In this sixth lesson, Configure User Signup, of our How to Create a Membership Website course we begin by showing how to configure the user registration and login. Then we move on to adding content protection to pages based on the level of content. And finally, we show how to set up a PayPal testing environment and test out the paid signup system.
Configure User Registration – Watch the Video
Add Registration Page
- Complete Your Registration Here page
Configure Registration Form
- Registration Form Fields
- How much info to require?
- generally – the minimum necessary
- display
- requires
- How much info to require?
- Edit Profile Fields
- display
- require
- Registration Form Fields
Add Login Text
Add Registration Shortcode
- Free register page
- main register page
Add Login form to sidebar
Complete the Main Thank You page
- add the PayPal requirements
- add the expectation
- add transaction record
Add Content Protection to Pages
Free course protection
- add protection
- make available to all members
- add link to dashboard for testing
Membership course protection
- add protection
- make available to this level only
- add link to dashboard for testing
Multilingual course protection
- add protection
- make available to this level only
- add link to dashboard for testing
Get rid of bookmarks
Testing the System – Free Registration
- Select Join
- opt-in form
- Confirmed opt-in
- Register
- Welcome from AWeber
- Your Registration is Complete – From eMember
- Confirmation from AWeber to admin
- Add admin to the member list
- import WordPress members
- Edit & add all levels
Setup PayPal Testing Environment
Download User Guide – https://cms.paypal.com/cms_content/US/en_US/files/developer/PP_Sandbox_UserGuide.pdf
Signup for sandbox account
Create test accounts
- Overview
- a single membership purchase
- a multiple membership purchase
- a single member purchase with refund
- create a merchant account – Keep it fictitious
- make sure the account is verified – add the bank
- copy the password or use one you’ll remember -
- Manually create a buyer account – Keep it fictitious
- use a dummy email
- add a bank account
- verify the account
- add a credit card
- Manually create the other buyer accounts
- Overview
Configure WP eStore
- Login to sandbox as merchant
- Payment Gateway Settings
- sandbox secure merchant ID
- go to profile
- add to WP eStore
- sandbox PID
- go to profile -> Selling Preferences -> Website Payment preferences
- Setup up PDT
- add PID to WP eStore
- sandbox secure merchant ID
- General Settings
- Debug
- Use Sandbox
Test Paid Signup
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- notice the PayPal url
Pay with PayPal
Check your inbox
- Complete your registration
- Thank You for Your Purchase
- Confirm your subscription
Setup Registration
- select link in registration email
- fill out form
Test from dashboard
- go to link
- go to protected link
- got to free link
Look at Sandbox Email
- Notification of product sale
- Receipt
Look at WP eStore History
- manage members
- stats
Look at WP eMember member list
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