non-wordpress web app on a subdomain

I’ve built an application that will live on application.domain.com while the WP install will be on the root domain. I need a solution to bill for memberships (likely annually) that I can authenticate from the application. I was going to use a competitors product as I’ve used them for several other web projects over the last couple of years, but their solution doesn’t let me know if someone has cancelled their account (seems pretty basic requirement). My questions then are:
1) Can my custom non-WP app integrate from a sub-domain to this plugin on a WP install in the root domain? I would just need to know if the user is logged in and what level their membership is.
2) If someone cancels the rebilling, or doesn’t pay/payment doesn’t go through, does only the payment gateway know this or does S2Pro catch and manage this?
3) If my needs are this fundamental and I’m also needing an e-commerce solution for selling tangible products as well, why would I go with your solution vs. Cart66 or similar?

Hi Jorden.

1) Can my custom non-WP app integrate from a sub-domain to this plugin on a WP install in the root domain? I would just need to know if the user is logged in and what level their membership is.

You could try something like this: Knowledge Base » Protecting Non-WordPress Content with s2Member

2) If someone cancels the rebilling, or doesn’t pay/payment doesn’t go through, does only the payment gateway know this or does S2Pro catch and manage this?

If you integrated s2Member with the gateway, the gateway will notify s2Member when the user cancels, and s2Member will deal with it based on its EOT behavior setting. [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Options -› Automatic EOT Behavior[/hilite]

3) If my needs are this fundamental and I’m also needing an e-commerce solution for selling tangible products as well, why would I go with your solution vs. Cart66 or similar?

I don’t know. s2Member manages access to content, it’s not a shopping cart.

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Let me know if you have other questions, I’ll be glad to help. :)

Thanks for the response. I’ve installed and configured the free version, on my test server, nearly to where I need it. I haven’t found any reference to running a custom PHP script on new user registration. Before I go hack my way to what I want, have you guys already provided this functionality?

Also, I apologize for the last question in my OP. It came off rather short, when I was actually trying to provide a way for you to share with me and others why/how your purpose built solution works better than shoehorning a subscription gateway over very basic content restrictions. After Installing your plugin I’ve rewritten much of my authentication code and am bummed I hadn’t come across S2 earlier. It would have saved me several full days of development, and now I’ve got access to several features I hadn’t even thought about implementing originally. So far I’m impressed, now to purchase the Pro version and see how well Auth.net is integrated.

One other question. I want to have a membership level that is by invitation only, with 3 other standard membership levels (one free and two paid). The invite only level would need to be;
– not listed with the other membership types when the users make their selection.
– perhaps even password protected or need a coupon code to access
– need admin approval.

Is this existing functionality or something you can help me achieve? If not do you have any advice?

The membership levels are not listed anywhere from the user’s perspective by default. If you want to list the available memberships, you’ll need to add that yourself.

With s2Member, you generate Pro-Forms (aka signup forms) for various levels (including free) at whatever price you want. Then you place the shortcode for that signup form on a page where you direct users.

We don’t currently have an admin approval process, but for that we recommend signing up users with one level and then manually approving them by changing their level to the paid one.

You may want to look at the videos tutorials to get a better idea of what features are available.