http://www.webbriefcase.net How to Set Up a Blog Sat, 09 Jul 2011 03:54:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.webbriefcase.net/2010-01/why-you-shouldnt-use-wordpress-for-your-membership-sites/ http://www.webbriefcase.net/2010-01/why-you-shouldnt-use-wordpress-for-your-membership-sites/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:12:44 +0000 Bina http://www.webbriefcase.net/?p=966 function sbmgValidateFormPostPg1(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgValidateFormPostPg1' + '_' + name); var email_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgValidateFormPostPg1' + '_' + email); var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/; var msg = ''; if ( name_fld.value == '' ) msg = '- Name Required\n'; if ( reg.test(email_fld.value) == false ) msg += '- Valid Email Required'; if ( msg == '' ) return true; else alert(msg); return false; } I’ve argued in the past that you should use a CMS like WordPress to run your membership sites. In fact, I described two different ways you can have this set up: a) with an external membership script and b) with a WordPress membership script. Recently, however, rayfellars left a comment on my blog saying Alex [...]]]> http://www.webbriefcase.net/2010-01/why-you-shouldnt-use-wordpress-for-your-membership-sites/feed/ 3 http://www.webbriefcase.net/2009-12/build-a-wordpress-membership-site-with-wishlist-member-review/ http://www.webbriefcase.net/2009-12/build-a-wordpress-membership-site-with-wishlist-member-review/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:04:31 +0000 Bina http://www.webbriefcase.net/?p=897 function sbmgValidateFormPostPg2(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgValidateFormPostPg2' + '_' + name); var email_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgValidateFormPostPg2' + '_' + email); var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/; var msg = ''; if ( name_fld.value == '' ) msg = '- Name Required\n'; if ( reg.test(email_fld.value) == false ) msg += '- Valid Email Required'; if ( msg == '' ) return true; else alert(msg); return false; } 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 [...]]]> http://www.webbriefcase.net/2009-12/build-a-wordpress-membership-site-with-wishlist-member-review/feed/ 11 http://www.webbriefcase.net/2009-04/building-a-membership-site-with-wordpress/ http://www.webbriefcase.net/2009-04/building-a-membership-site-with-wordpress/#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:45:00 +0000 Bina http://www.webbriefcase.com.au/?p=618 function sbmgValidateFormPostPg3(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgValidateFormPostPg3' + '_' + name); var email_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgValidateFormPostPg3' + '_' + email); var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/; var msg = ''; if ( name_fld.value == '' ) msg = '- Name Required\n'; if ( reg.test(email_fld.value) == false ) msg += '- Valid Email Required'; if ( msg == '' ) return true; else alert(msg); return false; } Earlier, we talked about choosing a CMS to run your membership site. I made it clear that my preference was to use WordPress. Now, how do you go about building a membership site with  WordPress? After all, isn’t it meant for blogging? Well, yes it is. Which is why WordPress would be ideal if your [...]]]> http://www.webbriefcase.net/2009-04/building-a-membership-site-with-wordpress/feed/ 23 http://www.webbriefcase.net/2009-04/choosing-a-cms-to-run-your-membership-site/ http://www.webbriefcase.net/2009-04/choosing-a-cms-to-run-your-membership-site/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:20:09 +0000 Bina http://www.webbriefcase.com.au/?p=598 function sbmgValidateFormPostPg4(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgValidateFormPostPg4' + '_' + name); var email_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgValidateFormPostPg4' + '_' + email); var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/; var msg = ''; if ( name_fld.value == '' ) msg = '- Name Required\n'; if ( reg.test(email_fld.value) == false ) msg += '- Valid Email Required'; if ( msg == '' ) return true; else alert(msg); return false; } 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 [...]]]> http://www.webbriefcase.net/2009-04/choosing-a-cms-to-run-your-membership-site/feed/ 6