License Needed ??

Ok I have purchased the one site license and I am not sure I am clear if it is the one I needed.

Here is what I am trying to do…

I have wordpress installed at domain.com. I want to be able to have users signup for a membership which in turn will create a blog at a subdomain.domain.com; like the the default WP signup page.

Will version of s2member I purchased be able to perform this? Will any version of s2Member be able to do this, or will I have to use the WP built-in signup form and use some sort of custom code to update the user records and then utilize s2member to control memberships.

Maybe I am missing something, but I would have thought s2member would have been able to create members with subdomains and sites..

Thanks

Hi Jeff,

s2Member does not create subdomains or sites. The plugin is designed to protect WordPress content (e.g., posts, pages, downloadable files) and sell access to that content through the form of memberships and one-time purchases (i.e., Buy Now transactions).

While s2Member is compatible with WordPress Multisite Networking, the sites within a WordPress network are separate and not interconnected. That means you cannot share users, logins, or other data across the sites (including access control).

Please see the following from WordPress.org:

The sites in a multisite network are separate, very like the separate blogs at WordPress.com. They are not interconnected like things in other kinds of networks (even though plugins can create various kinds of interconnections between the sites). If you plan on creating sites that are strongly interconnected, that share data, or share users, then a multisite network might not be the best solution.

The s2Member Multisite feature allows you to offer the s2Member plugin to sub-sites, giving your sub-sites the ability to setup and use s2Member on their own. When you upgrade s2Member on the primary site, the s2Member plugin is automatically updated for all your sub-sites. However, things like access restrictions on one WP installation are not shared across WP installations (again, the WordPress Multisite feature itself isn’t designed to work like that).

There are plugins that allow you to get around these WordPress Multisite limitations, however they may or may not work with s2Member.

Thanks for the info.. That is what I needed to know. I just wanted to make sure I was not missing something.

Thanks for the help.

You’re most welcome, Jeff! Glad I could help.