Is it possible….

Hello I am looking at adding membership capabilities to my site and so for s2member seems like the way I am going to go. I just had a few questions that I want to be clear on before I get started. I have done some research and everything appears to work for what I want to do just have a few direct questions.

I want to set up a membership where:
Membership 1: Can see 1 but not 2, 3
Membership 2: Can see 2 but not 1, 3
Membership 3: Can see 3 but not 1, 2
Membership 4: Can see 1, 2 and 3
It looks like this can be done with custom capabilities, still a little fuzzy on how to set it all up but it seems like it can be done. Also if this has to be done with custom capabilities that requires purchasing the s2 Pro add-on, correct?

These 1, 2, and 3 are going to be categories that get selected on posts. Basically I am going to make multiple post each day and post them under the appropriate category. and then only the certain membership levels could see whatever category they are allowed to see, correct? I’ll figure out how to set it up later since this is just a pre sale thread.

Next something I have not looked into yet with mailchimp or even researched at all but seems like this should be possible. When I make a post in a certain category is it possible to set up mailchimp (or any other mailing service) to email that post to the appropriate members that can access this area of the site (email with no delay)? Not sure this is a s2member question or not but I would like all these posts to generate emails to the appropriate clients.

Sorry for the questions but I don’t know a whole lot about the code or website design but am learning on the fly.
Thanks, and it seems you have a great product.

Hi there,

I want to set up a membership where:
Membership 1: Can see 1 but not 2, 3
Membership 2: Can see 2 but not 1, 3
Membership 3: Can see 3 but not 1, 2
Membership 4: Can see 1, 2 and 3
It looks like this can be done with custom capabilities, still a little fuzzy on how to set it all up but it seems like it can be done. Also if this has to be done with custom capabilities that requires purchasing the s2 Pro add-on, correct?

Custom capabilities are available in both the free version of s2Member, and s2Member Pro. In this situation you are correct in that custom capabiltiies (ccaps) should be used, as Membership Levels are hierarchical, and any level # that is higher than another will have access to the lower levels.

These 1, 2, and 3 are going to be categories that get selected on posts. Basically I am going to make multiple post each day and post them under the appropriate category. and then only the certain membership levels could see whatever category they are allowed to see, correct? I’ll figure out how to set it up later since this is just a pre sale thread.

Under standard circumstances, you’d want to set this up under Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Restriction Options -› Category Access Restrictions. However, because you’d need to use ccaps, you should check out this video (I’ve skipped to the part where Jason goes over this functionality):

Video » s2Member (Custom Capabilities)[2]