I’ve argued in the past that you should use a CMS like WordPress to run your membership sites. In fact, I described two different ways you can have this set up: a) with an external membership script and b) with a WordPress membership script. Recently, however, rayfellars left a comment on my blog saying Alex [...]
Build a WordPress Membership Site with Wishlist Member – Review
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This is a follow up to my earlier post about Building A Membership Site with WordPress. Just a quick recap on my earlier post. I went through my own setup of running my own membership site using WordPress. It consisted of using a combination of WordPress, Amember and Memberwing. I also listed several WordPress membership [...]
Building A Membership Site with WordPress
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Earlier, we talked about choosing a CMS to run your membership site. I made it clear that my preference was to use WordPress. Now, how do you go about building a membership site with WordPress? After all, isn’t it meant for blogging? Well, yes it is. Which is why WordPress would be ideal if your [...]
Choosing a CMS to Run Your Membership Site
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Image by mr.throk via Flickr When I first started the WebBriefcase.net site, my first choice for managing content was WordPress. At the time though, WordPress was just not powerful enough for what I had in mind i.e. run a video tutorial membership site. So, I moved to Joomla. Although Joomla was simple enough to learn [...]