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Bendix,

Thank you for the suggestion! We’re always looking for ways to improve and we greatly appreciate your feedback! :)

Yes, that would make sense. You can use the current_user_is(“s2member_level1”) to check that with a conditional (see Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Scripting -› Advanced PHP Conditionals).

s2Member does not currently support PayPal Website Payments Advanced, however we’re adding support for it in the next major release of s2Member, which we’re working hard to release as soon as possible.

Hello,

Yes, you can simply use the WordPress is_user_logged_in() function within a conditional:

if( !is_user_logged_in() ) { /* show logged out menu item  */ }

Hi Malin,

You could use either method, but I would recommend using s2Member to automate the MailChimp subscription. That way, you can redirect them straight to the video page after they login.

If you want to use the second method, you’ll need to find a plugin that creates a popup over the page. Then you’ll add the MailChimp signup box to the popup. However, that might get tricky too because the visitor will probably be directed to another page after signing up. They’ll also need to verify their subscription by clicking the link in the email they receive.

If you sign them up using the free membership option, you can disable the confirmation email that gets sent out and subscribe them silently (see here).

Hello,

Yes, this is possible using dynamic shortcode attributes:
http://www.primothemes.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=1604

You’ll need to set up a page to act as the first step where the user inputs their price and then pass that value to the next page where you dynamically configure the shortcode with the price they submitted. The shortcode will then generate a Pro-Form that is pre-configured for that price.

Hi Harriet,

The login timeout is handled by WordPress and by default I believe it’s set to 48 hours. There are WordPress plugins that you can install to manually configure the login timeout. Please try searching the WordPress plugin repository for “login timeout”.

Hi Dave,

Yes, s2Member Pro is required for AliPay integration and we currently support only Buy Now transactions with AliPay. Let us know if you have any further questions.

Hi Alex,

s2Member does not support Post Affiliate Pro or SolidTrustPay. You would need to manually integrate s2Member with these, which would require custom programming. You could utilize the s2Member Notifications API for integrating with Post Affiliate Pro (see Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Notifications), but integrating with an unsupported payment processor will require a lot of work.

If you’re not comfortable with programming, we recommend searching jobs.wordpress.net for someone who could do the job for you.

Hi Chris,

The s2Member levels use the same capabilities as the WordPress subscriber role, which means members who signup through s2Member won’t have permission to edit or create posts/pages. s2Member is designed to restrict access to content, not give members the ability to post things to WordPress.

You could certainly edit the s2Member roles to include such capabilities, but we don’t support that.

You’re most welcome, Ken! :)

Hi Daniel,

Unfortunately there is not currently a simple way to do this. I would recommend writing some custom PHP that uses WordPress and s2Member functions to generate such a dashboard.

Hi KenM,

Please see my replies below:

1. Most obviously, why is this happening and what can I do to prevent this from happening again?

That’s hard to say without looking at the logs. If you haven’t already, please enable logging (Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Options -› Account Details -› Logging) and when this happens again please search the logs in wp-content/plugins/s2member-logs/ for the related transaction# and then share those entries here for us to look at (please remove any private customer information, such as email addresses).

2. Is it acceptable for me to manually enter the following fields after looking up the transaction info on PayPal, and will these entries ensure proper syncing with account and expiration?
Paid Subscr. Gateway
Paid Subscr. ID
Custom Value
Automatic EOT Time

Yes, absolutely. If you manually fill in those details, s2Member will simply handle those accounts as it would any other account when it receives an IPN message from PayPal (e.g., upon receiving an EOT IPN message from PayPal, s2Member will search for the matching Subscriber ID and then set the EOT).

The important thing to keep in mind is that if you’re dealing with recurring subscriptions (i.e., non Buy Now transactions), then you should not set the Automatic EOT Time field. s2Member will set that field on its own when it receives an EOT IPN message from PayPal. You can override this if you want by manually entering in a date here (see my next answer).

3. Is it feasible for me to manually extend the membership period by simply changing the Automatic EOT value? If I add a month or two to that time, with their access continue accordingly, or am I throwing something out of whack with how s2Member syncs with PayPal?

Yes, if you manually enter an EOT time in the Automatic EOT Time field, s2Member will always listen to the date you entered, even if it receives an IPN message from PayPal indicating an EOT. This means that if, for example, you manually set the EOT to a date to 6 months from now, but their PayPal subscription is canceled 1 month from now for some reason (for example because of a payment failure), s2Member will continue giving that account access until the date you specified in the Automatic EOT Time field.

Here’s some more information:

EOT = End Of Term. ( i.e. Account Expiration / Termination. ).

If you leave this empty, s2Member will configure an EOT Time automatically, based on the paid Subscription associated with this account. In other words, if a paid Subscription expires, is cancelled, terminated, refunded, reversed, or charged back to you; s2Member will deal with the EOT automatically.

That being said, if you would rather take control over this, you can. If you type in a date manually, s2Member will obey the Auto-EOT Time that you’ve given, no matter what. In other words, you can force certain Members to expire automatically, at a time that you specify. s2Member will obey.

Valid formats for Automatic EOT Time:

mm/dd/yyyy
yyyy-mm-dd
+1 year
+2 weeks
+2 months
+10 minutes
next thursday
tomorrow
today

* anything compatible with PHP’s strtotime() function.