Member level heirarchy – exclusive data

The member hierarchy of your product fits most of my client’s needs (free level, level 1 has access to it’s own content and that from the free level, level two has access to it’s own level plus those beneath it).

However, the very top levels of membership are for customers with custom content for just them, so they need access to their private data and all the levels below. There are many customers at this level, and they should not get access to other customer’s custom content, but they need all the base levels below.

Is there a way to implement this in s2Member? It doesn’t need to be in the free version, but it is a requirement for the member plug-in I select.

Thank you for your inquiry.

However, the very top levels of membership are for customers with custom content for just them, so they need access to their private data and all the levels below. There are many customers at this level, and they should not get access to other customer’s custom content, but they need all the base levels below.

Is there a way to implement this in s2Member? It doesn’t need to be in the free version, but it is a requirement for the member plug-in I select.

The way you’d accomplish is using Custom Capabilities. Custom Capabilities are not incremental, and can be given to anyone regardless of Membership Level. You can protect Posts/Pages with Custom Capabilities in nearly the same way as you’d use Membership Levels. The simplest way is to use the the Post Meta field available in the Add/Edit Post/Page Page (click to see full image):

What you’d do is set up a Custom Capability to protect the content that is separate from your other Users, and give access to that Custom Capability at s2Member Level 0 to give Users to only that section of your content.

For an in-depth explanation of Custom Capabilities, you can check out this video: Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Scripting -› Custom Capabilities

Will that work for you? :-)

Thanks, Bruce! That does look like it will handle the business objective.

Regards,
Cynthia