{"id":1492186,"date":"2018-01-25T10:30:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T10:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/?p=1492186"},"modified":"2018-01-25T12:09:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T12:09:19","slug":"creating-multilingual-membership-sites-using-toolset-and-wpml","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/announcements\/2018\/01\/creating-multilingual-membership-sites-using-toolset-and-wpml\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating multilingual membership sites using Toolset and WPML"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Building a complete membership site can be a real challenge. Toolset plugins help you do this easily and without PHP programming. Toolset even offers a complete prototype for starting your project.<\/p>\n<h2>See how it works for yourself<\/h2>\n<p>A membership site needs to provide many specific features. These include membership plans, restricted access to certain content, a means of registering users, and more.<\/p>\n<p>To help you build membership projects, we recently released a complete Membership reference site. Please review the online demo or register a free <a href=\"http:\/\/discover-wp.com\/\">Discover WP<\/a> account and create a site for yourself. Toolset users can also install this site in their own environment and use it as a basis for their project.<\/p>\n<p>To learn how to build a membership project, read our guide about <a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/learn\/create-membership-site-wordpress-using-toolset-plugins\/\">creating membership sites using Toolset<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Or you can watch the video:<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7C1dFwxXME8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Features of the Membership Reference Site<\/h2>\n<p>Let us examine the features of our membership reference site.<\/p>\n<h3>Three types of membership plans<\/h3>\n<p>Membership sites have different types of membership plans. Each plan has access to specific types of content. Our Membership Site has three plans: one free and two premium.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-membership-plans.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1492201\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-membership-plans-1024x657.png\" alt=\"Membership plans\" width=\"1024\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-membership-plans-1024x657.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-membership-plans-150x96.png 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-membership-plans-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-membership-plans-768x493.png 768w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-membership-plans.png 1178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Restricting posts of a certain type to members only<\/h3>\n<p>To restrict content to members only, it is best to separate that content into custom post types. For example, &#8220;Advanced Tutorials&#8221; could be restricted to registered users. Visitors cannot access these tutorials.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-restricted-content.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1492202\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-restricted-content.png\" alt=\"Content restricted to visitors\" width=\"911\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-restricted-content.png 911w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-restricted-content-150x135.png 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-restricted-content-300x270.png 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-restricted-content-768x691.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 911px) 100vw, 911px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>However, only &#8220;VIP&#8221; members can access the site&#8217;s &#8220;Webinars&#8221; section.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-vip-members-only.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1492204\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-vip-members-only.png\" alt=\"Content available only to VIP members\" width=\"916\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-vip-members-only.png 916w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-vip-members-only-150x77.png 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-vip-members-only-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-vip-members-only-768x395.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Restricting Content but Showing a &#8220;Teaser&#8221; on Archive Pages<\/h3>\n<p>To convert visitors to members, you can show &#8220;teaser&#8221; text instead of the full articles. Toolset allows you to create a custom archive page easily and display only the &#8220;teaser&#8221; content.<\/p>\n<p>To learn how to do this, visit our tutorial regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/2018\/01\/custom-layouts-for-archives-with-restricted-access-a-practical-application-of-our-new-access-feature\/\">custom layouts for archives with restricted access<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1492208\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1492208\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-teaser-archive-page.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1492208\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-teaser-archive-page-300x225.png\" alt=\"Archive page that &quot;teases&quot; the visitor with partial content from featured articles\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-teaser-archive-page-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-teaser-archive-page-150x112.png 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-teaser-archive-page-768x575.png 768w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-teaser-archive-page-1024x766.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-teaser-archive-page.png 1308w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1492208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archive page that &#8220;teases&#8221; the visitor with partial content from featured articles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Restricting access to some parts of the articles<\/h3>\n<p>You can hide specific parts of pages that are otherwise viewable by everyone.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1492210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1492210\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-restrict-parts-of-pages.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1492210\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-restrict-parts-of-pages-300x213.png\" alt=\"Restricting specific parts of pages otherwise viewable by everyone\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-restrict-parts-of-pages-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-restrict-parts-of-pages-150x106.png 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-restrict-parts-of-pages-768x545.png 768w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-restrict-parts-of-pages.png 915w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1492210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Restricting specific parts of pages otherwise viewable by everyone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Register users<\/h3>\n<p>Registering new users is a crucial part of a membership site. Our Membership Reference site features a user registration form that is connected to a WooCommerce Checkout page.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1492216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1492216\" style=\"width: 264px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-user-registration-form.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1492216\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-user-registration-form-264x300.png\" alt=\"User registration form connected to a WooCommerce checkout\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-user-registration-form-264x300.png 264w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-user-registration-form-132x150.png 132w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-user-registration-form-768x872.png 768w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-user-registration-form-902x1024.png 902w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-user-registration-form.png 916w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1492216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">User registration form connected to a WooCommerce checkout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Charging Fees for Premium Accounts<\/h3>\n<p>This site includes a working prototype of a WooCommerce checkout process for &#8220;buying&#8221; membership plans. This prototype allows you to see how the process works and adapt it to your own project.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1492217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1492217\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-woocommerce-checkout.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1492217\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-woocommerce-checkout-250x300.png\" alt=\"Membership reference site features a prototype of a WooCommerce checkout\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-woocommerce-checkout-250x300.png 250w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-woocommerce-checkout-125x150.png 125w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-woocommerce-checkout-768x922.png 768w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-woocommerce-checkout-853x1024.png 853w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/toolset-membership-reference-site-woocommerce-checkout.png 1180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1492217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Membership reference site features a prototype of a WooCommerce checkout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Making Your Membership Site Multilingual<\/h2>\n<p>You may notice that the membership reference site does not feature WPML. We may add this feature in the future. \u00a0If a sufficient number of our users send us feedback suggesting that we add WPML to the site, we will implement it as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Because Toolset is our own product, it is fully compatible with WPML. This means you can easily turn this membership site into a multilingual one.<\/p>\n<h2>Feedback?<\/h2>\n<p>We hope this reference site proves to be a valuable tool for you. Please send us comments to let us know how it is working for you. In addition, tell us whether there is anything you would like to see added or improved. Let us know and we will get back to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building a complete membership site can be a real chall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76577,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1492186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76577"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1492186"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1496802,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492186\/revisions\/1496802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1492186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1492186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1492186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}