Bruce

@pfriedl

I’m actually using my own buy button, so I’m copying the purchase link post-shortcode, which looks like this:

This is the problem. You need to use an s2Member Shortcode to make this.

@pfriedl

[s2Member-Pro-ClickBank-Button ...][/s2Member-Pro-ClickBank-Button] so it can just add the anchor tag? Man, that’d be nice.

You can change the image that shows up for the button with the image Shortcode Attribute documented here:

Dashboard -› s2Member® -› ClickBank® Buttons -› Shortcode Attributes (Explained) -› image

Here’s a screenshot of that specific attribute’s section:

• This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by  Bruce.

Thank you for your inquiry.

My site security badge has broken somewhere along my updating process. Worked after initial install.

It sounds like you are affected by the change in version 130404. s2Member now requires logging to either be disabled, or for you to have the logs being put into another secure directory. There’s more information on this here:

Knowledge Base » s2Member® Security Badges

I also want to go pro with s2member as I like what I see for the most part.

Great! Glad to hear you’re considering s2Member Pro.

Is a SSL cert required for everything to work?

Not for everything to work. SSL Certificates are required for an HTTPS protocol to be used on pages with s2Member Checkout Forms. PayPal Pro Forms accepting Credit Cards directly with PayPal Pro, and Authorize.Net Pro Forms require this, but not everything else.

Also, Does a Catcha work in the Pro Registration process?

Yes, there’s an attribute in the Pro Form Shortcode that will allow you to integrate this directly in the Pro Form. It is set by default to show a “clean” version of the Captcha, which generally works best.

If I go Pro can I get some help to fix these minor issues?

Yes, we have a Customers Forums here that you’ll be able to post in:

http://www.s2member.com/forums/forum/customers/

You can also check here for our Support Policy:

s2Member® » Support Policy

Thank you for your inquiry.

The best way to do donations is to use the HTML-style buttons for PayPal. You can have Users input a custom amount that way. There’s a good Post here by Raam that details how you can do this:

http://www.s2member.com/forums/topic/can-s2member-accept-donations-for-non-profits/

Thanks. I’m not sure what could’ve gone wrong with that, sorry.

Just reinstalled XAMPP and it’s working now – must have fiddled with one of the settings. Thanks for all your help.

Awesome, thanks for the update! If you ever do figure out what setting caused this please do let us know so we can keep this from happening to people in the future. :-)

Thank you for your inquiry.

And thank you for your patience with us over the weekend.

1. Is the /etc/hosts file fix really a fix or is there something else broken?

This error is because of something with your server being off. s2Member needs to be able to connect back to your server, which was not possible until your server providers changed this. I would consider this the fix in your case, but it might not be for everyone that has this issue.

2. I have a server wide htaccess modification that causes Apache to prompt for a login and password whenever wp-login.php is accessed. This effectively stops bot hack attempts and DDoS storms. But, could this be causing the s2-server-scanner script to fail the redirect test? I am not protecting anything but the wp-login.php script. In other words, wp-admin is still accessible unimpeded.

No, I don’t think that this would be causing any problem with s2Member. As long as you’re not password protecting anything that s2Member or PayPal would try to access programmatically, this would be fine.

3. I would like to keep the wp-login.php protection in place, but also have a copy of that script under a different name (e.g. my-login.php) so that I can use that instead of wp-login.php. Will this cause problems with S2Member?

As long as you’re the only one using it, this should be fine. s2Member will not notice this file’s existence, and will always redirect to your main wp-login.php file.

Thank you for your inquiry.

Are you referring to the email that’s sent from PayPal, or from s2Member? What email address does it come from? s2Member’s not capable of changing any of the emails that PayPal sends, sorry. The only emails that are available to change for PayPal are here:

Dashboard -› s2Member® -› General Options -› Email Configuration

Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Options -› Signup Confirmation Email

Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Options -› Specific Post/Page Confirmation Email

I just tested this by editing the source code of your page. It works when this CSS file is loaded.

Is it possible to trigger a modification notification based on the role of the user making the modification?

Try using the Modification API Notifications:

Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Notifications -› Modification Notifications

Thank you for your inquiry.

And thanks for your patience over the weekend.

1) is there an easy hack to create a Buy now button based on number of guests, like you just did for the PayPal Pro Reg forms. So if the person has 1 guest, they see a $36 Buy Now, if they have 2 guests, they see at $72 Buy Now, etc. I programmed in a past life, so could probably handle some coding, but would prefer an easy hack if possible;

The easiest way to accomplish this would be to set up your own form and then pass the number of guests the Users are buying access for into your Button’s Shortcode with the information in this Knowledge Base Article:

Knowledge Base » Using Variables In A Shortcode

2) can I collect a new registration field (guest name(s)) when they use the Buy-now button.

You might try passing custom PayPal values using the HTML version of the PayPal Button. However this won’t work with Encryption at PayPal. I can’t say I know how you could accomplish this with Buttons for sure, securely. Sorry.

Thanks, I’ve got your info and I’m taking a look now.

Thanks for your patience over the weekend.

Thank you for reporting this important issue.

Sorry for the delay over the weekend.

I can confirm that the version of s2Member Pro at s2Member.com is 130816, and I just upgraded on two test installations and it seems to be working correctly.

Are you still having this issue?

Thanks for the info. I’m going to go ahead and close the other thread that you made, Randy and contact Jason to see if there’s something he can shed some light on with this.

I am going to test this myself quickly. I’ll update this thread when I have results.