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For Membership Options Page redirects via PHP, we recommend this solution.

I tested my example with Chrome on a Mac, so it definitely works. If you’re having issues with the credit card radio buttons not showing up, that would indicate that your theme is causing problems with s2Member’s CSS, overriding it somehow. I recommend trying to switch to the default WordPress theme (e.g., TwentyEleven) and seeing if that fixes the problem.

In the code sample I linked to you, you’re simply replacing the original text (i.e, “Thank you! ( you MUST check your email before proceeding ).” and translating it into whatever you want to replace it with (i.e., “Thank you! Please check your email for the next steps.”. The linked sample was just changing a message about coupon codes.

This method of changing front-end messages is only used when there is no other option. The specific message you’re trying to modify is hard-coded into the software, so changing it requires using a bit of PHP code.

Another option, if you’re using s2Member Pro, is to use the success=”” attribute inside your button and/or form shortcodes. The success=”” attribute allows you to specify a URL that the user should be redirected to after a successful payment. That way, you can create a page that describes the next steps in your own words. (See Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Buttons -› Shortcode Attributes (Explained)). I’m not entirely sure how you’ve got things set up, but this may be an option.

The Pro-Forms do not have any options for adding upsells, but you could certainly do this with a bit of custom code. All of the Pro-Forms have shortcode attributes that allow you to dynamically configure them (see this thread), so you could offer other things as part of your registration process and if the new user clicks on those things, send them to a new Pro-Form pre-configured with the new options.

Hi Ryan,

Thanks for the KUDOS! :)

We are indeed hard at work on the next major release of the software, which we plan to build in support for other payment gateways. We’re very close to the beta-phase, but we don’t have a release date set yet. We’ll be sure to make an announcement as soon as we do! Thanks for your patience.

To get things working on the iPad, you need to get the fallback options working.

If you’re having trouble configuring the videos for fallback, I suggest trying this shortcode plugin that another s2Member user created.

Hi Bruno,

Unfortunately we don’t have a tutorial for adding custom payment gateways. The process is not easy and requires programming experience and knowledge of how both s2Member works and how the new gateway works. Other users on the forum have created custom payment gateways for s2Member (I cannot recall who; you might want to try searching the forum), so it’s certainly possible.

If you’re not comfortable with PHP programming, we recommend posting your job on jobs.wordpress.net, or if the new payment processor is offering to do the integration themselves, then that might be another option. All of the s2Member source code is available, so you can look at the code for the existing gateways to understand how they work.

Yes, you should be able to use the Upgrade to Level 1 form for a Level 1 subscriber to modify their Custom Capabilities.

Yes, it sounds like that could be the issue.

Have you modified any of the s2Member files?

What was the error message you received about users-list-in.inc.php?

Also please download this Server Check Tool, upload the PHP file to your WordPress directory, and then load the URL to the file in your browser. It will run a bunch of tests to determine if there’s anything amiss on the server-side.

No problem. I’m happy that I was able to clarify things. :)

Hi Jeremy,

How do I then program in hundreds or thousands of unique, one-time-use only coupon codes that will be recognizable and give one month free, after which regular monthly or annual recurring payments resume?

The s2Member Pro-Coupon codes are not designed to be programmatically added, so you would need to create a set of unique codes and then copy/paste them into the Pro-Coupons box. If you have hundreds or thousands of these to create, it may be worthwhile to create your own coupon system that allows you to dynamically generate coupon codes and then dynamically configure the Pro-Form based on your own coupon code.

What happens if a coupon code holder already has an ongoing membership – will the trial amount discount add a month onto their Automatic EOT time?

The s2Member Pro-Coupons apply initial/trial amounts to the beginning of a subscription. So, if you have a recurring subscription of $10/month and a new member signs up with a coupon that offers the first month at $1 and then recurring months at $10/month, they will pay $1 for the first month, and then be charged $10/month thereafter.

If that same member uses a billing modification form (Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Pro Forms -› Billing Modification Forms) to upgrade their account, and they use another coupon, the same thing happens: the discount is applied to the immediate checkout.

How would I offer the free month with the option of no recurring billing after the month is over?

The Pro-Coupons cannot be used to offer free accounts due to limitations enforced by PayPal. If you want to offer free accounts, you’ll need to use the Free Registration form (Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Pro Forms -› Free Registration Forms). If you want to set up a voucher-code type access to the Free Registration form, please see Offering a Free Coupon Code (100% Discount), or you can do a Free Registration w/ Trial Offer.

That would indicate that something you’re doing is corrupting your PayPal button code. How are you generating the PayPal button? Are you copying/pasting the s2Member-generated shortcode or are you using HTML?

Could you please copy/paste one of the button codes here for us to see?

Hi Todd,

s2Member does not have any directory features. All of the s2Member members are essentially WordPress users, so any WordPress plugins that create directory-type functionality should, in theory, work with s2Member. You might even want to check out BuddyPress to see if that would work for your scenario.