Bruce

My problem is this, if I set Open Registration in S2Member to ‘no’ (as I want everyone to pay) then S2Member turns off the “Anyone can register” option in WordPress and when I click on the ‘Register’ link in my menu it says ‘User registration is currently unavailable.”

The only way to fix this issue is to change the Register link where it is on your site. It sounds like it might be in your theme, so I’d write into your theme’s developer and find out what needs to be changed to change this link to your Membership Options Page.

s2Member® » Private Contact Form

From the docs
(Dashboard -› s2Member® -› ClickBank® Options -› Thank-You Page Integration):

It is also possible to bypass s2Member’s Thank-You Page all together, if you prefer. You can take s2Member’s Thank-You Page URL (shown above), and add &s2member_pro_clickbank_return_success=http://… where the value can be set to a custom Thank-You Page URL that you prefer. In other words, if you use the &s2member_pro_clickbank_return_success=http://… parameter in your Thank-You Page URL, the initial redirection back to s2Member’s default handler MUST still occur. However, instead of s2Member displaying its Thank-You Page Template to the Customer, s2Member will silently redirect the Customer to the URL that you specified in the &s2member_pro_clickbank_return_success=http://… parameter, allowing you to take complete control over what happens next.

If I don’t have a product item number yet how can I create a shortcode for a test purchase?

I’ve been putting “1″ in the field. But my logs are saying that the API isn’t configured right. Is that why?

ClickBank requires you to have everything set up to run test transactions, as there’s no Sandbox environment that s2Member can hook into like there is with PayPal or Authorize.Net. You’ll need to set everything up (get your item #, and set up your Thank-You Page), then you can do $0.01 transactions to test checkout with.

Thank you for your inquiry.

i would like to restrict level 0 (a “subscriber” vs. “member”?) from downloading files, so i added the URI fragment “download” to URI’s that require level #1 or higher.

The better way to do this would be to only allow links to be accessed with the keys shown in Advanced Download Options, and use s2Member’s Shortcode Conditionals do decide when to show these special links. That way Users can only see the special links when they are a certain level, and therefore only access content when they can see the links.

See: Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Download Options -› Advanced Download Restrictions
See Also: Knowledge Base » Simple Shortcode Conditionals

Thank you for your inquiry.

s2Member does not have the functionality you’re looking for here. You’re going to need to have a developer set this up, I’m afraid. Sorry about that.

1. Can I import my current member directory (including members status, mailing address, expiry date, custom fields) into the system upon installation?

Yes. You can pass Custom Fields through the s2Member Import panel.

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

2. Can I manually add people who join by snail mail and pay by cash/cheque, so that WordPress stores all my member info and expiration dates?

Yes. Just create the User, and set the End of Term (or date the User needs to be downgraded) manually through the WordPress Add/Edit User page.

3. Can fields be added to the database for members to complete when they subscribe eg: mailing address, phone number, interests?

s2Member provides this through Custom Registration/Profile Fields.

See: Dashboard -› s2Member® -› General Options -› Registration/Profile Fields

4. Can portions of a post be blocked so only members can see the full post, but non-members get teaser text?

You’ll need to use Shortcode Conditionals for this. You can find on those here:

Knowledge Base » Simple Shortcode Conditionals

5. Can I set up automated renewal reminders when members are about to expire? (I notice this wasn’t supported last June, any progress?)

s2Member doesn’t support it by default, but I posted an unofficial hack about how you might do this:

http://www.s2member.com/forums/topic/setting-up-eot-notifications/

6. We didn’t have an online subscription system before – Can I send an initial email to the whole database introducing the system and including their username and password?

s2Member imports Users silently, so that’s not something that s2Member’s going to do for you. You might could find a plugin capable of this, though. s2Member uses the default WordPress Users system, so any plugins you find on WordPress.org should work just fine. :-)

7. Mailchimp – Will the whole database go to mailchimp once I link the account? Do all fields go or just the name and email address? eg: their member status? Does their email disappear from MailChimp when they are no longer members?

s2Member’s User Import doesn’t add Users to MailChimp, as it runs silently. If you absolutely need this to happen, there are a few methods of stopping s2Member from running silently so your Users will get their information and be signed up to MailChimp on Import floating around the forums.

Is it possible to limit their access so users can only see their page and won’t be able to see other members pages.

Yes. You can give each of these Users a Custom Capability for their Username, and create Posts/Pages protected with those Custom Capabilities. You’ll need to do this manually for each User, however. Are you needing this to be automated?

See: Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Scripting -› Custom Capabilities
See Also: Video » s2Member (Custom Capabilities)

I double checked all my setting which look right. Is this an s2member problem or do I need to contact PayPal.

This is a PayPal thing. s2Member regards these skips as a failed payment, and will eventually (by default, after 2 failed payments) perform a downgrade based on your Auto EOT settings.

See: Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Options -› Automatic EOT Behavior

Thank you for your inquiry.

To do this, you’ll need to edit your template files. You can find info on this here:

Pre Sale FAQs » Is it possible to modify s2Member® Pro Form templates?

Thank you for your inquiry.

You can do this by changing the Pro Form template. Find info on this here:

Pre Sale FAQs » Is it possible to modify s2Member® Pro Form templates?

How can I add this to my S2Member thank you page without coding?

s2Member gives you the ability to add the necessary information for ClickBank here:

Dashboard -› s2Member® -› ClickBank® Options -› Thank-You Page Integration -› Thank-You Page Template