Create your trial
A trial allows you to grant limited access to a feature on a one-off or recurring basis.
We’re going to offer registered users a free trial or two views each week, so that they can see the quality of our content. To do this, we use a Basic Trial. For further examples of using Basic and Advanced Trials, see the Example Trials topic.
Note: You can use trials in the same way for both features and redirects. For further information on using trials in redirects, see the Access topic.
To create your trial, complete the following steps:
- Navigate to the feature we created in the Build Your Feature topic as follows:
- Navigate to Products > Features from the main menu.
- Select the Article feature.
- Choose the version you want to update. The rules builder is displayed.
- Select the circle beneath Registered in the user type selector bar. A blank canvas displays.
- Select the Access segment title from the decision bar and drag the Trials decision node onto the rules canvas. The Trials dialog box is displayed.
- Enter 2 in the Limit of field. This restricts users to two content views.
- Select Page Views from the first drop-down. This means that every view is counted toward the limit; even repeat views of the same content.
- Select In the last from the second drop-down This allows you to define the duration for which the limit applies.
- Enter 7 in the last field. This limits the duration to seven days.
- Select the Save button. The Trials decision node is added to your rules canvas.
We’ll connect the decision node when we build the rule.
Next, let's create the payment form outcome that will be triggered when the trial expires.