Use Case · Course Platform with Team Licenses

A custom AI course platform built entirely in Bricks

KIMasterkey is a real online course platform built on Bricks and BricksMembers. Bricks shapes everything members see; BricksMembers powers the logic underneath: protected access, progress, native Stripe checkout, team licenses, invitations and onboarding. No WooCommerce cart, no rigid LMS theme.

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● Front-end

kimasterkey.com/checkout

KIMasterkey custom checkout page built with Bricks and BricksMembers

Bricks Builder view of the KIMasterkey checkout implementation

● Built in Bricks

The trade-off How it's built Outcomes Breakdown Use cases

The trade-off

Most membership plugins make you choose. This one does not.

Course creators usually pick between a design they control and the membership features they need. KIMasterkey keeps both.

The usual way

A plugin decides how your site looks

Rigid LMS templates that never match the brand

A bolted-on WooCommerce cart for checkout

Team licenses and onboarding you cannot shape

Shortcodes and workarounds instead of real Bricks elements

With Bricks + BricksMembers

You design it. BricksMembers powers it.

Every page is a custom Bricks layout, on-brand

A native Stripe checkout, built as a Bricks page

Team licenses, invitations and onboarding flows you control

Progress, access and completion as real Bricks elements and dynamic tags

Custom course modules

Protected lesson entries

Stripe license offers (single + team)

How it's built

The same site, on screen and in the builder

Pick an area, then slide through each view. Left is what members see; right is how it is built in Bricks.

Front-end

Built in Bricks

A checkout page that looks like your site

The checkout is not a generic cart page. Bricks controls the multi-step layout and legal UX, while BricksMembers connects the Stripe payment to the membership access that should be granted afterward.

Custom Bricks sections

Stripe via BricksMembers

Front-end

Built in Bricks

A signup form with validation and consent built in

The checkout form is still a real Bricks Form, so the project keeps full visual control over fields, validation, company purchase fields and legal consent text before the payment step.

Bricks Form element

Validation

Legal consent

Front-end

Built in Bricks

Four Stripe offers, one access level

Four offers are configured in BricksMembers: one single-user purchase and three team-license options. Each successful Stripe purchase grants the same KI-Masterkurs access level.

1 single + 3 team

→ KI-Masterkurs level

Checkout

Every purchase unlocks the right access level

The purchase result maps to one BricksMembers user level, which gives the site a clean entitlement model instead of scattering payment logic across templates.

Unlocks KI-Masterkurs

Front-end

Built in Bricks

Gated lessons with automatic login redirects

Access Control defines where members go when content is locked, expired or unavailable, so protected course URLs and checkout redirects stay consistent across the site.

Four Stripe offers, one access level - Built in Bricks screenshot

Front-end

Built in Bricks

A member area you design in Bricks

The dashboard is a custom Bricks layout, but the member state comes from BricksMembers dynamic tags for top-level progress and continue-learning links.

{brm_progress:toplevel}

{brm_progress:continue:…}

Front-end

Built in Bricks

A dashboard personalized to each member

Each dashboard card can show live progress data without custom PHP in the template, because the card reads BricksMembers progress tags directly inside Bricks.

{brm_progress:toplevel}

{brm_progress:continue:structure_id:ki-masterkey-kurs:title}

Front-end

Built in Bricks

Course modules, laid out in Bricks

The module page combines a normal Bricks layout with a lesson query loop and BricksMembers progress elements, so the structure stays dynamic while the design stays custom.

Lesson query loop

BRM Progress Bar

Front-end

Built in Bricks

One-click lesson completion, built in

Lesson completion is handled by the native BRM Progress Checkbox element, which gives members a clear completion action without turning the lesson template into custom code.

BRM Progress Checkbox

A member area designed in Bricks - Built in Bricks screenshot

Dashboard cards run on dynamic tags - Built in Bricks screenshot

The module page, built in Bricks - Built in Bricks screenshot

Front-end

Built in Bricks

One query loop powers every lesson

A single loop outputs the lessons for the current module. Bricks handles the card design, while dynamic tags populate the URL, title and excerpt for each lesson.

{post_url}

{post_title}

{post_excerpt}

Front-end

Built in Bricks

Cards that link themselves with dynamic data

The lesson card is loop-enabled and links with the current post URL, so the same Bricks card can render every lesson without hard-coded links.

Query loop: on

{post_url}

Front-end

Built in Bricks

Status icons that follow each member's progress

Each lesson card contains two status elements: a gray ring for lessons that are still open and a green checkmark for completed lessons. Bricks conditional logic decides which element is visible based on the BricksMembers completion state.

Condition: completed

Condition: not completed

{brm_completed}

Front-end

Built in Bricks

Done and to-do states, each its own element

The Bricks structure keeps the status UI explicit: one element is the empty Ring state and one element is the completed Erledigt state. The conditions decide which one the member sees for each lesson in the loop.

Ring + Erledigt elements

Front-end

Built in Bricks

A progress bar you drop onto the page

The BRM Progress Bar element reads the current structure context and renders progress automatically, while Bricks controls the typography, spacing and visual style.

Auto progress

Access level 2

One query loop renders every lesson - Built in Bricks screenshot

$Loop enabled, the card link uses {post_url} - Built in Bricks screenshot$

Conditional logic switches the lesson status icon - Built in Bricks screenshot

Two Bricks elements render the two possible states - Built in Bricks screenshot

Front-end

Built in Bricks

Emails that send themselves, on every event

Email automation is tied to membership events such as purchases, invitations and new-member actions, so onboarding can run without manual follow-up.

On purchase

On invitation

Send email

Front-end

Built in Bricks

Workflows that trigger and time themselves

Workflows combine a trigger with timed actions, which makes invitation reminders and onboarding sequences visible and editable in the BricksMembers builder.

Trigger: invitation

Timed email

Front-end

Built in Bricks

Every email is yours to customize

The same automation system can send different templates for welcome emails, group invitations and new-member flows, keeping lifecycle messaging centralized.

Welcome

Group invitation

New member

Front-end

Built in Bricks

Designed in a visual, no-code email builder

The visual email designer keeps transactional emails editable in the admin UI, including layout blocks and dynamic data, without editing PHP templates.

Visual blocks

Dynamic data

Emails are handled automatically, on events - Built in Bricks screenshot

Each workflow is a trigger plus timed actions - Built in Bricks screenshot

Every email is a customizable template - Built in Bricks screenshot

Designed in a visual email designer - Built in Bricks screenshot

Want a membership site that looks like this?

Start with your Bricks design, then add access, checkout, progress and teams with BricksMembers.

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What it makes possible

A real course business, without giving up the design

Sell single & team licenses

A native Stripe checkout for a single buyer or a multi-seat team, with no WooCommerce cart anywhere in the flow.

A course that looks like the brand

Members get a fully custom Bricks design across the dashboard, modules and lessons, never a stock LMS theme.

Onboarding emails, fully automated

The right emails fire on every event, purchase, invitation and new member, each one a fully customizable template.

Progress tracked everywhere

Per-member and per-module progress plus completion, all built from native BricksMembers elements and dynamic tags.

★★★★★

The site never looks like a plugin. Bricks handles the experience; BricksMembers handles the access, progress, checkout and team logic underneath.

KIMasterkey — custom course platform on Bricks + BricksMembers

ENDE

I am not a developer. I create courses and mainly work with ideas, content and concepts.

For my KI-Masterkey course, I was looking for a solution that would let me build member areas, course access, teams, groups and protected content flexibly, without having to work through complicated technical setup.

What I especially like about BricksMembers is the freedom. I can design and build the platform the way my project needs it, instead of adapting everything to rigid requirements.

The collaboration with Pascal also surprised me in a very positive way. It is rare that the founder of a platform is directly reachable, listens to ideas and works on solutions for specific requirements together with you. Some of my use cases and suggestions even made their way into the further development of BricksMembers.

I also find the value for money very fair. Compared with many other platforms, BricksMembers gives you much more freedom and design flexibility.

Today, my complete member area for KI-Masterkey runs on BricksMembers. For me, it was the right decision, and I would recommend the platform to anyone who wants to build professional course or community projects with Bricks.

Ich bin kein Entwickler, sondern Kursersteller und arbeite hauptsächlich mit Ideen, Inhalten und Konzepten.

Für meinen KI-Masterkey-Kurs suchte ich eine Lösung, mit der ich Mitgliederbereiche, Kurszugänge, Teams, Gruppen und geschützte Inhalte flexibel umsetzen kann, ohne mich in komplizierte Technik einarbeiten zu müssen.

Was mir an BricksMembers besonders gefällt, ist die Freiheit. Ich kann die Plattform so gestalten und aufbauen, wie ich es für mein Projekt brauche, statt mich an starre Vorgaben anpassen zu müssen.

Besonders positiv überrascht hat mich die Zusammenarbeit mit Pascal. Es ist selten, dass der Gründer einer Plattform direkt erreichbar ist, auf Ideen eingeht und gemeinsam Lösungen für spezielle Anforderungen entwickelt. Einige meiner Anwendungsfälle und Vorschläge sind sogar in die Weiterentwicklung von BricksMembers eingeflossen.

Auch das Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis empfinde ich als sehr fair. Im Vergleich zu vielen anderen Plattformen erhält man hier deutlich mehr Freiheit und Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten.

Heute läuft mein kompletter Mitgliederbereich für den KI-Masterkey über BricksMembers. Für mich war es die richtige Entscheidung und ich würde die Plattform jedem empfehlen, der mit Bricks professionelle Kurs- oder Community-Projekte aufbauen möchte.

Feature breakdown

Who does what: BricksMembers and Bricks Builder

The split is the whole point: design stays in Bricks, the membership layer stays reliable underneath.

KIMasterkey need

BricksMembers role

Bricks Builder role

Protect the paid course

User levels and access control

Branded course and page layouts

Show learner progress

Progress tracking & completion elements

Custom dashboard and module UI

Sell individual & team access

Stripe offers mapped to access levels

Custom multi-step checkout page

Support team purchases

Groups, seats, invitation flows

Team dashboard & invitation screens

Onboard buyers

Automations and email templates

New-member & registration pages

Keep the experience on-brand

Membership logic stays in the background

Full visual control

More ways to build

One plugin, many membership products

The same building blocks behind KIMasterkey power a whole range of custom Bricks sites.

This use case

Online course platform

Protected lessons, progress tracking, Stripe checkout, team licenses and onboarding, like KIMasterkey.

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Client portals

Gated dashboards, files and updates, a private, branded area for every client or project.

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Paid resource libraries

Sell access to downloads, templates and docs, gated by level, with checkout built in Bricks.

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Cohort & community

Groups, seats and drip content for cohort programs and private communities.

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A custom AI course platform built entirely in Bricks

Most membership plugins make you choose. This one does not.

A plugin decides how your site looks

You design it. BricksMembers powers it.

The same site, on screen and in the builder

A checkout page that looks like your site

A signup form with validation and consent built in

Four Stripe offers, one access level

Every purchase unlocks the right access level

Gated lessons with automatic login redirects

A member area you design in Bricks

A dashboard personalized to each member

Course modules, laid out in Bricks

One-click lesson completion, built in

One query loop powers every lesson

Cards that link themselves with dynamic data

Status icons that follow each member's progress

Done and to-do states, each its own element

A progress bar you drop onto the page

Emails that send themselves, on every event

Workflows that trigger and time themselves

Every email is yours to customize

Designed in a visual, no-code email builder

Want a membership site that looks like this?

A real course business, without giving up the design

Sell single & team licenses

A course that looks like the brand

Onboarding emails, fully automated

Progress tracked everywhere

Who does what: BricksMembers and Bricks Builder

One plugin, many membership products

Online course platform

Client portals

Paid resource libraries

Cohort & community

Build a membership site that still feels like your site