Member level muddle

[Sparklesperson]

Boy, I really muddled things up when I set up my site - really helps to have your biz model organized correctly to begin with. I held a telesummit event, and sold a package of the audios, transcripts & some bonuses. Didn't think to offer an economy package until later.. oops!

So now I have my level 1 as the VIP level (Bronze), and am adding level 2 (Silver) as the economy package. The delivery page only allows them to access the level they've subbed to, so access isn't a huge issue.

How difficult will it be to swap out the levels, so that level 2 is the VIP package (Silver)and level 1 is the economy package (Bronze)? Is all I need to do is swap the names in the levels/labels area, and reassign roles to content - assuming the NAMES I've assigned to the WP role stay the same - or is there something else I need to mess with? I don't have anybody in the economy level yet, and only a few people in the VIP, and really, this could stay the same, I wouldn't HAVE to mess with it, it's just my sense of organization that's annoying me and driving me to consider messing with it.

If this will be a huge, messy job, I'll just leave it. If it's as simple as swapping the level names, then I'll do it. What do you think?

Thanks so much!

[Eduan]

Have you considered using ccaps? Here's a video about them:
http://www.s2member.com/custom-capabilities-video/

If you want to use levels then I think it's pretty easy, swap the level names and then inform all your users so that you don't get complaints.

[Cristián Lávaque]

Changing the labels won't affect the way the roles work. If the way they work is fine with you and all you care about is the label they see, then it's fine to do just that. WP Admin -> s2Member -> General Options -> Membership Levels/Labels

Remember that level access is incremental, so Level 2 will have access to content for levels 2 and 1 as well. Now, if you don't need different labels and the access is the same, then you can just sell the same level at different prices depending on how much they're paying in one go.

If you actually need to change the levels for the users, then changing their roles can be done from the members list, filter by the level they have now and then "change role to..." the new s2Member level. WP Admin -> Users

I hope that helps.

[Sparklesperson]

Yes, I think it does - thank you ever so much!!

[Cristián Lávaque]

Cool.

[Sparklesperson]

Have you considered using ccaps? Here's a video about them:
http://www.s2member.com/custom-capabilities-video/

If you want to use levels then I think it's pretty easy, swap the level names and then inform all your users so that you don't get complaints.

Thanks for the ccaps suggestion - I'll be reorganizing with those in mind. Boy, does that make things a LOT easier - now I won't need a zillion levels!

My current membership is really just product delivery, and I only have a few in there, so I will figure out a way to get their product to them, and just have it WAY more organized going forward.

Thank you very much - And thanks to the programmers for the ccap concept!

[Eduan]

OK,
Anything else you need just ask.

[Sparklesperson]

Ok - after watching the ccaps video, I do have a question: Do I NEED to add the php to the functions.php file, or can I just add conditionals to the page/post? Or do I need to do both?

[Eduan]

I think the you add it to the functions.php file when you want it on every page and post, so if you add it to the page/post only, then it will only affect that page/post. This is what I understand.

[Sparklesperson]

Thanks!

[Eduan]

Sure!