Suggestions on Membership/Community Site Platform

by nmh

Posted: 14 years ago 8 replies

WEB DESIGN

Hi Warriors,

I am looking for a platform to use for a new site. I am currently using Ning but which is super easy to customize and the look and feel is easy for people to follow and navigate but has a lot of limitations that I will need for my next venture. Below are the feature that I am looking for in the next platform that i use:

Ability to group videos for easier navigation. (ie. all xyz related videos grouped together and all abc related videos together),
Ability to allow members access to certain parts of the site while non paying have limited access
Ability to allow Google to search only titles of the site but not all content.
Easy/nice looking basic platform and have it easily customizable.

Any suggestions would be GREAT!!!

#membership or community #platform #site #suggestions

Kyle Oliveiro 14 years ago

[DELETED]

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[5030179].message }}
- nmh 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kyle Oliveiro
  
  Have you had a look at Wishlist Member?
  
  Hi Kyle,
  
  Thanks for the suggestion. I looked at all of the sites and they don't have a community feel. They are all membership sites but not I am trying to build more of a community. The one thing I like about ning that I would like to keep is the fact you can see members. The downsides are above.
  
  I appreciate you responding though
  
  Thanks
  
  {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[5030334].message }}
nmh 14 years ago

Anyone else? I tried looking for site similar but they don't do what I listed.
- Thanks
- 1 reply
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[5035532].message }}
- yorkiedale 14 years ago
  
  have you looked at Buddypress?
  
  something I'm hoping to get a chance to look into - got a few ideas for some good sites with it
  
  Yorkie
  
  Thanks
  
  1 reply
  
  Signature
  
  Earn and Learn - get recurring direct $1000 Commissions - http://www.exitusgroup.com
  
  Helping people Save Money and Make money, by spending less on Fuel !
  Global team partners wanted; use : http://www.lessfuel.co.uk
  
  {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[5035838].message }}
  
  Chris Mercer 14 years ago
  
  In addition to BuddyPress... check out WP-Mingle (a social plugin for Wordpress).
  
  - Mercer
  
  Thanks
  
  1 reply
  
  {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[5044102].message }}
  
  nmh 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Chris Mercer
  
  In addition to BuddyPress... check out WP-Mingle (a social plugin for Wordpress).
  
  - Mercer
  
  I will check that one out. Hopefully it will show photos of members for that community feel. Thanks Chris!
  
  Thanks
  
  {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[5057871].message }}

simondach

14 years ago

Hi NMH,

It sounds like you're looking for two main things:
1. Something to restrict content from non-paying members (and to process payments)
2. Something that makes the site 'more social network'

For content gating and processing payments, I recommend getting started with S2Member. There's a free version of the plugin that should be able to cover the majority of your needs, including gating content and more.

For the social side of things, I'm +1ing YorkieDale - buddypress is great. Added bonus is that it integrates perfectly with S2Member.

Free and easy.

-R.