Password protection … or something.
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What I want to do is publish a site filled with health information. I then want to sell access to that site to any number of organizations (health units, pharmacies, etc). Once they pay for it, they can link to it from their own websites so that *their* clients can see my information. If they elect to not receive it after, say, a year, I want to be able to deactivate their password (or whatever) so that they can no longer see the site, but the other companies that are still paying can. Can this be done? And if so, how?
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Hi wildpinkyonder,
I then want to sell access to that site to any number of organizations (health units, pharmacies, etc).
This membership tutorial site explains what will be possible using the built-in functionality on WordPress.com:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/tutorials/build-a-membership-website-tutorial/
If you need to take payments and manage memberships, I recommend looking at third party plugins to add the functionality you need. Custom plugins can only be installed on sites using the Business plan but you can see what is available from My Sites > Plugins:
https://wordpress.com/plugins/
Come back to me if you have any questions.
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Thank you for your input, Gemma, but either I’m a dunce or you’re not understanding my problem. (And I REALLY don’t get the plug-in thing. I looked at them and wondered what any of them might have to do with what I’m trying to accomplish!)
Here’s the thing: once a company has paid for access to my site, I need THEIR customers to be able to go in (without a password) and just view everything. In effect, I need MY website to become a page on THEIR website. But when the purchasing copany doesn’t want it anymore, I need to be able to take it away so that they cannot link to it without paying again.
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Howdy,
What I want to do is publish a site filled with health information.
WordPress.com is a publishing platform, designed for making information public, not one designed for the secure exchange of sensitive private information such as personal health data which is subject to strict privacy regulation.
As such, at this time we are unable to offer you a system like the one you describe. If you are looking to build a website to promote your business but does not store information then WordPress.com is a great option.
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No … I’m not looking for the secure exchange of sensitive private information such as personal health data. I am looking to have people (via whatever company they frequent on line) be able to see my information. That’s the easy part. All it takes is a link from my site to the site they frequent (ie a health unit, a pharmacy etc). The part I don’t seem to be able to do/understand is how to stop that company from keeping the link once they quit paying for the link.
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I am looking to have people (via whatever company they frequent on line) be able to see my information. That’s the easy part. All it takes is a link from my site to the site they frequent
I’m not sure I follow here. How would a link from your site to another site, allow someone on the other site to see information on yours? That would require a link TO your site ON the other site, not a link from your site to theirs.
The part I don’t seem to be able to do/understand is how to stop that company from keeping the link once they quit paying for the link.
You can’t. If someone has a link, they have it, and they can link to it. The only thing you can control is whether or not there is information at that link on your site. And the only truly effective way to restrict access to content on your site to some people is via a membership system where each member has an account on the site with certain permissions set.
If that won’t work for you, you’ll likely need something custom-built.
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That’s what I want! (I think.) A membership system! How/where do I get that? Can I look up how to do it somewhere?
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Hi @wildpinkyonder,
https://en.support.wordpress.com/tutorials/build-a-membership-website-tutorial/
Staff @gemmacevans had provided the same link to membership website tutorial earlier in the thread.
Hope that helps. Good luck with your site :)
Thank you.
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You can look at the tutorial @mommyhive linked to above for a way to do this for free. However, that’s not the most seamless experience, so in your case I think the better option would be to go with a membership plugin.
On WordPress.com specifically that would require our Business Plan, and we recommend the WooCommerce Membership plugin as that’s the only one that works well on WordPress.com at the moment.
https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-memberships/
Or if you host WordPress with another hosting provider you’ll also be able to use other membership plugins that might better suit your needs (and pocket :) )
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