Restricting Wordpress Posts/Pages (Free plugin vs amProtect)

Discussion in 'Pre-Sales Questions' started by luxman, Aug 1, 2011.

  1. luxman

    luxman Member

    Joined:
    Mar 31, 2011
    Messages:
    70
    I am in need of a script that will enable me to create a membership site; therefore I have decided to look at aMember.

    However, I am a bit confused whether or not I should use the "free" wordpress plugin from aMember OR purchase the amProtect plugin.

    What are the advantages/disadvantages of these two plugins? I noticed the free version is in beta mode, while there are no updates of amProtect.

    So is amProtect outdated? While the free is not recommended? :confused:


    thank you
  2. davidm1

    davidm1 aMember User & Partner

    Joined:
    May 16, 2006
    Messages:
    4,437
    There have been dozens of updates to amprotect

    == Changelog ==

    = 3.2.0.00 =
    * Handled checking Wordpress cookie differently so it does not log people back in when they should not.

    = 3.1.4.00 =
    * Removed amwalker.php and replaced with amGetNavMenuItems function.

    = 3.1.3.01 =
    * Fixed bug in amwalker.php start_el() function.

    = 3.1.3.00 =
    * Added support to pre-fill Gravity Forms with data from member record.

    = 3.1.2.00 =
    * Added drip protection by payments and "actual" months too in addition to days since becoming a member.

    = 3.1.1.00 =
    * Added additional product URLS to Product Links widget.

    = 3.1.0.01 =
    * Fixed bug checking to see if the user is an admin.

    = 3.1.0.00 =
    * Added ability to redirect Wordpress registration to aMember signup.

    = 3.0.4.02 =
    * Fixed bug when simple press is active.

    = 3.0.4.01 =
    * Stopped hiding db settings so they could be more easily changed.
    * Added capability to specify alternate signup/order pages for each product.

    = 3.0.1.09 =
    * Added code for Contact Form 7 to use amProtect short codes for member data.

    = 3.0.1.08 =
    * Fixed bug when member changes password in aMember.
    * Fixed bug when constructing upgrade link for members.

    = 3.0.1.07 =
    * Fixed bug when protecting partial content with "all"

    = 3.0.1.06 =
    * Updated to work with aMember 3.2.3

    = 3.0.1.05 =
    * Show DB config settings if the products are empty (in case of typo).

    = 3.0.1.04 =
    * Fixed bug with category protection.
    * Protect child categories based on parent categories status.

    = 3.0.1.03 =
    * Made some changes to work better with caching plugins.

    = 3.0.1.02 =
    * Fixed bug with logout link.
    * Used post permalink for login redirect instead of current page.

    = 3.0.1.01 =
    * Fixed bug saving db settings.

    = 3.0.1.00 =
    * Fixed bug where drip widget would not show a drip post that was set to 0 days.
    * Fixed bug where posts marked for 'all' would not be revealed or dripped.
    * Fixed bug with tab index in signon form.

    = 3.0.0.09 =
    * Missed making the word "logout" changeable in the widget.
    * Took out debug comment when protecting a whole post with drip / incremental content.
    * Fixed bug where drip links do not show up right after login.
    * Fixed bug where config file could not always be found.

    = 3.0.0.08 =
    * Fix bug where login widget would not save.

    = 3.0.0.07 =
    * Fixed bug to change the way admin was detected to allow into protected content.
    * Separated the drip-content / incremental content widget out into its own widget.
    * Changed 'all' to require at least one active subscription.

    = 3.0.0.06 =
    * Fix bug in hide pages routine.
    * Added protected Menu and Text Widgets
    * Read aMember config automatically to get database settings.
    * Do not display database settings once saved to make it more secure.

    = 3.0.0.05 =
    * Added option to make redirects use relative URLs.
    * Added option to show products with negative price groups in replacement phrases.
    * Updated widget to make all text phrases configurable for foreign language compatability.

    = 3.0.0.04 =
    * Fixed but with session handling.

    = 3.0.0.03 =
    * Add drip content capabilities (replaces incremental content plugin).

    = 3.0.0.02 =
    * Fixed bug when users have duplicate email addresses. Will die before it tries to create new user.

    = 3.0.0.01 =
    * Added feature to hide/show content based on membership levels.

    = 3.0.0.00 =
    * Tested with WordPress 3.0 to be sure it works Ok. (No changes needed so backwards compatable still.)
    * Added functionality to make it add/remove Simple Press user groups based on aMember/WordPress roles.
    * Updated internal help screens a bit.

    = 2.9.2.07 =
    * Automatically create a user role for each aMember product.
    * Automatically add/remove roles to/from user account according to product status when logged in.

    = 2.9.2.06 =
    * Automatically log member into WordPress if not already done.
    * Automatically create user in WordPress if they do not exist.
    * Automatically update password in WordPress if it was changed in aMember.
    * Added widget for member login, display product links, display incremental content links.

    = 2.9.2.05 =
    * Fixed a bug that would cause sidebars and comments to disappear.

    = 2.9.2.04 =
    * Do not show signup links to products in negative price groups in replacement phrases.

    = 2.9.2.03 =
    * Fixed bug in category logic.

    = 2.9.2.02 =
    * Fixed bug to ignore category protection on pages.

    = 2.9.2.01 =
    * Added [amelse] logic.
    * Added category protection.

    = 2.9.2.00=
    * Added functions that can be used with widget_logic plugin.

    = 2.9.1.00 =
    * Added amprotect=nonmember protection tags to show content when not logged in.
    * Added new text phrase for when amprotect=all is used.

    = 2.8.0.12 =
    * Fixed bug with excerpts.

    = 2.8.0.11 =
    * Upgraded with name replacement filters.

    = 2.8.0.10 =
    * Fixed some language so it does not say "for to".

    = 2.8.0.09 =
    * Put redirect back to article page on login link in partial content.

    = 2.8.0.08 =
    * Send members to separate page instead of just showing warning message.

    = 2.8.0.07 =
    * Added protection by incremental content.

    = 2.8.0.06 =
    * Fixed a bug with price groups.

    = 2.8.0.05 =
    * Added capability to protect portions of content on post or page.

    = 2.8.0.04 =
    * Fixed a bug that sent an invalid error message when members were logged out.

    = 2.8.0.03 =
    * Stopped using PHP_INCLUDE Method because it keeps getting interfered with!

    = 2.8.0.02 =
    * Lowered admin level from 10 to 9 because some could not see settings.

    = 2.8.0.01 =
    * Updated to work with WordPress 2.8 plus to use product checkboxes.

    = 1.1.1.00 =
    * Updated instructions to include mods necessary to WordPress files.



    David
  3. luxman

    luxman Member

    Joined:
    Mar 31, 2011
    Messages:
    70
    thanks David

    I am currently using the free version that comes with amember. I emailed Ken but still haven't received a response...

Share This Page