[Sigia-l] indicating "premium" content?

[Stephen Holmes]

> Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 15:07:54 +1000
> From: Eric Scheid <eric.scheid at ironclad.net.au>
> To: "sigia-l at asis.org  " <sigia-l at asis.org>,
>         "chi-web" <CHI-WEB at ACM.ORG>
> Subject: [Sigia-l] indicating "premium" content?
> 
> [pardon the crosspost]
> 
> I'm about to implement "premium" content on a client website: content
> which is only available to paid up subscribers. (Their business plan
> supports this, so this isn't a question as to the sanity/ethics of that
> path).
> 
> I'm looking for examples of other sites that have a mix of "public" and
> "paid only" content, specifically how they indicate which is which.
> 
> For example:
>      http://afr.com.au/   -- little padlocks near links
>      http://salon.com/    -- a star in a circle
> 
> Please send me links to sites you know which have "limited access" links
> mixed in with their normal content, and I'll post a summary to the list.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> eric.
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> eric at ironclad.net.au                 i r o n c l a d   n e t w o r k s
> information architect                      http://www.ironclad.net.au/
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Hi eric

I'm just going through the same process on a project myself. 

The idea in the end that I'm proposing to the customer is an icon that
is first introduced to the "member/subscriber" within the membership
sign-up area. The icon is anchored to a component of code that where
ever it is on the site, it is clickable to take a new user to the
membership signup area. This way you have two different ways a user gets
introduced to the icon and its meaning.

Since the site I'm doing is angling sign-up as a "membership" rather
than a "subscription" the icon has a look of exclusivity to it, rather
than a simple $ sign which would lower the tone of the site (TFIC).

Stephen

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