Download options/restrictions question!?

Hi guys,

i tested free version of S2member, like it so far a lot and will probably go for Pro version, but need a bit of assistance.

my idea for membership offer is like this (we offer zip files to download):

level 0 – free membership – unlimited access to free files ( set in subfolder in s2member-files folder)
level 1 – basic membership- access to 3 restricted files monthly
level2 – premium – unlimited access to all files

I set it all with download restriction and it works fine except this one thing. I`d like level 1 to have unlimited access to free files as well, but “download restriction” of 3 files per month for level 1 seems to be applied to the free files also. I thought that level 1 would be granted “99999999” access to level 0 as it`s higher, but somehow limitation set for level 1 supersedes the level 0 setting.

Please let me know if i`m doing something wrong or is there any other way to do it.

Thanks,

Shegy

Thank you for your inquiry.

It sounds like what you need to do here is set up free subscribers to be given 0 downloads, and use the information provided in s2Member’s Advanced Download Options to grant access to specific files that everyone should have access to. You can do this by generating a key.

See: Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Download Options -› Advanced Download Restrictions

You can then set Level 1 to 4 downloads, and Level 2 to unlimited downloads, and there should be no conflict.

Hi,

thanks for reply.
I already considered Advanced Download Options, but if i got it right from the videos the “keys” will override all the restrictions!?
I wouldn`t like to have my “free files” available for non members. So, they should be at least “free subscriber” to get them.
Is that possible with Advanced Options?

Regards,

Shegy

Thanks for the follow-up.

I wouldn`t like to have my “free files” available for non members. So, they should be at least “free subscriber” to get them.

You can protect these links with Shortcode Conditionals.

See: Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Scripting -› Simple/Shortcode Conditionals

Hi,

here i`m again.
I set it up using Shortcode Conditionals, but the problem is that freebie download is still counted as download for level1 member and that`s bad. Intention was to grant access to level1 members to 3 (level1) protected files and to all the freebies.
You know what i mean?

What happens now is that when he downloaded 3 restricted files he is not able to download any freebies that should be available to all the members.

Can you help on this one?

Regards,

Marco

Hi Marco.

If I understood correctly what you want, you can use the [hilite mono]count_against_user[/hilite] attribute. [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Download Options -› Shortcode Attributes & API Functions -> count_against_user[/hilite]

count_against_user=”no” Defaults to no with [s2File /] Shortcode. Defaults to yes with [s2Stream /] Shortcode. If count_against_user=”1|on|yes|true”, it will automatically force check_user=”true” as well. In other words, s2Member will authenticate the current User, and if authenticated, count this File Download URL against the current User’s account record in real-time (i.e. as the URL is being generated) . This is off by default with the [s2File /] Shortcode. By default, s2Member will simply generate a File Download URL, and upon a User/Member clicking the URL, s2Member will authenticate the User/Member at that time, count the File Download against their account record, and serve the File Download. In other words, under normal circumstances, there is no reason to set check_user=”true” and/or count_against_user=”true” when generating the URL itself. However, this is a useful Shortcode Attribute when url_to_storage_source=”true”. Please note, when check_user=”true” and/or count_against_user=”true”, the Shortcode will return an empty and/or null object value in situations where the current User/Member does NOT have access to the file.

I hope that helps. :)