protected forum page help/question - How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0

RE: protected forum page help/question

ianhaney — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 11:58:19 +0000

@chris No worries thank you, I'll take a look at the url and learn more about it

Thank you for your time and help, really appreciate it

RE: protected forum page help/question

Chris — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 11:53:55 +0000

@ianhaney,

I couldn't make it work correct, had problems with Admin user. And finished testing with that.

You have to clearly learn how to work with that plugin, it doesn't matter you are using wpForo or not, as you have to do the same thing for protecting any WordPress page.

Below is the plugin Documentation, it should help you with the plugin:

https://simple-membership-plugin.com/simple-membership-documentation/

RE: protected forum page help/question

ianhaney — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 08:39:10 +0000

@chris I think I may have done it somehow

I changed the membership level name from Free to Subscriber then checked the checkbox that says "Force WP User Synchronization" and saved the settings and then viewed the forum page but nothing changed and was still unable to view the forums when logged in so changed the membership level name back to what it was and unchecked the "Force WP User Synchronization" checkbox and saved the settings again and thought would check the front end to make sure it's all ok still and this time I checked the forum page and I can see the forums now and create a topic, it's weird what happened but will keep a eye on it as worried it might stop working again

RE: protected forum page help/question

ianhaney — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 08:17:06 +0000

@chris Hi

I am trying to do the following but bit confused, does it mean in simple membership plugin, I have to create the same roles that are in wordpress user roles so I would need to create subscriber and then sync it?

"You have to create new Membership Levels as much as you have WordPress user Roles, synchronize them with WordPress User Roles."

RE: protected forum page help/question

ianhaney — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 14:24:54 +0000

@chris Oh right ok, can you send me a screenshot of what you did and will match it and see if it works this end

Does that mean that users would need to register twice, one to use the directory side of the site so they can add a listing and then register again to use the forum side of the site?

RE: protected forum page help/question

Chris — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 14:16:41 +0000

@ianhaney,

Ok, I made it Work,

you have to know that Using that plugin,

You have to create new Membership Levels as much as you have WordPress user Roles, synchronize them with WordPress User Roles.

In the Forum Page settings, set which Membership Level users can enter the Forum page.

And Note that Old users won't be automatically created in the Membership Plugin They need new registration.

RE: protected forum page help/question

ianhaney — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 13:43:35 +0000

@chris I go into pages->all pages on the dashboard and click edit on the forum page and at the bottom it should have simple WP membership protection and then underneath it will say do you want to protect this content with two radio buttons, select Yes, protect this content and then under that will say select the membership level that can access this content and a checkbox that has Free, check the box and click update in top right and will then need to login to view the protected content

RE: protected forum page help/question

Chris — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 13:01:40 +0000

@ianhaney,

How do you protect the page with that Membership plugin?

RE: protected forum page help/question

ianhaney — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 11:50:54 +0000

@chris Thank you, really appreciate it. The plugin URL is https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-membership/ and this URL is their main site https://simple-membership-plugin.com/

RE: protected forum page help/question

Chris — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 11:48:36 +0000

@ianhaney,

provide that plugin URL, I will try it on my test website. See what I get.