DLGuard Wordpress Membership Bridge Plugin
December 4, 2008
Lets face it, Wordpress membership site plugins aren’t incredibly available, nor are the available ones that great. I thought about setting up a full on WP membership plugin that would function like amember or the other “big boys” but then I had a stroke of genius!
I own a copy of a script called DLGuard, which allows me to digitally protect my products and membership sites quickly and easily, as well as sell products through one of any number of affiliate networks and payment processors, like ClickBank, Paypal, and more!
So, I decided to create a Wordpress plugin that links DLGuard and Wordpress together, seamlessly (well, you have to change the DLGuard membership template, but other than that, it’s seamless)
Current Version: 1.1 (Dec 4, 2008)
Download: Download DLG Membership Plugin Here (Via the WP Extend SVN)
Wordpress Compatibility: Tested on 2.7
Installation Instructions:
- Upload
- Activate
- Go to Settings > DLGuard Membership Bridge
- If you didn’t install DLGuard into the /dlg directory under your root directory, add your DLGuard Install Path (if you’re not sure what that is, there are some examples immediately under the field)If you don’t enter the correct path, the plugin will tell you after you click Save - give it another try, or email your hosting company and ask what the physical path is to the directory where you installed DLGuard
- Then add any DLGuard Membership Groups to allow access to in the second field. Separate multiple groups by a comma
- Check the “Enable DLGuard On This Blog!” box, and click save
Since you’re logged in already as an administrator, the system won’t force you to log in through DLGuard. If you ever get logged out of Wordpress, simply go to your wp-login.php where you installed your blog but add ?adminlogin=1 to the end of the url (http://www.example.com/wp-login.php?adminlogin=1 or http://www.example.com/blog/wp-login.php?adminlogin=1, for example) - That will allow you to log in as an admin,
After you’ve set it up correctly, fire up another browser, and try to access your blog. You should see the DLGuard login screen now. If you want to change this to match your blog, follow the steps inside DLGuard (basically, edit the templates/memberships/login_template.html file to fit your blog)
Known Bugs:
None
Because this plugin/widget is provided free of charge, I simply ask you to link back to Pressography.com in a post on your blog, or from one of your sites. It doesn't need to be anything fancy - just a note saying that you're using it, and whether or not you like it. However, there is no requirement that you do this, you're free to use the plugin regardless.
At this point, it protects the entire wordpress instance. I’m looking into different ways to protect only certain categories, however
Does this block the entire Wordpress instance, or is it able to protect certain categories and posts while others remain open to the public?
Hey thanks a bunch for this plugin. I have DLGuard but was on the verge of going with a different membership product which would have been unfortunate because all I wanted was a decent wordpress membership site anyhow. Like you said though, the existing tools for doing this suck and believe me I’ve wasted a lot of time trying them. I’m going to give this a whirl.
thanks,
todd alan