control blog features in MU site with s2members?

[dorina]

Dear s2member team,

we are testing s2member for our websites and for the main site it is a really nice membership plugin. We are now using Supporter from WPMUDEV to give blog users the possibility to upgrade their free blog, e.g. more storage, premium themes, premium plugins etc.

For the main site we want to offer also different membership options. For this s2member works perfect! Is it possible to control with s2member also blog features? Or is there a way to connect s2member to supporter (like membership plugin), e.g. someone goes with s2member through a gateway and becomes a member at the main site and automaticly his free blog switches to a premium blog?

Is there a way with s2member (maybe with the $600 package)?

Thank you
Dorina

[dorina]

Dear s2member team,

Is there no idea at all? Or does nobody understand, what I mean?

Please give me a response!

Thank you
Dorina

[Jason Caldwell]

Hi there. I'm very sorry that we missed this post before.
No, not even s2Member Pro supports advanced control over aspects like this yet. That being said, s2Member ( even the free version ) does provide an excellent framework from which to work from in this regard.

For instance, if you take a look here, you will find several API Functions which are available to theme designers and plugin developers, making what you want VERY possible. However, this will likely require assistance from a developer to bring it all the way home.

[dorina]

Thank you Jason,

this would be a great deal, one memberschip plugin which controls both: members and blogs! Right now we are using both systems. I guess it would be a good start to connect s2members to the supporter plugin, or better say to the database. I have some ideas, how to realice that, but yes would be good if there is a developer assisting, because I only have basic knowledge in php.

But I will look at the API functions too, maybe I'll get good ideas regarding those API functions. "All in one" would be certainly the best solution.

Thank you.

Dorina

[dorina]

To clarify: the supporter plugin doesn't give a member access to selected themes and plugins, but it enables premium themes and plugin and extra storage for a blog. This makes it difficult to get both (membership level and blog level) together.

Well, mostly the user of the main site is in the same time administrator of a blog, so if this user decides to pay for extra features at one of his blogs, I want to give him another membership level for access to special pages or downloads at the main site. Does it make sense? That means, I need a routine, which checks, is the user a blog administrator and is the users blog a silver or gold blog, then give him access to s2member level 1 or 2, depending to his blogs level. Otherwise set him at level 0. Maybe a simple routine, which checks users blog status when he logs in and update the s2member level.

Is it possible to integrate such a routine somewhere without editing the php code from s2member?

[Jason Caldwell]

Is it possible to integrate such a routine somewhere without editing the php code from s2member?

I don't see why not. I would seek assistance from a developer, and point them to the documentation here: viewtopic.php?f=40&t=12455&src_doc_v=110710

I recommend using Conditional Tags ( i.e. PHP tags ) inside a custom plugin, or by slightly modifying the plugin you mentioned, a good developer should be able to get this working for you no problem. Also see: http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags