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I am curious about something in the Membership plugin as it relates to a BP/Multisite network.
From all the documentation I've read, Membership "takes over" the default Buddypress registration process.
So when you set a Page to be the "Register" page within the Membership options, is it required to REMOVE "Register" and "Activate" pages from the Buddypress network settings?
We've been struggling to get these settings just right, and it's creating another issue:
New user registration process:
What we would ideally want to do is this. The MAIN /register/ page of our site would be the default Buddypress sign up page. There would be NO mention of our paid membership levels, but rather the user would simply sign up for a free Buddypress account on our site.
We would THEN want to display our "Upgrade" packages.
With the type of network we run, we feel that it's not in the spirit of what we want to do to be displaying "Paid" membership levels directly on our introductory Registration page.
However, every time I have tried to allow Buddypress to handle the INITIAL signup- and then display MEMBERSHIP upgrades in a different manner (pop ups, links in navigation, etc) it does not work properly.
Either Membership handles the signup process completely, or I cannot get it to work.
So: is there a way to use Buddypress to handle new user signups, and then use Membership as a "upgrade" path later on?
(Sorry for the confusing nature of this query, it's a difficult to explain issue)
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Support Chimp
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Hey there.
However, every time I have tried to allow Buddypress to handle the INITIAL signup- and then display MEMBERSHIP upgrades in a different manner (pop ups, links in navigation, etc) it does not work properly.
What exactly doesn't work?
The members account is not active?
If so:
Admin --> Membership --> Options --> General [tab]
Then under Registration Options "Enable incomplete signup accounts".
If I have Membership enabled, I've not located a way to use the default Buddypress signup form SOLELY by itself.
And THEN after the default Buddypress registration has completely taken place, I want to separately display some "upgrade" options once the user is already a BASIC level member on our Buddypress site.
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Support Chimp
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What exactly doesn't work?
The members account is not active?
Still unsure about that..?
The Membership form would still be available.
Depending on the theme you use, you could have a logged in and logged out menu, then only use the membership pages in the logged in menu. That way only logged in members get to see that.
If you want to display the upgrade options once they signup for the free account then you would want some way to redirect them. What about create a thanks for signing in type page with handy links and your subscription shortcode?
I fear I have done a poor job of explaining the issue, because I don't think we are on the same page still.
We have a number of very critical issues going on tonight on our site, so I cannot really dedicate time to this support thread. Please keep it open and I will include a better explanation in the next 1-2 days.
On the Register page, you will notice that all of our Membership plugin level options are displayed there right in the beginning of the registration process. *THIS* specifically is what I am trying to avoid.
You will notice that our "Subscriptions" and "register" pages are quite customized visually, using a Pricing Table structure, and commenting out the default Membership level tables that was there previously. Instead, I hard coded the links to register at each individual level to those yellow buttons you can see in Screenshot 2.
My overall goal is to be able to do this:
1) A user goes to http://mymiddleearth.com/register
2) The user is presented with a basic buddypress signup form (Note, NO "Premium" Membership levels presented at this point... JUST a plain old free signup)
3) The user, now officially a member of our community, can now interact on our Buddypress site, and take part in our social community with full features.
4) At a later time (Perhaps through pop up ads... Perhaps via a link on our Admin bar, or just through word of mouth) that same user has the option of going to a separate page which they can THEN be presented with our "Sentinel" and "Champion" level upgrade options.
We just do not want to be showing our premium options at the very beginning because our community is not the type where we would gain very many paying users by following that method.
Our approach is to bring in community members, allow them to integrate into our (really awesome) community, and when they feel they are ready to support us, THEN to allow them to upgrade.
I would encourage anyone attempting to help me with this issue to join our site to see the process I am talking about. (there are some styling issues with our signup forms since we switched to the Social theme)
So what is the best way for me to make this registration flow happen?
(Thank you for all your help, by the way!)
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Greetings MyMiddleEarth,
Just checking if this issue was eventually resolved in another thread? Or by yourself separately to us? Or by us over email with you? Or using our live support?
If so, no need to reply, that's great news.
If not, or you have any more questions related to this thread, please feel free to post them below including any new symptoms or errors and tick the 'Mark as Not Resolved (re-open)' box below the post area (or else we'll miss it!)
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Support Chimp (joined March 2010) Likes (0)
Hey there.
What exactly doesn't work?
The members account is not active?
If so:
Admin --> Membership --> Options --> General [tab]
Then under Registration Options "Enable incomplete signup accounts".
Let me know if that was it.
Take care.
Support Chimp (joined March 2010) Likes (0)
Oh... Please also ensure you upgrade to the latest version which is 3.0.2.
Thanks.
Member (joined February 2012) Likes (0)
We are using the most recent version.
We also have Incomplete signups enabled.
Neither of these things have made the registration process work the intended way.
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If I have Membership enabled, I've not located a way to use the default Buddypress signup form SOLELY by itself.
And THEN after the default Buddypress registration has completely taken place, I want to separately display some "upgrade" options once the user is already a BASIC level member on our Buddypress site.
Support Chimp (joined March 2010) Likes (0)
Still unsure about that..?
The Membership form would still be available.
Depending on the theme you use, you could have a logged in and logged out menu, then only use the membership pages in the logged in menu. That way only logged in members get to see that.
If you want to display the upgrade options once they signup for the free account then you would want some way to redirect them. What about create a thanks for signing in type page with handy links and your subscription shortcode?
Then use our redirect on login plugin:
http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/login-redirect/
Would that not help?
Take care.
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Timothy: Thanks for trying to help me out.
I fear I have done a poor job of explaining the issue, because I don't think we are on the same page still.
We have a number of very critical issues going on tonight on our site, so I cannot really dedicate time to this support thread. Please keep it open and I will include a better explanation in the next 1-2 days.
Thanks again for the assistance!
Support Chimp (joined March 2010) Likes (0)
Sure thing, just let me know when ready :)
Member (joined February 2012) Likes (0)
Ok Timothy: I am going to give this another try :)
First and foremost, today we switched our primary domain name.
So for reference: http://mymiddleearth.com -- The old domain will forward (or not work depending on DNS prop)
I've attached 2 screenshots, #1 shows our landing page, #2 shows our default "Register" page.
On the Register page, you will notice that all of our Membership plugin level options are displayed there right in the beginning of the registration process. *THIS* specifically is what I am trying to avoid.
You will notice that our "Subscriptions" and "register" pages are quite customized visually, using a Pricing Table structure, and commenting out the default Membership level tables that was there previously. Instead, I hard coded the links to register at each individual level to those yellow buttons you can see in Screenshot 2.
My overall goal is to be able to do this:
1) A user goes to http://mymiddleearth.com/register
2) The user is presented with a basic buddypress signup form (Note, NO "Premium" Membership levels presented at this point... JUST a plain old free signup)
3) The user, now officially a member of our community, can now interact on our Buddypress site, and take part in our social community with full features.
4) At a later time (Perhaps through pop up ads... Perhaps via a link on our Admin bar, or just through word of mouth) that same user has the option of going to a separate page which they can THEN be presented with our "Sentinel" and "Champion" level upgrade options.
We just do not want to be showing our premium options at the very beginning because our community is not the type where we would gain very many paying users by following that method.
Our approach is to bring in community members, allow them to integrate into our (really awesome) community, and when they feel they are ready to support us, THEN to allow them to upgrade.
I would encourage anyone attempting to help me with this issue to join our site to see the process I am talking about. (there are some styling issues with our signup forms since we switched to the Social theme)
So what is the best way for me to make this registration flow happen?
(Thank you for all your help, by the way!)
Support Chimp (joined March 2010) Likes (0)
Hey again.
Just checking in, how are you going after our discussion the other day?
Take care.
Support Kangaroo (joined March 2011) Likes (0)
Greetings MyMiddleEarth,
Just checking if this issue was eventually resolved in another thread? Or by yourself separately to us? Or by us over email with you? Or using our live support?
If so, no need to reply, that's great news.
If not, or you have any more questions related to this thread, please feel free to post them below including any new symptoms or errors and tick the 'Mark as Not Resolved (re-open)' box below the post area (or else we'll miss it!)
Otherwise, happy days, glad you got it sorted :)
Thank you for being a WPMU Dev member!
Cheers, Joe
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