changing protected area in established site and changing to wordpress

Discussion in 'Setting-up protection' started by darina, Oct 30, 2008.

  1. darina

    darina New Member

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    Hi there

    We are making some changes to our membership structure and as a result will be switching from joomla to wordpress. We don't use the joomla plugin as we have the whole installation protected and simply protect the folder.

    With the new wordpress structure we will be using the plugin as we will be doing partial protection.

    Just wondering if this will cause issues for existing members? hopefully I can create the new directory with wordpress etc.. and set up the plugin and then when ready just switch the protection details within amember?

    Or has anyone got suggestions on the best way to do this? Will existing members still be able to login as normal just getting to the new wordpress area instead.

    I just thought I can't remember if you can add existing users to wordpress using the plugin or some other method or if it will only work for new ones coming in? if that's the case any suggestions on how I handle that?

    Many thanks :)
  2. davidm1

    davidm1 aMember User & Partner

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    After installing and setting up everything, you should do a rebuild in amember and it should copy over the users into wordpress (assuming you got everything set properly)

    David
  3. darina

    darina New Member

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    Thank you :)

    just to clarify, so I can set up everything in parallel in new directory, and then make changes in amember?
  4. davidm1

    davidm1 aMember User & Partner

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    Sounds right.

    David
  5. darina

    darina New Member

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    Just a small add-on to this query ! Can I completely create the new wordpress site, ie add content etc. .as open (no protection)and then afterwards decide what's protected and what's semi-protected. the previous reply answered my query re members, but just wondering about content? have I confused you !
  6. davidm1

    davidm1 aMember User & Partner

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    Yes. But you will need to go back into the content and manually add the protection code.

    David

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