Suppose you have a landing page you are directing users to, and users can login on that page, then be redirected to an articles page. What happens if the user is already logged in and they hit the landing page? Here is a process that will help smooth out the user experience. Continue Reading →
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Setting up a custom WP-Members stylesheet
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WP-Members is designed to work out-of-the-box, yet be extensible and customizable. The layout of the forms and dialog messages are a good example, with the ability to easily define a custom stylesheet in the plugin options.
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This is the home of WP-Members and is packed with a great deal of information about the plugin, how to use it, and how to set it up. The plugin is rich with both shortcodes as well as action & filter hooks, so there are many examples here to demonstrate its extensibility. There is also a free User’s Guide and How-to guides on setting up the plugin.
Creating menus based on login status
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In this example, I will show you how to display a different menu for users based on their login status for the WordPress TwentyTen theme. This process can be adapted to any theme (and using the same principles, could be adapted to use anywhere on your WP site).
Note: There is an alternate (and easier) method of doing this posted here. That post displays the method currently used on this site.
There is now a Logged In Menus Extension that makes the entire process as easy as installing a plugin.
Creating sidebar content with the logged in/out shortcodes
A powerful use of the WP-Members logged in/out shortcodes is using them to display “login specific” content in the sidebar. This post will discuss how to set that up. Continue Reading →