request episode on user management/subscriptions

Hi -

I am building a website that requires some things I’m pretty sure many others need: user management and subscriptions. That is, I have an initial page/pages that are completely free and don’t even require registration. I have 3 other sets of pages: one set that is free but requires registration, and two levels of paid subscriptions. Only the highest level allows access to all non-administrative pages.

There appear to be lots of possible ways to do this, but, I obviously would like the most efficient (read: minimum work for me). I have been reading that as of EE 1.6 this type of thing is not EE’s strong suit, and have seen recommendations for Solspace’s User modules, aMember, and/or CoolCommerce.

An episode or two covering these things would really be great!

Larry Lewis

Thanks for the feedback, Larry. That has been on my list of future episodes and I hope to have one on membership functionality soon.

I’ve built sites that really push the envelope in terms of membership stuff and while EE is limited you can still do a lot with it. I think the Engine City Times is going to soon start requiring membership. ;)