cassel

I see. I don’t think that is possible as it is not targeting the “paying client”, but I have been wrong in the past and maybe someone more knowledgeable of the programming under the hood might know of a way to get around it.

Sorry I could not help more.

Ok, maybe something like this would work?

[s2If !is_user_logged_in()]
 If you are looking for your particular account information, please, log in.
 [/s2If] 

[s2If is_user_logged_in() AND !current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)]
post the basic information accessible to anyone LOGGED IN, but without the proper access for paying members
 [/s2If] 
[s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)]
post the rest  of the information for paying member.
 [/s2If]

I have a site with courses and I think that with a little tweak, you might be able to achieve at least the first 2.

1- I would suggest you use an auto-responder, like MailChimp or aWeber (I am just familiar with MC) and have a sequence of emails ready and sent at specific time for the students, based on their registration.

2- You can create a “fake” account page where you will be listing all the courses the student is registered in, and using some conditionals, you can have those links active, while those for the courses they have not registered, hidden. I don’t think it can be dynamic enough to send them to the specific lesson they have reached, if there are say, 12 lessons.

3- I am really not sure how it could be done within s2M. I am not saying it cannot be done, but unless the student can do something that would trigger a ccap or something like that, I am not sure.

Maybe someone more knowledgeable might be able to fill in the blanks for you.
Good luck.

I am not 100% sure but I don’t think it is possible out of the box with s2M, however, I saw a hack that could be close to what you are looking for (I never used it, I just read about it, so I might be totally off)

http://krumch.com/2013/07/09/kc-groups-management/?ap_id=Cassel

Would that work? If it is close to what you need but not exactly, you can always ask the programmer to tweak it for you. It is fairly expensive but I think it was meant mostly for large companies, so it might not suit your need either. But it is free to look! ;)

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• This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by  cassel.

Depending on the content you have on all those pages, you might be able to use the Custom Capabilities for each Item/Level combo, and use a single page and protect the content with conditionals. So you could have everyone return to the same page and have the links or content visible only to those with the proper ccaps.

Another option is with the s2Member Pro, where you can assign a success variable:

success=”” Success Return URL (optional). s2Member handles this automatically for you. However, if you would prefer to take control over the landing page after checkout (i.e. your own custom Thank-You Page), you can. If supplied, this must be a full URL, starting with http://. Your Success Return URL is only applied to (new) Customers.

Hope it helps.

IN MC, first of all, you will need the paid version (the auto-responder is not part of the free package).

If you have only one product/course, the time of registration can be the time the member is added to the list, which would be done automatically. If not, then you would have to create a merge tag and add the date manually.

Then, to create the auto-responder, you will just click on Auto-responder (instead of Campaign), type in your email, and in the scheduling settings, you can choose when you want it. In my case, the initial subscription is for 30 months, so I choose to send the email 80 days after the date in Course1. If the initial period was say, one year, you can choose to send after 235 days, and so on.

I have been waiting for that functionality in s2M for over 2 years now, so I am not sure how close they are to release something.

This has been in the works for MANY months now. Personally, what I have been doing is create an auto-responder in MailChimp based on the registration date (since it does not REALLY use the EOT in MC) and send a notification 2 weeks prior to the EOT. In my case, it is to let them know that the automatic monthly payment will be starting soon (after they purchase a 3 months subscription).

It is not the best method, but a workaround for the time being.

I am using that method with s2M. I simply wrap the download link inside the conditional shortcode so ONLY those with the correct ccap can see the link, so it is protected. It is not accessible to the public.

The page already exists here: http://scrapbookcampus.com/wp-login.php?action=register
so that section is to format it as it is already on your site.

What I did before I had the pro version, I simply put a button on the page, and linked to that particular page.
And if you need a button to ONLY login, then here is the link: http://scrapbookcampus.com/wp-login.php?

Would that help?

I am not sure about the menus. I only use one, and I put all the categories in it. If a whole category is supposed to be protected, I keep it there (it makes a little advertisement for me) and if someone is clicking on it, then they can either be redirected to the Membership Option page, or have a little sale pitch determined with some conditionals (so if the person has the proper ccap, they see the content, if not, they get a sale pitch).

Would that work for you?

You might want to add something on top saying “Is this not the page you were looking for? If so, it probably was because you tried to access a protected page.”

What I like to do is NOT protect the pages with the ccaps on that top right box, but instead, using a conditional so that IF the user has the correct ccap, they will see the content, but otherwise, I give them a little pitch about the content, so they can either register or purchase. Here is one example:
http://scrapbookcampus.com/master-classes/framed-with-psp/
If you have the correct ccap, you will see the video and be able to download it, and download the handout, but otherwise, you get the “sale pitch” for it. After all, if someone clicked the link to that particular content, they might just be interested enough to register/purchase.

Just an idea for a possible workaround.

This is exactly what I am doing right now for an event that is spread over a month and I want BW images to appear until a specific tutorial is “released”, then it will turn to color with a link. It is soooo versatile.

Did you get your system set up?