ClickBank Integration Instructions For Membership Payment

Step 1) Enable the “Instant Notification Service” in your ClickBank account by going to the following section:

My Account -> My Sites -> Advanced Tools

Step 2)  Take note of the “Secret Key” that you specify when requesting the “Instant Notification Service” in step 1.

Step 3) When approved, use the following URL in the “Instant Notification URL”:

Replace “example.com” with your domain name and select API v4.0

Step 4) Open the “wp-eMember/ipn/eMember_handle_clickbank_ipn.php” file and search for the following line of code:

$clickbank_secretKey = "YOURSECRETKEY";

Once you find it, replace YOURSECRETKEY with the actual secret key you specified in step3.

Step 5) Finally, when you create a product and place the payment button on a WordPress post or page do the following:

Add the “membership_level_id” variable in your ClickBank button code. The value of the “membership_level_id” variable should be set to whatever the membership level ID this product corresponds to (example: if this is a payment for membership level 1 then use 1 as the value).

The following is an example of how it should look (given that membership level ID of the product is 1):

<input name="membership_level_id" type="hidden" value="1" />


Example Clickbank Button Code


<form action="http://item.vendor.pay.clickbank.net" method="post"> <input name="membership_level_id" type="hidden" value="1" /> <input src="http://www.example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/pay-button.gif" type="image" /> </form>

When someone makes a payment using this button, the plugin will create a membership account with the appropriate membership level (Level ID 1 in the above example) and send the customer a “Prompt to complete the registration” email.

Note: you only need to use one of the following two methods (there is no need to follow both of them)

Method 1

Go to the settings menu of the eMember plugin and check the “Free Members Must Confirm Email Address” field. When this option is checked, the standard registration form gets replaced with with a small registration initiation form for email verification (the user will see the full registration form after the verification). When a user fills in this email verification form (name and email address) a unique registration link is sent to the specified email address. Users will only be able to register for a free member account after they click on the unique registration link sent to their email address.

Method 2

In this method you simply need to add in one extra step before the registration.

Create a new WordPress page with the desired name (example: Free Membership) then place the following shortcode on that page:

[free_rego_with_email_confirmation]

Now, you can place a link on your “Join Us” page to this newly created page to start sending potential visitors. When they fill in the form created by the above shortcode they will receive an email which will let them complete the free membership registration after they click on the link sent to them via email.

Note

I get asked the following question a lot on this “Free member must confirm email” topic:

Q. Can we still use the full registration form for free membership?

A. The key thing to understand here is that you are not replacing the full registration form. The member will still need to fill in the full registration form and choose the username and password. All you are doing is adding a step before they get to do that to make sure the email address gets confirmed. The summary…  when a vistior fills out the small form and clicks on the link sent to him/her via email the visitor will be able to fill in the full registration form and become a free member.

Essentially this is the same process as the paid membership. In this case, instead of making a payment the visitor is filling out a small form to initiate the membership account creation process.

Once you enable it, you can start to send HTTP request to the following URL to create member account remotely or from another software:

http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-eMember/api/create.php

You need a minimum of 5 pieces of information to create a member account using a HTTP request. These are:

• Secret Word/API Key (you specified it in the settings menu of the plugin)
• First Name
• Last Name
• Email Address
• Membership Level ID

1. Creating Member Account Using  HTTP GET request

2. Creating Member Account Using  HTTP POST request

To create a member account via HTTP POST use the following format:

<form method="post" action="http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-eMmeber/api/create.php
">
<input type="hidden" name="secret_key" value="XX">
<input type="hidden" name="first_name" value="XX">
<input type="hidden" name="last_name" value="XX">
<input type="hidden" name="email" value="XX">
<input type="hidden" name="membership_level_id" value="XX">
<input type=submit value="Submit Post">
</form>

Replace the “example.com” and “XX” with the appropriate value.

Occasionally, you may need to create a registration form for a particular membership level for a special reason. For example,  give backdoor entrance to your paid membership site to some special people (this way they won’t have to pay)

Use the following shortcode on a page which will place a registration form for a particular membership level:

[wp_eMember_registration_form_for level=1]

1 is the membership level so change it to the actual membership level that you want to create a registration form for.

Now, when a user registers using this form he will be signing up for that particular level.

You can also hide this special registration page from the standard WordPress navigation menu using a plugin similar to the “Page Exclude” plugin.

What is Google First Click Free Feature?

• Read the details of First Click Free feature from Google’s site
• More details from the Google Webmaster Central Blog

What You Need to be Aware of?

• When you use this feature a visitor (non-member) can see your protected content if they follow a link from Google’s Search result. So yes, you are somewhat compromising the security of your protected content.
• All users who click a Google search result to arrive at your site should be allowed to see the full text of the content they’re trying to access.
• The page displayed to all users who visit from Google must be identical to the content that is shown to Googlebot.
• We implemented this feature following exactly what Google recommended and we intend to keep it this way (it is good idea to follow Google’s policies if you don’t want to get your site banned).

How Do You Enable it in eMember?

1. Go to the settings menu of eMember and check the “Enable Google First Click Free Feature” field to enable this feature.
2. Wait for Google to index your protected content.

Yes, all of our plugins work with the latest version of WordPress.

• Are there any ongoing fees for WP eMember plugin?

No, the WP eMember plugin is a one time purchase software.

• Why buy a premium WordPress plugin?

See the why buy a premium WordPress plugin page.

• Does this product integrate with WordPress’s user system?

Yes, the WP eMember can create a WordPress user login with the same details as the membership when the customer registers.

• How does the member get the registration link after a purchase is made?

The member is email out a link to complete the registration process after they have completed their payment.

• Can a customer sign up for a recurring membership if they do not have a PayPal account?

PayPal requires a PayPal account for all recurring payments. If your customer does not have a PayPal account they can sign up for one when they go to make the purchase at PayPal.

• What type of license does the WP eMember have, can I use this plugin on more than one site?

Read the WP eMemeber Licensing Details.

• Can I translate the WP eMember plugins in to my own language?

Yes, You can translate the front end of the plugin (the information that the customer sees). You can read more about this here.

• If I buy the WP eStore, WP eMember and WP Affiliate plugins and activate and setup all 3, will I be able to run a membership site that charged a monthly RECURRING price with the affiliate program, giving the affiliate commission each month the member is signed up?

Yes

• Is there a limit to the membership levels or members I can have?

No, there is not a limit on membership levels or the number of members you can have.

• What forum plugin can I use with the eMember?

There are a few forum plugins you can use with the eMember. You can see all of the options here.

• What payment gateways can I use for my membership site?

The WP eMember can be integrated with PayPal and ClickBank in a standalone setup. You can also integrate eMember with WP eStore which allows you to use any of the Payment Gateways offered by the eStore plugin. Read more on this on our Documentation site.

•  What AutoResponders can the WP eMember integrate with?

The WP eMember can integrate with AWeber, MailChimp, GetResponse autoresponders.

• Can I protect only a section of a post and have some teaser content that everyone can see?

Yes you can protect just a section of a post or page. There are a few options on how you can do this, for more information on these options go here.

• Can I drip content to my members?

Read this document for more information about this feature

• If I change membership plugins do my members have to recreate their recurring payments again?

Yes, PayPal does not allow you to modify a recurring payment once it is established.

• Can I have it so members have to be approved by the admin after they sign up for a membership before they can view the content? 

Yes

• Can I have both free and paid memberships at the same time?

Yes, you can have both free and paid memberships for your membership site.

• Can I have a trial period with the WP eMember?

Yes, you simply create a subscription payment option with trial period.

1. Create a post/page in WordPress.
2. Embed the video on the post/page that you want to offer to the members of a particular membership level. (If you don’t know how to configure the basic membership settings using WP eMember please watch the video tutorial here).

3. Go to WP eMember->Membership Level->Manage Content Protection section under WP Dashboard. In this section you can set which pages/posts you don’t want the anonymous visitors to see. In this case you can set protection to the post/page you just created and grant access to this post/page for a certain membership level (Detailed explanation can be found here).

4. Now whenever any member from that particular membership level (the one you granted access to) logs in, the member will be able to view the content of the page (in this case: the video you embedded on that page). Any other anonymous visitors will be asked to log in when they stumble upon that post/page.

This will be good enough for most users but if you want to add another layer of protection for your super secret videos then continue reading.

The Ultimate Video Lockdown

The key is to use Amazon S3′s private/protected file option.

To add complete protection to your videos we recommend you use the following two service/product with eMember:

• Amazon S3 Account
• WP Lightbox Ultimate Plugin

Amazon S3 has an option where you can make a video file private (If you are selling video content on your site then you should be using Amazon S3). Amazon S3′s private/protected video can only be retrieved by an application using a secure API so there is no way for anyone to go directly to the URL of the file and download it.

The WP Lightbox Ultimate plugin has an option that can use the secure amazon s3 API and allows you to embed private/protected Amazon S3 videos on a WordPress post or page.

The following steps will ensure the complete protection of your videos:

Step 1: Upload your videos to Amazon S3 and make the files private/protected so no one can retrieve the file without the secure API (only you know the API access keys).

Step 2: Embed the private video on your WordPress post or page using the WP Lightbox Ultimate Plugin. You can directly embed the private/protected video on the page (no lightbox) or embed it using the lightbox option (the video will play in a lightbox).

Step 3: Protect the WordPress post or Page using eMember so only members with the correct permission can see the content of the page.

The following video explains how this protected/private Amazon S3 video works with the Lightbox Ultimate plugin:

WordPress User Integration Settings

WP eMember does not create WordPress user entry by default (it uses it’s own database for membership accounts). Checking the “Automatically Create Affiliate Account” checkbox will make it so whenever someone signs up via eMember it will automatically create a corresponding WordPress user with the role you specified in the membership level.

So the WP eMember plugin works as gatekeeper. After a user registers for a membership account using eMember the plugin will create a WordPress user with a specified Role. The other plugin or application can then do stuff based on that WordPress user role permission.

WP eMember allow you to enable site wide protection for your WordPress site. Simply go to the WP eMember settings menu and check the “Enable Domain Level Lockdown” checkbox.

Enabling site wide content protection

When this option is checked it will restrict anonymous visitor access to your site (the site won’t even load unless the visitor logs in as a member). The only page the visitor will be able to access on the site when not logged in is the “Join Us” page.

When you use this option anyone trying to access your WordPress site will be greeted with the following screen:

Prompt to anonymous visitors when they try to access your site

The only action available to the visitor is either to log in as a member or signup for a membership.

Depending on your situation you may need to assign multiple membership levels to one user. In this setup you want the membership levels to stack. So for example, if someone belongs to “Membership Level A” and he makes a payment for “Membership Level B” then he will end up with two membership levels in his profile (Level A and Level B). To get this behavior simply check the “Enable Secondary Membership” field from the settings menu of the WP eMember plugin. You can also assign additional membership levels to each of your members when you edit their profile:

Multiple Membership Levels Per User

If you have integrated the payment buttons with eMember already then when a logged-in member makes a purchase using that button the membership level will be automatically added to their profile.

Note: Remember, even though a member can have multiple membership levels assigned to them, there will still need to be a primary membership level for the member. When you use auto upgrade it will work based on the primary membership level of the member.