Custom Post Types & Secure upload?

I have only just downloaded s2member so I am very much still learning.

Has anyone had any experience, good or bad, with Custom Post Types and s2member?

I would also like to use s2member to manage the whole relationship with my subscribers which includes not only controlling access, but also allowing them to securely upload their own material to the site, from their desktop, where it can be automatically displayed and indexed by the bots.

The ideas is for the site to become a kind of Squidoo and display their own SEO generating content.

From your experience are these all possible with s2member?

• This topic was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by  Terence Milbourn.
• This topic was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by  Terence Milbourn.

Hi there. Thanks for your inquiry.
Well, you won’t get a Squidoo out of s2Member alone, but yes; definitely a good way to start. s2Member will serve nicely as a framework on which to build such a site.

Regarding Custom Post Types. Yes, these are supported by s2Member. You can protect Custom Post Types using s2Member’s Post Access Restrictions. It’s even possible to protect “all” of a specific “type” of Post.

You will find further details in your Dashboard (even in the free version), under:
s2Member -> Restriction Options -> Post Level Access Restrictions.

@Jason That’s excellent. That’s exactly what I need, to have all-cptname protect all the custom post types. However, in your answer, you didn’t tackle the other issue of providing secure upload capability for members. So far I haven’t found that in s2, only secure download. Is it there in PRO but not in the free version?

• This reply was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by  Terence Milbourn.

Hi Terence,

Secure File Upload is not currently a feature of s2Member (free or Pro).

If you require that functionality, you may want to search for a 3rd-party plugin that provides that functionality. s2Member utilizes the WordPress user base, so any WordPress plugin that offers secure file uploads to WordPress users should work (you’ll need to test to make sure it doesn’t interfere with s2Member in any way).

OK, thanks Raam. I’ll go see what already exists at WordPress.org and beyond.