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Setup for a public area and a members area


  • sankari
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    @sankari

    9 years, 9 months ago

    WordPress 4.1
    BuddyPress 2.1.1

    I am evaluating WordPress and BuddyPress for a website that should consist of a public area and a member area. For non-WP sites, I used to have all the members-only content in a single directory (example.com/member-area/index.html) adding HTTP Basic Authentication by means of an htaccess and a htpasswd file.

    As a trial, I installed WP and BP but realised that by default the whole site is password protected except the homepage and the registration page.

    – What’s the concept for such an area with WP+BP: Do you do it with a separate directory too or a subdomain?
    – How do you define the location of the members area or declare the content as protected in WordPress/BuddyPress?
    – How do you make members-only pages/subpages appear in the navigation menu after login only?

    I found no instructions in the documentation or the forum and hope you can help me with these basic questions. Thanks!

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  • sankari
    Participant

    @sankari

    9 years, 8 months ago

    My questions might have been too complicated. To put it simple, that’s the kind of website I am looking for:

    – Homepage: public
    – Pages 2 to 8: public
    – Page 9 including subpages: members only

    How do you set this up with BuddyPress? Is WP Network (Multisite) necessary?


    Brian Dusablon
    Participant

    @teamduce

    9 years, 8 months ago

    You’d need a membership plugin. Check out Paid Memberships Pro and create the levels you need to separate out the content.


    sankari
    Participant

    @sankari

    9 years, 8 months ago

    Thanks for your answer, teamduce. You mean you would use Paid Membership Pro INSTEAD OF BuddyPress or in addition?


    rosyteddy
    Participant

    @rosyteddy

    9 years, 8 months ago

    If you need features of BP then you need both, I think so.
    But before that you may ask here https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/paid-memberships-pro
    if you can exactly do what you are asking for.

    Thanks.

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