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Aaron, is it possible that you are using your admin account? the admin account will automatically send you to the admin dashboard when you log in. Maybe you can create another account with a different email address that you can use to test “actual” non-admin members?

I usually work with two separate browsers, with two different accounts. That way, i can work on the dashboard with my admin account and still see what a non-logged in or other ‘regular’ member would see.

I am not sure if this would be helpful for you but i am in the process of creating something like that for my site. I created a “My Account” page that is linked on top of all the pages of the site, as long as the member is logged in.

Then, i plan on using conditionals to display all the courses and content the member is allowed to access, complete with the links. I am hoping i can also add other information specifically using variables.

Maybe something like that would be possible for you, giving the member, the impression of a unique page for them with all the information specific to their account?

Just thought it might be one solution for you.

If i remember, the coupons are only available with the Pro-form (at least until now).

Yes, there is a special hack as a third party product. It is a dripped content hack that goes by ccaps so a member can actually have dripping content for several concurrent courses/content based on the time of transaction for that particular course/content.

There is a post about it here: http://www.s2member.com/forums/topic/ccap-drip-timer-drip-multiple-courses/

This hack was developped by my programmer and he is available also to make tweaks if you need some.

Oh. LOAD213 was an affiliate product i mentioned in one blog post. My whole site is based on s2M.

The Calendar Making Class is available through ccaps. The registration on the right is done through an outside plugin that will take the MC registration and create an account in s2M automatically, and the class content is only available if you are logged in (thus, registered). You can try it, it is free.

The Courses > Basic Scrap and Courses > Element Creation will auto-redirect you to the sale page if you have not yet purchased it, but if you have purchased it, you get the index of the lessons. In addition, if you have purchased the class, it adds a dripping feature that i integrated through a hack that can be purchased from my programmer.

The Master Classes are accessible also at different levels: the latest one is viewable if you are logged in. If you are not logged in, you get the sale pitch. If you are logged in and have not purchased the Master Class, you get the streaming video and a sale pitch for the complete class, if you have purchased the complete class, you also get the downloadable link and the guidebook. For previous presentation it is either you bought it (so you see it) or you didn’t (so you see the sale pitch).

If you have any question, just let me know.

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

I am not sure if you can work this for different websites or not.

I am using these ccaps and the shortcodes i included above are just a basic idea but it can be expanded and the viewers might not see what is going on behind the scene. I would suggest you check out the API/Scripting > Simple/Shortcode conditionals for the many options you can have.

You can limit some content to those logged in or not.
You can limit the content based on their level.
You can limit the content based on the ccaps (which is what i explained above)
You can limit based on a combination of conditions.

Did you watch the video on the Custom Capabilities? It is listed just at the bottom of this page.

Yes, you can do that with conditionals and Custom Capabilities. Assuming you set a custom capability (ccap) called “video1” that has the protected content, you can have this code:

[s2If !current_user_can(access_s2member_ccap_video1)]
    Put information about the "video1" content (or any other information you want to share with those who didn't purchase the "video1" ccap
[/s2If]
[s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_ccap_video1)]
    Put the content to be accessible to those who purchased the "video1" content
[/s2If]

It is very easy and very flexible.

There is a hack for that. You can read more about it here:
http://www.s2member.com/forums/topic/ccap-clock-timer-perfect-for-magazines/

I am using it for workshops and it works perfectly.