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[6 Aug 2010 | 2 Comments | ]

The WP eMember (membership plugin) can be easily integrated with MailChimp (Email marketing and Email list manager). 
To integrate MailChimp with eMember simply go to the “Autoresponder Settings” tab from the Settings menu of eMember and set it up. 
This will make it so after a member registers on your site he/she will automatically be signed up to your mailchimp list.

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[2 Aug 2010 | 3 Comments | ]

WP eMember allows you to protect a post or page while you are editing it. When you are editing or writing a new post simply scroll down to the “eMember Protection Options” section shown in the following screenshot and apply the protection you want (it will display all the membership levels you have configured on your site so you can easily pick which levels you want to give access to):

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[23 Jul 2010 | 2 Comments | ]

WP eMember allows you to customize the fields that appear on the registration and edit profile page. You can choose to not display some of the fields depending on your site’s need.
In order to customize which fields appear on the form please go to the “Pages Settings” tab from the eMember settings menu. There are two sections on this page that allows you to turn on/off certain fields from the registration and edit profile page.

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[5 Jul 2010 | 4 Comments | ]

You can use a compact login form if you want to display a one line login and join us message anywhere on your membership site. When a member logs in it displays the name of the loggd in memember and an option to logout.
For example, I have placed this compact login form on the header of my theme and it looks like the following to an anonymous visitor:
When a member logs in it looks like the following:
How to Use the Compact Login Form?
You can use the following shortcode if you are placing …

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[1 Jul 2010 | 4 Comments | ]

What auto upgrade does is that it upgrades the member of any membership level to another membership level automatically in the background based on what you have scheduled (you as the admin can schedule and setup these upgrade paths).
Auto upgrade works based on the time duration that the user stays a member of a particular membership level. This time duration is specified by the admin in the “Auto Upgrade” tab under the “Members” menu.
So for example, let’s say you have three membership levels:

Basic Membership
Premium Membership
Ultimate Membership

Now let’s say you have …

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[1 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]

If you have a membership site with multiple premium memberships then you probably want to offer your members an option to upgrade their account. Upgrading an account is very easy. When a member wishes to upgrade his/her account, all this member has to do is purchase the appropriate premium membership from the “Join Us/Payment” page (you have already configured this page as part of the setup) while he/she is logged into the site as an existing member. The account will get upgraded automatically once the payment is processed.
If you want to add a little bit of …

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[26 Apr 2010 | 10 Comments | ]

When a member makes a purchase through eStore while logged in, it will be recorded. The member can then view his/her purchase history.
You can use the following shortcode on a post or page to display a member’s purchase history:
[wp_eStore_members_purchase_history]
It will display the purchase history of the member who is logged in and viewing that post or page. Please note that the purchase history only works for purchases done via the eStore plugin so you will need to have both eMember and eStore installed on your server (the above shortocode is …

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[5 Mar 2010 | 8 Comments | ]

The WP eMember membership plugin can be easily integrated with AWeber (Email marketing and Autoresponder service).
Step 1: Create an Email Parser
AWeber use email parsers in situations where you want subscribers to add to your list via an email from a third party, typically a payment processor, rather than the subscriber sending an email directly from their email program.
To add a new custom email parser select “Email Parser” from the “My Lists” menu and choose “Add New” from the “Custom Parsers” section.

My List -> Email Parser
Custom Parsers -> Add New

The new …

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[1 Mar 2010 | 6 Comments | ]

Most people use the WP eStore plugin to create payment buttons for membership as it has a range of benefits but you can use a plain PayPal payment button (“Buy Now”, “Subscribe” etc) to accept payment for your premium members too. Don’t forget to checkout the video tutorial on this page too.
Setup Preparation
To use a plain PayPal button with WP eMember you need two pieces of information:

The URL of the IPN handling script
The ID of the membership level that you are creating this payment button for

The WP eMember comes with a …

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[1 Feb 2010 | 3 Comments | ]

This PDF file that you can download from this page has a list of all the available Shortcodes and PHP functions that you can use to display the login form, registration form etc.
Download the Shortcodes list file.