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We’ve got some really *awesome* stuff coming out in DAP v3.8 & LiveLinks v1.3…

• [NEW] Product Chaining
• [NEW] When you add a blog post/page to a Product, it retrieves the post/page’s title, and the page title is what your member will see in the “Links” section of a product.
• [NEW] (New Config Field) SECRET_KEY : Secret Authorization Key used when interfacing with external systems
• [NEW] (New Config Field) SHOW_COMMENTS: Show comments on protected WP content?
• [NEW] (New Config Field) DEFAULT_AFF_LANDING: URL of default landing page for Affiliate links (when not redirected). Default: / (home page)
• [NEW] DAP will no longer allows deliberate or unintentional deletion of admin users. You must change their account type to “User” first before you can delete the user.
• [NEW] Display of User Links (sorting order): Within a given day, if you have multiple links dripping (say, on day 1 itself you have multiple links), then they will show up on the “User links” page in the exact same order in which it shows up on the Products page.
• [NEW] Warning presented and asks for confirmation when you click on “Delete Product” (even though DAP already won’t delete a product if there is even 1 user associated with a Product. Just another confirmation in addition to what was there before).
• [NEW] DAP Logs displays only 1000 rows now
• [NEW] URL field length increased from 100 to 200
• [FIXED] LiveLinks: It seems the first name and other merge tags work, but the last name merge tag isn’t functional.
• [FIXED] Removed “http://” from second link in affiliate “redirection” link

Feel free to comment below.

Oh, one more thing.

The final feature list for 3.8 isn’t going to change much. But if you have a feature request(s) for 3.9, then speak now or forever hold your peace… er… , you may have to hold it at least until v4.0

- Veena Prashanth
Co-Founder & Co-Developer
DigitalAccessPass.com

Now integrates with Paypal Website Payments Pro!

Check out the “Upsell Tree” video if you haven’t already.

Now you can do Unlimited 1-Click Upsells, Downsells & OTO’s with both Authorize.net and Paypal Website Payments Pro!

This totally rocks!

Also, DAP v3.6 Beta is out. Has changes for Paypal Payments Pro integration, Authnet form look & feel, and integration for Paypal “Add To Cart” buttons too!

<LAUNCH SALE>

Oh, and only for the next 3 days, you can purchase the Paypal Upsell Tree plugin for $97 ($30 off the regular price of $127).

Just send us a payment of $97 to Ravi _AT_ DigitalAccessPass.com , and you’ll get access shortly. The $30 launch sale ends on 01/29 (Friday) at midnight.

</LAUNCH SALE>

Feel free to comment below.

- Ravi Jayagopal

WooHoo! Aweber has finally finished a custom email parser for DigitalAccessPass, I’ve tested it and it works great!

This is going to make Aweber integration as simple as just adding “yourlist@aweber.com” to the “3rd Party Notification Email Id” field on your “Product” page in DAP. That’s it! 5-second integration. No more will you need to do any of this!

But, before it shows up on the list of global parsers, and in fact for it to even show on the list of global parsers in your Aweber account, I need your help asap.

Please visit Aweber.com, open a ticket, and tell them something to the effect of…

“Hi Aweber Support,

I want the custom parser “DigitalAccessPass.com” to be added to my Aweber account.

This parser is currently available in Aweber account plugandplay owned by Ravi Jayagopal

Here’s my Aweber login: _______

Here’s my Aweber password: _______

Thanks!

- Your Name”

That’s it.

Once they have at least 10 people request this, then the Custom DigitalAccessPass.com Parser will then be added to the global list of Email Parsers, and it will be available to everyone. And no one else will have to send these guys the above email any more. Probably just the first 10.

But I do need your help to send this email to them asap.

Feel free to comment below if you have any questions.

Thanks!

- Ravi Jayagopal

Very exciting times ahead for DAP! Lots of cool features coming soon…

Coming Soon

1) Authorize.net integration
2) 1-Click Upsells
3) One-Time Offers (OTO)
4) Coupons…

And more!

Here’s what is coming in just a few days…

Authorize.net Integration

Which means, if you have an Authorize.net merchant account, then DAP itself becomes your shopping cart. No need for a 3rd party cart like 1SiteAutomation.com (1ShoppingCart Private Label).

It also means that the customer never leaves your web site to make a payment. No more sending people to a different web site – like Paypal – for instance. Customer stays within your web site’s pages. And makes a purchase right on your web site.

Once this plugin goes live soon, 1-Click Upsells and OTO’s will soon follow suit.

If you are willing to try out the Authnet Plugin beta version, you will get a substantial discount on the plugin. So please let us know via the comments below if you’re interested in signing up for the beta and getting the discount.

What You Need (To Use This Plugin)

1) Your own Authorize.net Merchant Account

2) A “SSL Certificate” on your web host.This is where your site looks like “https://Yoursite.com” with the extra “s” after the “http..”. That is what allows your members to “securely” enter their credit card information on your site and submit it for payment processing. We can help you set up SSL on your host for a fee. Just ask us.

Taking DAP To A Whole New Level

DAP already does way more than what our competitors do.

With the addition of these features (and even more that we’ll be adding: Product Chaining, Joomla Support, vBulletin integration, …) we’re taking DAP to a whole new level.

And we are really excited, humbled and honored that it is your support that has allowed us to get here.

And we promise you that in 2010, we’re going to take DAP “Where No Membership Script Has Gone Before!”

And finally, a “HUGE Thank You” for your show of support and incredible feedback at the Warrior Forum . I’ve published your comments from the forum on our testimonials page.

Cheers and have an an AMAZING 2010!

- Ravi Jayagopal

PS: And don’t forget to follow me on Twitter.

UPDATE 1 (4PM EST):

I just found out from Aweber that I need to take some extra steps in order for the email parser to show up for everyone, including you. So, ignore the request below for now. I will send you an update once I hear back from them. Sorry for the trouble! Thanks!

We’ve just finished testing a new feature – an Aweber Email Parser – for automatically adding your DAP members into your Aweber list.

And we’re hoping to roll this into DAP v3.4 (in beta right now. Yay!)

So I need a really quick favor from you…

If you have an Aweber account, and if you have 3 minutes to spare, can you please check something for us?

1) Log in to your Aweber Account
2) Under “My Lists” tab at the top, click on “Email Parser”
3) Do you see “DigitalAccessPass.com” among the list of email parsers available there?

Pls post your findings/comments below in the comments section.

*Really, really* appreciate your help

Thanks much!

- Ravi Jayagopal

PS: If you did see the parser, then all you need is DAP v3.4 which is available for download right now!

The next update is almost here!

Both DAP v3.4 and LiveLinks (LL) v0.9 should be out in just a couple of days.

We have some very cool new features packed into this release.

WordPress User Integration

DAP now fully integrates with the WordPress user tables. Which means you can now put to use awesome WordPress plugins that require the user information to exist in the native WordPress user tables. Also see our earlier post about this.

WordPress Forum Integration

We have so far tested DAP with bbPress and Simple:Press and both work great!

If DAP works with these two forum plugins, then it should work with other WP forum plugins too.

Other New Features

* [New] More columns added on the “Users > Manage” screen. New colums include: “User Status”, “User/Product Status”, “Opted Out”. So in one glance, you can see if a user is active, if the user/product status is active, and if the user has opted out of receiving emails from you. Any of the users that are “Inactive” or “Unconfirmed” will be highlighted with a bright color (orangish?)
* [New] Merge code %%AFF_LINK%% can now be used in blog posts too.
* [New] 3rdPartyNotification Email now contains details about the product that just got a signup
* [New] There’s a new file called “/dap/inc/protected_html.php”. The contents of this file will show up below the padlock. You can customize this page with any sales copy you want.
* [New] Links on “User Home Page” are now sorted by “dripping order” – newest at the top, oldest at the bottom.
* [New] Changed affiliate earnings summary on user home page to now show “Product Name” instead of just the “Product Id”. So affiliate can know what product on your site that they referred someone to.
* [New] Minor changes to Look & Feel of various DAP pages
* [Bug-fix] Fix for the “Umlaut” above letters in the user’s first/last name
* [Bug-fix] Removed JS alert on “Export Affiliates” from archive functionality
* [Bug-fix] Some servers don’t seem to like the second “http://” in affiliate links when you’re redirecting to a new page other than the default affiliate landing page. Fixed this to remove the second “http://” from the affiliate link. It will not affect your existing affiliate links.

[Note] LiveLinks v0.8 was not a general release. It was given to just a few select DAP users who reported LiveLinks 0.7 conflicting with their theme. So regardless of whether you have LL 0.7 or 0.8, you can upgrade to LL v0.9.

Feel free to comment below.

- Ravi

We’re testing a new feature where every member in DAP now also automatically gets entered into the WordPress user database. So when they log in to DAP, they will also be logged in to your wordpress blog as a “Subscriber”.

What this means to you…

• You can now use any WordPress plugin that uses the native WordPress user tables – like BB-Press and Simple Press (Forum Plugins)
• Your DAP member can be automatically logged into the forum plugin (say), so they can participate in a discussion
• If your member’s subscription expires, they will lose access to the forums
• WordPress will now automatically recognize the logged in user in the comments section of a blog post or page

Plenty of possibilities.

But here’s where I need your help.

What are the plugins that you always wanted to use with DAP, but couldn’t do so because the native WP user integration wasn’t available?

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What are the plugins that you would like to use with DAP, now that the feature will be available shortly?

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Please add your answers/comments/questions/suggestions  below.

Appreciate your feedback.

- Ravi Jayagopal

Imagine having the reliability of Aweber in delivering your emails, minus their monthly fees.

I mean, what if this were …<gasp>Free</gasp>?

That’s the kind of awesome new service that we’re currently evaluating for all DAP users.

It is a Third-party SMTP Service provided by leading Email Service Provider, FuseMail.com (Note: This is not final in any way, and we may end up going with someone totally different. Just FYI).

Now you already know DAP allows you to send out bulk email to your members right from your web host. There really is no need for an external email service. Most web hosts are pretty good with their deliverability.

In fact, we ourselves use our web host’s SMTP service to send out our emails to you.

That said, if you are hosting on an inexpensive web host (like for $5/month), you obviously cannot expect your host’s email deliverability to be the same as, say, that of Aweber’s. There is a reason why Aweber is expensive. And that’s because they have really good email delivery. And if you have an Aweber account already, and plan on using that with DAP, then DAP allows you to add buyers of a Product in DAP to your Aweber list (a different list for each product since DAP v3.3). So you’re all set already.

And if you didn’t care for Aweber, and still wanted to avoid using your web host’s email system and their hourly email-sending restrictions, then DAP has always had an answer for this…

Simply sign-up with a 3rd party SMTP provider, set up their SMTP info on the “SMTP” screen in DAP admin, and DAP will totally bypass your local web host for all outgoing emails, and instead send out emails through this 3rd party service.

No Monthly Fees

But what if you didn’t have an expensive service like Aweber? And you also don’t want (or can’t afford) the ongoing monthly fees charged by such email providers?

That’s exactly why we’re evaluating whether offering such a 3rd Party Service to all DAP users makes sense.

We’re not sure if you’re going to favor such a service over Aweber. We’re not sure if you’re going to take up this option at all.

DigitalAccessPass.com is actively exploring such an option, and we’re going to be taking on on a big monthly fee in order to provide this to you for free.

But these individual accounts that we’re going to provide you with, certainly won’t allow you to blast out tens of thousands emails an hour. For that, you would have to sign up for a paid option (it costs something like $80 per month, and you can send out up to 80,000 emails a month). Or use Aweber.

But for 99% of membership site owners, they don’t have tens of thousands of members (yet). And they don’t plan on blasting out spam to that 20-million email id’s purchased for $99 online either .

So a 3rd-party service like this would be perfect for the average, non-spamming, membership site owner who doesn’t have gobs of money and boat-loads of members – yet.

That’s why we need your help to determine what kind of email volume you expect to send out through such a 3rd-party service.

So please take this short survey, which will really help us figure out your specific needs.

It would be great if you let us know who you are, but you don’t have to. Feel free to be anonymous if that helps.

I was so excited about sharing this stuff with you, that I just made a quick video with Jing.

And don’t forget to leave your questions, comments or suggestions below.

Now watch this video to see what I’m so excited about…

- Ravi

I’ve already started the tech design work for DAP v3.3 & LiveLinks 0.7.

So here’s your chance to tell me what you think should be in the next version. Enter your feature-request below as a comment.

Also, I wish to use this post to get some feedback and ideas from you about certain features I have planned for DAP.

Here’s a feature to get started.

1) Product Chaining:

Basic premise: You will be able to configure something like this…

Upon Member ADD To Product A, ADD To Product B
Upon Member ADD To Product A, REMOVE From Product B
Upon Member REMOVE From Product A, ADD To Product B
Upon Member REMOVE From Product A, REMOVE From Product B

Basically, using a easy-to-use UI, you will be able to configure any permutation/combination of the above.

So what else can you think of along these lines, for this “Product Chaining” feature?

Also feel free to add any other feature ideas you may have in the “comments” section below.

Appreciate your feedback.

Thanks!

- Ravi

[UPDATE]

I will list items from my own list as well as suggested features/ideas below:

• Product-Chaining
• OTO’s
• Each “Product” to have it’s own “Double-Optin”, “Thank You Email”, etc – instead of having just one global setting.