How did I set up my Squarespace membership site with a payment plan option and a pay-in-full option?
In this behind the scenes video I am showing you the setup for the new 2021 version of https://CustomCodeAcademy.com , my course on all things CSS for Squaresapce. A few important things to note:
📂 Member areas act like folders. I have three on my site at CustomCodeAcadmey.com – one for the payment plan option, one for pay in full, and a third for my 2020 students so they can access last years version and the updated 2021 content too.
🔒 Each member area has 8 main pages: welcome page with links to all the stuff, 6 module pages with lessons as sections, and a resources page with links to past Q&A recordings and other content.
📺 My video content is hosted on Vimeo (privacy options abound) and the transcripts and resource guides for each lesson (40+ PDF’s folks!) are links to shared docs in my Google drive.
🤔 Is sharing a PDF link via Google Drive super secure? Nope; my students could totally share it, but you know what? They trust me to teach them CSS for Squarespace, I trust them to not give my stuff away! Mutual respect is a pretty cool thing 😎
🔗 Each page was easy to duplicate, so I only made it once, and had three versions for each member area (folder) The only thing I had to update was the internal link system – member area one gets linked to /module-one while member area two links to /module-1 and the third links to /mod1 – that was the complicated bit.
😬 Kajabi and Podia and all those other programs are great – they give you a TON of membership metrics and other bells and whistles that I didn’t need. I had content to share with my students, and I wanted to offer a payment plan, so Squarespace membership areas was perfect for me.
🙋 Want to learn more? Comment below, check out https://CustomCodeAcademy.com, or email me anytime (hello at insidethesquare.co)
