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PRESS HERE FOR THE YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THE MAKING OF THIS PODCAST   Episode 2     MemberPress: This plugin has limited gateway integration with the standard version. However the developer has more choices but compared to some of the over membership plugins on this list the choices its still slightly limiting.   However it’s a very powerful and flexible plugin with an excellent stylish and easy to use interface with great coupon functionality with also inbuilt great reporting functionality that’s built into the core of the plugin.   I personally have never used this plugin myself connected to a client projects but it looks excellent plugin with a number of powerful key features that some of the other plugins don't offer, an example of this is that it has an affiliate program inbuilt to the plugin.   Prices: Business Edition $99 or Developer pack at $199 per year.   https://www.memberpress.com     Magic Members: This plugin supports loads of different payment gateways it’s difficult to find a gateway that the plugin doesn't support and it probably is easier to list the ones it doesn't support.   It also has loads of functionality with great general and video training support materials. This plugin is really powerful with a number of key features that some of the other plugins don't have. Its interface is very impressive and its also very easy to use for both developers and owners.   Prices: Single $97, (3 User pack $197) or Unlimited $207 support is paid yearly.   http://www.magicmembers.com/pricing     WishListMember: This plugin integrates with a number of payment gateways however not as many as Magic Members but almost also is one of the oldest membership WordPress plugins on the market at the present moment. Its very well documented and the support are generally quite good.   I have used this plugin on a couple of client jobs over the past 18 months. However I personally don't like it as much as couple of other membership plugins I have used this is mostly because it has a lot of screens choices that take what a bit of time to learn and use effectually. Some of the other plugins use a more simper central plugin and then give you the choice to add to the core functionality by using micro plugins.   One of the jobs I had to do with this plugin was to integrate it into a forum that was using a popular third-party forum WordPress plugin. it did worked however the client found it quite hard to administrate the site connected to all the options that the WishList  has to offer.   I personal found the documentation and general support okay but not amazing.   I personally just feel that now there are number of better WordPress solutions available. Nevertheless its still a quality membership plugin that a lot of third party additional WordPress plugins that work with it so in some situation you have no choice but to use it. Also the multisite license is quite expensive compared to some of the other excellent membership plugins available.   Prices: Single site $97 and Multi-site license $297   http://member.wishlistproducts.com/#options     iThemes Exchange/Membership:   This really looks like a very impressive membership plugin that also gives you also E-Commerce functionality of iThemes of Exchange. Here’s a list of it key functionality.   ·      Sell paid (or free) membership access to your WordPress site ·      Protect content based on membership ·      Add multiple membership products ·      Delay (drip) individual content items based on membership ·      Add members-only digital downloads ·      Assign membership hierarchies for membership product tiers (parent and child memberships)   I personally have never used this either Exchange or it micro plugin Membership however buy what I have read on a number of independent review websites it does look like a great plugin membership system. However it doesn’t support a large number of payment gateways compared to couple of the other plugins. Also it has a number of micro additional plugins that are quite expensive.   Price:   2 sites $97, unlimited sites $150 Pro Pack all Exchange add-ons $197   https://ithemes.com/exchange

  PRESS THIS LINK TO MAKING THE PODCAST      WordPress Membership Plugin Review 01-25-2015 There must be over 25 WordPress membership plugins available at the present moment .So how does a developer or owner choose the right one for a particular project? Here a main list of three key points that you must make a judgment call on. I will also list a further list of eight key points that are more focused connected to particular needs that you might have connected to choosing the right membership plugin for your project. Ten key features connected to choosing the right plugin for your project How easy is the plugin to use on day-to-day basics? How good is the support and training materials? How easy is it to learn Payment Gateway Diversity E-Commerce Support Ease Of Use Sequential Delivery/drip content Concurrent Accounts/multiple accounts like for office that has 3 to 20 seats Upsell/Down-sells Prorating Charges I will give much more information on these 10 key points in our first of serious of four podcasts we doing on WP-Tonic on WordPress and membership plugins in 2015. Here a list of some of the things your plugin might not do! It’s not a given that they’ll create a directory of members It’s not a given that they’ll create a special page for each user It’s not a given that they’ll have an import feature for your 2MM members It’s not a given that they’ll integrate with your payment gateway It’s not a given that they’ll support pro-rating or pausing of a membership It’s not a given that they’ll also provide event management It’s not a given that they’ll also support a downloads area Also the end of this post I will give some advice on what I think are the best membership plugins for different scenarios and an I will choose a couple of from the list of seven that I feel are over winners Paid Membership Pro: Has a limited number of payment getaways that it works with. However, it has a number of free and paid for micro plugins that really extend the functionality of the product and gateways. But, even with the micro plugins it still has limited functionality compared to some of the other plugins we will be looking at in this list. However, if you looking for a rock solid solution with great support plus it has a large user community you can't really go wrong with this plugin. Also if you are a bit of coder the plugin offers a large list of hooks and filter that allow you to do some amazing stuff with the plugin. I've used this plugin on a number of personal and client projects and I found it to be flexible and powerful. On the free plugin the documentation is limited but the company does its best to support the plugin on WordPress.org plugin forums and in truth if you using it on a semi basic membership website you really shouldn't need that much support because the setup and key functionality are very easy to use compared to some other plugins we will be looking at on this list. Prices Free but support is $97 per year. http://www.paidmembershipspro.com/add-ons Restrict Content Pro: Has limited number of gateway integration options connected to the standard plugin. However, you can buy a number of micro plugin extensions that increase the choices connected to getaway but do keep in mind its a similar situation as Paid Membership Pro; even with this micro plugins the number of gateway providers is still limited compared to some of the other plugins in this review. You only pay a yearly subscription on connected to the micro plugin extensions. This plugin comes from one of the most respected WordPress coding shops and from a really respected chief developer Pippin Williams who has published over a 100 WordPress plugins. Personally I've used this plugin on a couple of client's websites and it has been rock solid. Basically it’s a really well coded plugin that has some excellent extensive documentation. Prices: Single $42, 2 to 5 site $86, unlimited $132. https://pippinsplugins.com/products/restrict-content-pro  

PRESS ON THIS LINK TO SEE THE VIDOE OF THE MAKING OF THIS EPISODE   WordPress Frameworks Unfinished Business. WooThemes: Canvas  version 6 is coming out in the next six months of 2015 only about 6 of the present themes are fully responsive. How to upgrade from Canvas 5 to 6 is still binging worked out by WooThemes. However it might not be possible to upgrade from older themes.   iThemes: Builder Framework. https://ithemes.com/purchase/builder-theme/ Facts    1) 90 themes not all of them are responsive.   2) a visual builder    3) Builder seems to be a theme/plugin/ hybrid.   Prices    Foundation series 5 theme fully responsive pack for $80.   All 90 themes however many of these themes are not responsive    Elegant Themes: http://www.elegantthemes.com/   Divi 2.0 Theme/Framework hybrid    This is a new version of Divi 2.0 and has an visual editor inbuilt into the theme.   Price you can get Divi and 87 other older type themes for $69.     

PUSH THIS LINK TO WATCH THE YOUTUBE CLIP OF THE MAKING OF THIS PODCAST   Shane Melaugh is the owner of imimpact.com. Here is his story: He quit school because he couldn’t face doing something he wasn’t passionate about any longer. He decided to stop forcing it and left to create my own company He co-founded SECockpit with Sam Hänni. We took the product from zero to a 7 figure revenue mark in just 15 months. He created a product called Backlink Battleplan in 2010 that did over 2,000 sales and brought in over 6 figures revenue – this was my first real successful product in the internet marketing niche. He is founder of Thrive Themes, a company that produces conversion-focused WordPress themes. He is the creator of several software products including Viral Quiz Builder, WP Sharely andHybrid Connect   He also sell a number of information products, including Video Marketing Blueprint, Focus & Action and Webinar Eclipse.  

TAP THIS LINK TO SEE MAKING OF THE POCAST VIDEO   TAP THIS LINK TO GO TO SHOW NOTES ON WP-TONIC   Brent started creating websites around 15 years of age and never stopped. Brent spent the first 12 years of his professional career growing HotPress Web into one of the most successful website agencies in Denver. He worked with some of the top businesses and non-profits in the state creating websites and online marketing campaigns.

PRESS THIS LINK TO WATCH THE MAKEING OF THE PODCAST   PRESS THIS LINK TO WATCH CRUSOE   We cover four frameworks for WordPress but first.... 1)      Genesis Framework: Genesis Framework from StudioPress http://www.studiopress.com is one of the most popular of all the WordPress frameworks its very developer focused and need quite a bit of development experience to get the best from it. Prices: Genesis Framework on its own $59.95 with all the Studio commercial themes $399 One of the ways to use Genesis if you are not an experience developer is to use this third party plugin tool Dynamik Website Builder for $59.  Pros a) very well document. b) Well coded. c) Big library of child themes. Cons a) complicated if you are not an experience WordPress developer. b) the chid themes do tend to look very similar in design. c) Not all the child themes are fully responsive. 2)     Headway Framework Headway:  from HeadwayThemes http://headwaythemes.com/  is an other very popular WordPress framework its very different to StudioPress Genesis it has it own inbuilt drag & drop page building functionality. Prices: 1 site $59 with one template or you get the developer license for $199 and you get all of Headway themes included at the present moment they have a Christmas sale on and get everything reduced by 35% discount. Pros a) easy to use if you are not an experience developer  b) very well documented. c) well and very attractive child themes. Cons a) the code can be a bit blotted which can leads to slow loading themes b) you really are locked into the Headway Framework of doing things.  c) if you really go down the fully custom route with this Framework you will have to keep in mind that the designs will need quite a bit of testing   3)     Canvas Framework from WooThemes http://www.woothemes.com/products/canvas/ This is very popular framework from the people who develop and support Woocommerce. Price: $119 unlimited domains or $399 which includes a number of nice looking themes.  Pros a) well coded. b) Great documentation. c) Should work with Woocommence. Cons a) is not setup to work with child themes. b) limited selection of themes compared to StudioPress. c) some of the themes are not responsive. Thesis Framework 4)       Thesis frameworks http://diythemes.com/ is one of the oldest WordPress frameworks This framework uses a very, very custom way of developing WordPress website to the extent you could say it a real highbred of system that is going its own semi different route to the rest of the WordPress development community. Price: $87 for one domain license or you could buy the profession level for $199 which give you unlimited live time support and the ability to use the framework on as many different domains as you like. Pros: a) very well coded  2) extremely powerful and in the hands of an experience Thesis developer can prove very quick.  3) this framework has been around for quite a long time.  Cons  a) you really do need to be pretty experience developer to really use this framework.  b) uses skins not child theme. c) It really does things it own way which are not compatible to the norm of WordPress.   =========================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development and online marketing.    

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LINK TO YOUTUBE VIDEO    Episode 17 Plugins: Icegram: http://www.icegram.com/ SumoMe: https://sumome.com/ Monarch: http://www.elegantthemes.com/plugins/monarch/   =================== WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but a twice weekly podcast about WordPress where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development and online marketing.

LINK TO VIDEO  Morten Rand-Hendriksen 1.Click this text, go to iTunes,   2. Click “Vieåw in iTunes” blue button   3. Subscribe and give us a rating! Thanks! Well with out further ado let get into part 2 of  Morten’s Timeline  BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT:    “There is always more to learn” Tweet: Check out this episode of http://ctt.ec/baD9O+ @billconrad360 #podcasting #podcaster   BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT QUESTIONS:  Are you a MAC or PC and what brand of phone do you use? What is your favorite technology, hardware or software? Guitar Amp Modulation Technology What is your favorite quote? “Life is irreconcilable it does not add up”  Salmond Russian What are your favorite books? Judas Unchained (The Commonwealth Saga) LEISURE:  Ballroom Dancing “It is life transforming.” CONTACT INFORMATION:   Links: https://plus.google.com/+MortenRandHendriksen/posts Twitter: https://twitter.com/mor10 YOUR FAVORITE FOOD: Reindeer medal with red wine reduction sauce! Please keep the reviews coming in! Thanks  1.Click this text, go to iTunes,   2. Click “View in iTunes” blue button   3. Subscribe and give us a rating! Thanks!