About: Chase Rief

Hi Cristián – thanks for your answer.

I actually did something similar to what you suggested, “patching” the upgrade shortcode with the new price.

On the upgrade page, i have two links, each one sending a different “?upgrade_to” parameter (basic / premium).

Below is the PHP code used to calculate the refund value / discount based on the remaining subscription months.

$upgrade_to = htmlspecialchars($_REQUEST['upgrade_to'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
$expiration_date = get_user_meta($current_user->ID, 'wp_s2member_auto_eot_time', true); 
$remaining_months = -1;
$curr_mem_type = get_current_user_role(2);


if (current_user_is("s2member_level1")) $curr_level_price = 450;
if (current_user_is("s2member_level2")) $curr_level_price = 995;


$today = time();

while($today < $expiration_date)
{
   $remaining_months++;
   $today = strtotime("+ 1 month", $today);
}


switch($upgrade_to) {
	case "basic":
		$desired_mem_type = "BASIC Membership";
		$desired_level_price = 450;
		$memlevelid = 1;
	break;
	case "premium":
		$desired_mem_type = "PREMIUM Membership";
		$desired_level_price = 995;
		$memlevelid = 2;
	break;
}

$refund_value = round ($curr_level_price / 12 * $remaining_months, 2);
$upgrade_price = $desired_level_price - $refund_value;

And this is the shortcode used:

<?php echo do_shortcode('[s2Member-Pro-PayPal-Form modify="1" level="'.$memlevelid.'" ccaps="" desc="Total Charge: $'.$upgrade_price.' USD" ps="paypal" lc="" cc="USD" dg="0" ns="1" custom="'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].'" ta="0" tp="0" tt="D" ra="'.$upgrade_price.'" rp="1" rt="Y" rr="0" rrt="" rra="2" accept="paypal,visa,mastercard,amex" accept_via_paypal="paypal" coupon="" accept_coupons="1" default_country_code="US" captcha="0" /]'); ?>

However, i have a question – if i set the payment recurring (“rr” = 1), and the “ra” (payment value) attribute is discounted above to a lower value than my desired annual subscription – what happens in this case after one year?

For example, the annual fee for premium membership is $995, but due to discounts applied, the “RA” value will be $300. Which will be the amount auto-billed at the end of the time period: $995 or $300?

I’m asking because i would like to have the client auto-billed, but at the regular annual value, not at the discounted price.

Can I setup the discounted payment value as a “trial” payment (“TA = 300”), and then the full value as the regular price (“RA = 995”), with “RR = 1”?
In the case above, after the initial “trial” year expires, the user’s paypal will be auto-charged at the full rate?

Thanks a lot!

Now, when I try to go to that link to reply to Richard – it’s not an active link – please advise.

I want to have a notification like:

“You tried to access #PAGENAME# or #FORUMS#.
This page requires #s2member LEVEL#, and your membership level is #USER LEVEL#. Please login or upgrade your membership to view the page content.”
[Regular Membership Options Page Content Below]

If i use the $_GET[‘_s2member_seeking’] it won’t work for displaying the bbPress forums names, although it works for pages. How can i get the #page s2member level#?

Thanks!