Raam Dev

Hi Ken,

You can configure the number of downloads allowed per Level by configuring the Basic Download Restrictions (Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Download Options -› Basic Download Restrictions).

s2Member does not currently provide a historical report of which files have been downloaded nor does it limit the number of downloads per file; downloads are restricted based on the overall number of downloads allowed per level, per day.

Does that answer your question?

Hi Natasha,

All of this is possible with s2Member, but your business rules will require several customizations to s2Member to get things set up the way you described.

Setting things up so that members sign up in advance and only get charged on the 1st of the month would require writing some PHP code that calculates the numbers of days remaining unti the end of the month and then applies that number to the signup button as a trial days (effectively not charging them until the 1st). You can read more about this here.

The thing to keep in mind with s2Member levels is that levels are cumulative. That means someone with Level 3 access will have access to everything given to Level 1 and Level 2. If you’re looking to create separate courses where the content is unique to each group, then we recommend using one level with multiple Custom Capabilities (you could also use multiple levels, but you’d need to make sure each level has unique Custom Capability assignments to prevent lower levels from accidentally gaining access to the content offered through a lower level; you may actually need to go this route if you need fine control over list integration — see next paragraph). If you haven’t already seen it, this video on Custom Capabilities is a great way to learn more.

The MailChimp integration works on a per-level basis. Each s2Memeber Level can be configured to subscribe new members to a specific MailChimp list. If you want members for specific course types to be subscribed to different MailChimp lists, then you’ll need to use an s2Member Level for each course type (with s2Member Pro you can have unlimited levels). Then you’d simply configure each level with the corresponding MailChimp list.

Hi Skyrie,

Have you tried installing it on a different server? If you’re seeing this with a blank WordPress install using the default WordPress theme, then I cannot think of anything except something on the server that’s causing the problem. Since you have a dedicated server, you might want to try checking the web server logs to see if there are any clues there.

Hi Mitja,

Have you seen this thread on protecting content with the more tag? Does that help answer your question?

Jim,

If you’re just trying to count number of signups from a specific link (i.e., no money or commissions are involved), then using affiliate software might be overkill and I’d suggest either experimenting with Google Analytics or writing a little PHP that gets processed whenever a new signup happens and tracks things that way (see Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Tracking -› Signup Tracking Codes).

Hi Boudewijn,

The custom= attribute is required for most buttons and must start with your domain. If you receive an error that the attribute must start with your domain, then you should make sure that the attribute contains the correct domain.

The following, taken from Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Buttons -› Shortcode Attributes (Explained), explains a little more about the custom attribute:

custom=”example.com” must start with your domain. Additional values can be piped in ( ex: custom=”example.com|cv1|cv2|cv3|etc” ). Not valid when cancel=”1″.

The best thing to do is simply use the button generators to generate the necessary shortcode. s2Member will attempt to detect your domain automatically and configure the custom= attribute for you.

Hi David,

Could you try installing the Raw HTML plugin and then wrapping your JWPlayer code in [ raw ] [/ raw ] tags (without the spaces)? Then test the video page again and make sure your browser cache has been cleared (hold down Shift and press refresh or restart your browsers).

Hello Hans,

The success= attribute is a feature of s2Member Pro, so you must upgrade to Pro before you can utilize that. Once you’ve upgraded, you will be able to modify your PayPal Button shortcodes to include the success= attribute.

With regards to the download key shortcode: Could you please share with us the code you’re using?

Hi Jim,

It sounds like you want something akin to affiliate tracking. In that case we would recommend using iDevAffiliate or ShareASale, both of which integrate with s2Member.

If you don’t want to use an affiliate system, you’d have to write some custom code to do the tracking. You may also be able to use Google Analytics, but tracking the actual signups themselves (as opposed to just number of visits to the signup link) would be a little more tricky with analytics (I believe it can be done using Google Analytics Goals, but you’d need to create separate goals for each author to track the individual links).

Mark, thank you for the suggestion.

I spoke to the lead developer, Jason, and here’s what he said:

Thanks. The next release will include this new Hook.

eval('foreach(array_keys(get_defined_vars())as$__v)$__refs[$__v]=&$$__v;');
do_action("ws_plugin__s2member_before_wp_remote_request", get_defined_vars());
unset($__refs, $__v); /* Unset defined __refs, __v. */
/**/
$response = /* Process remote request via ``wp_remote_request()``. */ wp_remote_request($url, $args);

Hello,

Yes, what you’re describing here requires the use of s2Member Pro-Forms (note: use of the Pro-Forms does not require PayPal Pro) and the Pro-Forms feature is only available with s2Member Pro.

With s2Member Pro, you can generate a Pro-Form for checkout. When a user is logged in, s2Member automatically fills in the Pro-Form fields with the users’ information. If the user is not logged in, s2Member will show all the fields and require the user to fill them in before checkout.

Hi Allen,

Can you explain what you mean by “HUGE wp user id’s”?