Pre Sell Questions

[essej88]

Okay guys I am almost ready to buy Pro I just have some questions.

1) Do members need to login to wordpress in order to access locked content? Or is this all done by cookies or isp ( I was browsing around not logged in and It was not allowing me access to pages which is how it is supposed to work) But how do the members actually know their logged in as a paid member?

2) Is there some kind of video of a user browsing the site as a paid member or logging in (I can not use my own paypal account to subscribe to test it out. Is there a option to make a dummy account or put the system in test mode?

3) Is there any way to make a members area?

4) Do you guys have any good examlpes of a site using this plugin.


Thanks

[Bruce C]

Okay guys I am almost ready to buy Pro I just have some questions.

1) Do members need to login to wordpress in order to access locked content? Or is this all done by cookies or isp ( I was browsing around not logged in and It was not allowing me access to pages which is how it is supposed to work) But how do the members actually know their logged in as a paid member?

Yes, members must be logged in to view content. The whole cookie thing really would be very unreliable as a person can clear their cookies at any time, and the bit about the ISP also could be compromised. The system s2Member currently uses is, in my opinion not only the most popular, but the best.

Whenever a person isn't logged in, they should be redirected to the Membership Options Page, which is where the user of the s2Member plugin will generally put a login link, a registration link, and their PayPal Buttons or PayPal Pro Forms.

Whenever you're just getting used to the s2Member plugin, it might be a good idea to read through the Quick Start Guide (Under Dashboard -> s2Member -> Quick-Start Guide)

2) Is there some kind of video of a user browsing the site as a paid member or logging in (I can not use my own paypal account to subscribe to test it out. Is there a option to make a dummy account or put the system in test mode?

I don't know of any videos of this, but I do know that one thing that could be useful would be to put your site into Sandbox testing mode (You can find the checkbox for this under Dashboard -> s2Member -> PayPal Options ->PayPal Account Details. Then again, you would have to set up a sandbox account.
You can do this at http://developer.paypal.com/

3) Is there any way to make a members area?

s2Member (including the free version) simply uses a page to redirect to as the member's area/ Login Welcome Page

Therefore, you could just select the page you have set up under Dashboard -> s2Member -> General Options -> Login Welcome Page however you wanted.

4) Do you guys have any good examlpes of a site using this plugin.

Well, there are alot of sites using the s2Member plugin. You could check it out at PrimoThemes.com or s2Member.com, as they both use the s2Member Plugin.

Or, there are plenty of other posts with other sites using s2Member if you browse through the forum.


To see the full list of features, you can go to http://www.s2member.com


Hope that helps!

P.S. If you have any further questions, and you can't find the answers in the Quick-Start Guide, feel free to post a response.

[Cristián Lávaque]

The videos here will be helpful too: http://www.s2member.com/videos/