Bruce

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The code within this forum post is meant to mimic the way that s2Member’s Content Dripping works. A content drip based on s2Member’s default start date (S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_PAID_REGISTRATION_DAYS) would look like this:

<?php if(S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_PAID_REGISTRATION_DAYS >= 30){ ?>
	Drip content to Members that started paying you at least 30 days ago.
<?php } ?>

To mimic s2Member’s Content Dripping, you first need to establish the start point for your new content dripping (Note: These are Unix timestamps. See: http://www.unixtimestamp.com/).

You can find info in this post regarding creating/updating s2Member’s Custom Profile/Registration Fields, if that is how you’d like to save your start time.

Example:

<?php

$start_date = get_user_field('STDATE'); //Note: This assumes that you've saved your Start Date in s2Member's Custom Registration/Profile Fields array, as STDATE. If you have not, you will need to change this.

$start = strtotime('today', $start_date);

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Now, to find the amount of time that has elapsed between the time that you have set up, and now, you will want to subtract the time now from the start time. Timestamps are based on seconds, so to find the number of days between, you'll need to divide the remaining time by &#91;hilite mono&#93;864900&#91;/hilite&#93; (&#91;hilite mono&#93;24 hours&#91;/hilite&#93; x &#91;hilite mono&#93;60 minutes&#91;/hilite&#93; x &#91;hilite mono&#93;60 seconds&#91;/hilite&#93;).
The previous post does this on the fly. For clarity, I've changed the way that this is handled below.
<h5>Example:</h5>

<?php
$start_date = get_user_field('STDATE'); //Note: This assumes that you've saved your Start Date in s2Member's Custom Registration/Profile Fields array, as STDATE. If you have not, you will need to change this.
$start = strtotime('today', $start_date);
$now = time();

$time_to_check = ($now – $start)/86400; //Now, minus the start time, converted to days by dividing by 86400
&#91;/hilite&#93;

The above uses the Custom Profile/Registration Field &#91;hilite code&#93;'STDATE'&#91;/hilite&#93; to assign the variable &#91;hilite code&#93;$time_to_check&#91;/hilite&#93; a value. This value can now be used in place of s2Member's &#91;hilite code&#93;S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_PAID_REGISTRATION_DAYS&#91;/hilite&#93; within the page that you have set this up with.

<h5>Example of finished custom Content Drip:</h5>


<?php
$start_date = get_user_field('STDATE'); //Note: This assumes that you've saved your Start Date in s2Member's Custom Registration/Profile Fields array, as STDATE. If you have not, you will need to change this.
$start = strtotime('today', $start_date);
$now = time();

$time_to_check = ($now – $start)/86400; //Now, minus the start time, converted to days by dividing by 86400
?>

<?php if($time_to_check >= 7){ ?>
	Drip content to Members that have spent at least 7 days on your site, after the custom field had been created.
<?php } ?>

The above code snippet should work correctly for you. Let us know if problems persist.

Thanks for the follow-up.

Thanks for you answer, I have formbuilders it’ just the security part I want to know about. So if I on a wp page build a form and put a S2member security level for it. Is it then safe if the clients login and fill in the form and send it so only the receiver can see the information?

The security of the email that is sent is not something that s2Member controls. s2Member can only control whether the user can access the form or not. Everything past that is controlled by your other plugin.

Does that make sense?

Thanks for your great question.

You may want to check out the wp_logout() function. What you can do is update your Login Welcome Page to reflect that you may not currently log in, and use the above function with the conditionals available in Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Scripting -› Advanced PHP Conditionals to decide when to log a user out.

Note that to log a user out after the page a loaded, you should use the wp_footer hook.

Thanks for your inquiry.

iDevAffiliate does not currently integrate directly with WordPress, and this is not something that s2Member controls. There could possibly be a way to link the two, but we are currently unaware of any way that this could be possible, as this is outside of the scope of s2Member’s integration with iDevAffiliate.

s2Member does have a number of remote ops that you may want to look into if you do decide to pursue the possibility of this integration.

See: Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Scripting -› Remote Operations API
See Also: Knowledge Base » Remote User Status (Custom API)

Thanks for your great question.

s2Member’s is_post_protected_by_s2member() returns an associative array with the info that you’re looking for.

For example, if the page is protected at s2Member Level 1, the function will return:

array(
	's2member_level_req' => 1
)

Find more info on this here: Codex -> API Function -> Package Functions -> is_post_protected_by_s2member

Thanks for your great questions.

Am I correct in setting up the subscription purchase using PAYPAL BUTTONS rather than PAYPAL PRO FORMS since I do not have a PayPal pro account?

You can use s2Member’s Pro Forms with or without PayPal Pro. However, make sure that if you do use Pro Forms, that you switch the attribute values of accept, and accept_via_paypal. You will also want to contact PayPal and have them enable PayPal Enhanced Recurring Payments (ERP), which is totally free to upgrade to.

Having a PayPal Pro account would allow you to set up accepting credit cards directly from your site. However, with a regular PayPal account, you can still choose to accept credit cards from the PayPal checkout page with ERP.

My developer set the form up through PAYPAL PRO FORMS (I think) but didn’t realise I only have a free PayPal business account. Now when I use my button, there don’t seem to be as many fields in the form.

If you set up the above, you should not have this issue. However, if you find that you do, you may want to check your settings under Dashboard -› s2Member® -› General Options -› Registration/Profile Fields. Here you can create new profile/registration fields for both s2Member’s Pro Forms, and the registration form at /wp-login.php?action=register.

Thanks for reporting this important issue.

I’ve just tested this feature in a test installation of WordPress and can confirm that this is working correctly under normal circumstances.

Could you please paste the shortcode that you are using?

Also, can you please try reverting back to the default WordPress theme, and deactivating all plugins but s2Member to see if that causes the issue to go away?

Thank-you for your great question.

s2Member is fully capable of handling this functionality with Custom Capabilities. If you already have the s2Member Framework installed, you should be able to find additional info at Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Scripting -› Custom Capabilities.

The way you use these Custom Capabilities depends on the way you’d like to package your videos, and how your videos are being displayed. You can sell as little or as many Custom Capabilities as you’d like with s2Member’s Pro Forms.

[s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_ccap_videos_photoshop_3)]
Display the video here, if the user can access it.
[/s2If]

Thanks for your question.

The article (or post) just sent by Jason (01/15/2013) on the various kinds of PayPal products does not mention PayPal Payments Advanced, so are we to assume that it will not be integrated into S2Member any time soon?

We currently do not have any timeframe for when s2Member may integrate with PayPal Payments Advanced. We do have this in mind for future versions of s2Member, and may integrate at some point in the future, but for now s2Member only supports the PayPal features listed in Jason’s Post*.

See: Pre Sale FAQs » Can I add support for other payment gateways?

*Jason’s Post: Knowledge Base » PayPal® Pro (PayFlow Edition)

Thanks for your great question.

on my site I have installed and integrated S3 and CloudFront for streaming videos. I’m thinking of removing the cloudfront integration and leave the videos just on S3 so people inside the member’s area can watch it.

How should I go about it?

s2Member supports the use of Amazon S3 with and without Cloudfront. If you’d like to stop using Cloudfront integration, you will just need to delete the configuration under Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Download Options -› Amazon® S3/CloudFront CDN Storage, while leaving your other settings in Download Restrictions the unchanged.

Second question, is it possible to change the IP restriction for specific users? I’d like to leave, for example, 5 IPs per month for ALL users but I want to give unlimited access to some specific users.

Though s2Member does not currently support this feature, s2Member does provides various filters within it’s processes to set something like this up. Find info on hooks/filters for this in /s2member/includes/classes/ip-restrictions.inc.php.

If you’d like a quick fix to this, you can use the WordPress function get_currentuserinfo() and the following line of code to completely disable IP restrictions for certain users.

add_filter('ws_plugin__s2member_disable_all_ip_restrictions', '__return_true');

See: Knowledge Base » Hacking s2Member® Via Hooks/Filters

Third and final question, do you guys know if that video plugin for s2 has been updated for JW6!?

I’m assuming you’re talking about the plugin that Philly created here:

http://phillymax.com/web/s2member-video-shortcode/

Based on the changelog it would appear that the plugin is not yet updated. I recommend contacting the developer to ask if this is on the way. In the meanwhile, you can use the code samples provided under Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Download Options -› JW Player® & RTMP Protocol Examples.

Thanks for reporting this important issue.

It sounds like you have the Phone Number Authorize.net form field set up to be required. Please do the following:

1. Login to the Authorize.net Merchant Interface ( https://secure.authorize.net ),

2. Click on Settings and Profile -> Payment Form -> Form Fields,

3. Uncheck the Required box for all Phone and Email fields.

Please let us know if problems persist after following these steps.

Thanks for the follow-up.

I checked your page’s source code, and the PayPal buttons are being generated by the Shortcode. However, it looks like you have an extra double quote (") in your Shortcode. Could you please post the shortcodes that you’re using on this page?

Thanks for the follow-up.

Can you confirm that we can set up any number of member levels with no fees attached (with S2Member Pro) and use them for our manually-added members?

s2Member® Pro supports an unlimited number of membership levels. Find info on this here: Pre Sale FAQs » How can I extend s2Member® beyond four Levels?.

When you create a new user, this user can be assigned any role that has been created in the past. If you use the info above to create more user levels, there will be more to choose from within the Dashboard.

And when we upload our 2000+ members via CSV, will be be able to assign them to one of the free member levels then (or can we mass-select them after upload and change their membership level at that point)?

s2Member’s user Import/Export structure allows you to specify membership level, the user’s Custom Capabilties, Registration Date, the values of their Custom Profile/Registration Fields, and many other settings. So not only can you specify their levels this way, but s2Member also supports group upgrade / downgrade directly from the User’s list in the Dashboard.