Eduan

Sorry for the delay. He told me to point you to this KBA:
http://www.s2member.com/kb/idev-s2-commission-tracking/

He also said the following:

Ok if I’m not mistaken S2 updated their later releases to not require that link to be clicked. I’d check with them on that. As for the terminate commission I believe I’ve seen that from other customers in the past and again I believe it was resolved as a bug in later releases of S2. I’d check with them to see what version you should be running to resolve both.

The “Advanced” method discussed in that article does NOT require this link to be clicked. Even w/ the Easy method explained in that KB article; the link in an email (which is VERY important btw); still is not the ONLY way to complete checkout. s2Member makes every effort to return the customer to a registration form immediately after checkout; and the email is simply a backup in case the customer got lost somewhere along the way to completing checkout in the normal/intended flow of things.

In either case, the Advanced method works completely behind-the-scene and does not require any user interaction (other than to complete a sale) in one way or another.

I would also recommend s2Member Pro Forms over simple Buttons; so that registration/checkout occur together at the same time, instead of the multi-step process associated with Button transactions.

– Eduan

Ah so you’ve been doing this stuff through a cPanel or through the command line? You should do this stuff through the command line (aka terminal BTW)…

You would change permissions with sudo chmod 755 wp-config.php wp-content wp-content/cache and you would change user with sudo chown [your unix username] wp-config.php wp-content wp-content/cache.

Again, this is through the command line/terminal.

– Eduan

Is it possible to auto-upgrade members to level 1
the first time they log in to their members area ?

I’m afraid not. :/

You’ll have to brew a little hack to do this.

– Eduan

Hello Alex,

Are you using the HTML or the shortcode version of the buttons?

If you’re using the shortcode version, are you using button encryption? You can check under Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Options -› Account Details.

– Eduan

Hello Kevin,

I’m afraid this is not possible. If a user can fill a field he can also see it.

There will probably be a plugin somewhere to do this though…

I want to point out that you can stop the user from editing it, but you can’t hide it from his view.

– Eduan

Hello Gabriel,

Well you can hide this forgot your password thing with CSS or you can remove it thoroughly by removing it from the code itself.

– Eduan

Ah, I’m afraid that for this you will have to install another (heavy) plugin. Something along the lines of BuddyPress (if not BuddyPress).

– Eduan

Hello Scott,

Could you please try all of these common trouble shooting tips:
Knowledge Base » Common Troubleshooting Tips

– Eduan

Hello Demian,

To disable the display name you will have to modify WordPress itself I’m afraid. Although it’s not necessary.

If the user wishes, using this value, he can appear as his username, his name, a pretty version of his username, etc. So I wouldn’t hide this value in any case. :)

– Eduan

Hello Jordan,

It is in the works. :)

A beta version of the next generation of s2Member should be available later this year, the full release will include this. :)

– Eduan

Hello Marc,

There’s subscriber modification buttons (Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Buttons -› Subscr. Modification Buttons) and subscription cancellation buttons (Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Buttons -› Subscr. Cancellation Buttons), as well as pro-forms of course. :)

You can use the first to upgrade or downgrade level(s). The latter to, of course, completely cancel a subscription. :)

– Eduan

What seems to be the problem with the email field Vincent? I can’t seem to find anything obviously wrong with it…

– Eduan

Glad you solved your problem Kevin. :)
Thanks for reporting back too. ;)