About: Alec Weekes

Just so I can clarify what you’re after;

You’re looking for a way to have users log in before they can see the restricted content, and once logged in are redirected back to the page they were on?

Hello rpvp,

I notice that the URL it generates is incredibly long, is this something you’re had generated by s2Member or is it something you’ve manually built?

Other then that, there is little reason for the page to load slowly. All my tests come back time and time again showing it is a fast loading page, and in different browsers.

Glad you found your solution Alex!

Hello,

I’ve tried this myself and I can see exactly what you mean as I get the same error myself. Something is clearly wrong as there are values for A3, P3 & T3.

Could you try using the Shortcode it generates instead of the Form? That should also fix the large gap between the PayPal buttons as well.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by  Alec Weekes.

Greetings Alex,

Your issue with the PayPal Payment is likely to be a configuration error. Triple check your PayPal settings, and if the issue persists I’ll be more then happy to test this myself.

Regarding your concern with the gap between the text and the button, I can see that this is in fact due to CSS. Using the Firebug Tool (A plugin for Firefox) I can see that you have padding on both the bottom of the text, and the top of the button. Simply locate where this CSS is coded, and make the changes needed.

Be aware, these may be global CSS components. Changing it may interfere with your entire site. Personally, the gap doesn’t look odd. It is a nice break from the text.

Hello Elizabeth,

We operate a similar function, where we have built an account dashboard for subscribed users to manage their accounts, such as resetting their password, viewing their current subscription level and downloading all their available products.

What we use a lot are the Conditional Else If statements to produce these systems.

Essentially what you’re going to want to do (I believe) is have an If Statement, that displays the content to paid members, and redirects everyone else away from the page.

<?php if (S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_ACCESS_LEVEL >= 1){ ?>

	Use this part of the code, to display anything you want to people who are paid subscribers of your site. 

<?php } else if(S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_ACCESS_LEVEL === 0){ ?>

    	<?php wp_redirect( 'http://www.example.com', 301 ); exit; ?>
    	# Use this to redirect anyone who is logged in, but not a paid member away from the page, to www.example.com #
    
<?php } else if(S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_ACCESS_LEVEL === -1){ ?>

    	<?php wp_redirect( 'http://www.example.com', 301 ); exit; ?>
    	# Use this to redirect anyone who is not logged in away from the page, to www.example.com #
    	
<?php } ?>

• This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by  Alec Weekes.

Threads often need to be locked, to stop them being derailed.

If the person who asked for help has been assisted, the thread has run its course. Nothing is stopping people from starting their own support thread.

I didn’t understand the settings, as it all seems to refer to the number of IP addresses per customer, whereas what I needed was the number of customers per IP address. I’ve set it to ‘Allow Infinite IPs’, and this has worked.

I’m glad it worked. I wouldn’t however set it to infinite, as that could leave open a whole host of issues.

Think about what sort of customers you have, and where they may be logging in from. With our company, people have access to log in from their Phone, Work & Home. We therefor give a rather lenient 10 I.P. access points before they’re restircted.

Remember also, that only the offending IP will be punished, not the account.

Greetings Elizabeth,

You can edit the Unique I.P. Access Restrictions from the s2Member Dashboard.

s2Member > Restriction Options > Unique IP Access Restrictions

Greetings Elizabeth,

Offering an unsubscribe button for your members is a good practise, and many members may choose to leave your membership services, and won’t have any hard feelings if you’ve made the process simple and easy to do!

That said, your current system will show the unsubscribe button to everyone, and that isn’t the ideal thing to do. People who are not subscribed may click the button, and be presented with a whole load of errors, or taken to a series of pages that are not relevant to them at all!

This’ll make the user feel as if the site is unreliable and isn’t fit for purpose, which is obviously off putting. The best thing to do is to protect content, and ensure it is displayed to the correct people, and you can do this easily with PHP Else If Conditionals.

Here is a sample code.

<?php if (S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_ACCESS_LEVEL >= 1){ ?>
    [Place Unsubscribe Button Here]
<?php } else if(S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_ACCESS_LEVEL === 0){ ?>
    Some content for Free Subscribers.
<?php } else if(S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_ACCESS_LEVEL === -1){ ?>
    Some public content.
<?php } ?> 

Allow me to explain what each part does;

<?php if (S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_ACCESS_LEVEL >= 1){ ?>
    [Place Unsubscribe Button Here]

This will check with your database, the s2Member Installation and other necessary services to see if the user is able to access s2Member Level 1 or higher (Greater then). If they can, it’ll show certain content.

In this case, you’ll place your button here, so that anyone who is Membership Level 1 (or higher) will see the unsubscribe button.

<?php } else if(S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_ACCESS_LEVEL === 0){ ?>
    Some content for Free Subscribers.
<?php } else if(S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_ACCESS_LEVEL === -1){ ?>
    Some public content.
<?php } ?> 

Exactly the same as above, it’ll check the systems you have in place, and if the person matches the information, it’ll show the content they’re designed to see.

You could add a WP_Redirect into the Public Content Section so that they’re redirected away from the Welcome Page, or you could have some marketing blurb about joining your membership club.

With the Free Subscribers section, you could do some marketing about why they should join your membership club, along with a button to do so.

Using this system, you’ll be able to target content specifically to people based on their level, along with many other factors, when coded correctly.

I hope this has helped!

Sorry, but I don’t quite understand what the issue is.

Are people able to see content they shouldn’t be able to see? Are you looking for a way to block certain content, unless they’ve been given permission to (either Manually, or by Payment)?

Have you looked into PayPal Express Checkout? I’m not certain if it is available in the United States, but here in the U.K. we have three PayPal services available to us. You can see them here, for reference: https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/home-merchant

So the question is whether, on the S2Member side, there is any setting that allows these “subscriptions” to be treated as something else… or whether there is any other way, via programming rather than changing our PayPal account type… to get around this.

Not as far as I am aware. The issue is that s2Member is reading your PayPal Account information (That you’ve provided) and acknowledging the services that PayPal provides with that. It would be impossible for s2Member to force Credit / Debit Card Payments unless your PayPal account did also.