S2Member Downloads While Site Hidden

We are looking to do a soft launch of our website this week – select invites to our friends and sponsors only. We want to keep the “Launching Soon” page up (index.html) – but allow our select invites the ability to access the site through index.php and be able to download and browse. Everything works except when the members go to download, it takes them right back to the index.html page rather than allowing them to download.

When I remove the index.html page – there is no problem whatsoever.

Is it possible to do what we want it to do?

Thanks.

Tony

http://www.barbangerz.com

Hi Tony.

Yeah, index.html will affect the normal behavior. Hmm…

You could protect the whole site at Level 0 so logged out users can’t view it (add a forward slash to the Level 0 box in the URI restriction) and close registrations so they can’t register to view it.
[hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Restriction Options -› URI Access Restrictions[/hilite]
[hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› General Options -› Open Registration[/hilite]

Then create the account for your friends and sponsors, or send them a link that’ll let them register even if registrations are closed. [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Buttons -› Registration Access Links[/hilite]

I hope that helps. :)

Thank you – we ultimately decided to launch the website a week early, starting tomorrow!

Awesome. Good luck! I hope everything goes great. :)