use with buddypress restrict access to other members

[byronyasgur]

i am investigaing using s2member and BP for a particular client's application. I need to charge customers to give them access to other customer's profile ( and otherwise preventing access ) . Would this be possible somehow ?
i am also hoping to use s2member as a yearly subscription charging system - ( apologies if i missed this )
finally i wonder is it possible to write a module/script to connect s2member with a different payement gateway "realex" or has this been done.

actually there is another thing .... if a member has made a payemnt, would i be able to access this information (s2members paymement information) using a specialist plugin/function from within wordpress ( eg to display certain information on a profile page depenging on a particular payemnt )

[Jason Caldwell]

i am investigaing using s2member and BP for a particular client's application. I need to charge customers to give them access to other customer's profile ( and otherwise preventing access ) . Would this be possible somehow ?

Yes, it's possible. However, you'd need to modify the way s2Member Roles are assigned. You can use a plugin like Role Scoper, or the Capability Manager to change the way s2Member assigns capabilities. In other words, instead of giving a Member access to the front-end, you would change the way s2Member Roles work, by giving Users with an s2Member Role, permission to manage other Users.

i am also hoping to use s2member as a yearly subscription charging system - ( apologies if i missed this ) finally i wonder is it possible to write a module/script to connect s2member with a different payement gateway "realex" or has this been done.

Not at this time. We're working on integrations with other gateways. However, s2Member is already very powerful with PayPal, and even more powerful with PayPal Pro, which is actually a merchant account, powered by PayPal. With PayPal Pro, you can accept Visa, MasterCard, Amex, Discover, Maestro, Solo, and PayPal, all on your own site. More information and a video is available here: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=304

actually there is another thing .... if a member has made a payemnt, would i be able to access this information (s2members paymement information) using a specialist plugin/function from within wordpress ( eg to display certain information on a profile page depenging on a particular payemnt )

If you have the s2Member Pro Module, then yes. The s2Member Pro Module is capable of making connections to the PayPal Pro API, and it can retrieve all kinds of information about payments, transactions IDs, amounts, dates, etc, etc. s2Member Pro also comes with the full PayPal Pro API documentation file. Once you have s2Member Pro, check your /s2member-pro/extras/ directory for this file: paypal-pro-api.pdf ( also attached to this post )