drip content vs. straight purchase

[drawingsecretsrevealed]

I am wondering if it's possible with s2Member's drip content and membership levels to do the following:

I would like to offer my 12-video course as a monthly membership of $27/mo. with the videos being drip-content using s2Member's PHP script for dripping content as Level 1 membership. I would also like to offer a Level 2 membership of a flat price of $97 for immediate access to the entire course, without dripping content. Is this possible? Is it possible to have, say, Lesson #1 (a single WordPress page) recognize if someone is at Level 1 membership and be released according to the weekly drip schedule, or recognize if someone is at Level 2 membership and be immediately open to them. Does this make sense?

Can you have different levels of membership be different TYPES of membership? Like a monthly membership for Level 1 and a one-time membership for Level 2?

[Cristián Lávaque]

Sure, you can do that.

Protect the pages at Level 1, this will let Level 1 and 2 users to access that page. s2Member -> Restriction Options -> Page

Then in the pages you'll have a condition to check if he's at Level 1 and for how long to determine if he gets the new video or a message telling him it's not available yet, or show him the video if Level 2.

Check the documentation for conditionals and content dripping. WP Admin -> s2Member -> API / Scripting -> Advanced/PHP Conditionals and s2Member Content Dripping

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<?php
if (current_user_is('s2member_level1') && S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_PAID_REGISTRATION_DAYS < 30) {
    echo 'This video is not available to you yet, check back in ', (30 - S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_PAID_REGISTRATION_DAYS) , ' days.';
} else {
    echo 'Here is your video.';
}
?>

I hope this helps.

[drawingsecretsrevealed]

This does help, enormously. One more question: How would I generate the correct PayPal buttons? Would I generate a Level 1 button for monthly members of $27, label it on the sales page as "monthly membership of $27/mo", and then generate a Level 2 button for flat-rate members of $97, and label THAT on the sales page as "immediate access to all lessons"?

[cassel]

I would not know much about the coding, but you can create different button images and identify them differently, like "regular" and "instant access" or something like that ON the button graphic itself

[Cristián Lávaque]

This does help, enormously. One more question: How would I generate the correct PayPal buttons? Would I generate a Level 1 button for monthly members of $27, label it on the sales page as "monthly membership of $27/mo", and then generate a Level 2 button for flat-rate members of $97, and label THAT on the sales page as "immediate access to all lessons"?

Correct.

Cassel, do you mean customizing the button's image for each too? That is certainly a possibility if he wanted to do that. WP Admin -> s2Member -> PayPal Buttons -> Shortcode Attributes -> image

[cassel]

Yes that is what i meant, so it is easier for a potential customer to know what they click for!

[Cristián Lávaque]

Cool.

[drawingsecretsrevealed]

How would I use the Shortcode Attribute? Where would I plug in the location of my custom image in the "Level 1" or "Level 2" button generator?

[Cristián Lávaque]

Not in the generator, just edit the shortcode manually after you generate it. You can change the image attribute with the URL of the image you'd like to use. E.g. image="http://example.com/images/my-cooler-button.png"