You should be able to get what you want simply by assigning a custom capability for each product.
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rpall
(@rpall)
Hmm, that seems like one step closer to where i want to get.
But at the moment i have all these products on different domains with their own set of users. Can i somehow tie these users to a central library user account? Is that something that has been done with s2member?
Thanks.
Is it important to you to keep your users on different domains?
Do these users have recurrent subscriptions already set up, or is the content that they currently have access to already paid for? (I am not asking about whether they might be buying more products in the future, just whether they are still paying for what they currently access.)
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rpall
(@rpall)
It’s a lot easier to keep them on the current domains. There are existing subscriptions connected to these domains (both paypal and custom gateway).
One idea i had was to create a central library membership site that shows products based on custom capabilities, and each of the product membership sites updates that central site’s custom caps over the s2member api. And then figure out how to sync the users and password across all domains. I’m just hoping there’s an easier way to achieve this 🙂
Thanks for your answers.
It sounds like you need a multisite setup. I’d have a look at s2Member’s documentation for multisite to see if it gives you some ideas of how to accomplish this.
I agree with KTS915, seems you need multisite setup, to allow all users to have same passwords in each domain.
Then the “central library” can be a new domain, and you create need links in other sites. Or, you need a custom code to create “central library” and allow access (and purchases) by each separate domain.
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rpall
(@rpall)
Thanks for the answers. I’ll look into the multisite setup. There’s also a plugin by WPMU Dev that enables user syncing across domains. I’ll check in to that as well since that would mean i can leave the current product sites as they are and just add a central library site.
There’s also a plugin by WPMU Dev that enables user syncing across domains.
Be careful with plugins by WPMU Dev! I personally woudn’t risk basing a whole setup on one of their plugins.
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rpall
(@rpall)
I’ve had no experience with them and am just doing some research on them. This specific plugin hasn’t had any updates in 2 years which is a big red flag even though they claim compatibility with wordpress 4.1.1. What is your experience?
@rpall,
My experience is that many WPMU Dev plugins are full of problems. They also install horrible advertising within the back-end of your site, and demand that you install another plugin. And the support (both free and paid) is shambolic (unless you get to talk to Tyler). But even he is not a developer, so problems take ages to get fixed (if they ever do). There’s a reason they charge a monthly fee …
@kts915: Can you suggest alternative? I want it for a project of mine…
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rpall
(@rpall)
@kts915: thanks for the heads up, i will look into alternatives or possibly rolling out something on my own. The problem is the existing sites are not part of a multisite setup and i want to keep the modifications to those sites to a minimum.
@krumch,
I haven’t tried that particular plugin. For you, even if its behavior turns out to be like the WPMU Dev plugins I have tried (and bought) it might be fine because you are a developer. (Maybe @rpall is too, though, now I see that he is considering “rolling something out on [his] own”).
Just be prepared to do your own troubleshooting and problem-solving.
