check my settings

[sonicboom]

i searched and couldnt find exactly what i was looking for, what i am trying to confirm is if i set s2member up correctly;
what i need is when a guest registers they are placed in the "member" group =free
when a guest or member subscribe, they are placed in the "Subscribers" group = paid subscription plan

what i did was leave all restriction options blank and filled out the membership levels area for Guest level#0, Member level #1 and Subscribed Member level #2, dont need level 3&4.

now what i am unsure of is if all that is correct and s2member will place the users in the correct group with those settings and whether or not i can use the paypal subscription button i created on paypal that has a dropdown or if i am required to use the S2 buttons.

Thanks!

[Cristián Lávaque]

Guests don't need an account, they'll be able to see anything you didn't restrict access to. Free registrations are at Level 0 (the default WordPress name for this role is "Subscriber"). Level 1 is the first of the paid levels in s2Member. So they would be:

- Guest: No account
- Free: Level 0
- Paid: Level 1

You can assign custom labels to the levels, you can change Levels 0 and 1 to be "Member" and "Subscriber" respectively. WP Admin -> s2Member -> General Options -> Membership Levels/Labels

About the buttons generated at PayPal, you'll need to follow these instructions so they work with s2member viewtopic.php?f=36&t=309#p1333

I hope that helps.

[sonicboom]

Awesome, I just need to adjust everything down by one level, all I want is for paid subscribers to be allowed to post in the forum and that should be managed by the forum groups..

Thanks!

[sonicboom]

just retested and it placed a user that simply registered in the subscriber permission group in my forum granting them access to post.
i need registered users to be placed in the limited access permissions group in simple forum and subscriber(paying member) to be placed in the subscriber group, those groups already have permissions set within the forum.

the s2member permission groups are
Level #0 ( Free Subscribers ):
Member

Level #1 Members:
Subscribed Member

Level #2 Members:
Silver Member

Level #3 Members:
Gold Member

Level #4 Members:
Platinum Member
and for the forum its
NO access
Read only
Limited
Subscriber
Full
Moderator

do i have something misaligned?

[Cristián Lávaque]

I'm really not familiar with Simple:Press. You'll have to edit it (templates, roles?) so you can apply s2Member access restrictions to it.

I've seen another member be happier with Mingle together with s2Member. Here, take a look viewtopic.php?f=4&t=195&p=22048#p22044

[sonicboom]

I'm testing mingle now, it's functioning about the same as simple press, but without any of the customization, I mean this thing is bare bones...lol, i also don't like that you are limited to uploading only 3 images, cant resize, cant integrate Tinymce or another editor, and so many other negatives, too many to list,

edit:
i'm going to go back to simple press and try to get the short code to work. something like

[s2If current_user_is(s2member_level1)] Some premium content for Level 1 Members. [/s2If]

[s2If current_user_is(s2member_level0)] Some content for Free Subscribers. But cannot start new topics [/s2If]

[s2If !current_user_can(access_s2member_level0)] Some public content. [/s2If]

Of course thats all from the help file and I have no idea how to make it work..

[Cristián Lávaque]

I just installed Simple:Press and took a quick look at it. I'm not fully sure, but it looks like it doesn't use the WordPress roles, so a plugin like User Role Editor may not be helpful for this integration. https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-role-editor/

It has its own Member Groups, though. I guess you could have a custom script that you use with s2Member's notification API to change this member group in the forum when they upgrade/downgrade their role in WordPress. WP Admin -> s2Member -> API / Notifications

The whole forum seems to be in a single WP page, so you could probably control access to the whole forum easily with the Page Access Restriction, but that's all-or-nothing, not just read or also post. WP Admin -> s2Member -> Restriction Options -> Page Access Restriction

[sonicboom]

Lol that's what i've been trying to say, it's really an all in one solution for my needs, would you be interested in taking on the configuration? I really think it would be a few minutes of your time at most, Thanks

[Cristián Lávaque]

Let me see if I understand: do you want to only show the forum to paying members and not show it at all to free members or guests?

[sonicboom]

All members and guests can see the forum
Members can reply to posts
Subscribers or memberlvl1 can post new topics

This is all built-in to simplepress permissions I just need it all tied together

[Cristián Lávaque]

OK, then it's the way I had understood it.

It has its own Member Groups, though. I guess you could have a custom script that you use with s2Member's notification API to change this member group in the forum when they upgrade/downgrade their role in WordPress. WP Admin -> s2Member -> API / Notifications

That's what I'd suggest you try. If you need a developer's help, you can try jobs.wordpress.net, oDesk.com or eLance.com.

[sonicboom]

looks like this sorta worked, had someone register on my site friday but i got no notification and not sure if the person did either since he registered again saturday with another email, still no notification and he was placed in the paying member (subscriber) group instead of Member group (regular registered user).

just added
%%subscr_id%%
%%recurring%%
%%full_name%%
for notifications,
i guess i'm going to have to hire someone to write me the code to place user in Member group on registration and Subsrciber group on Paypal payment...