Different content for different login/users

  • Hello.

    So, I’m helping a fried create a student-parent website.

    The general information is to be shown to both parts, but, using a different login, parents should be allowed to access content that their kids won’t.

    For instance, parents should see payment information, as well as any teacher-parent communication, and their kids grades, while students should only see grades, and teacher-student communication, while payment information should be ommited.

    I was looking for a plugin, but then I thought: “Why not using a general domain, and then two different sub-domains, one for parents, another for students”… that way, I believe that user logins are independent, and will not mix information, while using roles, may have some errors associated…

    Am I thinking correctly, or is there any other way?

    Can you help, please?
    Thank you all…

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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    Using subdomains to differentiate what sort of views are possible is fine, but they would essentially be semantic labeling. Ultimately what should manage who can see what is the user’s roles and capabilities. Everyone should have their own login. Sharing logins is never a good idea.

    A membership plugin can help you manage who can see what. Whether that will manage things the way you want remains to be seen. If it cannot exactly meet your needs as-is, it might be able to be customized for a better fit. Should still be easier than building a custom solution from the ground up.

    Thread Starter crowley666

    (@crowley666)

    Can you, please, suggest one plugin that is reliable for me to do so? I’m a bit of, when it comes to WordPress plugins (I stopped webdesigning a couple of years, now).

    Thank you

    Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    There are a number of membership plugins. I don’t have experience with any of them, I only understand what they do. I’m not comfortable making a specific recommendation without having any experience.

    I have used the Members plugin and like it, but it only solves half the puzzle. It lets you define custom roles and capabilities, but it doesn’t do anything to enforce those capabilities. That side of the puzzle is left for us to figure out for ourselves. That’s good enough for me but it’s not for everyone.

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