Can my Membership Options Page Be My Home Page?

[jlamarferren]

I'm using the free version of s2member and I'm going to have people register as a free member and then upgrade to a paid member.

The home page is where my video is and a registration button. (Can or Would this be considered my Membership Options Page). I plan to make the registration button link to the action?=register wordpress link that contains the registration fields. I already filled out all the registration fields I need. It's going to be sort of an application/registration in one.

Just want to know if this is the right thing to do. Basically I will have two pages in front of paypal.

User goes to home page (where video and registration button is) and then be taken to the registration page... once they register, they should be taken straight to paypal right?

Also, is there a way for me to edit the text within the register button. I want to show the payment amount there too.

Example: Instead of saying "Register" I want it to say "Register for $25 per month" or "Register for a one time fee of $25"

[Cristián Lávaque]

No, that's not how it'd work. The registration page will just create the free account and then take the person to the login page.

What you can do is, in the Login Welcome Page, have a message for free members telling them to pay to gain access to the paid content.

WP Admin -> s2Member -> General Options -> Login Welcome Page
WP Admin -> s2Member -> API / Scripting -> Simple/Shortcode Conditionals
WP Admin -> s2Member -> PayPal Buttons

By the way, you shouldn't have the same page be the Home and Membership Options pages, this could cause trouble. You could have the same content in both pages, but as duplicates, not the same page.

I hope that helps.

[jlamarferren]

OK I got it...

I guess what I really want to accomplish is the same sign up process that S2 Member has.

My Home page would contain my sales video and a Sign Up button. When the visitor clicks the Sign Up button, then they would be taken to a registration page that has a paypal button on there to have the visitor proceed to the actual paypal checkout page. Then they pay and are taken to the login page.

Can this be accomplished with the free version? If so, then how?

If I need to upgrade, then I still would like to know what I need to do to duplicate what S2 Member does.

Also if the person bails out during the pay process, do they still have a free account? This is in regards to the S2 member check out process

[Cristián Lávaque]

You can have a static home page. WP Admin -> Settings -> Reading -> Front page

The sign up button in the home page could take the person straight to PayPal, too. The less steps, the more people will checkout.

Yes, the free version of s2Member is enough for this.

If the person doesn't complete the pay process, his account won't be affected: if he had one, he'd still have it, if he didn't, he'd still not have one. If the person is logged in when he clicks the PayPal button, his account will be upgraded after payment, if he isn't logged in he'll be taken to the registration page after payment.

I hope that helps.

[jlamarferren]

Well how can I make it so they can register and pay at the same time... Like S2 member does.

Basically they fill out their profile info on the checkout page and then go to paypal. This would ideally be what I would want to accomplish.

I want them to watch the video on my home page and then be taken to a registration page where they can fill in the profile info and then register and be taken straight to paypal. We have some questions that we need them to answer on the registration form too, so that's why I want to do that before they go to paypal. Maybe I'm making the process too difficult... idk, but it seems that S2member is doing this for people that want to get the pro version. (minus the questions)

[jlamarferren]

This would be the page I'd want to duplicate for my site: https://www.s2member.com/single-site-li ... s2-ssl=yes

Basically they would watch the video on the home page and then be taken to the checkout/registration page...

[Cristián Lávaque]

You can do that with s2Member's Pro pro-form, and it'd require PayPal Pro and an SSL certificate. http://s2member.com

You can add fields to the registration form using s2Member's custom registration fields. WP Admin -> s2Member -> General Options -> Custom Registration Fields/Options

[jlamarferren]

Ok, but If I'm only doing paypal as the method of pay, then I wouldn't need Paypal Pro right? Just Paypal Express??

Therefore, are you saying that I would still need the pro version of s2 member to accomplish duplicating this page while using PayPal as the only payment mehtod. I ask because I know you can still create a registration form in the free version.

[Cristián Lávaque]

If you want a form that takes a payment and creates the account in the same step as in https://www.s2member.com/single-site-li ... s2-ssl=yes you do need PayPal Pro. Otherwise, if using just Express Checkout, the person would be taken to PayPal and be required a PayPal account to pay.

[jlamarferren]

Got it... Thanks for all the help!

[Cristián Lávaque]

You're welcome.