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Modifying default error messages that are not editable in the dialogs tab

Chad Butler · Feb 7, 2014 ·

When I first developed the admin panels for the plugin, I added editable dialogs for most of the various error messages. Since then, some additional dialogs have been added for form validation (as well as the ability to add your own validation and messages). However, most of those were not included in the dialogs tab. This is mainly because it does take quite a bit of programming overhead and more system resources for adding this as a feature.

So what if you want to change one of these messages? For example, you would like to change the message “The username cannot include non-alphanumeric characters” to something more light hearted, such as “Like, no weird characters in the username, dude!” This code snippet collects a number of these default message strings and allows you to replace them with your own versions. Continue Reading →

Use an invitation code with the PayPal subscription extension

Chad Butler · Jan 14, 2014 ·

When running the PayPal subscription extension, you might have some users you want to give a free account to. Or you might want to offer a discount to users with a specific code. Here is are some code snippets that will allow you to validate a promotion code in the registration form and if it is valid, either bypass the PayPal process (for a free subscription) or apply a discount. Continue Reading →

Multiple Selection Checkboxes – Add A Section Heading (Advanced)

Chad Butler · Jan 8, 2014 ·

As of WP-Members 3.1.0, multiple selection checkbox support is an included feature in the plugin. That makes custom implementation such as described here unnecessary for most applications. I am leaving this post here however as there may continue to be users who (1) need a high level of customization that may utilize some or all of this kind of approach, and (2) for users who may not update to 3.1+ who need this support.

This tutorial is an extension of the tutorial on creating Multiple Selection Checkboxes. This tutorial will add a little snippet to one of the functions in that tutorial to show you how to add a section heading to your group of checkboxes.

The end result is to have a heading for the group of checkboxes, followed by the checkboxes with the label text to the right, much like this screenshot.

This is a slightly more advanced tutorial that the previous basic tutorial. You might try that one first.

While not overly complicated, I will work through the process step-by-step so that it is easier to understand what each section does. Continue Reading →

Multiple Selection Checkboxes – Add A Section Heading (Basic)

Chad Butler · Jan 7, 2014 ·

This is a basic tutorial. There is also a more advanced tutorial that will move the labels to the right of the checkbox. You should understand the concepts in this tutorial before moving to the advanced.

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Add a custom tab to the WP-Members admin panel to send test emails to the administrator

Chad Butler · Nov 11, 2013 ·

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I had a user request some time ago to allow the plugin to send test emails to the administrator so that so a site owner could test both email functionality and view the content of each email without going through the hassle of doing a test registration each time. I thought that sounded like a great idea.

This was originally offered to users as a code snippet, but has since grown into an extension package for the plugin. The extension will add a tab to the WP-Members admin panel where you can ask the plugin to send test emails to you for review. Continue Reading →