Blog Inside Member's Area

[Jace]

hey greg, email me jace at justjace dot com and I will give you my private icq anjd we can chat

[Greg B]

Originally Posted by Jace

hey greg, email me jace at justjace dot com and I will give you my private icq anjd we can chat

Sure thing Jace, email sent.

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Greg B

Sure thing Jace, email sent.

cool, going to sleep right now, but I will respond first thing in the morning

[KevinG]

I hope I am not one of the guys that doesn't get it, but why have the blog visible to paid members only?

Why not have it viewable to the public?

If you're doing the work of creating this vehicle to promote sponsor sites, wouldn't you want the largest audience possible?

I understand that someone that has already bought a membership is a higher qualified prospect than someone that hasn't, but there is no additional cost for making the blog public.

Why wouldn't you do that?

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by KevinG

I hope I am not one of the guys that doesn't get it, but why have the blog visible to paid members only?

Why not have it viewable to the public?

If you're doing the work of creating this vehicle to promote sponsor sites, wouldn't you want the largest audience possible?

I understand that someone that has already bought a membership is a higher qualified prospect than someone that hasn't, but there is no additional cost for making the blog public.

Why wouldn't you do that?

I cant speak for Greg but Im actually talking about 2 installs of Word Press. One for a tour and one that actually uses it and plugins as a cheap yet effective CMS.

[KevinG]

Originally Posted by gonzo

I cant speak for Greg but Im actually talking about 2 installs of Word Press. One for a tour and one that actually uses it and plugins as a cheap yet effective CMS.

That I completely understand.

A couple months back I enjoyed doing a project for a mainstream client that sells investment partnerships. There are several different partnerships that need access to private confidential information.

We used Wordpress and did modifications where registered users are only allowed to see posts in categories they are given access to.

So we have a completely private (Members only access) site using Wordpress. Inside the members area there are several categories, but you can only see the category or categories that you have privileges for.

I also made it so users cannot see the Dashboard.

It was a lot of fun doing the project. Wordpress is one of my favorite CMS's to customize for all kinds of things way beyond the regular blog world.

[Greg B]

Originally Posted by KevinG

That I completely understand.

A couple months back I enjoyed doing a project for a mainstream client that sells investment partnerships. There are several different partnerships that need access to private confidential information.

We used Wordpress and did modifications where registered users are only allowed to see posts in categories they are given access to.

So we have a completely private (Members only access) site using Wordpress. Inside the members area there are several categories, but you can only see the category or categories that you have privileges for.

I also made it so users cannot see the Dashboard.

It was a lot of fun doing the project. Wordpress is one of my favorite CMS's to customize for all kinds of things way beyond the regular blog world.

As usual KevinG is way ahead of the curve. See? You were doing it before you read about it here. Gonzo was doing it too. It's an alternative to upselling using the blogging format for easy sponsor updating and client interactivity. One can run one's exclusive content but in addition use the blog format for updating and interactivity. See what I mean now?

It's weird but some webmasters took hostile to the idea, however I notice the big time webmasters have either been doing an alternative version of it or are putting it into action. Mayhaps innovative thinking is what made them big time