Newbie Here: Wordpress/Zombaio integration?
 

So I'm working on a model paysite, my first adult site, taking over for someone else who bailed. I'm building the site in WP right now, which is "fun" since I've never used WP for anything except blogging before! I'm used to hand-coding things (HTML, CSS, PHP). Yeah it's slow, but I'm still teaching myself the more advanced areas of webmastering/php and it helps me retain info. But I'm starting to get the hang of this WP thing...

Obviously I'm going to need some kind of member management, but I'm not too keen on just using the WP login for that. It seems a little unprofessional, although I'm sure there's a way to customize the login page and I already found a plugin to hide the dashboard from "subscriber" level users. I'd feel like I'd rather just write my own PHP login system and maintain my own database for complete control. Unless anyone has found a really useful (ideally free) member plug in for WP? Magic Members looked perfect but I'm not about to pay $100 for something like that unless that's what a lot of people recommend. I have more time than money.

Zombaio has their password management system of course, but do I HAVE to use that? I'd rather control access through sessions than through .htaccess, unless that's a bad idea for some reason. Call me picky, but I think the login popups are annoying and butt-ugly.

Then there's the issue of Zombaio integration. Their documentation was of some help but I'm still not sure what precisely I need to do for my site to mesh with Zombaio (i.e. how with both my site AND zombaio clear the user to login?). Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks a ton for any help! :thumbsup

Just let them handle it. I use zombaio and had no idea how to install it. Log into your Zombaio account go to Website Management and click request help with installation. Zombaio will do it for you. They say it takes an average of up to 4 days to install, but it took about 6 days and an email for me. Running smoothly eversince!:thumbsup

to get both your WP and Zombaio accounts to work together with the login just make sure that when the user logs in it produces both the login cookies / sessions (which ever is being used) and then both systems would accept the same user, you almost need to run one user db with the system running both of the systems next to each other, but this might need to be a little customisation of the login scripts to allow it to do what you want it to, and also some customisation with the theming so that it is not as obvious it is two different scripts.

I don't mind helping you work out the integration if you need it.

Rob

I've actually since found some member management plugins for WP that look really useful. I guess I'd just need to go in and make sure that the WP/plugin login is working with the same session variables that zombaoi needs?

Consider using a password protection like StrongBox.

We use wordpress, zombaio and ccbill and all integrate well...with the above.

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Thanks! :D

I'm using s2member right now and I love it so far. It's very extensive and professional with GREAT customer support, and it's free (although I'll probably throw them some money once we go live)! Hopefully it will integrate with zombaio without too much hassle. :/ About to tackle that now...

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Welcome.

welcome to GFY!

Welcome to the board

Welcome, here are some Newbie webmaster tips to get you started
http://www.pmmarketing.org/webmasterschool/

welcome to the forum. if its wp then you can get plugins for almost anything. good luck.

hey y'all this is my first post, so, hi!!

I've used the search function trying to find info on how to install zombaio on my wordpress (hosted on my own domain). I'm doing an individual e-ticket system, no members area yet. I've heard conflicting info regarding zombaio and their request-installation process on wordpress. Many people have told me that zombaio request-installation never works on wordpress, and zombaio support told me that it 'should' work, but couldn't give me a definitive answer either way (which I do understand)

has anyone here ever had a successful zombaio request-installation on wordpress? I'm anxious to have my new site up and running so I don't want to wait 6 days (expected time) if I'm going to have to figure it out on my own anyways. I'm really hoping it will work, as I spent a day messing around with the instructions and I'm far too computer illiterate (but learning!!) to actually understand it.

I'm hoping someone here will have something positive to report.
Does zombaio request-installation ever work on wordpress?

thanks in advance

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^^^thanks :)

Welcome to GFY

i don't recommend use free scripts to build pay sites