I have the solution ... and it isn't a fix to anything that is or was wrong ... just my misunderstanding how s2member works. I'm leaving this thread here however; with the solution posted. I figure if I fell down this rabbit hole others may too.
In s2member~>API / Notifications you'll see several options; one of which is called
payment notifications. Now I won't beat s2member up too much on it's documentation but the first sentence in the description of
payment notifications;
If you use affiliate software, or have back-office routines that need to be notified whenever payment transactions take place, and/or for recurring payments, you'll want to read this section.
indicates to me that the
payment notification section applies to
all payment transactions. This is actually a misnomer; the
payment notification section only applies to
subscription payment transactions rather than
all payment transactions.
If, like me, you are looking for a way to have notifications when
non subscription payment transactions (i.e
Buy Now) are processed, you need to look a little further down for something called,
Specific Post/Page Access Notification URLs.
I can't really say this is an s2member issue, the answer was staring at me the whole time; I just read the
payment notifications description and thought that was all I needed.
If to offer something constructive to s2member in this regard; adjust the description to strengthen the clarification in the difference between
payment notifications and
Specific Post/Page Access Notification URLs.
Ryan - 0
(I still love ya tho)
s2member - 1
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 2:01 pm