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How to allow users to post on my blog
Sometimes you might find that your site needs a way for users to post into a category, or a number of categories. You might want to encourage users to publish content, news or stories.
The plugin “TDO Mini Forms” does exactly this. It allows you to create forms that will automatically post into a pre-determined category. It can be set to automatically post, or add the post awaiting authorization from an admin first.
Tip: Creating categories to reduce 404 errors
This is a great way to create a dynamic looking membership site. Instead of protecting categories, you can leave your membership categories unprotected and instead protect the posts they contain. You can then link directly to these categories using “/?cat=15″ where 15 would be the category number you wanted to link to. You can get the category number by going to manage >> categories from the admin section of your wordpress blog. By hovering over the category, or clicking on it, you will be able to see in its address a number. This is the category id. More »
Customizing the Wordpess “Error 404″ message
When an unregistered user tries to view a protected post, page or category, they will see an “Error 404″ message. These messages come from within your theme, or more specifically, from within the loop within your theme. More »
How do I remove or edit the wordpress links on my users dashboards and profile pages?
Wordpress has a number of links on your users dashboard and profile pages. Most site owners prefer their users to know that they use wordpress and like to have these links for their users. But there are also some users who do not want their users to know that they use wordpress. This could be because some users may not know what wordpress is and you might not want to show them links to wordpress. More »
How do I hide the dashboard from users, but not the admin?
As default, wordpress wp-login page will send the user to the dashboard. But some users do not like their users seeing the dashboard as it contains certain information about your site. Because this is the default way wordpress works, we did not want to change it as part of the wp-Member plugin. This is because if wordpress release an update that changes this file, it could render your site unusable. To prevent this from happening we instead offer a variety of plugins so that you can get your site exactly as you need it. More »
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How do I remove the wordpress logo from the login and register pages?
When we created wp-member we had one thing in mind, to create a membership plugin that would be least effected by wordpress updates. For example, we could have created extra features that removed the wordpress logo and changed your dashboard. But if wordpress released a new version that changed or altered these files, then your whole site could stop working. We decided that the number one thing we needed to be able to offer our users was a membership plugin that would have the minimum probability of becoming inactive due to a new wordpress release. More »
