1. September 16, 2012

2. EastBayWP.com

3. Our Meetup.com Page
http://www.meetup.com/Eastbay-WordPress-Meetup/

4. Ongoing Sponsor: Page.ly
http://page.ly/

5. Membership Sites
on WordPress

6. So Many Plugins!
• S2Member • MemberWing X
• WishList Member • MagicMembers
• Digital Access Pass • Easy Member Pro
• WP eMember • aMember Pro
• Membership • iMember 360
• MemberMouse • Paid Memberships
• WP-Member Pro
• WP-Members™ • And on, and on…

7. Some Criteria for Selecting Your
Membership Plugin
• Price vs. what you expect to make
• Number of levels of membership
• Ability to export members
• Available payment gateways
• Integration with BuddyPress, bbPress, or
other forum software
• Integration with your autoresponder,
CRM program, etc.

8. Free: Membership Lite

9. Free: S2 Member Framework

10. Free: WP-Members™

11. $19: Membership (WPMUDev)

12. $39.99: WP-Member

13. $67: EasyMember Pro

14. $69: S2Member Pro

15. $97: MagicMembers

16. $97: Paid Memberships Pro

17. $97: WishList Member

18. $167: DAP

19. $179.95: aMember Pro

20. $199.95: MemberWing X

21. $370/Year: iMember 360

22. $97/Month: MemberMouse

23. Membership Plugin in Action
S2 MEMBER FRAMEWORK

24. Quick Start Guide

25. The Process
• Create a (Blank) Login Welcome Page
• Create a (Blank) Membership Options
Page
• Configure General Options
• Configure PayPal Options
• Configure Restriction Options

26. Create a Login Welcome Page

27. Create a Membership Options Page

28. Go to General Options

29. Customize Email Notification

30. Set Up Registration

31. Login/Registration Design

32. Add Profile Fields

33. Select Welcome & Options Pages

34. Member Profile Modifications

35. PayPal Options

36. Request PayPal API Signature

37. Fill In PayPal Account Details

38. Encrypt Payment Buttons

39. Turn on PayPal IPN

40. Set up PayPal Auto Return

41. Enter PDT Token

42. Edit Email Confirmation

43. Choose End of Term Options

44. PayPal Button Options

45. Create PayPal Buttons

46. Paste Shortcodes on Options Page

47. Your PayPal Button

48. PayPal Checkout Process

49. Subscriber Modification Buttons

50. Restriction Options

51. Download Options

52. Registration Page

53. Member Password Email

54. Member Login Page

55. Member Profile Modification

56. And from Anca
SOME ALTERNATIVES

57. Participants Database
• Doesn’t create WordPress users with
login capability, but helps you track
members.
• Imports from and exports to CSV.
• Allows you to manage a database from
within WordPress, rather than going to
Google Docs.
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/par
ticipants-database/

58. Participants Database Fields

59. Participants Database CSV Import

60. Premise Membership Module
• Premise is a Copyblogger/StudioPress
product, originally created for landing
pages.
• http://getpremise.com/access/
• Integrates with vBulletin Forums.
• Includes drip content and product sales.
• $165 one-time charge for unlimited
sites.

61. Premise Member Access Settings
More screenshots and a setup tutorial at
http://getpremise.com/access/