How to run phpBB behind payment wall in Wordpress?
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:22 am
Hello!
I have a certain solution in mind where I am able to run a membership site on Wordpress using one of many popular plugins, and also get the phpBB-board behind the paywall. I have recently been running the bbPress-plugin for WP, but it's just not cutting it. The functionality is severely limited as a community board.
My thought is the following:
1. Install Wordpress on the main domain
2. Install phpBB on subdomain forum.domain.tld
3. Install WP-plugin WP w3all phpBB to sync users and data
4. Use your plugin to display the forum as iFrame on the page domain.tld/forum/
5. domain.tld/forum/ is protected by membership status
Now the question is: how can I stop people from accessing the forum directly through forum.domain.tld, but still make it visible on domain.tld/forum/?
Some more questions:
1. About moderators: If I make some users moderators in phpBB, will they automatically become editors in Wordpress?
2. What if I only want all users to be subscribers, and only myself to me administrator in Wordpress?
3. Using a membership plugin, it is possible to add users to different user types in Wordpress depending on the type of membership they choose. Is it possible to sync these groups to user groups of my own choosing in phpBB? So different types of membership will give you different permissions in phpBB?
Thank you for this amazing plugin and support!
I have a certain solution in mind where I am able to run a membership site on Wordpress using one of many popular plugins, and also get the phpBB-board behind the paywall. I have recently been running the bbPress-plugin for WP, but it's just not cutting it. The functionality is severely limited as a community board.
My thought is the following:
1. Install Wordpress on the main domain
2. Install phpBB on subdomain forum.domain.tld
3. Install WP-plugin WP w3all phpBB to sync users and data
4. Use your plugin to display the forum as iFrame on the page domain.tld/forum/
5. domain.tld/forum/ is protected by membership status
Now the question is: how can I stop people from accessing the forum directly through forum.domain.tld, but still make it visible on domain.tld/forum/?
Some more questions:
1. About moderators: If I make some users moderators in phpBB, will they automatically become editors in Wordpress?
2. What if I only want all users to be subscribers, and only myself to me administrator in Wordpress?
3. Using a membership plugin, it is possible to add users to different user types in Wordpress depending on the type of membership they choose. Is it possible to sync these groups to user groups of my own choosing in phpBB? So different types of membership will give you different permissions in phpBB?
Thank you for this amazing plugin and support!