Starting DAP v3.8, we have a new feature called “Product-Specific Details“.
This feature basically allows you to put all of the Product-specific details (including links available to the member as part of that Product) on a specific WordPress page.
Here’s how it works:
1. Go to DAP Dashboard > Products > Manage
2. Select the Product for which you wish to generate the Product-specific details page. Note down the Product Id (it’s a number as shown below)
3. Create a new WordPress Page – give it any title you want. Put in the text…
%%PRODUCT_DETAILS_<insert-product-id>%%
So in the above example, since the Product Id is “1″, the merge code becomes:
%%PRODUCT_DETAILS_1%%
Publish the page.
4. When you view the page, it will show the product’s details.
That’s pretty much it as far as creating the Product details page is concerned.
Where to use this
Starting DAP v3.8, you can now take the permalink for this above page and enter it into the “Logged-in URL” field of the Product. This field is basically for specifying a Product-specific URL for showing users right after they login. So that way, when someone purchases this product, and logs in to your membership site, instead of showing the default member details page, you could show them just a product-specific page.
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This is a really awesome feature, Ravi and Veena! It is one that I didn’t know I needed for my business until you made it available! Thank you for the explanation of its use…now that it is available, I have one further question. Can we customize how the product-specific details appear? For example, could I remove the “Access date” line? I guess I’m wondering which file we’d need to alter in the DAP folder to make changes to this feature. Thanks in advance for pointing us in the right direction!
Molly,
Sorry, cannot customize that further at this time. It follows the same pattern as the “Member Links” merge code – except, it displays the details for just 1 product rather than all the Products that a user has access to.
Also wouldn’t recommend doing any custom changes to the code, as it may lock you out of upgrading in the future, as any new versions will overwrite your changes (and trying to keep the changes in sync with every new release is going to result in unnecessary overhead for you).
Thanks for the speedy response, Ravi. And, you make a very good point regarding customizations that lock out further upgrading…I sure wouldn’t want to do that as your upgrades bring so many more helpful features! Perhaps the ability to customize this product details feature could be added to a version 3.9 wish list. For now, I am thrilled to be able to separate it from the member links merge code functionality at all. Thank you so much!
Hi Ravi,
I’m following this script closely because my clients use it and I am configuring one right now for a client.
Where is the documentation for 3.8 changes? On this blog? I used your search box and the above is what I received. Is there more?
thanks,
Craig
Hey Craig…give this a try:
http://www.digitalaccesspass.com/blog/2010/07/dap-v3-8-final-release/
http://digitalaccesspass.com/changelog.php
Thanks Molly.
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