using wordpress for paysite?

[tcscartel]

Does anyone here use or know of anyone using wordpress for a paysite? I am currently building some sites, and had an idea for building one site as a blog with wordpress. One question I have is can I tie it in with my other sites and the ccbill users database? Also, are there any good tools for building a wordpress site with this kind of functionality, allowing previews of posts but locking up parts for the members area.

[brassmonkey]

you better do some more homework word press is a blog script

[tcscartel]

you better do some more homework word press is a blog script

Yeah, i know that, I want to set up a blog that has a free area but also a member restricted area.

[modF]

It can be done, I'm actually going to do a site like this for one of my pet projects.

[tcscartel]

It can be done, I'm actually going to do a site like this for one of my pet projects.

Cool, any owrds of advice, plugin's or whatever you are thinking of using?

[crapola]

search google, the net is practically littered with plugin's and tips

[CaptainHowdy]

If you know your CSS and PHP you can use it as a CMS indeed.

[modF]

Cool, any owrds of advice, plugin's or whatever you are thinking of using?

I have not figured it out 100% but I'm thinking of creating a wp front end for my cms and running with NATS. When I get closer to piecing it together I'll actually sit down and plan it all out.

[tcscartel]

I have not figured it out 100% but I'm thinking of creating a wp front end for my cms and running with NATS. When I get closer to piecing it together I'll actually sit down and plan it all out.

Well, thanks to everyone that weighed in so far! Any other suggestions would be awesome.

[Yahook]

It's not a good idea to use it for security reasons

[brassmonkey]

why not just use avs

[DjSap]

There is a paypal membership plugin that allows you to sell memberships and then restrict certain posts and categories to members, which I guess could be modified for ccbill with some work.

However seeing as how cheap programmers are these days I don't see why somebody wouldn't just get a custom script done.

[DocYall]

Sounds like it would be a better use of resources and time to use something better suited for the task rather than trying to get WP to do it.

[CIVMatt]

IF you do it right it can be cool, I'm doing WP TGP's right now as well