Eduan

A Directory: Pages where a visitor to a website can see the names and selected details of registered users who have asked to be included in such a searchable list. Probably also organised in categories (see connections plugin for the gist of something like this)

Ah I see. So you mean like a list of users, in other words. It’s true it’s on the works for the next generation of s2Member. However I’ve heard of users that use other plugins to do this for you. Can’t say I remember any of them though. :/

Custom fields: Additional data about registered users some of which may be included in the directory. As I have posted over the last year the spec I have includes about 35 custom fields (or columns). This makes me very wary about adding it to the current S2member custom field handling because of the way the such ‘extra’ data is currently mashed together.

I see. Well, this is already implemented in s2Member, however as you said it’s being improved on in the next generation of s2Member.

What do you find unsatisfactory about it, I wonder? Pretty sure with one plugin that lists all the users other s2Member users have been able to list all the users in their website, however I’m not so sure about displaying the values of those fields…

– Eduan

Hello David,

Could you explain what you mean? I opened that link but it’s not clear to me what it achieves.
Could you please explain it (as you understand it) so that we may answer. :)

Thanks!
– Eduan

Hmm…

It seems… Did you set your login welcome page as the home page?

Hello Laeon,

Could you please describe what you’re asking for? What do you mean with “directory mode”? And what would the custom fields be for?

I can’t seem to make sense out of it. :/
Perhaps you could refer to a thread that refers to this?

– Eduan

Not sure. :/

It’s very probable that it’s because the custom fields are not “protected” by WordPress. To the other fields I believe it’s actually WordPress the one that adds those styles.

In any case, this is known to be caused by your theme, one way to test that is to temporarily change to the default WordPress theme (TwentyTwelve) and see if the problem disappears.

If it does disappear then it means your theme is causing the problem. If it doesn’t then please try these common trouble shooting tips (all of them): Knowledge Base » Common Troubleshooting Tips

– Eduan

Ah I see.

Are you sure you don’t have anything set in the URI restrictions? Which you can find under Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Restriction Options -› URI Access Restrictions BTW.

If you have nothing set there then I don’t know what might be causing the problem. Have you tried these common troubleshooting tips?
Knowledge Base » Common Troubleshooting Tips

– Eduan

I read this now. :)
I’m sorry if I came off as rude, it wasn’t my intention. I now realize “live with it” can come off as “deal with it, not my problem”, and that is quite rude. I assure you, these were not my intentions. :)

Thanks for handling this Jason, learned some new stuff. :)

Also, Ronnie, the ability to edit this extra 24 hours to your own custom amount is already being worked on for the next release of s2Member. :)

– Eduan

I’m afraid there isn’t. :/

You see, currently, if you restrict a post with a level 1 for example, even if he has specific post/page access to it, it wouldn’t work, because the user has to be a level 1 as well.

Same the other way around, if the page/post is protected with specific post/page access, then even if the user is a level 1 user, he wouldn’t be able to access it, because he also needs the specific post page access. :/

Also, I’m not familiar with any other membership software besides s2Member, so I can’t really give you any advice for them.

– Eduan

No problem! Glad I was able to help. :)

Hello Elayne,

Have you checked this article?:
Knowledge Base » How to Migrate to s2Member Pro from Other Software

Also, don’t be hasty with the support. :)
s2Member® » Support Policy

– Eduan

Hello Bill,

One thing you could do is make special posts/pages with those buttons and protect those pages with specific post/page access, which you can find under Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Restriction Options -› Specific Post/Page Access Restrictions.

Once you do that, inside those posts/pages you would put the different special buttons, there would be one page for each button.

And then you just give it to your special customers generating links so that they can access those specific posts/pages without paying. You would generate these links under Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Buttons -› Specific Post/Page Access Links.

– Eduan

Here’s what Jason answered:

Actually that setting DOES restrict all areas of the admin panel, as an added layer of security. So while WordPress® will already restrict most administrative areas, enabling this option will redirect people away from the profile editing pages and over to their Login Welcome Page instead. The same redirection occurs anytime a User/Member attempts to access any URL that is administrative — regardless of what they attempt to access in the admin panel.

Hello Ronnie,

This feature has been suggested many times in the past, and so it is also being implemented in the next generation of s2Member.

However, currently, if you want this functionality you will need to implement some kind of hack, like this hack by Bruce:
http://www.s2member.com/forums/topic/setting-up-eot-notifications/

– Eduan