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deltav · 04-22-2014, 05:22 PM

I messed around testing a WP-based subscription site a few years ago. As everyone says, just have a WP installation for the protected area - all CCBill does is protect a given directory and its subdirectories via htaccess, so it's pretty simple. Cgi-bin would just be in its usual location.

The drawback being you won't have a dynamically updated free area - with posted updates & whatnot - unless you can get the two WP installations to talk to one another. I never got that far though. Eventually decided WP had too many clunky limitations to really make an effective subscription site for our industry, though I know people get real riled up when someone says that. It can be done I suppose, but expect A LOT of work getting all the moving parts to play nice and/or finding new solutions for stuff that just works kinda clunky because it wasn't originally intended as a paysite CMS or plugin.

04-22-2014, 05:22 PM
deltav Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Posts: 1,243	I messed around testing a WP-based subscription site a few years ago. As everyone says, just have a WP installation for the protected area - all CCBill does is protect a given directory and its subdirectories via htaccess, so it's pretty simple. Cgi-bin would just be in its usual location. The drawback being you won't have a dynamically updated free area - with posted updates & whatnot - unless you can get the two WP installations to talk to one another. I never got that far though. Eventually decided WP had too many clunky limitations to really make an effective subscription site for our industry, though I know people get real riled up when someone says that. It can be done I suppose, but expect A LOT of work getting all the moving parts to play nice and/or finding new solutions for stuff that just works kinda clunky because it wasn't originally intended as a paysite CMS or plugin. __________________ ********* DeltaofVenus.com - Vintage Erotica from the 1800s through 1979 Last edited by deltav; 04-22-2014 at 05:24 PM..