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dripped content series – PDFs by email when first is submitted and next buuton is clicked

How do I set dripped content with few PDFs that a member can download one after the other in this manner

1) Quarterly member can get 3

2) onetime payment for 1 can get 1

3) Annual member can access 12

BUT the PDFs are to be emailed automatically upon subscription, so 1st one on sign up

THIS MEANS

one time member signs up gets 1st one, he logs in again and pays one time again, he gets 2nd PDF and so on

– quarterly can do this 3 times and if proceeds to next level can get next 3

– annually paying to get 1 each month or next upon submission of forst one with work, OR UPON clicking a NEXT button/link

I have tried protected content and membership pro but I have not got success in setting this up. Main issue is how to store what was the last PDF a member has accessed (I want automatic mailing of PDF upon payment)

PLEASE HELP

Naveen

Sat, 23 May 2015 17:30:46
  • Michelle Shull
    • DEV MAN’s Apprentice

    Hi there, Naveen!

    I think we can probably do this with CoursePress, we may need to do some text changes within CoursePress itself to meet your particular needs here, but we can handle your dripped system like so:

    Each of the twelve PDFs will be it’s own “course.” We’ll have them set up so the previous course is always a pre-requisite to the current course, so your “students” will have to progress through them one by one. In order to take course two, a “student” will have had to complete course one, for example.

    We don’t currently offer course bundles, which would make your monthly/quarterly/annual plans a lot simpler to manage, but I think we can utilize the coupon feature in MarketPress (which comes included with CoursePress if you’re not already using it, and we’ve got Woo Commerce support in CoursePress, as well, I know Woo has a robust coupon system, if you’re using Woo.) You could set up coupons for discounts when students/members purchase more than one course. Yet another way to manage this would be with an integrated points system (we’ve got integration with MyCred in MarketPress, it’s a great points system all by itself.) where your members could by points in bulk that could match up to your monthly/quarterly/annual plans.

    As for automatically emailing the PDFs to users, I’m not sure how we can accomplish this without some custom work. We can totally make the PDFs visible in a browser, or able to be downloaded, but I’m not sure how we can send auto-emails. That may be an ideal case for working with an independent developer to extend either CoursePress or MarketPress to allow for emailing of digital purchases in addition to download capability. We’ve got a Jobs Board where independent developers (they aren’t WPMU DEV employees) bid for jobs like yours.

    A little more on text changes – we’ve got a cool tool, Ultimate Branding, which will let you make changes to any text on your site or network. It works by creating a translation file, which replaces the original text with your new text, just like it’s being translated.

    Would this work for you, do you think?

    Thanks for your question, Naveen!

  • Naveen
    • WPMU DEV Initiate

    Hi Michelle

    Thanks for the informative reply.

    Can you clarify these please:

    1) Protected content (PC) is an advanced alternative for memberships, so using PC means we have all functionalities that we were expecting from memberships.

    2) IF I produce a web page with grid of 12 images (each representing a number from 1 to 12); and want them all to be available to a member in a dripped-content manner. What options do I select to achieve this. Typical steps will be

    – Joe Bloggs subscribes to 12 month membership (he gets to see first page by clicking on 1st image and he receives an automated email suggesting he has access to the first subscription) Can this email carry the link of the page accessible only when he is logged in.

    Not necessary I need a click on the image as image only represents that there is something he is getting every month e.g., 1st month a subscriber upon his payment of annual subscription gets access to 1st page of content. The image is just a placeholder to link a protected page for each month, eventually to be made available on payment after subscribing.

    – Next month Joe Bloggs get an automated email with a link to 2nd page AND SO ON for 12 months.

    NOW, if a person wants to purchase one off (one month subscriber) , an automated email goes to his email with a link to a protected page …according to which image he clicked. If he clicks 1st image, makes a payment for 1 month subscription, gets an automated email to unlock/ access the protected content for PAGE 1, clicks on 2nd image he gets another email for protected content PAGE 2 only followed by a payment.

    IS woo-commerce a better option if I make all protected PAGES as products and then customers can purchase whichever PAGE and receives the link to any PAGE after its payment. If he pays 12 x payments , he gets links for 12 pages . Of curse the pages to be accessible once he is logged in.

    I tried COURSE Press pro , install is successful but the admin becomes unavailable the moment you activate. Tried on 2 test domains and same results

  • Michelle Shull
    • DEV MAN’s Apprentice

    Hi, Naveen!

    The way Protected Content handles dripped content can’t provide exactly what you need here out of the box. It’s a pretty simple system, it just allows content to show within a certain date range, so it will be a bit difficult to make it serve your needs here.

    What we can do is create a page with shortcodes for your PDF list, so users in particular membership/subscription levels can see the content they’re meant to see. It will take custom work to email the PDFs to users in addition to making them available on your site. We do have numerous auto-emails you can send, I image we could create a custom auto email that contains links to your (protected from non-members) pages with PDF links.

    I’ve seen the whitepage error you’re seeing with CoursePress. You should still be able to access the admin URL, when I’ve seen it, the whitepage has actually been a WP update page, not wp-admin. Going back to the admin page usually works for me.

    Thanks!