but something similar, although a bit more free-form)

- Thing is, I also want the first half of each article to be still be available to the search engines using a "Sneak Peek" [++more++] type tag

- The "Read more..." link on the "Sneak Peek" posts should be a "smart" link which does the following:

- if someone is not a member (or is not signed in), it gives them a message saying "Join or Sign In")

- if someone is a member and they have access to that content, they simply get access to it

- if someone is a member but they don't yet have access to that content, they get a message saying "Hold on... access to this is coming soon!" (this is especially what I meant by "smart")

- This way, I can have (protected) links to all the content/categories in the sidebar so that prospects can see what's on the site and what they'll gain access to (over a year) once they sign up. At the moment, it's just an empty sidebar and they have to take my word for it that there's tons of amazing content. There is, but that's an extremely weak marketing position. Especially when people finding me through the SERPs don't know me from Adam.

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And... based on the email I just received back from Ravi, it appears that I can do this with DAP (plus a whole lot more!).

I'll let him know about this thread so he can comment on it the event that I've made any errors, above. I'm still not 100% sure, for example, if my understanding of the "smart" link is correct. I think it is.

And in case you hadn't noticed, I'm really excited about DAP because I've been looking for a solid but flexible membership solution for quite a while now (and read a LOT of threads on this forum and read a LOT of salesletters -- multiple times! -- for different membership site scripts) and I'm happy to report I've found one that does just about everything I can think of... and more!

DigitalAccessPass is totally killer in my opinion!

---> MY AFFILIATE LINK for DAP :p

And, as is my standard policy: Here is the direct link)

All the best,
TheNightOwl

Heya, Monika

Very kind of you.

Although this might seem as if I'm "going the hard sell and pushing for an affiliate sale!" ... actually, I'm not.

I don't know what the overall plan for your site is, obviously. "Horses for courses," naturally, and you'll obviously choose whatever is right for you.

The two major deciding factors for me (as to why I went with DAP) are the "Tru-Drip" feature and the inbuilt and integratable (is that even a word? lol) affiliate program.

Wishlist doesn't have the kind of content-drip that I wanted. It only has the "Level 1 access as of this day"-type of content-release, where members get access to all content at that level on Day 1 of that level.

This is no good for me because for a couple of sites I want to create actual courses and have people billed once a month, but only get access to the "Month 1, Week 1" content during the first 7 days, and then "Month 1, Weeks 1 & 2" during the following 7 days, etc.

Also on that note: I found that the way you have to set up the membership levels with Wishlist to achieve the same outcome is more complicated. I'm sure plenty of people do it, but it's too complicated for my liking, needing to create 24 levels for a 6-month course instead of 6 and then protecting each item of content based on days-since-joined.

[Stu, I'm sure you (or one of your users) will correct me if I'm wrong! And if I am, my deepest apologies. I'll come back and edit this post immediately. I'm not trying to misrepresent your product. I've asked questions on the Wishlist Helpdesk and always got fast, polite, informative replies.]


And, (2) as I said, I love the built-in affiliate prog., where all users immediately get signed up as affiliates making it easy for them to promote.


There's a comparison chart on the DAP site here:

Digital Access Pass comparison versus Amember, WP WishList and MemberWing

And a discussion about whether things are being accurately represented, along with various things that users and prospects don't like about DAP.

Now, it's Ravi's blog so he moderates which comments appear, of course, but at this stage it does seem like objections and competitors are being given a fair voice:

DAP -vs- The Competition -- DAP Documentation

All the best,
TheNightOwl

Ha ha!

I see you posted while I was typing my response, Ravi.

I use WishList. Love it. I like it so much I bought the version that I can use on more than one site.

hi,

forgive me if this sounds a silly questions but a membership site via wordpress, is this simply allowing a visitor to join and have access to downloads or am i missing something?

iv checked the other websites but they seem difficult to actually understand the benefits..

I use different programs for different sites.

For my big mem\bership site I use WP Member. Simple and efficient script very similar to wishlist.

Secondly on smaller ones I simply use pages and password protect providing the password in emails or all at once depending on if they want to pay up front or monthly.

Lastly I use a plugin called restricted access which allows me to close things down depending on their level of access.

In membership sites I always use pages The Tree plugin making it easy to break up the content.

Quentin