I am in need of a script that will enable me to create a membership site; therefore I have decided to look at aMember. However, I am a bit confused whether or not I should use the "free" wordpress plugin from aMember OR purchase the amProtect plugin. What are the advantages/disadvantages of these two plugins? I noticed the free version is in beta mode, while there are no updates of amProtect. So is amProtect outdated? While the free is not recommended? thank you
There have been dozens of updates to amprotect == Changelog == = 3.2.0.00 = * Handled checking Wordpress cookie differently so it does not log people back in when they should not. = 3.1.4.00 = * Removed amwalker.php and replaced with amGetNavMenuItems function. = 3.1.3.01 = * Fixed bug in amwalker.php start_el() function. = 3.1.3.00 = * Added support to pre-fill Gravity Forms with data from member record. = 3.1.2.00 = * Added drip protection by payments and "actual" months too in addition to days since becoming a member. = 3.1.1.00 = * Added additional product URLS to Product Links widget. = 3.1.0.01 = * Fixed bug checking to see if the user is an admin. = 3.1.0.00 = * Added ability to redirect Wordpress registration to aMember signup. = 3.0.4.02 = * Fixed bug when simple press is active. = 3.0.4.01 = * Stopped hiding db settings so they could be more easily changed. * Added capability to specify alternate signup/order pages for each product. = 3.0.1.09 = * Added code for Contact Form 7 to use amProtect short codes for member data. = 3.0.1.08 = * Fixed bug when member changes password in aMember. * Fixed bug when constructing upgrade link for members. = 3.0.1.07 = * Fixed bug when protecting partial content with "all" = 3.0.1.06 = * Updated to work with aMember 3.2.3 = 3.0.1.05 = * Show DB config settings if the products are empty (in case of typo). = 3.0.1.04 = * Fixed bug with category protection. * Protect child categories based on parent categories status. = 3.0.1.03 = * Made some changes to work better with caching plugins. = 3.0.1.02 = * Fixed bug with logout link. * Used post permalink for login redirect instead of current page. = 3.0.1.01 = * Fixed bug saving db settings. = 3.0.1.00 = * Fixed bug where drip widget would not show a drip post that was set to 0 days. * Fixed bug where posts marked for 'all' would not be revealed or dripped. * Fixed bug with tab index in signon form. = 3.0.0.09 = * Missed making the word "logout" changeable in the widget. * Took out debug comment when protecting a whole post with drip / incremental content. * Fixed bug where drip links do not show up right after login. * Fixed bug where config file could not always be found. = 3.0.0.08 = * Fix bug where login widget would not save. = 3.0.0.07 = * Fixed bug to change the way admin was detected to allow into protected content. * Separated the drip-content / incremental content widget out into its own widget. * Changed 'all' to require at least one active subscription. = 3.0.0.06 = * Fix bug in hide pages routine. * Added protected Menu and Text Widgets * Read aMember config automatically to get database settings. * Do not display database settings once saved to make it more secure. = 3.0.0.05 = * Added option to make redirects use relative URLs. * Added option to show products with negative price groups in replacement phrases. * Updated widget to make all text phrases configurable for foreign language compatability. = 3.0.0.04 = * Fixed but with session handling. = 3.0.0.03 = * Add drip content capabilities (replaces incremental content plugin). = 3.0.0.02 = * Fixed bug when users have duplicate email addresses. Will die before it tries to create new user. = 3.0.0.01 = * Added feature to hide/show content based on membership levels. = 3.0.0.00 = * Tested with WordPress 3.0 to be sure it works Ok. (No changes needed so backwards compatable still.) * Added functionality to make it add/remove Simple Press user groups based on aMember/WordPress roles. * Updated internal help screens a bit. = 2.9.2.07 = * Automatically create a user role for each aMember product. * Automatically add/remove roles to/from user account according to product status when logged in. = 2.9.2.06 = * Automatically log member into WordPress if not already done. * Automatically create user in WordPress if they do not exist. * Automatically update password in WordPress if it was changed in aMember. * Added widget for member login, display product links, display incremental content links. = 2.9.2.05 = * Fixed a bug that would cause sidebars and comments to disappear. = 2.9.2.04 = * Do not show signup links to products in negative price groups in replacement phrases. = 2.9.2.03 = * Fixed bug in category logic. = 2.9.2.02 = * Fixed bug to ignore category protection on pages. = 2.9.2.01 = * Added [amelse] logic. * Added category protection. = 2.9.2.00= * Added functions that can be used with widget_logic plugin. = 2.9.1.00 = * Added amprotect=nonmember protection tags to show content when not logged in. * Added new text phrase for when amprotect=all is used. = 2.8.0.12 = * Fixed bug with excerpts. = 2.8.0.11 = * Upgraded with name replacement filters. = 2.8.0.10 = * Fixed some language so it does not say "for to". = 2.8.0.09 = * Put redirect back to article page on login link in partial content. = 2.8.0.08 = * Send members to separate page instead of just showing warning message. = 2.8.0.07 = * Added protection by incremental content. = 2.8.0.06 = * Fixed a bug with price groups. = 2.8.0.05 = * Added capability to protect portions of content on post or page. = 2.8.0.04 = * Fixed a bug that sent an invalid error message when members were logged out. = 2.8.0.03 = * Stopped using PHP_INCLUDE Method because it keeps getting interfered with! = 2.8.0.02 = * Lowered admin level from 10 to 9 because some could not see settings. = 2.8.0.01 = * Updated to work with WordPress 2.8 plus to use product checkboxes. = 1.1.1.00 = * Updated instructions to include mods necessary to WordPress files. David
thanks David I am currently using the free version that comes with amember. I emailed Ken but still haven't received a response...