How we built a Rewards Platform with WordPress in a few weeks
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This document discusses how the author built a rewards platform using WordPress in just a few weeks. It outlines choosing features like user registration, login/logout, access control, showing rewards, and claiming rewards. It then details the development plan, including using WordPress plugins for user registration, login/logout, access control, custom post types, and more. Finally, it provides steps for installing WordPress, creating a custom plugin, registering post types and taxonomies, adding custom fields, limiting user access, showing available rewards, letting users claim rewards, showing user rewards, pulling data, and exporting to CSV.
How we built a Rewards Platform with WordPress in a few weeks
- 1. USING WORDPRESS TO POWER AN APPLICATION HOW WE BUILT A REWARDS PLATFORM USING WORDPRESS IN JUST A FEW WEEKS. BOB ORCHARD
- 2. 1. CHOOSE YOUR FEATURES
- 3. A REWARDS SYSTEM TYPICALLY NEEDS A FEW FEATURES: • USER REGISTRATION • LOGIN/LOGOUT • ACCESS CONTROL • SHOW REWARDS • CLAIM A REWARD • GET THE DATA what we're really after
- 4. 2. PLAN YOUR DEVELOPMENT
- 5. USER REGISTRATION LOGIN/LOGOUT ACCESS CONTROL CUSTOM POST TYPES WORDPRESS WP PLUGIN REPO CUSTOM PLUGIN ADVANCED CUSTOM FIELDS GRAVITYFORMS PETER'S LOGIN REDIRECT SHOW REWARDS CLAIM A REWARD GET THE DATA WP BLOCK ADMIN WPMANDRILL
- 7. 4. CREATE YOUR PLUGIN
- 8. 4.1. REGISTER YOUR POST TYPE
- 9. 4.2. CREATE YOUR TAXONOMIES TYPE OF REWARD REWARD SPONSOR
- 10. 4.3. CREATE YOUR CUSTOM FIELDS (USING ADVANCED CUSTOM FIELDS)
- 11. 4.4. LIMIT USER ACCESS VISITOR: (ANONYMOUS) REGISTERED USER: (SUBSCRIBER) SITE ADMINISTRATOR: (ADMIN) CAN SEE REGISTRATION PAGE CAN SEE REWARDS, CLAIM REWARDS & EDIT THEIR ACCOUNT CAN SEE REWARDS, CLAIM REWARDS, EDIT THEIR ACCOUNT + ACCESS /WP-ADMIN
- 12. 4.5. SHOW AVAILABLE REWARDS (USING STANDARD POST ARCHIVES + WP_QUERY)
- 13. 4.6. LET USER CLAIM A REWARD
- 14. 4.6. LET USER CLAIM A REWARD
- 15. 4.6. LET USER CLAIM A REWARD
- 16. 4.7. SHOW USER THEIR REWARDS
- 17. 4.7. SHOW USER THEIR REWARDS
- 18. 4.8. PULL THE DATA AND MAKE IT LOOK GOOD
- 19. 4.8. PULL THE DATA AND MAKE IT LOOK GOOD
- 20. 4.9. EXPORT TO A CSV ON-REQUEST