Eduan

Glad I was able to help Matthew. :)

Hello Michael,

Hmm… Do you have URI restrictions enabled? The only way to block the homepage with s2Member is using URI restrictions. Look for a ‘/’ or anything that includes the URL of your website’s homepage.

– Eduan

Hello there,

Do you recommend a good site to find good freelance help?

Yes, I forgot to mention that. I suggest jobs.wordpress.net, if you want to use WordPress for this. Or freelancer.com or elance.com.

For example a guild wants to have one page with links to forms and minutes that only they can get, when I give them a username and password. Can I set up each one with their own username and password and only allow them to go to that one (or two) pages? Or perhaps have one username and password for the group and then change that password each year as membership is due?

Yes you can do this, the only problem with this is that s2Member still doesn’t think in groups, only thinks per user. So if all the users use the same account then it’s no problem. Just remember to change your IP restriction settings (Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Restriction Options -› Unique IP Access Restrictions).

And since you have the pro version, you can use free registration pro-forms, even to offer paid levels, for free.

– Eduan

I was gonna say, why don’t you use a fourth level? So what level 0 does will become level 1, level 1 will become level 2, level 2 will become level 3, and level 3 will become level 4. Basically move everything up a level.

That way, you can do it so that the user’s get demoted to level 0, and you just gotta show a different button to level 0, which doesn’t offer the trial.

Am I making myself clear? Or did I make it too confusing?

Hello Jeremy,

I’m afraid it’s hard to know. It all depends on the player really. :/

You would need to check JWPlayer’s, or whatever player you’re using’s documentation.

– Eduan

Hello Nick,

I’m not entirely sure, but I believe yes. I don’t think s2Member provides any way of keeping track of this.

Could you give me a rundown of what levels you offer and what you do to give them to the user? I might be able to offer a work-around. :)

– Eduan

Hello Bill,

1) The Pro Forms are only accessible to paid subscribers, correct?

Yes, you need the pro version of s2Member in order to use pro-forms. But it’s not a subscription, it’s a one-time deal. :)

2) I tried creating a ‘regular’ paypal-hosted button before, but after the transaction when I was returned to the Web site, I got an error message from s2Member. Did I do something wrong?

When you say PayPal hosted you mean that you generated it over at PayPal? If so you need to follow these instructions in order for those buttons to work correctly with s2Member: Knowledge Base » Using PayPal created buttons

Also, we can’t be sure what the problem is if you do not provide us with the error that you got. :)

– Eduan

Hello Kevin,

That sounds like that pro-form you’re trying to use is a modification form/ Those only work if the user is already registered. Make sure you’re using a regular pro-form.

– Eduan

No problem. :)

Hello there,

Could you please post the hack that you are using? So that I may make sure that it’s correct? Thanks. :)

These last two parameters do the following (from what I understand):

s2member_seeking=page-21

Tells the membership options page from which page the user came before being blocked.

s2member_level_req=1

Tells the membership options page the level that the user requires to access the previous page, which is defined by the value above.

These are only helpful if you use the MOP variables (Membership Options Page variables), which you can find under Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Scripting -› Membership Options Page Variables (MOP Vars).

Here’s a post by Cristián on how to remove them:
http://www.s2member.com/forums/topic/clean-url/#post-29254

– Eduan

I couldn’t find anything out of the normal without it. Could you please try these common troubleshooting tips: Knowledge Base » Common Troubleshooting Tips

Also, make sure you are following the instructions in this article: Knowledge Base » Don't mix www and without

Hope this helps. :)

No problem, that’s how you learn. :)