Cristián Lávaque

Cool. Let me know when you get entries in the logs, and post them here, x’ing out private info, please.

Yeah, it just logs under s2member-files data that can be helpful to solve problems.

But the user would have to have the WP capability to create posts in the first place. Or are you talking bbPress or BuddyPress?

Should note sometimes everything works swimmingly with new subscibers getting processed & registered automatically and some days it does not.

should i send you the log file?

Yeah, logs would be good. s2Member® » Private Contact Form

Do I need to create/replace new PayPal buttons would that help?

I’m not sure that they it would, but I’d still try it just in case.

I do not have another plug-in for anything Paypal or subscription related. So I’m not sure how to solve this issue:
http://www.thecontrariancorner.com/paymentreturn/paypalexpress

I’d contact PayPal to find out more details regarding this error. Is that the URL you have in your PayPal setting for the IPN? If so, update it to the s2Member one http://thecontrariancorner.com/?s2member_paypal_notify=1 If not, you need PayPal to explain where that’s coming from and how you can solve it.

OK After uplaoding the PHP file to the WP directory, open the file in your browser.
http://thecontrariancorner.com/?s2member_paypal_notify=1
into my browser get a blank page which i think is supposed to happen.

That’s the IPN URL. The server check tool’s PHP file is s2Member-check-my-server.php. So the URL to it is http://thecontrariancorner.com/s2Member-check-my-server.php and it seems fine, for the most part, just a warning about the memory limit. You can remove the server check tool once you’re done with it.

Ronnie, the PayPal Express Checkout button has to be that one, can’t be customized with another image. This is part of their terms.

The PayPal Standard buttons do allow this, though, but the pro-forms don’t work with that service.

If I use the accept=”paypal” the options to preselect a credit card, but the user is taken directly to express checkout.
This solves the SOLO issue as there is no preselecting :)

Cool. :)

You are correct. It is the S3Flowshield plugin that offers 30 days return policy. I bought these two plugins the same day, so – my bad! :)
How ever, I read in another post that you actually did/do refund people who bought this and could not use it at all with Proforms, so a thumbs up for that! I will how ever keep the plugin and not ask for a refund, as the pro forms do have some, but very limited, functionality for non-paypal pro customers (i.e. I can use express checkout, and users can create their own credentials when signing up).

Got ya.

Youre welcome. And like I said, Im looking forward to being able to use this for direct payment on our website – I can only hope its a priority with Jason and Co. to make this work with Paypal Website Payments etc.
I hope you also got something from this, as I am sure there will be other people like ourselves, who cannot get Paypal pro who will look for a solution. And the way I use the pro forms for express checkout is not the best in terms of ease of use for our customers, but it will suffice for now.

Yes, it’s important. In 2013 we’ll finish developing the new generation of s2Member, which will include a new API for payment gateways that’ll make it much simpler and powerful to integrate with new ones, so we can give more options for everyone.

Sounds great! :)

De nada! :)

And so i’ll just use %%ccaps%% in the email template and that’s it?

No, you’d have to pass the ccap in the [hilite mono]custom[/hilite] attribute, as a custom value after the domain name. Then you can use it with the replacement code for custom values, e.g. [hilite mono]%%cv1%%[/hilite].

Please read the documentation here: [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› General Options -› Email Configuration -> Admin New User Notification -> Custom Replacement Codes[/hilite]

Thanks. The shortcode looks okay. I’ll wait for the logs.

Thanks for the log entries.

5 => ‘Signup Confirmation Email sent to: “xxxxxx” ; “Webmaster” .’,

s2Member sent the email, so it’s a problem after that point. Either with the server’s SMTP, or with the deliverability, probably related to spam filters. Did you check the spam folder? If not there, then please try the tips in this article: Knowledge Base » Troubleshooting Email Delivery Problems

Thanks for the kudos! Very glad to help you. Let us know if you have more questions. :)

Hi George.

What versions of WP and s2Member Pro do you have?

ALso, I have no logs in the s2members-logs folder, just an .htaccess file

Make sure you have logging enabled, please. [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Options -› Account Details -› Logging[/hilite]

The log entries would help.

I see.

Could you enter your email address in the field for it in the Signup Notification and try a new signup test to see if you get the email and what values it includes for the replacement codes? [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Notifications -› Signup Notifications -> Email[/hilite]

By the way, how are you testing the signup? Actually purchasing while logged out as a customer would, or adding the user directly on the admin side?

I believe you can do something like that, but it’ll obviously require some customization to show the right buttons correctly depending on the user and his situation.

It is my first contact with S2member and I want to get things right.
I don’t know whether to set the buttons up as buy it now or subscriptions?

If instead of relying on an automatic payment, you’ll make the user do it manually, then I think it’ll be best to use buy-now transactions. These would also facilitate extending the paid access time automatically. [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Options -› Automatic EOT Behavior -> Fixed-Term Extensions ( auto-extend )[/hilite]

We have to setup S2 to copy the membership system of our organisation, as all of our non-digital administration is set up to process membership and renewals in this manner.

I recommend you read this article related to that: Knowledge Base » How to Migrate to s2Member Pro from Other Software.

When they try to login after membership expiry, a message such as “Your membership has expired. Please follow this link to our >Membership Options Page<”.

Well, if you have the Auto EOT Behavior set to demote, then he’d be at Level 0, so you can use a conditional that checks for that in your Login Welcome Page and if he’s at that level after having had a paid membership, which you can check with the paid registration time constant, then you could either redirect him to the Membership Options page, or just present him with a message to that effect right in the Login Welcome page, which may be best, in my opinion.

Once they have then made their selection from the 3 x payment level options (Full, Associate or Student), they will need to be presented with their account details and only be allowed to pay once they have placed a tick in the checkbox, declaring that they are correct and agreeing to our terms.

Well, s2Member doesn’t have this capability, but you could implement it yourself. When you show the user the button/link to extend/renew his membership, you could first present him with a his profile and have him review and save, before forwarding him to the payment page.

For the profile page, this may help you: [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Scripting -› Member Profile Modifications[/hilite]

This needs to happen both at initial registration and at subsequent renewals.

For the initial one, i.e. registration, using the pro-form would include the profile fields to register, as well as payment options. Once logged in, though, the pro-form doesn’t include registration, so the profile fields aren’t shown.

For new fields in the profile, you can use s2Member’s custom profile fields. [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› General Options -› Registration/Profile Fields[/hilite]

We also need to set the membership renewal date to 1st Jan for all memberships. I have found this thread containing code which seems to allow a set membership expiry date:

Right. It’d take a bit of PHP with conditionals to set those times. You could do it in the shortcode itself to adjust the time of access he’s purchasing (Knowledge Base » Using variables in a shortcode), or in a hack to set the specific date, as you saw in that post you linked to.