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January 1, 2015 at 6:17 pm #25992

rtwarizona
Expired Member

Post count: 5

User roles to restrict access to various parts of the program would be greatly appreciated.

RTW

January 1, 2015 at 6:18 pm #25993

rtwarizona
Expired Member

Post count: 5

I would also think it prudent that you add the capability (which I have not found yet in the program) that postings be approved by an administrator before going live.

RTW

January 2, 2015 at 1:03 am #26015

Guust
Moderator

Post count: 29970

If you want to restrict some areas of your site, you could use a membership plugin.
If you explain better what restrictions you are thinking about, then we can be more specific with an answer.

To approve listing before going live:
GD > design > listings > New listing default status > Set to DRAFT

April 1, 2015 at 4:34 am #35789

lucyinhcm
Free User

Post count: 34

In response to reply #22365 – I would like to know if there is a simple third party plugin (or something in house) that would allow me to create a members only marketing section for my directory.

What I would like to do is create a ‘mastermind area’ that is only accessible to the paying members of my directory.

I have looked at using S2Member, but it is quite complicated – and seems to add another layer to my login process, so is there another option that you could recommend?

Thanks

April 1, 2015 at 5:26 pm #35845

Paolo
Site Admin

Post count: 31206

Hi,

There are several membership plugins both free and premium that could do it. S2Member is one of the most popular and let me tell you that none of them is really super simple.

We use membership from wpmudev, but we had to customize it quite a bit to make it work the way we wanted and I wouldn’t really recommend it.

I don’t have extended experience with any other, so I can’t really help pointing out which one would be the best for you.

Thanks

April 1, 2015 at 9:54 pm #35881

Guust
Moderator

Post count: 29970

s2member looks complicated, but what you are trying to implement only uses a very small part of its capabilities, so should not be that difficult to implement.
You will have to disable GD’s login, see here for more details:
http://docs.wpgeodirectory.com/redirecting-the-login-page/

PS: post a job in GD jobs if you need a hand

September 9, 2015 at 2:36 pm #52570

veneuphoria
Expired Member

Post count: 69

Regarding this. I would like to make it so the regular logged in front end user (non-business Lister) is not able to see the “add a listing” option. Is that possible?

September 9, 2015 at 4:35 pm #52605

Paolo
Site Admin

Post count: 31206

Hi,

GD doesn’t make a difference between user and user. They are all the same for it.

Thanks

September 9, 2015 at 9:55 pm #52639

Guust
Moderator

Post count: 29970

@veneuphoria
with a membership plugin like S2member it is possible, but not with GD by itself like Paolo says.

September 10, 2015 at 11:06 am #52662

veneuphoria
Expired Member

Post count: 69

Thanks @guust and @paolo I will check into that!
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