IPN warning after changing site URL

Hi guys, I had my membership site on an old URL – members.example.com. I signed up about 10 people on this old site with PayPal recurring payments.

Now I’ve moved the site to example.com and I’ve been receiving these warnings from PayPal

Please check your server that handles PayPal Instant Payment Notifications (IPN). IPNs sent to the following URL(s) are failing:

http://members.example.com/?s2member_paypal_notify=1

I tried doing this in htaccess but it didn’t work:

Redirect /?s2member_paypal_notify=1 http://example.com/?s2member_paypal_notify=1

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

By the way, what software does this forum use? Is it bbPress?

Hi David.

I tried doing this in htaccess but it didn’t work:

Maybe the POST vars are lost in the redirection. You can try the central IPN script that Jason provided to help in cases like this, which is in the s2Member® Pro Extras zip. http://www.s2member.com/account/}

I hope it helps. :)

By the way, what software does this forum use? Is it bbPress?

Yeah, a heavily customized one.

Thanks Cristian. But what happens if I add a shopping cart to my site and want PayPal IPN to be sent to that instead? Is there a way to change it from within PayPal?

And does the script require WordPress? Or can I just have the script work independently?

I have another question. Sorry, this is making me confused :(

The customers who signed up on members.example.com are still sending IPNs to members.example.com/?s2member_paypal_notify=1

Ideally I want to make them send the IPNs to example.com/?s2member_paypal_notify=1, not the old site. Is there any way to do this?

Ideally I want to make them send the IPNs to example.com/?s2member_paypal_notify=1, not the old site. Is there any way to do this?

If you have a way to update the IPN URL in their subscriptions, that’d be best. If you can’t, then you have two choices: make them start a new subscription that’ll have the new URL, or use the IPN script where their subscriptions point to, i.e. members.example.com/?s2member_paypal_notify=1.

But what happens if I add a shopping cart to my site and want PayPal IPN to be sent to that instead? Is there a way to change it from within PayPal?

You can use the cart’s IPN URL in your PayPal account, s2Member sets the IPN URL on each transaction overriding the default one in your account (except if you’re using PayPal Pro). Read the documentation here, please: [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Options -› PayPal® IPN Integration -> More Information[/hilite]

And does the script require WordPress? Or can I just have the script work independently?

If I’m not mistaken, it’s a stand-alone script, doesn’t require WP.

Hi Cristian, thanks that’s very helpful and answers most of the questions I have.

If you know of a way to update the IPN URL of my member’s subscriptions that would be great, otherwise I’ll need to get them to re-subscribe. Cheers

I’m glad it helped. :)

I don’t know how to update the IPN URLs in the subscriptions. I’d ask Authorize.Net’s support about it, if there’s a way to do it, they’d know.

Thanks Cristian, appreciate all your help. Please close this ticket.