SAFELY split one account into two?

To start with, this is not Rebecca – I am Jack Lyness (jack@lyness.com) and this begins to get to the issue I raise here.

This is Rebecca’s account. She helped develop the site http://www.MadHedgeFundTrader.com. I now administer that site, while Rebecca has other Web enterprises for which she also (or should I say, most importantly) uses this account. She has been graciously sharing this account with us during my transition.

It has come time for us at http://www.MadHedgeFundTrader.com to get our own paid S2Member account. But we have thousands of subscribers successfully using our blog, (at a very high price, I might add, warranting great respect) for whom I want this transition to be seamless – invisible, in fact. I believe the only thing that should change is how you regard us as a customer (you know, the type who’s “always right”?) The only difference might be that the new account would be for a single site. Nothing about the function of the site or our S2Member account functions should change.

Can someone instruct me on how to go through this process, and “hold my hand” or at least look over my shoulder as we do?

(I’m going to leave the notification button below checked so Rebecca should get a notification of this when you reply, and she can weigh in herself and give her blessing, and I suspect, eager agreement.)

Hello Jack,

so if I understood correctly, you want to change the account that s2Member uses in other words? So that it stops using Rebecca’s and starts using yours. Is this correct?

I think that would probably be the second step, after we set up our own account. Yes.

But it must be SEAMLESS – I can’t stress that enough.

Note, we also use aWeber extensively, so that interface would also have to be taken into account. Several other 3rd party apps, but I’m not sure any of them would be tied so directly to S2Member.

Hello Jack,

Well it’s actually quite simple, you don’t have to modify anything in s2Meber (although I do recommend you turn deactivation safeguards on Dashboard -› s2Member® -› General Options -› Deactivation Safeguards).

Simply buy a new license, that’s at your name, and in the main website field simply enter your website (i.e. http://www.madhedgefundtrader.com/).

It’s really that easy. When you want to upgrade s2Member pro, simply enter the username and password for that account, and then s2member will use that new account.

Your members won’t notice a thing, but when upgrading s2Member, remember to always update the pro version also, otherwise your site will break, since it doesn’t have s2Member pro when it requires it. To update the pro version automatically, simply go to the general options page of s2Member, and at the top you’ll be asked for login info, make sure it’s the same info as the one for the new account you will buy.

Hope this helps. :)

Hi Jack.

Eduán’s reply is correct. Your site won’t be changed at all by the change of license, since it doesn’t check it. You only need the access to get the s2Member Pro download in order to update your installation, but that can be from either account.

It’s great that you’re getting your own license, that gives you full control. Go to https://www.s2member.com/single-site-co/?s2-ssl=yes to get your Single Site license. If you have your own s2member.com account, please login to it first, if not you can create your new account right there.

I’m sure Rebecca will tell you about the right way to update s2Member and s2Member Pro when new releases are available, so you don’t have any downtimes, but here are a couple of articles on installation/update:

s2Member® » Framework » Install/Upgrade Instructions
s2Member® » Pro » Install/Upgrade Instructions

And remember to always have a up-to-date backup of your site as a safety net.

I hope that helps. :)

Excellent advice – both of you. Thanks very much. Will probably do this early next week. If I can alert you ahead of time and get your confirmation so I know you are standing by “just in case,” it will go a long way to give me to confidence to do this with no problems! Thanks again.

No problem Jack. Glad I was able to help. :)

No problem if you confirm first, just remember I just woke up at this hour. ;)

I’m checking the forums at least once every day, too, so I’ll help with anything I can if you have a question.