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Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-11-21T02:00:17-05:00

The contact form is most probably not the one at fault, if your emails are being sent to the spam folder, there may be several reasons for it.

For example, if you're in a shared server, someone else in that server with the same IP may have been causing some spam red flags to go off before and now you're paying for it too. Email deliverability is a subject you may want to study a little to understand this problem. Are you sure your emails are being sent to the spam folder?

One thing you can do in the meantime is instruct your paying customer to add your email address to their contact book, and to check the spam folder too just in case, and mark it as not-spam if they find it there.

About a different return page depending on the payment plan they choose, with s2Member Pro you have the success attribute available to control just that. WP Admin -> s2Member -> PayPal Buttons -> Shortcode Attributes -> success

Regarding the customized email, this thread may help you: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10368 You may need help from a developer to complete this customization, though.

For the appointments you'll need something to schedule them with. I searched Google and found several paid solutions, although some have a free plan. I also searched the WP plugins directory and found this: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/con ... reenshots/

I hope that helps.

Statistics: Posted by Cristián Lávaque — November 21st, 2011, 2:00 am

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-11-15T21:32:21-05:00

Hi Cristian

How about this?

On the page called 'Membership Login Page', using your example I introduce the three payment options: $10, $90 $100. Clients click on their chosen option and go thru to Paypal.

Then, I assume Im right in saying that Paypal will direct the client to the appropriate Post page.

Question:
For the $10 Q&A option, I have installed Wordpress ContactForm7 - but that isnt working well. At the ContactForm7 site, it reads: the PHP function for sending the mail has certainly completed successfully. So if you can’t receive the mail, it’s highly possible that the mail has been kidnapped or killed after that. If you can check the log of your mail server, it could give you some clues. Spam filter often causes this kind of problem.

Do you know of another Contact Form that will better circumvent this problem?

Next Question:
When the client pays via the Buy Now/Post Page option they are sent a follow up email. Can this email be customised for each payment level or is it only possible to have one response email for all payment levels?

And:
Im probably pushing S2 beyond the limits here...... but .... the $90 and $100 options are for skype consultations. Once the person has paid for either of these services, is it possible for them to indicate, using a World Clock sort of thing their preference for consultation times? Chances are, eg, the client will be in the US and the practitioner will be in Australia. Somehow there needs to be a way for the two to meet online at a mutually suitable time.

If the latter question is too difficult, please skip over it.

Cheers

Rosemary

Statistics: Posted by Rosemary — November 15th, 2011, 9:32 pm

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-11-15T02:54:32-05:00

Well, if the upgrade option for a full consultation is show in the page to ask the question from, the one with the specific protection, then you know what they paid and can adjust the price when you create the button.

So, if you sell Page A at $10 and the full consulation is $100, you can have in Page A a button to get the full consultation for $90.

Would something like that work?

Make sure you're logged out of your PayPal account when you try the purchase, you should be given the option to pay without logging in to your account. If not, make sure in your PayPal settings that you didn't require the customer to have an account to pay you, there's a setting for that if I remember correctly.

I hope that helps.

Statistics: Posted by Cristián Lávaque — November 15th, 2011, 2:54 am

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-11-14T18:12:15-05:00

OK. The good news is Im into S2 more

The bad news is, I have more questions.

I think the Specific Posts options will work for my purposes but I'd like your input please.

Step 1: land on what is called Membership Options Page

Step 2: click Paypal button

Step 3: redirected to Specific Post #1

Step 4: fill in Contact form

Questions:

Once the initial 'ask a question' cycle has been completed, I want to give people the option to sign up for a full consultation and get a discount equivalent to the fee they paid for the 'ask a question' round. Is there an easy way to do this with S2?

When I click on the Paypal link (per video Specific Posts/Pages 2) to see that the button works it takes me to Paypal but I dont see anything about "Dont have a Paypal Account?" Is this because Im automatically taken to my Paypal account? Just want to be sure that credit card is an option.

I think that's enough for one post.

Cheers

Rosemary

Statistics: Posted by Rosemary — November 14th, 2011, 6:12 pm

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-11-12T17:06:14-05:00

YAH!! Thank you. Im out and back in again.

Cheers

Rosemary

Statistics: Posted by Rosemary — November 12th, 2011, 5:06 pm

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-11-12T02:54:30-05:00

You can log out from http://yoursite.com/wp-login.php?action=logout (change the domain name to yours). The go to http://yoursite.com/wp-login.php to login with your admin account.

I hope that helps.

Statistics: Posted by Cristián Lávaque — November 12th, 2011, 2:54 am

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-11-10T20:40:13-05:00

Well, I guess it was inevitable. Im locked out of my site.

I decided to register to watch the flow of the pages.

Now I cant login as the administrator.

And, I dont know how to log out as the user.

What a conundrum. Can anyone solve this for me please?

Im sure Im not the first amateur to meet this impasse (am I???).

Cheers

Rosemary

Statistics: Posted by Rosemary — November 10th, 2011, 8:40 pm

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-11-08T01:20:11-05:00

Here's a hack Jason suggested to have WordPress use the email address as the username, so the user doesn't have to input one. viewtopic.php?f=36&t=14806

I hope that helps.

Statistics: Posted by Cristián Lávaque — November 8th, 2011, 1:20 am

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-11-08T00:06:33-05:00

Thanks Eduan. Im all for the first and last name - kind of gives an air of authenticity which Im aiming for.

Cheers

Rosemary

Statistics: Posted by Rosemary — November 8th, 2011, 12:06 am

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-11-07T08:28:16-05:00

@Rosemary
I'm not aware of that but you can remove the first and last name, you can do it under WP Admin -> s2Member -> General Options -> Registration/Profile Fields & Options.

Statistics: Posted by Eduan — November 7th, 2011, 8:28 am

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-11-07T06:12:08-05:00

Quick Question

Is it possible to remove the Username field from the Registration Page?

Cheers

Rosemary

Statistics: Posted by Rosemary — November 7th, 2011, 6:12 am

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-10-31T23:42:41-05:00

Ace, you should explain where to put that too.

I think the best place would be the script the question is submitted to (the URL in the contact form's action) or the page the user is taken to after submitting.

And the form to ask should only be shown to those with Level 1 access, either using one of the access restrictions or a conditional.

Statistics: Posted by Cristián Lávaque — October 31st, 2011, 11:42 pm

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-10-31T10:51:04-05:00

For anyone else who is looking for some kind of one-time-access permissions, I would suggest adding code of this style to demote users on viewing the page.

Code:: global $current_user; get_currentuserinfo(); $user = new WP_User($current_user->ID); $user->set_role('subscriber');

Then, set a PayPal button to modify the User Level to level 1 to allow access.

Alternatively, you can get the current role, and demote based on the current role (http://wordpress.org/support/topic/get- ... by-user-id will show you how to get the current user role.)

Code:: global $current_user; get_currentuserinfo (); $user = new WP_User ($current_user->ID); if ($user->roles[0] == 's2member_level1') { $user->set_role ('subscriber'); } else if ($user->roles[0] == 's2member_level2') { $user->set_role ('s2member_level1'); } //Etc... else if ($user->roles[0] == 'subscriber') { exit ('Not allowed access to this Content.'); } ?> Content goes here.

If you need help with setting this up, you can contact me via PM or reply to this post.

Hopefully this sort of functionality will be added to the s2Member code soon.

Please note that these code snippets are not finished, and may cause errors when an administrator views them.

Cheers!

Statistics: Posted by Bruce C — October 31st, 2011, 10:51 am

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-10-31T10:37:00-05:00

Okay, cool!

Statistics: Posted by Bruce C — October 31st, 2011, 10:37 am

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-10-30T23:07:11-05:00

Wow, that is very kind of you to offer Ace. Thank you. I may just take you up on that step. First perhaps, I need to go further into S2 to see what else is needed.

Ill PM you when Im there if that's OK.

Cheers

Rosemary

Statistics: Posted by Rosemary — October 30th, 2011, 11:07 pm

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-10-30T18:35:04-05:00

Okay, I understand.

1. Yes. In the 'beta phase' all you will need to do is keep the page protected at level 0, and allow 'Open Registration' (Dashboard->s2Member->General Options->Open Registration)

2. In order to have to pay for 1-time access it would take a bit of custom coding to get it done. However, I would be glad to help you out with the code for this (I would suggest a demotation through code after sending a question)with no charge, as a sort of project to further my PHP knowledge, as at least one other person has asked for this, and it could be added to future versions of s2Member.

I hope all of that makes sense.

Cheers!

Statistics: Posted by Bruce C — October 30th, 2011, 6:35 pm

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-10-30T18:17:47-05:00

Thanks Ace.

Im a DIY kind of girl as my blog is not monetized.

I can see what you are saying.

Two questions: in the beta phase I need the registrations/questions to be free. Is that as simple as putting the protected page code in Level zero?

And,

when this is installed and operating beyond beta, I need people to ask a question and then pay each time. Is this what needs to be customized or will this happen as a matter of course/

Thanks for explanation about other websites too.

Cheers

Rosemary

Statistics: Posted by Rosemary — October 30th, 2011, 6:17 pm

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-10-30T17:29:31-05:00

s2Member's approach is fairly simplistic.

Here's my little explanation:

In your setup, you would like to have a specific page (the page the user will submit the question to) guarded by s2Member. To do this, you will need to set your page up with s2Member Level 1 Access Permissions (screenshot below)

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The User (if not level1 or higher) will be redirected to your Membership Options Page which you will need to set up in your s2Member® General Options. This page should contain a PayPal® Button or Pro Form that you set up.

After the customer pays for the subscription, they will be able to create an account, and allowed access to the page again. The customer will enter their question once more, the question will be sent, and therefore completing your process.

s2Member does not keep a record of the websites that use it, therefore it is not really possible to direct you to a site that you are looking for.

If you feel as though you cannot set up s2Member on your own, you can submit a request for a Professional Installation by Private Messaging me.

Hope that helps!

Statistics: Posted by Bruce C — October 30th, 2011, 5:29 pm

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-10-30T17:08:36-05:00

Ive now followed these two videos and have installed as instructed.

However, not being a techie I find Im lacking visual representations in my head (and on my computer) as to how others have/are using S2 member in modified forms.

I guess no one is using it for the purposes I describe but can anyone give me some links to sites that have lightly customised S2, so I can see how it is working elsewhere?

I hope you can see the gap Im trying to bridge. I'm not even able to visualise how S2 will work for me as yet, but maybe if you could point out some sites that are using it - with a twist - I will begin to see what is in it for my site.

Sorry to be so basic.

Cheers

Rosemary

Statistics: Posted by Rosemary — October 30th, 2011, 5:08 pm

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-10-29T23:54:51-05:00

Thank you for the kudos, Rosemary.

Those videos should help you start familiarizing with s2Member. Installing the free version of s2Member and going through it's admin areas would also help you a lot. You can watch the videos and then go see those areas of the plugin for yourself, too.

And there are more videos if you want to review specific areas of the plugin. http://www.s2member.com/videos/

Statistics: Posted by Cristián Lávaque — October 29th, 2011, 11:54 pm

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-10-29T10:40:09-05:00

Glad to be able to help!
Anything else you need just ask.

Statistics: Posted by Eduan — October 29th, 2011, 10:40 am

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-10-28T18:41:28-05:00

Thank you Eduan.

Ive downloaded those links.

Hopefully they will give me insight into S2.

Certainly impressed with the S2 forum.

Here's hoping the product is as helpful

Cheers

Rosemary

Statistics: Posted by Rosemary — October 28th, 2011, 6:41 pm

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-10-28T08:16:34-05:00

Try these videos:
http://www.s2member.com/video-intro/
http://www.s2member.com/general-options-overview-video/

Statistics: Posted by Eduan — October 28th, 2011, 8:16 am

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-10-27T23:06:34-05:00

Cristian,

Is there an overview video that shows me how S2 looks/works on a site as a Membership function? that will help me picture/see the S2 potential, even if it isnt as I would use it.

Cheers

Rosemary

Statistics: Posted by Rosemary — October 27th, 2011, 11:06 pm

Re: Is S2 Right for my Purposes?

2011-10-27T22:33:24-05:00

Thank you Cristian for replying.

Im going to re-read this and try and understand what you are saying.

I felt I needed to know if this could work for my purposes, before I really dived into the videos.

So, now Im going to proceed and re-read your note.

Im trying to avoid paying for help at this stage. I just want something that I can test the market with and an IT guy suggested S2.

Cheers

Rosemary

Statistics: Posted by Rosemary — October 27th, 2011, 10:33 pm