S2 Pro Login Widget in Top Nav Bar

I’ve reviewed the forums and found a ton of information on this topic but can I’m not clear on where this PHP tag is placed and in what folder, etc?

Is there a simple step by step instruction page that I missed that tells us how to integrate within the top nave bar?

Thanks

Hi Mike.

No, I don’t remember that being explained here. I’m not familiar with it myself, so I can’t help much with that.

You should google how to edit the WP header or admin bar, whichever of these two is the one you want to have the login form in. :)

Thanks for the follow up but since it is specific to your software Googling is of no use. Please have Jason respond.

Well, s2Member has the Pro Login widget that you can also add to your pages using PHP, as explained here: [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Scripting -› Pro Login Widget (via PHP)[/hilite]

But how you edit your theme to add that code, that’s outside the scope of our plugin support. That’s customizing your site, and your theme developer would be a better person to ask that to. s2Member® » Support Policy » Outside Scope

When you say “top nav bar”, are you talking about the Admin Bar? If so, you’ll have better luck finding a tutorial about it searching for admin bar instead of nav bar.

First, let me say that I love S2 but I’m about to be critical.

I’m not talking about the admin bar. I know how to get ride of it . My child theme was developed with a top navigation bar which I was hoping to use with the login placed there as so many of your clients have tried to do. I asked a simple question “where to put the php (see original question).

I’m not trying to be a pain or rude here but if you are not willing to help in this manner just say so. As I mentioned there is a ton of information on this forum regarding this topic and the fact that the questions were answered tells me that its not outside of your support or at least others were more helpful. If the lack of response is because you need to know more about the theme I’m using to tell me what folder to place the tag in, then I certainly understand the limitation of support and would consider the matter closed.

Please understand that many of us upgraded to S2 Pro to solve certain issues – one being that S2 Standard forms can’t integrate more specific customer data when a paying customer interfaces with Pay Pal outside our site. We have to ask for that after the sale, like a double registration which isn’t customer friendly.

Also the WP login function is a joke and almost everyone here in the forum has looked to S2 Pro as a solution. Unfortunately, posting a “See How it is Done” http://www.s2member.com/kb/login-box-like-s2member-com/ and “hacking” http://www.s2member.com/kb/hacking-s2member/ isn’t enough based on the ton of requests you get.

As I see it, the majority of your clients spend an inordinate amount of time trying to solve PayPal (Pay Flow) integration and the other being the integration of the login configuration that your Site owners feature. Just a suggestion but has anyone considered writing a more detailed “how to manual” for each of these? It would see that it would be more productive for all parties.

Please advise

First, let me say that I love S2 but I’m about to be critical.

That’s fine. We appreciate the feedback. :)

I’m not talking about the admin bar. I know how to get ride of it . My child theme was developed with a top navigation bar which I was hoping to use with the login placed there as so many of your clients have tried to do. I asked a simple question “where to put the php (see original question).

I’d need to study the theme to tell where it’d go. You could review the files in it to find the part the outputs that top navigation. Or ask the child theme’s developer, he should know. Show him the documentation for the login widget’s code and the example use in the article you linked to.
[hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Scripting -› Pro Login Widget (via PHP)[/hilite]
http://www.s2member.com/kb/login-box-like-s2member-com/

As I see it, the majority of your clients spend an inordinate amount of time trying to solve PayPal (Pay Flow) integration and the other being the integration of the login configuration that your Site owners feature. Just a suggestion but has anyone considered writing a more detailed “how to manual” for each of these?

I don’t think it’s a majority, but it’s true that some do. The PayFlow thing causes trouble due to the naming problem introduced by PayPal. They have PayFlow Pro, but that’s not what s2Member Pro integrates with, it integrates with PayPal Pro, which has a PayFlow (API) Edition. Knowledge Base » PayPal® Pro (PayFlow Edition)

I will get with the developer of the child theme. As for the Payflow document. I reviewed it at length before the integration. Pay Pal just changed from Sandbox to Pay Pal Developer Beta The procedures are written as if a business goes live instead of using a testing mode.

FYI- I took three days taking this subject up with Pay Pal. Your document was extremely helpful except that it never addressed a test environment in which the account holder must add on recurring billing to the Pay Flow Edition account ($10/month) before a successful test transaction can be completed. It will error with any other config.

A user of Standard doesn’t face this problem.

Thanks for the reply.