wordpress paid subscriptions

We have moved our support page from our main website SmartMediaPro.com to wp-Member.com so that all the information that our customers need can be accessed from one location. This is part of our ongoing streamlining process, making it easier and quicker to be able to obtain support, information or contact us.

For full details, please read the full post on SmartMediaPro.com by clicking here.

We are pleased to announce the release of wp-Member v3.0.5. The latest version includes minor changes, some of which are added security, code changes and development of new areas.

Changelog

• Minor security and code changes to streamline processes within wp-Member and further development of soon to be released features and functions.

To download the latest version of wp-member, please click here.

We are pleased to announce the release of wp-Member v3.0.3. The latest version includes many changes that were released as RC versions plus a few others, all of which are listed below. We have also included many fixes so that wp-Member is fully functional with the latest version of wordpress

Changelog

• Payment Gateways – When paypal was deactived, all other gateways also deactivated. This has been corrected so that any gateway modules can be used individually.
• Registration Image Control – The registration image had been changed to work in a new way, but part of the changes were causing the image to load incorrectly for some designs. This has now been corrected.
• Registration Process – While registering for a custom membership subscription, some users accounts were not being activated correctly. This has now been corrected.
• Trial Subscriptions – Some trial users were being given accounts with a default length of 3 days instead of the selected length. This has now been corrected.
• CSS Control – Some areas of the registration and login page fonts were missed. You can now control all font colours of the registration and login pages from within the wp-Member admin menu.

To download the latest version of wp-member, please click here.

We are pleased to announce the release of wp-Member v3.0. The latest version includes many changes that were released as RC versions plus a few others, all of which are listed below.

Changelog

• Authorize.net Gateway Module Added – you can now accept payments from your customers using Paypal and Authorize.net. Due to php changes, Authorize.net will only be available to php 5 users. If you do not have php 5, please read this post.
• Registration CSS and Image Control – We have changed how you can control the text colour of the login and registration page as well as being able to upload as many registration images as you want, swapping between them easily and quickly. This new feature has been added to the bottom of the Registration Customization page within wp-member.
• Paypal Sandbox – Some users reported issues with our RC1 release refusing to go into live mode. We have now corrected this issue.
• Upgrade/Downgrade – The upgrade/downgrade feature has been altered to fall in line with the new shortened registration procedure.

To download the latest version of wp-member, please click here.

It is not uncommon to find that WordPress is the favourite content management system used on the internet today. It is especially a favourite amongst bloggers because of the simplistic features, frequent updates and the extensive customizability features that allows you to create the perfect blog or website. In addition to all the many plus features is the easy way to create subscription WordPress sites.

A major advantage of WordPress sites is that you are not limited to RSS feed subscriptions only! There is an array of options available to suit the most discriminating webmaster’s requirements.

In order to allow for paid subscriptions on your WordPress site you can make use of  WP-Member, our premium Membership Plugin. wp-member is a first-class plug-in that will change your single level subscription WordPress site into a distinguished full multilevel membership site.

The best part of WP-Member is that it is super easy to use and you do not need any prior WordPress or coding or configuration knowledge.  You only need to select the membership level for posts, categories and pages and WP-Member will by design deal with access rights, payments, and subscriptions of members.

It would be wrong not to recognize RSS as the most popular option, and is commonly found on almost all blogs, websites, and especially media related websites on the internet. What is significant with subscription WordPress sites is that you are not limited to only the blogs on a website but members can subscribe to blogs or sites by using tags or even different categories.

You can make use of two easy ways. Permalinks are the easiest way to do this. It is as simple as adding “add/feed” at the end of an URL to get a feed. In the event where Permalinks are not made possible, it is just as simple. Then you only need to add “&feed=rss2” to the URL.

This is what makes creating subscription to WordPress so astonishing. You can turn almost any content into feeds! All you need to do is to affix the feed value to the applicable URL.

The following tips will assist you to create subscription WordPress sites easy and uncomplicated as well as customized to your needs and requirements.

1. You can create subscription options on a WordPress site or blog where members can subscribe to specific entries on a blog of a specific category or on receiving all the comments that is posted.
   Subscribing to a specific blog entry or comment is helpful if your members only want to follow a specific discussion or a certain topic. This way they do not need to read all the entries in order to find the ones they are interested in.
   Members or even visitors can have the option to subscribe to receive notification of all the comments posted on the site.
2. You can create subscription to WordPress sites for email notifications and updates. This is the most number one choice for most internet users. Make sure your site offers users the option to select a daily or at least a weekly email update.
   Email notifications are preferred above RSS feed readers because it is often found that these RSS readers are crammed full with other sites and this hinder the effectiveness.
3. An option that will surely put your site a cut above the rest and make it appear very impressive is when you create a subscription WordPress page where members can choose the various products or options regarding their subscription.
   This is the ideal place to provide options such as daily or weekly information email notifications, notifications on special offers, or notice on fresh comment or content. Make sure that the subscription plug-in is properly installed and ensure it works properly.
   The layout of the subscription page is also very important. It must be appealing, easy to understand and straightforward to make the selection options your readers would want to use.

To create subscription WordPress pages is not something you do quickly to get it up and running as soon as possible. The subscription page on your blog or site portrays in a large way the overall impression you will leave with visitors and members.

Therefore it is important to spend enough effort to create subscription WordPress pages that impress and are effective in all aspects.