Can you grant access to a private web page from a URL?

[ashleyseagrape]

Hello,

I am setting up a membership site for a client and we are 99% of the way there. This plugin is awesome!!

My question:

Is it possible for me to make a page private and have a URL that I can send to potential users granting them the ability to view the page?

I am wanting to make the page with the registration prompts private from folks who are browsing the site and have the ability to send a URL to specific people so when they click on the link, they can view the page. (Similar to the link in the eStore automated email for downloadable items.)

Is this possible with eMember? If not, do you have any suggestions on how to do this?

Thanks!!

[wzp]

You need to add the eStore plugin and then structure/protect the private page as a digital product. You then generate and send an expiring URL to the client.

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/using-wordpress-permalinks-as-digital-products-apr-1217

[ashleyseagrape]

Thank you for the response and the link to the tutorial. This looks like it will work perfectly.

[ashleyseagrape]

I appreciate all your help.

I do have one simple question that I did not find an answer to in the tutorial you sent.

Is it possible for me to use the same expiring URL for multiple clients? It would be great to paste one URL into one mass email.

Thanks for the clarification!!

[admin]

Yes, given you are not setting a limit using the “Download Limit Count” field in eStore settings. You could also take that limit out temporarily then send the mass email and then after a few days put that limit back on.

[ashleyseagrape]

Thanks for the response.

I am setting it up now and have come across two issues:

1. When I go to the page without using the digital download link, I do not see the first message. There is no message at all. And when I use the link, I see both messages.

Eventually I want the link to work for two weeks.

I have set up the product using the correctly changed URL using the “aprtp” prefix. And I have used the following shortcodes on the page to start.

[wp_eStore_APR expiry=0 status=unexpired]

I want this message to show when ppl visit the page without using the digital product link.

[/wp_eStore_APR]

[wp_eStore_APR expiry=0 status=unexpired]

Log in below or click the registration button to start taking advantage of the exclusive benefits being offered to you.

[wp_eMember_login]

[/wp_eStore_APR]

2. As you can see above, the private content I am wanting to hide from the page is the eMember login form. When I use the link, I see the message, but I see the shortcode “[wp_eMember_login]” instead of the actual login form.

How do I remedy this?

Thanks for your help.

[ashleyseagrape]

Oops!! I just realized the first shortcode has “status=unexpired” and should have “status=expired”! I just fixed that and the first issue is resolved.

I am still seeing the shortcode “[wp_eMember_login]” instead of the actual login form.

Thanks!!

[wpCommerce]

Hi, What version of eStore are you using? Have you tried this method?

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/estore-shortcode-inside-another-shortcode-shortcode-nesting-not-workingg

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