Cristián Lávaque

=> It results I see a new form as if my member where not logged and yet registered !
I see the “Create Profile” and “Billing choice” etc… form fields !
And when I click the submit button below => it reloads the webpage, nothing run to Paypal…

That’s weird. Could you show me a screenshot?

You may be having a JavaScript conflict… Could you try the plugin/theme conflict tests again? Knowledge Base » Common Troubleshooting Tips

Are you trying to use more than one pro-form in the same page? If so, that’d be causing trouble, you shouldn’t have more than one in the same page.

I wanted a reader to be able to access this url and see at least this eg title, excerpt etc but if they want to see more they are taken to the subscription page.

I suppose this might be something covered by shortcodes but adding shortcodes to every post would be too onerous. Are there php commands I can add into the template which protect content but not tile and excerpt?

Right, you need to use shortcodes in the post’s body instead of protecting the whole post with an access restriction that’d cause a redirection to the Membership Options Page.

To apply this to every post, I guess you’d have to edit the post’s template, editing the content to wrap it with the conditonal, or whatever customization you want. http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_content

However, I still have an issue which I would be grateful if you could explain. If s2 is protecting the permalink of the post how does a search engine obtain the detail required to index the post and what is the permalink it gives to the post so that someone who searches for an article can find it on the site if only in an archive view, for example? Thanks for the clarification.

If the post is restricted so users can’t access it, neither will search engines have access to it. If you don’t add Alternative Views restrictions, then the post will be listed in archives and home page. The post’s content will be displayed in full there, or until the “more” tag if you use it. http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/more-tag/

Can you think of a quick way I can remove the category restriction and bulk set a membership level for the posts I have removed from category restriction?

Just remove the category’s ID from the Category Restriction and save. [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Restriction Options -› Category Access Restrictions[/hilite]

If the post is still restricted after that, check if it isn’t also being restricted by the Post, Tag or URI restrictions. [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Restriction Options[/hilite]

1. why isn’t it showing up in Google as a post in its own right?

Because the post is protected and Google could not index it, since the bot got redirected to the Membership Options Page.

3. a basic flaw in S2 because every article needs to have its own indexation by the search engines and not just appear in a category or tag archive.
4. what is the point of using SEO plugin on a protected post?
5. How can this situation be improved?

Posts may need to be completely hidden in some sites, and having them indexed is not desirable, especially because the content would then be in the search engine’s cache and accessible without paying/registering in your site for it.

If you want to protect the post but have part of the content visible, then you’d have to use conditionals in the post itself to show what you want to show and hide what you want to hide, and the bot would be able to land on the post without being redirected.

Thanks, got the password and could login.

I did several tests hunting down the problem and finally found it. I fixed it in your installation and will let Jason know what it was so he can update the article.

Please remove all the accounts I created doing this. :P

Thanks for the update! I’m glad you could solve it. Let us know if you need anything else. :)

Hi Bryan.

You could query members with those s2Member Level roles using [hilite mono]get_users[/hilite]. http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_users

For example:

And you can change the role dynamically based on the current user’s role. [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Scripting -› Advanced PHP Conditionals[/hilite]

I hope that helps. :)

Hi Christian.

The s2Member reCAPTCHA integration is for the pro-forms only. [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› General Options -› CAPTCHA Anti-Spam Security[/hilite]

CAPTCHA Anti-Spam Security (for s2Member Pro Forms)

Please note. s2Member does NOT introduce a CAPTCHA (i.e. a challenge-response), into any core feature for WordPress®. We’ve excluded this functionality on purpose, because many site owners prefer to use a more comprehensive CAPTCHA plugin that encompasses all aspects of their site. We recommend this one. However, s2Member Pro Forms for PayPal® Pro and Authorize.Net® (including Free Registration Forms) CAN be configured with s2Member, to use Google’s reCAPTCHA™ service (which is free). Just add this Attribute to your Pro Form Shortcode: captcha=”clean”.

You can create a registration page using the free registration pro-form found here: [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Pro Forms -› Free Registration Forms[/hilite].

I hope that helps. :)

Thanks Martin.

Could you try this?

[[s2Member-Pro-PayPal-Form level="1" ccaps="dm101" desc="Digital Marketing 101 for Ebooks - Course fee (includes 4 months access)" ps="paypal" lc="" cc="USD" dg="0" ns="1" custom="digitalpublishing101.com" ta="0" tp="0" tt="D" ra="147" rp="4" rt="M" rr="BN" rrt="" rra="2" accept="paypal" accept_via_paypal="paypal" coupon="" accept_coupons="1" default_country_code="" captcha="0" /]]

And remove the [hilite code]display: none !important;[/hilite] style. s2Member doesn’t display that block anymore when PayPal is the only option. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/s2member/changelog/

From v121201:
(s2Member Pro) Feature Enhancement. s2Member Pro Forms integrated ONLY with PayPal Express Checkout ([hilite mono]accept="paypal" accept_via_paypal="paypal"[/hilite]), will no longer display a Billing Method section on the Pro Form, as it’s not necessary (there’s only one possible option in this case, and it’s already depicted by the PayPal button at the bottom of the Pro Form). Many site owners had implemented CSS hacks to hide this section of a Pro Form configured this way, based on this FAQ article. This hack is no longer necessary – starting with this release.

That said, there’s definitely a JavaScript conflict causing the pro-form to fail. Try typing different passwords in the password fields, the strength indicator doesn’t change at all.

Did you really deactivate every plugin and the theme, and refreshed the page with the pro-form and test after each? If you did, did you also test with a clean installation of WordPress with just s2Member to see if you could reproduce the problem?

I looked at the Console in Firefox while loading the page and there are some JS warnings, but there was also an error in a line of JS at the bottom of the page, for stats.

[18:40:41.049] ReferenceError: st_go is not defined @ http://digitalpublishing101.com/resources/signup-for-digital-marketing-101/:876

Not sure if that’s what’s causing the conflict, but it’s worth investigating.

I hope that helps!

Thanks for the update! I’m glad you found the problem. :)

Hi Warwick.

I know that s2Member restrictions don’t become active if the Membership Options Page has not been set. I’m not sure if it applies to the Brute Force restriction too, but it’s possible. Have you set that page? [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› General Options -› Membership Options Page[/hilite]

I’ll ask Jason about this.

I am just confused on how the system keeps track of subscriptions when it is done externally.

The subscr. ID is stored in the user’s profile, so that when the payment gateway sends notifications for that ID, s2Member will know what user it belongs to.

Do I just have the user sign up for an account then go to a separate page to purchase a subscription? I would rather have it done all on one page.

With pro-forms you can do it either way. You can have users register first and then, later or immediately, while logged in upgrade making a payment. Or you can use the pro-form to have the person register the account and do the payment right then. [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Authorize.Net® Pro Forms[/hilite]

Hi David.

You put [hilite mono]the_ID()[/hilite] inside single quotes, so it’s a string, not a function call.

Hey, that’s great news! I’m glad you solved it. Thanks for the update. :)