Memebrship options with custom gateway

Hi

I am seriously considering purchasing the pro version of this plugin. I just need to know if the following membership structure is possible (and if you can explain to me how I would implement it). I will be using a custom payment gateway so not sure how that would work with the signup forms? (I am getting a developer to integrate the gateway so pls tell me know if I don’t really need to worry about the forms then):

I need to have 2 membership types
1) is free this membership type can post to the site but won’t have access to the post details (so can view the list but not the details – except their own).
2) this would be a paid membership option (monthly payment) with access to the post details, but I want to allow these members a one month trial membership with monthly payments resuming automatically unless they canel.

Appologies if these are stupid r questions (just trying to wrap my head around things), and if they are answered in other posts pls direct me to them.
Awesome plugin! :)

Hi Etienne.

I will be using a custom payment gateway so not sure how that would work with the signup forms? (I am getting a developer to integrate the gateway so pls tell me know if I don’t really need to worry about the forms then)

Your developer may find this helpful: http://www.primothemes.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=3154

The code for the other gateways in s2Member Pro may also be helpful to your developer to integrate with the one you chose.

1) is free this membership type can post to the site but won’t have access to the post details (so can view the list but not the details – except their own).

You could achieve this with customization, it’s not something s2Member provides.

To let him post, you could give more WP capabilities to the s2Member level roles using a plugin like User Role Editor. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-role-editor/

To protect the post from being viewed by him, you will need to protect the post with an s2Member Level (the one paying users get) when it’s created, so only only paying users can view them.

2) this would be a paid membership option (monthly payment) with access to the post details, but I want to allow these members a one month trial membership with monthly payments resuming automatically unless they canel.

You can sell the subscription with a 1 month trial. You can see it in the PayPal buttons for subscriptions, for example. You’d need to have your gateway integration support this, of course.

Appologies if these are stupid r questions (just trying to wrap my head around things), and if they are answered in other posts pls direct me to them.

No problem! I hope my answers help you.

Awesome plugin! :)

Thanks for the kudos! :)

Hi Cristián

Thank you so much for your quick response! Your answers were very helpful. I will be sure to point my developer in the right direction regarding the payment gateway integration, and will look into using the user roles plugin as well.

Cheers :)
Etienne

Cool. :)