lisa
(@contentiskey)
what steps are you using when you are trying to password protect pages?
which page are you trying to protect?
have you considered using a membership plugin to protect specific content areas?
I currently have a page called Resources (not in menu, I don’t want our students or parents of students clicking on it and then being confused/asking lots of questions). This will house content for instructors only.
When I am viewing the page in the dashboard, in the Publish box to the right you can select Password Protected under Visibility. I have that selected just on this page, and a password set on it.
When I log out of my account (when I am logged in, it just shows me my content of course) and try the page I see the box to enter the password, and I type it, hit the button, nothing happens. I see the same blank page and the same password box and button.
I looked at just password related plugins, but they all seemed to piggyback on the existing functionality that I can’t get to work so I gave up on those and tried to troubleshoot the issue at its core, to no avail.
Would this membership type plugin utilize the password protection that’s built in? Or no? I am intrigued now, this may be a reasonable workaround (and of course I can also search for info on these plugins later, when it’s not approaching midnight…).
Thank you for this reply!
Melissa
lisa
(@contentiskey)
for SIMPLE, short term content restriction where every user has same password (hard to manage in long term) i would use the built in password function.
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for situations with many users that might change over time and long term protection of specific content…I would use a membership plugin. I have used Paid Memberships Pro (can be used for free memberships too). i have found that it can help fine tune content that is to be shown to particular groups of members.
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here’s the link
http://www.paidmembershipspro.com/
if you need deep plugin specific support it is available for purchase
otherwise, i have found the regular documentation has worked for me.
i currently use it on 2 websites that I manage on to restrict content access to members depending on which membership levels they have selected: free, monthly membership, annual membership etc.
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there are several other good membership plugins available—each having different characteristics.
lisa
(@contentiskey)
recommendation: add your contact info/phone #/email in a more prominent area to make it easier for customers to get in touch with you. consider adding phone # to header/footer if you don’t want to have a “contact us” page
Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll check that out. And thanks again for suggesting another path!
I’ll let the owner know about your thoughts on the contact info. I agree with you – but sometimes he has his own opinions.
Thanks!
Melissa
