I am looking for a clarification of the instructions on how to build the membership site.
Indications are that through the Membership Suite module we sell roles. If I am selling by roles and I have set different roles for different membership levels, why do I need to set up content types for each membership as well?
At least if I am reading Step 3 correctly I have to create separate content type for each membership as well as the roles. So, if I have 4 different membership groups each with two levels and each group includes different types of content (blog, forum topic, book, page, story) do I have to create 40 plus content types? If I add another group or two and/or another actual content type or two (like a poll) I am quickly having to manage well over 100 Content types with separate permissions lists on top of the roles and their permissions.
For example:
Group one standard book
Group one standard story
Group one premium book
Group one premium story
- - - having to create content types for every combination of group, level and actual content type (book, story, etc.)?
There are many ways of setting up your site. For example, given what you have written, I would suggest using Taxonomy Access Control and simply tagging the different content you create as being in one (or more) of the groups, so that the members who have the role associated with that group can access it. That way you don't have to create any 'duplicate' content-types, you can just use the main content types and tag the content with individual taxonomy terms ('groups' in your case).
Alternatively, with Content Access you can set Access permissions on a per-node basis, giving you pretty much the same functionality I just described.
Sincerely,
Leighton Whiting