The plugin has a built-in process for adding a Terms of Service popup and that can be used in a number of different ways, or could be changed completely using some different filters. But what about adding a separate Privacy Policy in a textarea field? Or including your Terms of Service in the same way? Here is a quick tutorial with some example code snippets to get you started. Continue Reading →
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Automatically block child pages
Suppose you have the WP-Members plugin set up to leave pages unblocked. You have a single page that is set at the page level to be blocked, and you would like all children of this individual page to be blocked automatically without having to block each of them individually (or remember to do so). Here is a simple way to do that. Continue Reading →
WP-Members 2.9 Project
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With most of the work for WP-Members 2.8 project behind us, it is time to start thinking about 2.9. This update will focus on rebuilding the forms and the registration and login functions. There may also be some changes to the wpmem_securify and shortcode pages to extend their functionality.
The challenge with form redesign is that there are many people making use of the wpmem_register_form and wpmem_login_form filters that rely on the HTML being constructed in a certain way. Essentially, depending on what a filter function does, a change in tabs and line breaks in the HTML can break a filter. Continue Reading →
WP-Members 2.9 Project: wpmem_inc_registration function
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This post documents the new wpmem_inc_registration function updates for the upcoming 2.9 release. This content is currently only available to premium members. If you are not currently a member, find out more here. Continue Reading →
Automatically clone theme menu location to display different menus based on login status
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One of the most common questions that I receive is how to display menu items based on login status. Because there truly are several answers with multiple options, it an become a little confusing, even to more advanced users. It really boils down to how to you want to construct your site and how do you want things to work?
I have provided different methods of doing this in the past, but that was often difficult for some users because you really needed to understand how to set up a child theme and do theme customizations appropriately. That is not easily within reach of all users.
So I have put together a plugin extension to make this process more automatic. Now you can handle everything through the WP Menus admin panel. It will automatically clone any menu areas of your theme, thus providing you with the ability to serve different menus for those menu areas based on whether a user is logged in or not.
Read more about this extension here.
Site members can download this and other extensions here.