dynamically protected content

I know it’s possible to protect a portion of the content through the use of short codes, but I’m wondering if it would be feasible to set up something so that the shortcode is inserted dynamically after the second paragraph (or functionality with the same effect)

Hi Bryan.

That may be possible filtering the content to add the condition, I guess. Maybe a hack similar to those that add teh “more” tag to every post, could be customized for this.

hmm – maybe it would make more sense to use an action hook to save the first 2 paragraphs into the excerpt field, and then protect the entirety of the content field.

You mean the excerpt when you use the “more” tag?

If you use the more tag, then an excerpt would be shown in the archives or home page, even if the actual page is protected (if you allow this in the Alt Views protection setting), but that won’t show excerpt in the actual page because the person will be redirected to the Membership Options page.

To protect just part of a page/post, you need to use conditionals.