Bruce

so my issue is that I am completely missing a folder inside my main s3 bucket when using the wordpress plugin. These files previously worked perfectly, not the download link are getting 404 errors, like they don’t exist.

Are some of your downloads working, and just the files within this particular directory not loading? Or is this for all of your files?

If it’s all your files, I’d recommend setting up your integration again.

See: Knowledge Base » Reset the Amazon S3/CloudFront integration

My theme is set for that and works fine when the plugin is not active. I have never had an issue with this theme until this plugin. Any suggestions would be great!

So, deactivating s2Member causes your most recent Posts to show back up on your homepage?

Have you tried making sure that Alternative View Protection is off?

Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Restriction Options -› Alternative View Protection

What I am trying to do is show previews of the latest premium posts. When they click on the article, then they would be directed to login or signup. Are you saying that is not possible? I have the settings in my theme correct and was under the impression that yours could do that.

That’s possible. But that’s something your theme needs to do. If you’re having problems with your protected Posts now showing up, you might check to make sure you don’t have s2Member’s Alternative View Protection enabled.

See: Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Restriction Options -› Alternative View Protection

I have uploaded all of my logs as asked. We are currently losing money by not being able to rebill paypal customers. Please help.

Thanks. I’m notifying our lead developer and we’ll get back to you ASAP. :-)

Actually, we didn’t receive any log files. Would you mind sending the files again? It’s possible there was a connection issue when you submitted your logs.

Can somebody direct me to some simple code / plugin that I can add to my site that displays a message of required level / custom capability required for a given page (not post).

s2Member provides this information when redirected to the Membership Options Page in variables. You can find information on how it works here:

Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Scripting -› Membership Options Page Variables (MOP Vars)

I’m unaware of any plugins that actually integrate with this feature of s2Member.

There, the subject line is “Congratulations! Your membership has been approved” and the body begins with the username, among other things. The email I received has a subject line of “‘Company Name’ Customer Receipt” and begins “Thank you for your order.” I must be missing something, but what?
As far as the password email, my mistake–I had New User Email Configuration set to “No,” which I assume means that no email is sent.

Could you check your email that you received and see if it’s coming from PayPal, or your website?

If it’s coming from PayPal, your site isn’t sending any emails. You should be receiving two when you create an account through a payment gateway. Try running the s2Member Server Scanner, and testing your email.

See: Knowledge Base » s2Member® Server Scanner

Thank you for your inquiry.

-Sell downloadable items individually and via a subscription

s2Member doesn’t actually allow you to directly sell downloads. But you can give Users access to downloads by selling them access to Membership Levels, Custom Capabilities, or specific Posts/Pages that protect the download links, which (if you’re using signed links that you can find in your Advanced Download Options), cannot be accessed more than once, and only when you generate them.

See: Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Download Options -› Advanced Download Restrictions

-Sell items which require delivery

s2Member leaves the door open for an integration with a service to have items be shipped when a purchase is made on your site through API Notifications and the No-Shipping (ns) directive/attribute. That being said, you’ll need to have a developer integrate a system to send items with s2Member, as s2Member doesn’t provide this support completely.

See: Knowledge Base » Building An API Notification Handler

-For members-only files can the system can show a simple text page to guests which contains the download link but when they click the link, they’re redirected to the sign up page? Members would also see the text page, but for them the link would work

You could do this, but s2Member doesn’t do this by default. Since you’ll have to use one of the Restriction Options, such as specific Post/Page Access, you could have these pages have the information you want on them.

-Display events in a calendar (if not would an events plugin work?) and sell tickets to guests and offer discounts / free events to members

s2Member Pro supports Coupon Codes that can expire, but doesn’t have a Calendar built in. I suppose an event calendar plugin would work alright.

Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Pro Coupon Codes -› Coupon Code Configuration File

-Import members accounts from Joomla Community Builder

s2Member doesn’t have any direct integrations with the Joomla Community Builder, but with s2Member Pro you can import members.

See: Knowledge Base » Import (or Mass Update) Users

-Send an automatic welcome email to the new member

s2Member sends a New User Registration Email to both you and the new User, which is fully customizable here:

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

-Sign new members up to a mailing list (using mail chimp / campaign monitor)

s2Member supports integration with both MailChimp and AWeber.

-Create a member listings directory?

s2Member doesn’t have a member listings directory built in, but you could certainly create one using WordPress API functions. Alternatively, you may try using BuddyPress, which does provide a Members list. s2Member integrates with BuddyPress well.

See: http://buddypress.org/

Let us know if you have any further questions/concerns. :-)

But doing that takes away one of my sellable levels. Perhaps I need to read up on current levels again.

With s2Member Pro you’re provided unlimited levels. So that’s not really something you’d need to think about.

You may take a look at Custom Capabilities, though.

See: Video » s2Member (Custom Capabilities)

But are there any disadvantages to using the WordPress default registration rather than the S2member one?

Will I run into any complications with the registration process by doing so?

No, there aren’t any limitations here, s2Member hooks right into this registration form, and you can use it the same way you might a Free Registration Form. The only difference is that you’re using a form outside of your theme, while an s2Member Free Registration Form would be automatically customized by your theme.

See: Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Pro Forms -› Free Registration Forms

No, Paypal is referencing the security token which must be obtained via the API and is only good for a short period of time to conduct a transaction. They say the software (s2member) should be asking for a new token when the recurring billing happens and not using the same token, which is now expired, as was originally used for the transaction.

Could you clarify what you mean by “security token”? Are you referring to an Express Checkout TOKEN, or API Security Credential? If it’s an API Security Credential, which one?

Also, could we take a look at your log files? You can send them via Private Contact Form here:

s2Member® » Private Contact Form

I’m just new to S2Member and signed up for pro. I received a virus msg when uploading my zip files to my hosintg service. I don’t want to alarm anyone and I tried to delete this post. So I’m revising instead. The virus msg from a trusted hosting service turned out to be on their end. I didn’t get the reason behind it but I have installed the current version of S2Framework now. Sorry for any alarms I might have set off.

Thanks for the info. Let us know if you have any further issues.

Thank you for your inquiry.

s2Member does provide support for selling access to Downloads, and access to WordPress Post/Pages, which could have links for downloads. The best way to provide access to a particular piece of media would be to sell Custom Capabilities, which would protect certain Posts that contain signed download links to download your media.

You can find information within your Dashboard, once you install s2Member, regarding this here:

Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Scripting -› Custom Capabilities
Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Download Options -› Advanced Download Restrictions

If you’d like to take a quick look at how Custom Capabilities work with s2Member, check out this video:

Video » s2Member (Custom Capabilities)

1. I’ve read your pre-sale FAQ, but this is unclear: I have a client who wants to have a center for dealers who sell their products. I want two separate sets of pages, one of small stores and another for big box stores. Can I set up two levels of FREE memberships so one level will get small store pages and the other get big box store pages?

Yes. s2Member supports multiple free levels with Free Registration Pro Forms, with s2Member Pro.

See: Video » s2Member (Free Registration On Multiple Levels?)
See Also: Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Pro Forms -› Free Registration Forms

2. We have compiled lists of people who would belong to our two membership “levels.” Is there are way to import these “members” into s2member instead of having each person register themselves?

Yes. You’ll need to convert this list to a .csv file. You can find info on s2Member Pro’s Import functionality here:

Knowledge Base » Import (or Mass Update) Users