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What do you mean by it does not sync? Can you describe what it does or does not do that you are expecting it to do?

I am not sure if it will solve your problem but there is a plugin called s2M+MC that will do the integration from MC registration into s2M. You can read more about it here:
http://www.s2member.com/forums/topic/bidirectional-communication-s2m-mailchimp/

And you can get it here:
http://krumch.com/2012/08/11/kc-bidirectional-integration-of-s2member-with-mailchimp/?ap_id=Cassel

I had it developped for my site and it works wonders. It not only allows you to use the MC form anywhere (once the plugin is installed in the WP site), either another site or even in an email. So you can get optins from many sources outside your site.

HI Gabriel, I am not a mod but i have been using S2M since about two years. What you are describing is very similar to how i am using it on my site. I am not sure you actually need that many levels. In fact, since Levels are incremential, you might not want to use them. For example, a member at level 2 will, by default, be able to access everything at level 2, level 1 and level 0.

What you are describing would be better done with Custom Capabilities (ccaps). You can use ccaps and conditional shortcodes for just about everything. You can have a ccap for EventA, one for EventB, one for EventC and one member can purchase a single event, or a combo of 2 or 3. You can also have ccaps for various courses, or membership “packages”.

On my site i have 1 membership package (monthly payment) and several classes. Each class is associated with a ccap, and the membership also has its ccap. ONe member can have the membership and 3 classes, another one can have 6 classes and no membership, etc.

Check out the video on ccaps.
Also, those ccaps are available with the free version. You would not NEED the pro version to use that feature.

Check this thread which asks for examples of real life sites using s2Member:
http://www.s2member.com/forums/topic/real-website-examples-please/

Just as an added note, since demotion currently removes all ccaps, i took a habit of adding, in the notes for each member, what was purchased (with the ccap) and when. So if something happens and datas get corrupt, or deleted, i can go back and have specific information on what what purchased and when, or when the member got demoted, or asked for a change, etc.

This is what i thought too. However, adding a condition to each page is not more work than adding a ccap to the box for each page.

Good luck.

Maybe the setting is not in s2M but in MC?

There is no difference in the use of ccaps with the free or the pro version of s2M.

Yes, you can use multiple ccaps on the product side or the member side. If you have 2 ccaps on the product side, then the member has to have them both to access the content. If you want to group products while some products might be part of different “packages”, you would be better to use them on the “member” side instead of adding them to the top right of the page as a ccap for the page itself (when you add a page).

For example, if you have 3 products (Pr1, Pr2, Pr3) and want to sell 3 different packages (Pq1, Pq2, Pq3), you can organize things like this:
– Pq1 = Pr1 + Pr2
– Pq2 = Pr2 + Pr3
– Pq3 = Pr1 + Pr3

So, when you sell Pq1, you will include the Pr1 and Pr2 to the paypal button so the member will have access to those two ccaps.
But on the product pages, you only assign one ccap each, whether it is Pr1, Pr2 or Pr3. That way, the member who purchases Package 3 will get access to the Product1, and Product3, as soon as they get on that page.

It might sound complicated because of my explanation. Maybe someone else would be able to explain differently.

I would like to chime in for IE9. I used the Pro-form for billing modification and one member could not get it to work. When i suggested she tries a different browser, she did and it worked. She emailed me back saying that it was with IE9 that it would not work.

This is all very easy and pretty straightforward. I am using the exact same scenarios on my site, so here is the basic.

1) Each protected “lesson” will be a wordpress post/page with a couple of videos and several downloadable files. Each lesson can be purchased independently with a simple buy button?

You will likely be using Custom Capabilities (ccaps) and each lesson can be called Lesson1, Lesson2, etc. Each purchase will include the matching ccaps that will be granted to the customer when they make the purchase. Then, you will be using conditionals. You can use the basic shortcodes like this:
[s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_ccap_Lesson1)]
Display the content for Lesson1.
[/s2If]

and repeat for other lessons.

2) A purchase is linked to a wordpress account, so that a user can login to wordpress and get access to all of the individual lessons they have purchased in the past?
(I am not sure how easy or hard this is to setup with s2member if it is even possible, or maybe this is the default?)

All the ccaps that a customer will have purchased will be added to his access. Beware that if a user purchases lessons afterward, they have to be logged in for the ccaps to be “recognized” and added (this seems to be a current limitation of s2M) so you might want to keep an eye on any purchase and check if the ccaps were added automatically, otherwise you can add them manually.

3) In addition to the above standard methods of purchase. A special type of premium monthly membership subscription which gives automatic access to all the individual lessons.

This is also easy. Since it would be a different “package”, i would suggest you then associate a ccap like “AllLessons” when someone purchases that premium, and then, in the conditionals to grant access to the pages, you can use this:

[s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_ccap_Lesson1) OR current_user_can(access_s2member_ccap_AllLessons)]
Display the content for Lesson1 which can be accessed by those who specifically purchased access to Lesson1 or those who purchase the premium package to include all the lessons.
[/s2If]

Hope it helps. If you have any other questions, don’t hesitate to ask.

A couple of questions here to help:

– do you have only one product/course that the members can register/pay for?
– do you have the option where the member might have a free registration before paying?

I have 18 workouts, after reaching the 18th workout the subscriber will over with workout 1, what I need to know is how do I grant acess to each individually using only one subscription and then recycle the same workouts.

Could you clarify this? do you mean that after workout 18 is over, the member goes back to workout 1 to recycle?