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Could you consider having like three buttons that are simply redirecting to 3 different pages where the appropriate form will be displayed? That would only mean one extra click for the user.

There might be a way with a drop down or something but I have never used it so I am only mentioning something I am familiar with. Maybe someone else can give you other information too do things with only the dropdown.

I might not have the complete answer for you, but I can share my own experience.
I am using Amazon S3 for storing the videos because of the total space it would take on my server. The cost of Amazon is usually under $5/month and it is pay as you use, so some months, I pay only around $2.

I am not 100% sure how to insert the code to have the video play from Amazon because I am using Easy Video Suite. That program is a bit pricey, especially if you are looking at a very low cost solution, however, it makes it really EASY (hence the name). Once configured, you drag and drop your video into their application, and it converts it and stores it on Amazon for you. Then, it generates a code for you to just insert into your post. I am sure there should be a way to do it directly (but I have about 200 video tutorials, so “easy” is good for me).

Someone more knowledgeable might come with a REAL answer to your inquiry.

Both shortcodes are similar, but notice the second one has a !, which means “not”.

You can find more ways to use conditionals under s2Member > API Scripting and I took that information under the “Simple/shortcode conditionals”.

I have a site where I also sell workshops, which include videos, and downloadable documents. You can simply use Custom Capabilities (ccaps) assigned to each workshop and sell them as a “buy now” offer.

I have monthly workshop and each of them has its own ccaps, like “waug2013”, “wsep2013”, but I could have given them a more descriptive name if I wanted. It was just easier for me to go with dates, but you can use whatever you want.

For the levels, a member who has purchased something like that would likely be at level 1. I don’t use levels for my workshops as they would be “incremental”, making anyone at level 2 able to see the content of level 1, but with ccaps, you can restrict the access to only someone who has that ccap, no matter the level.

For the multiple payments, I am not sure if making a recurring payment for 3 times would work. It might. However, since there can only be ONE subscription at the time, you might run into issues. I don’t know if there is a way, through Paypal to get 3 instalment payments. I am pretty sure s2M does not do it, other than through a “membership”.

Good luck.

My guess is that you can create 6 different buttons (one for each available membership) and the user can just click the one they want to purchase.

The user will be sent back to the site, after the transaction, to create their account, if they don’t already have one.
If you have open registration allowed, then the member won’t be redirected to create an account (they already have one).

Would that address your situation?

You should be able to do that very easily. On my site, I have ONE subscription available, but a ton of single “buy now” courses too. I love using ccaps and conditionals. I tend to prefer that from the Page Restriction, because it allows me to “sell” my courses more than just redirecting the visitor to the same page.

In my site, I will have a sale pitch and the class on the same page: if you are not logged in, or if you don’t have the required ccap, you will see the sale pitch with the Buy now button; if you are logged in and with the required ccap, then you will see the video and have access to the download, while the sale pitch is hidden.

It is very simple and can even be done with the free version so you can try it before you purchase the pro version.

I am not a support person in here, but if I wanted to do that, I would offer two buttons, and the visitor will click the button they want, and since you can use the graphic you want, one button might say “Monthly” and the other “Yearly”. Each button code can be generated by s2M in the same way.

Then, you will be able to use the conditionals to display the DOWNLOAD buttons where only logged in members (with the correct credentials) will see the button.

I think it would be pretty straightforward. Good luck.

Hope it all works out. Krum is fantastic to work with!

Apologies, Allan. It was referring to the wrong product. I had worked with Krum on something like you asked, at the same time he worked on this hack.

Here is the “correct” answer I should have shared. You can set the time when something will show to the public. I have used that in the past, although it was not on a post, but on content inside a page, so I am not 100% sure it will display the whole post the way you want. I am not a programmer (which is why Krum does that for me). Here is a sample, as I used it, to show some content on an daily basis.

<?php if date("Ymd") == 20121021 { ?>
    <img src="http://scrapbookcampus.com/Images/PlaidPaper1.jpg" border="0">
<?php } ?> 
<?php if date("Ymd") == 20121022 { ?>
    <img src="http://scrapbookcampus.com/Images/Paperclip.jpg" border="0">
<?php } ?>

So this is a code where I set it so the first image displayed while it was October 21st, 2012, then on the 22nd, another image was to be displayed, and so on.

For your need, you might want to add your text inside something like this:

<?php if date("Ymd") > 20121021 { ?>
    put the content in here
<?php } ?> 

Maybe this can help you get the exact coding you need?

And for the affiliate link, first, it was the wrong one, but mostly, I use the affiliate link to only track the sales but NOT to get a commission.

Hope it helps.

I think you can use replacement codes to include the specific name of the particular product purchased, but I don’t think you can create a different email for different product. I tried to use conditionals in the past and it has not worked. I don’t know if there is a newer method to achieve that. Hopefully, someone more knowledgable will come in.

I am not sure if it is exactly what you need, but i created a “My account” page where i used conditionals to display names of courses the user has purchased. So, although it LOOKS like a page just for the particular user, once they are logged in, the page will determine their level and ccaps and such, to display what the user has purchased.

It does not have actual specific information for the user, like storing their passwords, or registration key, or something like that though.

It is just a cheat to look like a personal account page.

It is a question that has been asked often and a request often repeated. I think they are looking into it for the next major release of s2M, but this major release has eluded us for many many months now, so that is why i asked Krum if something could be developped (and he did!).