Activating links based on dripped content

Maybe i will have to get a work around but if i drip content (as i am planning), i currently have all the tutorials listed either on an “index” page with a preview of each tutorial, or a text list with links. Those are available to anyonoe who is CURRENTLY a full member but i want to change that for NEW members so they have fewer tutorials to start and drip them weekly.

I could conceivably have say, a list of 20 tutorials conditional to having joined for 7 days, then the 21st, conditional to having joined for 14 days, and so on. This is feasible but not practical as the tutorials are grouped by theme (sub-categories) and the order they are presented is not linear: i can have one tut in category A, then one in category D, then one in category B, and then another one in category B, and so on.

Currently, i have previews in BW for tutorials that are not YET available, but coming soon. There is no conditional as there is… no link yet. But if i want to drip the content that is already there, is there a way to have the image display differently WITH the link conditional to the dripped content? It looks like it would be a LOT of php since i have, so far, over 60 tutorials to “drip”.

Can you think of a simpler method? I would hate to link to a page and the member would land on it with a message “Sorry, this is not yet available”. How would the member know what IS available in the long list of tutorials?

Well, the more complicated the combinations of requirements, the longer the conditions will be. You still need the conditionals.

What you could to to save writing some code, and standardising it, is define a function to check the things you usually check. Then you could just feed it certain values for the function to return [hilite mono]true[/hilite] or [hilite mono]false[/hilite]. For example:

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function my_conditionals($level = '', $ccaps = array(), $drip_day = 0) {
// ...
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Then you can use that in your condition like:

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if (my_conditionals(1, array(), 14))
echo "You can view this because you've been at Level 1 for more than two weeks.";
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But that’s just the idea, it needs refinement. I’m talking in general terms because I don’t have the exact things you’re checking in your conditions, but it should help. Ask your developer about it, he should be able to take it from here.

I hope it helps. :)

Thanks.

No problem. :)

I am not fluent in PHP language so i need a little “translation” here.
In the other thread: http://www.s2member.com/forums/topic/content-dripping-timesstamp-ccaps/ there was a long and complex php code for content dripping and so on. Do you mean it could be replaced by a function like in your previous post?

In simple English, i would like to have a “conditional” that will determine if the condition is true or false so whatever i want to display, does display at that particular time. Here is what i need translated in php:

if (member is Level1 AND has “element” ccap) OR (member is Level2 AND has “element” ccap” AND has been a level 2 member for x days):
Display the content

Can that be put in that function you mentioned above?

Then, where does the function go?

Then, what will the actual command calling the function look like?

I think that is the only piece i am missing and then, i`ll be good to go.

I made up this code to try to translate into PHP:

<?php if (current_user_can(“access_s2member_level1") && current_user_can("access_s2member_ccap_element") 
    || ((current_user_can(“access_s2member_level2") && current_user_can("access_s2member_ccap_element") && s2member_paid_registration_time("level2")>=7){ ?>
 Display what is supposed to be dripped to the level 2 members, but available to the level 1 members already
<?php } ?> 

How would the function be written with it (if it is even correct to start with).
Then, how is it called back when i need it?

Hmm… That condition seems wrong. You can try this:

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Show if Level 1, or if Level 2 for more than a week.

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Please compare it carefully with the one you posted to see what I changed.

[hilite mono]s2member_paid_registration_time[/hilite] returns a timestamp, so you have to compare it with another one. http://php.net/strtotime

[hilite mono]current_user_can[/hilite] wouldn’t work for you, because a Level 2 user can access level 1 content, so it’d always be true. So you need to use [hilite mono]current_user_is[/hilite] to avoid the incremental access with levels in your condition. [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Scripting -› Advanced PHP Conditionals -> Example 3[/hilite]

You were missing a parenthesis to group the conditions correctly. Instead of just adding it, I rearranged the conditions, though.

Yes, you could create a function for it. I’d put it in the must-use plugins dir (/wp-content/mu-plugins/). http://www.tizag.com/phpT/phpfunctions.php

I hope that helps. :)

I was thinking today that whether the user is Level 1 or Level 2, they both have to have “element” as a ccap. Do i have to add it to this formula or can i just protect the page itself with that ccap?

Also, in order to give me the option to give a free membership, can i skip the paid_registration and only have registration? Otherwise, how would i be able to “give” a membership (say for testing, for showing someone around or for a contest prize)?

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You could just check if the user has the ccap, that’s fine, but then you won’t be dripping it after 7 days for Level 2 users.

If you want to see if the user is registered, check if he’s logged in.

Hum… not sure it matches what i was asking. If the only ccap i have for the Level 2 is “element”, can i just drip based on Level 2 registration date? If the user does not have the “element” ccap, the page simply would not display at all. Or maybe i am understanding it wrong? I was just looking at a way to take up less space!

And for the free registration, it is not a matter of being registered, but “be registered at Level 2”, so i was wondering if i could use
s2member_registration_time(‘level2’)
instead of
s2member_paid_registration_time(‘level2’)

Also, looking at your corrected code, you have
“element” ccap AND Level 1 OR Level 2 with the time delay

Does that really do the same as
(“element ccap AND Level 1) OR (“element ” ccap AND Level 2 with the time delay)

Or should it be something like this
“element” ccap AND (Level 1 OR Level 2 with the time delay)
to make sure that the “element” ccap is a necessary condition whether it is for Level 1 or Level 2?

I see the correction you did, but not sure it means the same thing i intended.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by  cassel.
• This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by  cassel.

Or should it be something like this
“element” ccap AND (Level 1 OR Level 2 with the time delay)
to make sure that the “element” ccap is a necessary condition whether it is for Level 1 or Level 2?

That’s what I did. Look at the way I grouped the conditions with the parenthesis. :)

Darn, and that is what i was looking at too. Time to put on my glasses! Thanks for your patience!

:)

You said in another thread that i can replace “days” by “minutes” or “hours”. Can i also use “weeks” instead of coming up with 364 days or 84 days? It would be a bit easier to calculate to say 52 weeks or 12 weeks, and so on.

Yeah, you can do [hilite mono]strtotime('-1 week')[/hilite] instead of ‘-7 days’, same for ‘-1 year’ instead of ‘-52 weeks’, etc.

Thanks. Silly question here, but can you use “week” and “weeks” interchangeably? Or is only one correct?

I think it’s fine, but you could test it to be sure.

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I got the code but i am not sure where i should put the function. You mention putting it in the /mu-plugins/ but do i add that to the s2-hacks.php file or create a new file? I am convinced i had to do something like that last year, but it is way to far back to remember.

Just a little pointer?

You can add code to the existing hacks file, or create a new file, either one is fine.

Meaning the s2-hacks.php file?

Yeah, that’s the one you were asking about, right? As long as it’s in the mu-plugins directory, it’ll be loaded. All your hacks can be in a single file, or in separate ones.