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Resolved Mr Wood
(@mr-wood)

5 years ago

Hi, great plugin. I got the heads up from a pdf of plugins recommended by WPEngine.
Can you provide some instructions on how to use the “Select Game File” option.
I’ve created some simple html5 games and uploaded them to my site, these work fine using an iframe in your “Game embed code” option, but I don’t want to expose the url where the game is located as it’s meant to be behind a paywall. I’ve tried uploading a zipped version of the entire game, but it’s not being unpacked when uploaded, so I can’t point to the relevant html file.

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Plugin Author Bytephp
(@bytephp)

5 years ago

Hi Mr Wood,

Thank you for the kind words, and would you be able to direct me to said pdf file by any chance?

The “Select Game File” option is meant to be used with .swf (adobe flash) files, so it would not work with html 5 games.

If I understand your need correctly, you want to embed your own games on your site, but hide the embed url? Would the games only be playable after the user made the payment?

Jay

Thread Starter Mr Wood
(@mr-wood)

5 years ago

Yes, I’d like to add my own games to my web site. Some of the games will be accessible to any subscriber, but others will available only to paid members. I can restrict access to the entire post, but using the iframe method of embedding allows members with access to find and share a link to the game. I’ve only just started looking into this so I’m sure there are some obvious solutions, but your plugin seemed to fit the bill nicely.
https://wpengine.co.uk/resources/ebook-ultimate-guide-wordpress-plugins/

Plugin Author Bytephp
(@bytephp)

5 years ago

Hmmm. As far as I know there is no way to embed a html 5 game into a website without exposing the javascript files (or iframe code) in one way or another.

The files have to be included on the page in order for the browser to be able to read them and know what to do with them.

The only way to restrict it somewhat is to do what you already said and what I was going to suggest, restricting access to the page to all but paid members. But I am afraid that when push comes to shove and time to play the game, the links have to be embedded and exposed to the user.

You could look into possibly changing the location of the embedded file automatically, so that is someone shares the link, the game will only be available through that link for a short time. Searching for link/url/file protector or link expiry should point you in the right direction.

Jay
Plugin Author Bytephp
(@bytephp)

5 years ago
Actually, I just thought of another way that could possibly work to hide the true file location.

Instead of embedding the files themselves, you could make an ajax call and run a function to verify if the user is indeed a paid member, and if they are, then you load the js file content and return it to your gamepage and embed the code directly onto the page.

Or through the url URI with something like http://domain.com/gamelink/?game=title and have a function doing essentially the same, unregistering the game javascript if the player isn’t a paid member

In these case, if a non paid user tries to access the link, the function would simply not output the javascript and nothing is exposed or playable.

These would require some custom coding with php/wordpress to achieve, and is not something ArcadeReady does, but hopefully I have been able to point you in the right direction 🙂

Jay
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Thread Starter Mr Wood
(@mr-wood)

5 years ago

That’s great thanks for your help, I’ll look into your suggestions. Maybe some ideas for future developments of your plugin?

Plugin Author Bytephp
(@bytephp)

5 years ago

Glad I could help. It would not be impossible that I could add this feature, though it is a bit of a special case so it probably won’t be a priority.

Jay

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