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How to Create & Award Course Certificates!

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DAP's NEW Certificate Feature!

How to Create & Award Course Certificates - Using DAP!

Watch this Video for all the Details!

You can now create, fully customize and award certificates

to your users when they complete your course! 

STEP 1: Create a Certificate

You can create a certificate in the DAP >> Courses >> Certificates Page. Give the certificate a name, upload a logo, customize the certificate and save it. Watch the video above for all the details.


You can use the same certificate for all of your courses in DAP or create different ones for each. DAP will automatically replace the merge tags with the student name and the course name.

STEP 2: Assign Certificate to your Course

  • You can select your course and assign a certificate to it. 
  • You can configure DAP to automatically display a "Download Certificate" button when users complete the course.
  • You can also insert the download certificate button shortcode in your member home page.

STEP 3: Download all Certificates

You can create a download all certificates shortcode for your courses. Publish it in your member home page. It'll display a table with all of the courses and the certificates that the logged-in members have earned. You can also specify what courses should be displayed in that table.

Be sure to watch the video above to see step-by-step how to setup a course in DAP and how to automatically display a download certificate button when your students complete your course!

DAP v8.6.4 / LiveLinks v5.6.4 (Beta Release)

This feature is part of DAP v8.6.4 / LiveLinks v5.6.4 (or above). 

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How to allow members to upload files to your membership site!

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Want to allow members to upload files? You can easily do this using DAP!

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DAP is one of the very membership plugins that supports 'file uploads'. You can allow your users to upload files or submit new content!


If you are concerned about security, it's a valid concern in general, but not if you use DAP's file upload feature. We have added several security checks to prevent upload of malicious files. Watch the video above for details.


Form Builder & Member Profile

We've updated both DAP Form Builder and DAP Member Profile interfaces.


The DAP Form Builder will allow you to generate registration forms for your free products. You can now add an "File Uploads" option to your signup form to allow visitors to submit files at the time of registration. 

The DAP Member Profile form will allow your logged-in members to update their profile / account info. You can add "File Uploads" option to your member profile form to allow your logged-in members to upload files.

Security Checks

Security is a huge priority for us. We've added several security checks to prevent upload of malicious files.

Key Security Features:

1. File Type Restrictions

​​DAP restricts file types to safe files only (the same file types allowed by WordPress core).

​Allowed file types are:

Images:  .png, .gif, .jpg
Documents: .doc, .xls, .ppt, .pdf
Audio: .wav, .mp3, .mp4
Video: .mpg, .mov, .wmv


By default, all the file types are turned off. You can enable one or more of these allowed file types.


2. Max Allowed File Size

You can limit the allowed file size. We've set the default limit to 2M which is typically the minimum upload size limit on servers. You can increase it, if needed.

3. File Sanitization

We sanitize the file name to make sure it does not contain an extension that can execute code via the web server before it's uploaded to the server. This is one of the big concerns when it comes to file upload security. We've taken care of this.

4. Files are checked for content

We also check files for actual content. For example if you allow image upload, DAP will check the file to make sure it is actually an image (or whatever file type you expect) and not something pretending to be an image, before uploading it to your server.

5. Only allow logged-in members that have access to specific products

Instead of allowing all website visitors to upload files (via registration form), make it available just to paying members of certain products (via member profile form).

For e.g:

This way only logged-in, paying members of certain products will be allowed to upload files.

6. Security plugin

Be sure to use a security platform such as Sucuri to secure your website.

Member Profile Updates

We've updated the DAP Member Profile shortcode to allow file uploads.


You can either update your existing member profile shortcode or add a new shortcode, and enable file uploads option. By default, file uploads is turned off. 

You can create one or more member profile shortcodes:

Option 1: Create ONE shortcode that allows all updates (profile, password, file uploads, etc) in a single form.

Option 2: Create different shortcodes - one for just file uploads, another for change password, another for profile updates, etc.

Steps to enable file uploads in your member profile form:

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Go to the DAP Member Page Builder. Add a NEW Profile shortcode OR Edit your existing profile shortcode.

2

Create a profile page. Click on customize to customize the profile form.

Select Dynamic field

3

In the customizer tab, enable file uploads. Set allowed file types and max file size.

Watch video above for more details.

4

Save settings. It'll give you a shortcode. Publish the shortcode on any WordPress page. That's it! Your users can now upload files (as long as the file types match the ones you allow in the backend).

DAP Form Builder Updates

If you want to allow users to upload files at the time of registration, go to DAP Dashboard >> Products >> Signup Forms page, create a new registration form and enable file uploads. You can only generate registration forms for your "free products". 

Steps to enable file uploads in your registration form.

1

Go to the DAP Products >> Signup Forms page. Create a new form. 

2

Give the form a name, select your free product and pick a template. Currently only "Template 1" supports file uploads.

3

In the customize form tab, enable file uploads. If you enable captcha, be sure to set your google recaptcha keys in DAP setup >> config page >> Google Keys tab.

4

Save settings. It'll give you a shortcode. Publish the shortcode on any WordPress page. That's it!

 Your users can now upload files (as long as the file types match the ones you allow in the backend).

Watch the video towards the top of this page for more details. 

View Uploaded Files in the DAP Edit Member Page

If you want to see the files your users have uploaded, go to DAP Dashboard >> Members page. Find the Member. Click on the name. It'll bring you to the Edit Member page where you'll find the 'uploaded file' details.

DAP v8.5 / LiveLinks v5.5 (Beta Release)

This feature is part of DAP v8.5 / LiveLinks v5.5 (or above). 

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How to Create DigitalAccessPass (DAP) Affiliate Coupons!

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How to Create & Assign Coupons to your Affiliates!

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The Most Comprehensive Implementation of Affiliate Coupons

DAP now supports affiliate coupons! 

You can create coupons and assign to your affiliates. When buyers purchase your product using a coupon that's assigned to an affiliate, they'll get a discount and the assigned affiliate will earn a commission!  

This also means that buyers don't have to click on an affiliate link! If they make a purchase using a coupon that's connected to an affiliate, the right affiliate will automatically receive credit for the purchase. 

This is a win-win-win for your buyers, your affiliates and you! 

-> Buyers will receive a discount.

-> Affiliates will receive a commission and they can offer coupon as an incentive to their referrals to get them to buy your products or services.

-> You acquire new customers.

Here are the steps to set it up:

Step 1: Setup Commissions in DAP Affiliate >> Commissions page

You can setup product-level commission in the DAP Affiliate >> Commissions page. 

Step 2: Create a New Coupon

1. Visit the DAP Payments >> Coupons Page.

2. Click on add new coupon to add a new coupon.

3. In the first tab, enter the coupon details - name, expiration, discount details, max usage, etc. Now you can assign an affiliate to this coupon.

Step 3: Assign Affiliate to Coupon

1. In the same tab, under the "Affiliate Coupon" section, you will find the affiliate coupon settings. 

2. Search by email (or enter email) of your affiliate. 

3. If you want to notify the affiliate when a new coupon is assigned, you can do that on this page.

4. The email subject/body is fully customizable. 

5. In the next tab, connect coupon to one or more products.

6. Save. It'll connect affiliate to coupon.

Step 4: Display Coupon details to the Affiliates

1. Go to DAP Member Pages. 

2. Create a new "affiliate" shortcode (or update your existing shortcode).

3. On this page, you'll now find an option to display "coupon" details to affiliates.  This section will only be visible to affiliates that have coupons assigned to them. 

4. Your affiliates will find all the assigned coupons and other details (discount amount, expiration, how many times it was used, etc) on this page. 

Step 5: Allow affiliates to request a coupon code

1. If you want to allow your affiliates to request a promo code, you can do that by adding the "enter promo code" field to your DAP Profile shortcode.

2. Go to DAP Member Pages. Create a new "profile" shortcode (or update your existing shortcode).

3. On this page, you'll now find an option to allow affiliates to "Request a Affiliate Coupon". 

4. You can also enter the email where you want a notification to be sent when an affiliate requests a coupon code.

That's it!

When buyers use a coupon that's assigned to an affiliate, they will get the discount and the right affiliate will be awarded commissions automatically. 

This feature is part of DAP v8.4 / LiveLinks v5.4 and SmartPayCart (SPC) v5.4. It's now available for download. 

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BuddyBoss Integration with DigitalAccessPass (DAP)

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How to integrate BuddyBoss with DigitalAccessPass (DAP)

Integration between DigitalAccessPass (DAP) and the BuddyBoss platform will allow you create a powerful online communities membership site. 


You can control access to your BuddyBoss groups and profile types at "membership/product level".


Assign Group & Profile Type Access Based on Membership Level/Product

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When users receive access to a Product/Level

  • Automatically add members to one or more groups
  • Automatically remove from one or more groups
2.

When users lose access to a Product/Level (subscription cancellation or access is removed)

  • Automatically remove from one or more group(s)
3.

Assign Access to Profile Types

  • Automatically add members to one or more profile types when they sign up for your products/levels. 

Simple Steps to integrate DAP with BuddyBoss

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Step 1: Download the BuddyBoss Add-On from your Members Area on DigitalAccessPass.com

1. Login to your Members Area on the DigitalAccessPass Site.

2. Under the "Downloads" tab, you'll find the BuddyBoss Add-On. Download it.

3. Upload it to your site via WordPress Admin >> Plugins >> Installer.

4. Activate the DAP BuddyBoss Plugin.

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Step 2: Set up Group Rules

1. Go to DAP Dashboard >> Products/Levels >> BuddyBoss page.

2. In the Group Rules tab:

-> Select the DAP product/level.

-> Add To Group: Select the BuddyBoss group(s) to which you want to give access.  

-> Remove from Group: Select the BuddyBoss group(s) from which you want to remove access.  

​3. You can set up different add/remove group rules for different products/levels.

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Step 3: Set up Profile Type Rules

1. Go to DAP Dashboard >> Products/Levels >> BuddyBoss page.

2. In the Profile Type Rules tab:

=> Select the DAP product/level.

=> Select the BuddyBoss profile type to which you want to give access.  

3. You can set up different profile type rules for different products/levels.

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Step 4: Member Cancellation / Remove Rules

1. Go to DAP Dashboard >> Products/Levels >> BuddyBoss page.

2. In the Member Cancellation tab:

=> Select the DAP product/level.

=> Select the BuddyBoss group(s) from which you want to remove access. 

3. You can set up different cancellation rules for different products/levels.

How to Test this Integration

Say you have two products - Product A and Product B. 

Set up group and profile rules for both of these products before your start testing.

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Use Case 1: Give Access to Product A

1. Go to DAP Dashboard >> Members >> Add page

2. Add a NEW user to a Product A (for which you've setup "Group and Profile Type" Rules).

3. Login (via the DAP login page) using this new members' email / password.

4. Visit your BB Profile. See if you were added to the right group and assigned the right profile types.


Use Case 2: Give existing user access to Product B

1. Go to DAP dashboard >> Members >> Manage page. 

2. Find the user that you added in the previous test case. Now give this user access to Product B. 

3. Login (via the DAP login page) using this new members' email / password.

4. Visit your BB Profile. See if you were added to the right group and assigned the right profile types.


Use Case 3: Member Cancellation

1. Make sure to setup cancellation rules in DAP dashboard >> BuddyBoss page for products A and B.

2. Go to DAP Dashboard >> Products/Levels page >> Find the product >> Click on the Advanced Tab >> Set "Cancellation/Expiration" action to "Remove from Product".

3. Now to test this, go to DAP Dashboard >> Members Manage page >> Find the user from earlier tests and click on the "trash" icon to remove their access to product A or B. See if the cancellation rules are triggered. See if the group and profile type is set correctly in BuddyBoss.

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ActiveCampaign Webhook Integration with DigitalAccessPass (DAP)

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How to integrate your ActiveCampaign forms with your FREE Product in DAP!

Want to integrate your "free signup" form in ActiveCampaign with DAP? If yes, just follow these instructions. When users signup, they will automatically receive access to your FREE product in DAP? You need to be on DAP v8.0 (or above) to use this feature. 

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Step 1 - Setup a Webhook Automation for your Form in ActiveCampaign.

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Step 2 - Enter Webhook URL 

1. Your Webhook URL should be set to:

https://yoursite.com/dap/dap-ac-webhookhandler.php?secretKey=12345&productId=1

2. Replace yoursite.com with your domain name.


3. Replace 12345 with your "secret key" value. It could be anything you want. Just make sure to enter the same secret key in DAP (see step 3). 


4. Replace productId value with your DAP product Id. You can find the product Id of your DAP product in DAP Admin >> Manage Products page.  This integration will only work if your product type is set to "FREE" in DAP products page >> Billing & Access tab.

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Step 3 - Enter your Secret Key In DAP Setup >> Config Page >> Secret Authorization Key field. 

Your secret key could be anything you want. Just make sure to enter the same secret key in AC webhook URL (see step 2). 


That's it! Now when users signup through your ActiveCampaign signup form, they'll automatically receive access to your free product in DAP! 

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DigitalAccessPass (DAP) Membership Plugin: Key Features!

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DigitalAccessPass (DAP) Membership Plugin: Key Features!

DigitalAccessPass (DAP) is a membership plugin for WordPress. DAP does a whole lot more than just protect content. It allows you to automate both one-time and recurring payments, upsell your buyers to add-on products and membership levels, deliver content and emails automatically to your members and more... 

The Most Complete Membership Plugin for WordPress!

Setup Wizard

Setup your Membership Site in under 30 minutes! 

You just have to answer a few questions related to the type of products you want to create, billing/access details, where you want the member pages to be installed, etc.

The setup wizard will guide you through the setup process and help you set things up in just a few minutes.

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Key Features: wizard
Key Features: lms
Key Features: lms
Key Features: lms

Built-In LMS for your Courses

DAP comes with an advanced, built-in LMS for your courses! 

  • Course builder: You can easily organize your course content into modules and lessons, or just lessons.
  • Progress Bar: Publish a progress bar on your lesson pages. Color coded to quickly see completed/viewed.
  • Course Outline - Generate a course outline to display course name, description, lessons, modules, quizzes associated with the course. 
  • Lesson Design: You can create your lesson content in WordPress. Design it however you want.
  • Mark as Complete: Allow users to proceed to the next lesson only after they complete the previous lesson.
  • Create your lessons in WordPress using any page builder you want (or default WordPress editor). Add whatever content you want on your lesson pages. Just add it to the DAP course builder to make the lesson a part of your course and drag/drop to re-arrange order.
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Content Protection

FULLY SECURE YOUR CONTENT
Protect all types of content - pages, posts, custom posts, categories, pdf files, audio, video, zip files, etc. Protect regular files like .mp3, .zip, .pdf, .doc. .xls. Even protect Images (.gif, .jpg, .png).

PARTIAL CONTENT PROTECTION
Use partial content protection feature to hide parts of a post or a page. You can do this using DAP shortcodes

SNEAK PEEK
Use the Sneak Peek feature to display teaser content. Content above the more tag is displayed to all but the full post can only be viewed by logged-in members with access.

TAG-BASED CONTENT PROTECTION
Tag your WordPress content (pages, posts). Setup tag rules. For e.g., page tagged as "silver", can be accessed by anyone with access to products - silver, gold or platinum! 

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Key Features: content
Key Features: content

Create a SMART Tag-Driven Membership site!

Key Features: tags
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Activity-Based Tags:

  • Assign Tags:  You can assign (and/or remove) customer tags when any of these events happen: Purchase Tags, Lead Magnet Tags, Course & Lesson Completion Tags, Recurring Payment Tags, etc. You can create different tag rules for different products. 
  • Cart Abandonment Tags:  Assign (and/or remove tag) when users abandon your cart and do not complete purchase.
  • Failed Purchase Tags:  Assign tags when users try to make a purchase but it fails for any reason.

Tag Automations:  

  • Trigger email automation when users get a new tag or lose a tag.  Notify your email platform such as ActiveCampaign, ConvertKit, Drip, AWeber, MailChimp, MailerLite etc (or notify your zap)
  • When members get a specific tag, you can give users access to a product in DAP, or remove their access from a product.
  • You can trigger email automations using DAP's built-in autoresponder. Send users an email (configurable in DAP) when they get a specific tag (or lose one).  

Protect Content using Tags:

You can protect your content using tags. Just assign a tag to your content (pages, posts) and setup your tag-based content protection rules in DAP!

For e.g:
1. Any page/post tagged as [Silver], can be accessed by Silver, Gold or Platinum levels.
2. Any page/post tagged as [Gold], can be accessed by Gold or Platinum levels.
3. Any page/post tagged as [Platinum], can be accessed by Platinum membership levels.

So you no longer have to protect each piece of content under different products. Once you've set up the tag rules, when you create any new piece of content, just give it the right tag.

DAP's (Visual) Automation Engine

DAP's one-of-a-kind Visual Automation Engine will allow you to supercharge your membership site automations and create a truly incredible experience for your members. 

  • Connect with external platforms: Connect DAP with external platforms such as: ActiveCampaign, Drip, ConvertKit, Aweber, Mailchimp. MailerLite, etc, with the click of a few buttons. 
  • You can even configure DAP to send user's membership password to your email platform.
  • Tag-Based automations: You can use DAP to build a tag-driven membership site where users get different tags for different actions, and set up automations to send these tags to your email platform, give them access to a product in DAP, or send emails via DAP's built-in autoresponder!
  • Zapier Integration: Use the automation engine to connect DAP with your Zap, and connect your Zap to any external platform that Zapier supports.
Key Features: automation

Built-in Affiliate Module

DAP comes with a built-in Affiliate Program for your web site, where all your Members can automatically and instantly be enrolled as Affiliates.

  • Instant Affiliates: This means that as soon as a buyer purchases any product, they can get an instant affiliate link.
  • 2-Tier Affiliate Program: DAP allows you to offer 2 tiers of affiliate commissions, not just one. 
  • Pay-Per-Lead and Pay-Per-Sale: You can offer both Pay-Per-Lead and Pay-Per-Sale commissions. 
  • Affiliate-Analytics: You'll find real-time earnings report, 
    payment report, real-time traffic stats.
  • Paypal Mass-Pay Ready: You get a Paypal Mass-Pay ready, fully formatted affiliate list with all commissions listed.
  • Beautifully designed affiliate stats/info  page: Display affiliate stats, payment and earning details to the logged-in affiliate.