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Add Free or Paid Memberships to Joomla 1.5, using freely available components & plugins.
With over Five Million websites & counting, Joomla is one of the most popular website building scripts on the market today.
A quick yahoo search of the Joomla "powered by" tag provides -
In excess of 5,000,000 sites using Joomla, reassurance enough that it is a tried & proven Content Management System.
As the Joomla Community has grown so has the number of free modules available for it. Users can use the script as is, or install additional components to add specific features enhancing their website.
Joomla membership sites can be created for free using a combination of these extensions.
Finding Instructions on which of these components you should use to convert Joomla into a membership site is not simple. So I have put together a short tutorial to guide you in the right direction.
To start you need to have an installation of Joomla 1.5, if your web host includes cpanel it is a simple matter of clicking the fantastico logo "smiley face" on cpanel under software / services.
On the left of the page you will see a list of applications that can be auto installed with fantastico, find Joomla 1.5 & simply follow the step by step instructions.
Next download the Account Expiration Control, Component / Module & Plugin's once downloaded & unzipped the file will include everything you need for your Joomla membership site.
Installing Account Expiration Control Component
* In Joomla Admin - Enable Legacy this is located in Extensions / Plugin Mgr
* Using Joomla Admin / Extensions / Install - Install the A.E.C component
* In Sequence upload & install the plugins - AEC Access, AEC Error, AEC Routing & AEC User
* Check that these plugins are activated after the legacy plugin move them down below legacy using the arrows in plugin manager.
* Make sure you enable all the plugins
* Open the control panel for A.E.C - Comp / AEC Sub mgr / AEC Central
* Commit any Hacks - Settings / Hacks
* Next download & install Docman ( Extensions / Install )
If you have completed Installing & activating all of these components your Joomla membership site is now ready to configure for your first members.
With over Five Million websites & counting, Joomla is one of the most popular website building scripts on the market today.
A quick yahoo search of the Joomla "powered by" tag provides -
In excess of 5,000,000 sites using Joomla, reassurance enough that it is a tried & proven Content Management System.
As the Joomla Community has grown so has the number of free modules available for it. Users can use the script as is, or install additional components to add specific features enhancing their website.
Joomla membership sites can be created for free using a combination of these extensions.
Finding Instructions on which of these components you should use to convert Joomla into a membership site is not simple. So I have put together a short tutorial to guide you in the right direction.
To start you need to have an installation of Joomla 1.5, if your web host includes cpanel it is a simple matter of clicking the fantastico logo "smiley face" on cpanel under software / services.
On the left of the page you will see a list of applications that can be auto installed with fantastico, find Joomla 1.5 & simply follow the step by step instructions.
Next download the Account Expiration Control, Component / Module & Plugin's once downloaded & unzipped the file will include everything you need for your Joomla membership site.
Installing Account Expiration Control Component
* In Joomla Admin - Enable Legacy this is located in Extensions / Plugin Mgr
* Using Joomla Admin / Extensions / Install - Install the A.E.C component
* In Sequence upload & install the plugins - AEC Access, AEC Error, AEC Routing & AEC User
* Check that these plugins are activated after the legacy plugin move them down below legacy using the arrows in plugin manager.
* Make sure you enable all the plugins
* Open the control panel for A.E.C - Comp / AEC Sub mgr / AEC Central
* Commit any Hacks - Settings / Hacks
* Next download & install Docman ( Extensions / Install )
If you have completed Installing & activating all of these components your Joomla membership site is now ready to configure for your first members.
About the Author:
Need more information? Visit How to Create a Joomla Membership Site for detailed Video Tutorials. Simon Cave - Author & Creator of E-Commerce Newbies a site targeted at helping internet newcomers Make Money Online.
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