Registration confirmation page (custom)

following up on another post (http://www.s2member.com/forums/topic/how-to-edit-registration-confirmation-message/) I still have trouble with the re-direct to our custom “thank you” page as specified in the short code:

[s2Member-Pro-AuthNet-Form level="2" ccaps="" desc="ONE YEAR MEMBERSHIP: $49.95 USD" cc="USD" custom="www.xyz.com" ta="0" tp="0" tt="D" ra="0.49" rp="1" rt="W" rr="0" rrt="" accept="visa,mastercard,amex,discover" coupon="" accept_coupons="0" default_country_code="US" captcha="white" success="https://www.xyz.com/thank-you" /]

when registering, I see the …/thank-you/?… URL blinking briefly. along with some URL parameters that flash too quickly to decipher. it then takes me back to the “Membership Options” page.

Registration actually works out and the member can log in but it just doesn’t take them to the “thank you” page…

Thanks for your inquiry. ~ We appreciate your patience :-)

It actually sounds like your Thank-You page is protected by s2Member, which it should not be; because until a customer completes checkout and logs into the site, they will not have access. Please double check all of your s2Member® -› Restriction Options to be sure this thank-you/ page is not protected in any way.

If problems persist, please submit a Dashboard login and we’ll run diagnostics for you.
See: s2Member® » Private Contact Form

Hi and thanks. But no, that was the first thing I checked. That is, the page itself has no restrictions on it. It’s publically accessible.

Details received. Thank you!

I just took a quick look at your installation and Restriction Options for s2Member®.

The URI leading to your Thank-You page is: /thank-you/?s2p-v=(a verification code from s2Member®)

Unfortunately your current URI restrictions are a match to this Page. In other words, your Thank-You page is protected currently, and it requires Level #1 Membership. This explains the redirection away from this page if you are not logged in yet. See screenshot below.

Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Restriction Options -› URI Access Restrictions

See also: Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Pro Forms -› Custom Return URLs Upon Success
Look at the section under “Verifying the Integrity of Replacement Codes” where it mentions the s2p-v string that s2Member® will pass through to your Custom Return URL.

Please let us know if problems persist :-)

shikes. i knew that it was my fault… sorry.

of course, I was trying to protect search (results) from access without membership.
but it looks like if I change the restriction to

/?s=

then it should allow the thank you page but keep non-members from accessing the search results, right?

thanks again.

excellent support here!

Thanks for the follow-up :-)

Right. I would add the following URI Restrictions to protect search results.

?s=
&s=

However, please keep in mind that URI Restrictions may not always guard search results; because it is also possible (though unlikely) that a form would POST this data instead of passing the s variable in the URI. If all of your search forms use the GET method (i.e. s= appears in the URI) then you’re probably fine — as long as nobody figures out they could POST the s value. Anyway, probably not a huge issue, I just wanted to mention that. See also: Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Restriction Options -› Alternative View Protection

right. I remember reading through that.

now I wonder if it’s possible to disable POST requests on the search page.

thanks for your time in supporting my little issue.