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Originally Posted by MrPotatoBread
Have you had any issues running everything on wp as a paysite? Congrats on your success!!!  |
Hi MrPotatoBread
In fact I think choosing wp was one of the things I believe we did right.
There's a custom script on top of wp that makes the actual content available only to those who paid, and changes the theme slightly for members - removes joins links, adds the "welcome memberX" and some goodies here and there. Other than this and other than making the content available, the rest of the sites is the same for members or guests.
There's also a custom script that centralizes the video repository and posting - basically video editors upload everything to a blind ftp using some naming conventions for the files.
A script checks what is available there and lets you post the content on each site, without ever needing to login in wp. In practice, wp is a frontend but nobody ever needs to even know the credentials to login in wp-admin, as everything is done with our custom tools.
This was a total overkill when we started, but saves a TON of time now - automation automation automation, as some of the wise guys said previously in this thread :-)