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Category: Tips and Tricks

  • Handling form layout when using a builder plugin

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    Chad Butler
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    Builder plugins (and themes that use them) such as SiteOrigin, Elegant Builder, Divi, and others, have become more popular. Without beating a topic that has already been beat to death in the WordPress developer community, let me just say that my position on it is conflicted.  First, I generally agree with the assessment provided by…

  • Restrict Registration to MailChimp List Subscribers

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    Generally, the WP-Members MailChimp extension is used to subscribe users to your list when they register.  But using the extension’s API, it can also be used to restrict site registration to users who are subscribed an existing MailChimp list. This process requires the WP-Members MailChimp Integration extension.

  • Adding MailChimp Interest Groups

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    Chad Butler
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    The MailChimp extension will be adding support for Interests (also known as Interest Groups) in a future version.  Until that is added, there is a way you can utilize Interests now with a little bit of custom code added to your theme’s functions.php file.

  • Create a login modal

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    Chad Butler
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    This tutorial will describe the process of creating a login form modal for WP-Members.  The process uses jQuery to display the form overlay and AJAX for logging the user in.  jQuery is also used to handle changing the menu link to display as a login/logout link. (What’s a Modal? Essentially, this is a “popup” that…

  • Validate Registration Based on MailChimp Subscription Status

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    Chad Butler
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    This is one of those things that I never thought of but came up in a discussion with a support subscriber. Can registration be validated based on whether a user is subscribed to the MailChimp list or not?  If the user is subscribed, allow registration but if not return an error message. The answer is…