EBiz Micro Membership
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1. Using ClickBank to handle your subscription payments has one HUGE benefit you can business partners from the thousands of ClickBank affiliates These people will gladly send traffic to and promote your membership site ClickBank is a bit different than PayPal however The only thing PayPal is interested in is collecting the payment Asa result you give PayPal all of your membership site s product and subscription information in the payment button ClickBank on the other hand is product oriented They capture sales information payment information and affiliate statistics by product Consequently your membership site s product and subscription information is entered into the product area in ClickBank Although you must enter in all of the relevant information in the EBiz Micro Membership Button Editor screen EBiz Micro Membership uses it to properly post the payment ClickBank only uses the Item No Also since ClickBank doesn t return any significant product information through its Instant Notification Service INS you must always verify that the information entered using the EBiz Micro Membership Button Editor corresponds exactly with the product information you have entered into ClickBank Here s part of the ClickBank product screen for a sample product Notice that you will probably use the Recurring Billing product type Standard Products Add New Product One item found Initial a Trial t Title Description Pric2. doesn t relate to them For example a single post could tell the free members what they re missing while giving different levels of paid members the content without having to see the pitch Managing User Subscriptions EBiz Micro Membership uses Wordpress capabilities to record the membership access levels EBiz Micro Membership adds three 3 custom capabilities Read Registered Read Paid and Read Premium Here s how they re used to define subscription levels Membership Capabilities Levels Read Registered Read Paid Read Premium Read Executive Read Elite Free X Paid X X Premium X X X Executive X X X X Elite X X X X X Here are cropped screen shots from the Wordpress Edit User screen First a user with a Free subscription Strength indicator symbols like amp Additional Capabilities read_registered Update User Next a user with a Standard subscription Type your new password again Hint The password should be at least seven characters long To make it stronger use upper and lower case letters numbers and Strength indicator symbols like amp Additional Capabilities read_registered read_paid Update User Finally a user with a Premium subscription Type your new password again Hint The password should be at least seven characters long To make it stronger use upper and lower case letters numbers and Strengt
3. the modules will be delivered made available to your subscribers The delivery schedule lets you specify when the module is delivered There are four schedule types Not Scheduled Nothing happens with this module regardless of the order WARNING Since delivery of each module is contingent on the delivery date of the preceding module modules positioned after a Not Scheduled module will also NOT have their content delivered Immediate The content is delivered without delay Use Interval Specify a time period after the prior module that this content should be delivered Specific Date The date a module should be delivered Save the changes using the Submit Changes button in the lower left hand corner of the screen 4 Before leaving the EBiz Micro Membership Course Maintenance screen copy the URL for the maintenance script from the textarea at the very bottom of the window You ll need it Gradual Delivery Maintenance Run Gradual Delivery Maintenance http www 0 2 60 n 90 com blog wp content plugins micro membership micro membership_course_maint php in the next section 5 Set the maintenance script to run periodically Admittedly this is currently a bit hokey But an update will be coming by the 24 week of September 2012 that will make this much smoother If you can access your system s Cron process or have something else that serves the same scheduling function you can certainly
4. use that If not you can use the included U Cron plug in Install it just like you did the EBiz Micro Membership EBiz Micro Membership Button Editor and EBiz Micro Membership Course Widget plug ins Once activated you Help ft Dashboard U Cron Utopia Cron Easy Timed Jobs URL Loading Checks Edit Add New Add New Check Post Tags Ganada ey a amar WTH taet aaa Add Micro Membership Category Security U Cron Current Checks Links re a Delete 00 12 5m http www 0 2 60 n 90 com blog wp conter Update Test ew Page can set it up from the U Cron menu under the Posts menu Follow the direction you ll find on the screen for entering the time and interval When it comes to the Full URL paste the information that you copied from the EBiz Micro Membership Course Maintenance screen in Section 4 6 Use the standard Wordpress Widget editor to place the EBiz Micro Membership Course Widget on one of your sidebars Set the Root Category to the category you specified as your Top Level Course Category on the config page This widget displays the courses and modules that the user has access to For security reasons they don t show up anywhere else And YOU RE DONE Now you can place your content posts in the module and node categories that you need to for your gradual content delivery Nodes are delivered along with their parent modules You can use them to organize your content ClickBank Setup
5. EB12 Micro Membership Wordpress Plug in Overview and 5 Step Quick Start Guide 2012 Syncnet eBizMicro Membership Wordpress Plug in EBiz Micro Membership is a basic easy to use Wordpress plug in that adds membership functionality to your Wordpress blog The real benefit of this plug in is that it seamlessly integrates PayPal or ClickBank payment processing into your blog allowing you to charge for contact and automatically collect payments from your users Fully Automated Membership System EBiz Micro Membership fully automates your membership system from the user registration to confirmation of payment and account activation EBiz Micro Membership integrates with the subscription and notification services of both PayPal and ClickBank to fully automate the subscription billing and payment process EBiz Micro Membership generates the required PayPal or ClickBank Subscribe buttons on the fly so you don t need to add or change any Wordpress code Fast Activation amp Install EBiz Micro Membership installs just like any other Wordpress plug in You can use the Wordpress Manual installation process or you can install the old way using FTP to place the plug in in your Wordpress plug ins directory Three 5 Membership Levels EBiz Micro Membership creates and manages three payment levels e Free the user has registered thru Wordpress but has chosen not to pay for a subscription e Standard the user has pai
6. d for the standard subscription e Premium the user has pain for a premium level subscription e Executive the user has paid for an executive level subscription e Elite the user has paid for an elite level subscription You don t have to implement all five subscription levels for example you may only use the Paid subscriptions That s fine EBiz Micro Membership still works great Flexible Subscription Intervals You can set how often the PayPal or ClickBank subscription service will automatically collect payments anything from 1 day to 9999 years Content Teasers and Content Protection With EBiz Micro Membership every post or page of your blog can have a mix of unprotected text content everyone can view and protected text only viewable by registered users at the proper subscription level This allows you to create teaser text that everyone can view but hide the remainder of the content from users who have not paid to see it Start Your Own Affiliate Program EBiz Micro Membership fully integrates with ClickBank allowing you to recruit an army of ClickBank affiliates to promote and send traffic to your membership site We highly recommend Clickbank as your payment processor because of their network of 100 000 affiliates EBiz Micro Membership 5 Step Quick Start STEP 1 Install the Plug in s Currently there are three 21 plug ins for EBiz Micro Membership There s EBiz Micro Members
7. e Duration Period Mode 4 Status Z gt n x Test 2 VE SUBSCRIPTION NONE _ http www iwantmine rot rr ription Export options 4 CSV When you edit your product there are a few things you ll need to keep in mind Item 2 Thank You Page http 7 www iwantmine com micro membership demo wp i Product Currency Initial Price Rebill Price Frequency Duration Trial Period Language USD US Dollar x 5 00 8 00 Monthly F 2 14 Days X English Product Description Product Title Test Subscription Test Subscription Item No You MUST use the same value you specify as your CB Item No n the Item No field of the EBiz Micro Membership Button Editor Initial Price If the Initial Price is not the same as the Rebill Price you must set it up in the EBiz Micro Membership Button Editor as a Trial If you specify have differing ClickBank prices and have selected No trial period in the ClickBank Trial Period field your EBiz Micro Membership Button Editor Duration and Initial Trial Duration must both be the same as what is specified in the ClickBank Frequency field Frequently Asked Questions FAQs So far We ve only had one question We hope that s good Q1 Whycan tI see my button after I ve created my payment pay page A1 Assuming you ve created a page wit
8. estricted 6 Equipment Front List Search Feed IZ Archives User Level 0 Standard m 3 Events Front List Search Feed Archives User Level 0 Unrestricted 11 Fun Stuff Front M List Search Feed Archives User Level 0 Registered m 8 Markets Front List Search Feed Archives User Level 0 Unrestricted m 5 Plans Front List Search Feed Archives User Level 0 Unrestricted v 7 Private Front List Search Feed Archives User Level 0 Premium M 10 Promotions Front List Search Feed Archives User Level 0 Unrestricted m 4 Public Front List Search Feed Archives User Level 0 Unrestricted m 1 Uncategorized Front List Search Feed Archives User Level 0 Unrestricted m Front Visibility on the front main page List Visibility on the list of categories on the sidebar Search Visibility in search results Feed Visibility in RSS RSS2 Atom feeds Archive Visibility in archive links i e calendar links User Level Visibility on user level basis All users this level and higher can see categories as checked Does not affect feed visibility obviously Tat pre a ib Subscriber Levels Unrestricted everybody Registered all registered users Standard and Premium Simply choose the subscription level from the drop down on the right of the screen In the illustration posts in the Private category can only be viewed by Premium Executive and Elite subscribers U
9. h indicator symbols like amp Additional Capabilities read_registered read_paid read_premium Update User Although it s something you shouldn t need to do often EBiz Micro Membership makes easy work of managing your subscribers You can access the screen from the EBiz Micro Membership User Manager submenu of the Users menu assuming you have rights to Edit Users which the admin does This will display EBiz Micro Membership s user administration page Dashboard User Update F Enter a user name below and click Get User Info S Posts Media Username Get User Info Links l l View or modify a user s Next Payment date C Pages Q Comments Next Payment Date Update Next Payment Date YYYY MM DD Ea Appearance View or modify a user s Subscription Level Plugins LE Subscription Level None Update Subscription gt Authors amp Users View or modify a user s purchased content Add New Your Profile Title Post ID Item Number Micro Membership User Manager None Yet Roles Enter a Username in the first text box and click the Get User Info button EBiz Micro Membership will read the user s information from the database and display it for viewing an update WARNING If you re using PayPal s subscription processing you should be very careful when changing the Next Payment Date for a paying customer Changing it here does not change the subscription information s
10. h the title that is exactly the same as what you entered as the Subscription Payment Page Title on the eBiz Micro Membership Configuration Page the problem is likely that you re logged in as an exempt user You ll need to create a test user and attempt to log in as that user Here s what s happening In the eBiz Micro Membership Configuration Page you should see your id on the exception list near the bottom If you didn t put it there then eBiz Micro Membership entered the id automatically to ensure that the administrator can log in without paying for a subscription Since eBiz Micro Membership doesn t bother to create payment buttons for accepted id s you won t see the buttons if you re logged in with that id
11. he delivery schedule for your content f Dashboard Micro Membership Course Maintenance ID Order Name Schedule Type Interval Date S Posts Media 13 Course 1 Apply to aca a Panna LU Links 16 100 Module 1 1 Immediate 0 Day s E Pages 22 Node 1 1 1 Comments 17 200 Module 1 2 Use Interval w 1 Week s a Registered Standard Premium CL GN 14 Course 2 Apply to Eo Appearance pery Executive O Elite O Plugins 18 100 Module 2 1 Specific Date m 0 Day s m 2009 09 01 amp Users Registered Standard Premium 15 Course 3 Apply to E spd Executive Elite C TOS 21 100 Module 3 3 Immediate 0 Day s x I rt ag 19 200 Module 3 1 Use Interval a 1 Day s E rt ms 26 Node 3 1 1 peded 20 300 Module 3 2 Use Interval 1 week s x E 23 TO keai Course Maint Crontrol Order The order within a course that modules will be delivered Schedule Tvpe Notice that on the line for Course 1 you can Apply to Registered Standard and or Premium subscribers Content from Course 1 is available to both Registered and Premium subscribers Standard subscribers will not be able to view the content of this course For each module you can specify both the order and the delivery schedule The order is simply a number between 1 and 9999 The actual number doesn t matter What is important is the numeric order It specifies the order that
12. hip itself and its companions EBiz Micro Membership Button Editor and EBiz Micro Membership Gradual Content These plug ins are installed like any other Wordpress plug ins The companion plug ins are separate for now and add a button to the editor window for making EBiz Micro Membership payment buttons and add support for gradual content delivery If you re unfamiliar with installing Wordpress plug in this link has excellent step by step installation instructions How to Install a Wordpress Plug in You will have to use installation option 2 Manually uploading a plug in through Wordpress or 3 Manually uploading a plug in via FTP for these plug ins and each will be installed separately STEP 2 Configure EBiz Micro Membership Go to EBiz Micro Membership configuration page Settings EBiz Micro Membership Configuration The options there are explained by help text to the right of the page Here are the options you should set immediately 1 Your email address that will be accepting PayPal payments 2 An authorization code make one up 3 Your ClickBank Vendor ID and Authorization Key if you re using ClickBank 4 Check the Use CB or PayPal for Subscriptions box to automatically bill your users Ifyou check this box make sure you select the appropriate payment processor under Subsr Processing 5 Fill in default values for the Item Name Item Number Payment Amount Currency Code and Payment Period for the primary subscri
13. istered or unregistered users Ex pay this text will be hidden pay To hide text from Free and Paid users so only Premium subscribers have access use pay prem pay prem tags Here s a more visual example If the code in your post or page looks like this pay then this text would be hidden from all unpaid subscribers registered or not pay When the unpaid user visits that post or page it will look like this Here s a more visual example Login Register to see more If the code in your post or page looks like The Login Register to see more is a link to your Subscription Payment Page and the text is configurable on the EBiz Micro Membership Configuration page using the Login Message parameter To hide text from unregistered visitors so that only registered users Free Standard Premium Executive and Elite subscribers have access use free reg free reg tags To hide text from Free and Paid users so only Premium Executive and Elite subscribers have access use pay prem pay prem tags To hide text from Free and Paid and Premium users so only Executive and Elite subscribers have access use pay exec pay exec tags To hide text from Free and Paid Premium and Executive users so only Elite subscribers have access use pay elite pay elite tags To hide text from paid subscribers use free free tags These tags can be used to hide stuff from paid members that
14. nregistered logged out users Free and Standard subscribers would not see the category on any standard Wordpress lists nor will they see any posts in the Private category Managing Gradual Content Delivery Gradual Content Delivery also known as dripped content allows you to do a timely release of your membership site s information instead of making it available all at once To use gradual content delivery 1 In the EBiz Micro Membership Configuration Page under the Wordpress Settings menu specify the category that will be the top level category for your dripped content You ll create courses and modules underneath this category to hold you dripped posts T TUE Post Payment s Optional The page title of a special page for purchasin y Payment Options P S P g P pag p g Page Title credits to publish posts Category Payment Optional The page title of a special page for purchasin g A t Payment Levels E S dah E tt E ng Page Title categories Top Level Course ENESES Required for gradual content delivery Courses Modules Category and Nodes are subcategories of this category Update Options gt 2 Build your lists of Courses and Modules The name of the courses and modules is not relevant name them what you d like What is important is their position Courses must have as their parent the designated Top Level Course Category in the example below for example the category Cou
15. on syntax Simply click on the to display the editor window re a are ES Fill in the Basic information Basic Subscription Item name OOOO O Item name Item No and Amount are used by nearly Item No all of the button types Amount Currency USD Required MPORTANT If you are using ClickBank the Item No field must contain the ClickBank item number of the product you have created in ClickBank Cancel Insert Mc ro Membership Button Editor x Basic Subscription Subscription Type Standard Duration Day s x Initial Trial Amount Initial Trial Duration Day s Cancel Insert Click the Subscription tab and fill in the subscripton information Choosing Subscription Type to Free will create freebutton freebutton tags while the Standard and Premium subscription types create the paybutton paybutton tags that translate into either the PayPal or ClickBank Subscribe button PayPal and ClickBank lets your subscribers sign up for an initial trial For example Initial Trial Subscription 1 for 14 days Regular Subscription 27 each month after If you want to offer an initial trial subscription fill in the amount and duration below the line STEP 5 Protect Your Content Protecting hiding content is easy using EBiz Micro Membership Simply use pay pay tags around protected text to hide content from Free reg
16. ption These values can be overridden by payment buttons you ll place on your subscription payment page 6 Choose your own Subscription Payment Page Title or accept the default pay and use that as the title of your Subscription Payment Page 7 Ifyou re using the Gradual Content Delivery feature set the Top Level Course Category to the category your choice that will hold all of your dripped content More on this later STEP 3 Create Your Subscription Payment Page This is the most difficult aspect of the installation That s because EBiz Micro Membership doesn t use your Wordpress theme for the Subscription Page Consequently to get it to look decent you ll have to stick some HTML on the page Here s sample code you can use to start out with lt div style width 500px gt Yes For just 1 per week I want to have full access to all of the information on the How to Do It Fast web site paybutton 1 Subscription 1001 STANDARD 1 USD 1 W paybutton lt hr gt No thank you I ll take the fr access I understand the full access offer above is a lt strong gt one time offer lt strong gt that is only available during this signup process and lt strong gt will never be availabe again lt strong gt freebutton Free Subscription FR1001 0 USD 85 D freebutton lt div gt And the steps to use the sample code 1 Copy the code above 2 Create a new Wordpress Page 3 Type pay as the ti
17. rses set on the EBiz Micro Membership Configuration Page above Edit Add New Post Tags Categories Micro Membership Category Security U Cron Media E Pages Comments Appearance Plugins DA rr Add Category Category Name The name is used to identify the category almost everywhere for example under the post or in the category widget Category Slug The slug is the URL friendly version of the name It is usually all lowercase and contains only letters numbers and hyphens Category Parent None Categories unlike tags can have a hierarchy You might have a Jazz category and under that Bulk Actions Apply oO Name O Assignments Courses Top Level Category Course 1 Course Module 1 1 Module Wdfet 2 4 Descrij Course 1 is a course Notice that its parent is the top level category Courses Module 1 1 is a module of Course 1 since Course 1 is its direct parent Node 1 1 1 is a category that belongs to Module 1 1 and can be used to hold and organize content for the module The dripped content is secured by course and delivered by module understanding of this concept from the EBiz Micro Membership Course Maintenance Screen discussed next You ll get a better 3 The EBiz Micro Membership Course Maintenance screen located under the Tools menu is where you specify your security and setup t
18. tle or whatever you replaced pay with in EBiz Micro Membership Configuration Page 4 Click on the HTML tab 5 Paste the code from this document 6 Click the Visual tab 7 Edit the text as you normally would Without any changes this page will display like Yes For just 1 per week I want to have full access to all of the information on the How to Do It Fast web site _ Subscribe Fy vsa ES es are No thank you I ll take the free access I understand the full access offered above is a one time offer that is only available during this initial signup process and will never be availabe again Free Registration Only You can get creative with your Wordpress editor and make a much more attractive page When this page is displayed it doesn t use your Wordpress theme which sets it apart from your normal content and lets your subscribers know that something needs to be done The key here however is in the two buttons the paybutton and the freebutton Notice how EBiz Micro Membership automatically replaces the button code with the appropriate PayPal or regular button IMPORTANT You will not see your payment buttons unless you create a test user and attempt to login as that user For details please see the FAQs at the end of the document STEP 4 Configure Your Payment Button s EBiz Micro Membership has a nifty button editor that frees you from having to worry about the paybutton and freebutt
19. tored on PayPal You don t want to get these out of sync Managing Category Access EBiz Micro Membership has the ability to assign access to Wordpress categories by subscription level You can place posts in categories and then limit access to subscribers of a certain level For example you may have a category for just your Premium subscribers Any posts placed in that category cannot be viewed by logged out free or standard subscribers The protected categories won t even show up in standard Wordpress lists sidebars menus search results widgets etc unless the Edit user has access to them Add New Post Tags Categories EBiz Micro Membership Category Security can also be used to hide tailor Micro Membership the display properties of categories that have nothing to do with security Category Security of subscribers It works well with the Event Calendar plug in to hide U Cron the category from normal lists and search results Consequently the Media events show on the event calendar sidebar widget but don t show up anywhere else ose Category access is managed using EBiz Micro Membership Category Security screen which is part of the Posts menu Selecting EBiz Micro Membership Category security from the menu displays EBiz Micro Membership Category Security screen Micro Membership Category Security ID Name Visibility Subscriber 9 Assignments Front J List Search I Feed M Archives V User Level 0 Unr
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