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September 28, 2016 at 1:35 am #52372
Jeremy
GuestI am using a theme that uses a propritary profile dashboard. I have tried following your instructions to get the PayPal sign up to show up in the users dashboard, but I cannot seem to get it to work. Please advise…
Thanks
September 28, 2016 at 1:35 am #52374Jeremy
GuestThis reply has been marked as private.September 28, 2016 at 8:57 am #52375Stefano
KeymasterHi Jeremy,
what have you tried doing? Does your theme support custom user_meta fields?Have a nice day,
StefanoSeptember 28, 2016 at 8:56 pm #52382Jeremy
GuestHi Stefano,
Not sure what my theme supports. My question for you is, does your plugin provide a sign up form or paypal input somewhere? Because I do not see one. Your documentation says that I may have to input code into the theme somewhere to allow users to see there earning within the user profile, is this correct? I provided you access to my website. Please go to it and see if you can find any sign of your plugin within my user profiles, because I don’t. Thanks
September 29, 2016 at 8:10 am #52384Stefano
KeymasterUsers can input their PayPal email address in their wp-admin profile page, which seems unreachable on your site. Is there any way users can reach it? There is screenshot attached here displaying that page π
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September 29, 2016 at 8:25 am #52388Jeremy
GuestHi Stefano,
I don’t think itβs a good idea to allow user to have access to the WordPress dashboard, as this can be a security issue with them knowing that your using WordPress. I use a program that keeps users from knowing that my website is a WordPress site. However, me website does have a user dashboard where they can change or update their email address.
So how do I tell my potential users that they can get paid to post? I was hoping that your plugin had an add-on that would indicate to users that they could apply to be a contributor and earn money for posting within the profile page, and add a PayPal email address. Is this not the case? Are we supposed to reach out to every potential user of the website and ask if they want to make money? I was thinking that this would be taken care of within the plugin somehow.
September 29, 2016 at 8:49 am #52390Stefano
KeymasterI donβt think itβs a good idea to allow user to have access to the WordPress dashboard, as this can be a security issue with them knowing that your using WordPress. I use a program that keeps users from knowing that my website is a WordPress site.
I can see what you are trying to do, but you want to hide your server setup from bots, not real users. Or, at least, I can’t see any good reason to not let them know you use WordPress.
However, notice that a lot of your links (for logging in, writing content…) still have the wp-admin slug on it, so I could easily tell you run WP. Just something that may have slipped π
However, me website does have a user dashboard where they can change or update their email address.
Yes, I see it’s done with BuddyPress. As of now, Post Pay Counter only allows PayPal email to be input from their wp-admin profile page. This choice was made since the profile page is accessible to all user roles. However, more and more webmasters are locking the wp-admin area to their users, and moving everything to the front end. This is a trend that I don’t understand and which I don’t see the sense of, but yet, it’s there. So I will probably provide integration with at least BuddyPress in future releases. I can’t provide a time frame in which it will be done though.
So how do I tell my potential users that they can get paid to post? I was hoping that your plugin had an add-on that would indicate to users that they could apply to be a contributor and earn money for posting within the profile page, and add a PayPal email address. Is this not the case? Are we supposed to reach out to every potential user of the website and ask if they want to make money? I was thinking that this would be taken care of within the plugin somehow.
You’d probably want to have a look at the shortcode feature, which allows you to display stats and payments in the frontend, wherever you like. The only thing that is left out from that is the PayPal email π
I hope this helps understanding π
Have a nice day,
StefanoSeptember 29, 2016 at 9:44 am #52394Jeremy
GuestHi Stefano,
Thanks for the explanation. I am happy to hear that you are now planning on adding a BuddyPress feature for PayPal signup. However, how do you propose that I get users to sign up for getting paid until that feature becomes available since I do not allow users to access the WordPress dashboard?
Can you provide a feature within the front end where users can see there own earnings, instead of having to go to a page that posts all users earnings; perhaps in their user dashboard within BuddyPress or similar?
Is there a way for now to allow only logged in users to see there own earnings within the webpage with the [ppc] shortcode?
Thanks.
September 29, 2016 at 6:15 pm #52406Stefano
KeymasterHowever, how do you propose that I get users to sign up for getting paid until that feature becomes available since I do not allow users to access the WordPress dashboard?
I fear the only way would be to input them yourself, sorry!
Can you provide a feature within the front end where users can see there own earnings, instead of having to go to a page that posts all users earnings; perhaps in their user dashboard within BuddyPress or similar?
Doesn’t the shortcode work for you?
Is there a way for now to allow only logged in users to see there own earnings within the webpage with the [ppc] shortcode?
Doesn’t [ppc author="current"] work?
October 28, 2016 at 10:18 am #52842Jeremy
GuestHi Stefano,
Do you have an ETA on a Buddy Press PayPal signup feature?
Thanks
October 28, 2016 at 10:35 pm #52857Stefano
KeymasterHi Jeremy,
Do you have an ETA on a Buddy Press PayPal signup feature?
Sorry, but no. Lately, I have been working on bringing pagination and sorting to the stats table, which seemed to me more urgent matters than the BuddyPress integration. I understand that BuddyPress is urgent to you, and I hope to start working on it soon, but I can’t provide a deadline unfortunately. I’m hoping to get it done in a month or so, but it depends on how much “ordinary work” I have to do, I’m afraid π
Have a nice day,
StefanoOctober 29, 2016 at 8:27 am #52861Stefano
KeymasterActually, I may be way ahead than I had thought. You can see a screenshot of the work in progress attached. I won’t provide a deadline anyway, but a basic version of the addon could be available in a week or so! π
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October 29, 2016 at 9:02 am #52869Jeremy
GuestHi Stefano,
That looks amazing! I am excited that you got a chance to get the BuddyPress integration in motion. I am planning on making my website officially live soon, and that is the last thing I need to make my website exactly how I envisioned it. I look forward to seeing the finished updates. Thanks again.
Jeremy
October 31, 2016 at 7:18 pm #52919Stefano
KeymasterThe BuddyPress addon is available! π
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