Step by Step Instructions for s2member integration?

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Step by Step Instructions for s2member integration?

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Started 1 year ago by chelle
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chelle
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I saw the post regarding integrating with s2member here:
http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/integration-with-s2member-plugin

But I am still confused as to what exactly to do. I have tried entering the IPN handling address in the notifications section and placing my phpcode in the custom field value for the button as per the plain button directions in the documentation, but with my test transaction no sale was recorded in my affiliate control panel.

Do I need to enable remote post? What exactly needs to be copied and pasted where?
Can someone point me in the right direction with step by step instructions? I am struggling!

Thanks in advance for the help!

Posted 1 year ago #
amin007
Key Master

Please post a link to the page where you have your payment button. Most likely the payment button is missing the code to include the cookie value in the "Custom" field.

Posted 1 year ago #
chelle
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Thanks for the quick reply!

Here is the sign up link:
http://scrapvine.com/sign-up-now

And here is my button code I have hardcoded into my theme:

<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="mypaypalemail@email.com" /> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick-subscriptions" />  <input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value="http://www.scrapvine.com/?s2member_paypal_notify=1" /> <input type="hidden" name="cancel_return" value="http://www.scrapvine.com" /> <input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://www.scrapvine.com/?s2member_paypal_return=1" /> <input type="hidden" name="rm" value="2" />  <input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="custom" value="www.scrapvine.com"|<?php echo $_COOKIE['ap_id']; ?> /> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD" /> <input type="hidden" name="page_style" value="paypal" /> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Monthly" /> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="1" />  <input type="hidden" name="on0" value="<?php echo S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_VALUE_FOR_PP_ON0; ?>" /> <input type="hidden" name="os0" value="<?php echo S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_VALUE_FOR_PP_OS0; ?>" /> <input type="hidden" name="modify" value="0" />   <input type="hidden" name="src" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="sra" value="1" />    <input type="hidden" name="a3" value="6.95" /> <input type="hidden" name="p3" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="t3" value="M" />  <input type="image" alt="PayPal�" style="border:0;" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_xpressCheckout.gif" /> </form>

Here is what I have set for my ipn url under payment notification urls in s2member:
http://www.scrapvine.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-platform/api/ipn_handler.php

If I look at the page source, my affiliate ID is there in the pagesource where the phpcode would be, and it was also there on the computer my hubby used when he signed up through paypal. Cleared my cookies, and it was blank, so I can only hope that means it is working?

I've read the documentation about using the http get or post, and was not sure if I should enable that in the options settings and place that code in the button also or if it should just work like this?

On a sidenote, will it matter if my site is linked to as http://scrapvine.com vs. http://WWW.scrapvine.com? I have it configured in wordpress currently without the www, but noticed I have www's in all of these fields.

I appreciate the help!

Posted 1 year ago #
amin007
Key Master
Thank you for the details.. here is the issue:
```
<input type="hidden" name="custom" value="www.scrapvine.com"|<?php echo $_COOKIE['ap_id']; ?> />
```
Any particular reason for adding the site URL in the value parameter of the "custom" field?

If you look at the instruction you will see it tells you to use the following:

<input type="hidden" name="custom" value="<?php echo $_COOKIE['ap_id']; ?>">

Can you see the difference now?
Posted 1 year ago #
chelle
Member

s2member uses the custom field already, so in the notes where I entered the payment notification url there are directions that say to do this:

Custom Replacement Codes can also be inserted using these instructions:
* %%cv0%% = The domain of your site, which is passed through the custom attribute in your Shortcode.
* %%cv1%% = If you need to track additional custom variables, you can pipe delimit them into the custom attribute, inside your Shortcode, like this: custom="scrapvine.com|cv1|cv2|cv3". You can have an unlimited number of custom variables that track IP addresses, affiliate IDs, etc. In some cases you may need to use PHP code to insert a value into the custom field dynamically. Obviously this is for advanced webmasters, but the functionality has been made available for those who need it.

This example uses cv1 to track a User's IP address:
( The IP address could be referenced using %%cv1%% )
custom="scrapvine.com|<?php echo $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"]; ?>"

So that is why I did it that way. Should I have two custom fields defined instead?

I am so confused by all of this, lol. Thanks again!

Posted 1 year ago #
chelle
Member

Just realized maybe my quotation marks are in the wrong place...going to try that and will report back :)

Posted 1 year ago #
chelle
Member

Yes! My quotations were off/wrong (took a few tries,lol) it is working now! Make sure you do not have smart quotes if copying/pasting and that you are careful with spaces.

So, if someone wants step by step instructions on integrating with s2member:

1. Paste the ipn notification handler under payment notification urls
http://www.your-domain-name.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-platform/api/ipn_handler.php

2. Edit the code in the button to look like this:
<input type="hidden" name="custom" value="www.your-domainame.com|<?php echo $_COOKIE['ap_id']; ?>" />

Thanks for the help again Amin, the help/support here is much appreciated!

Posted 1 year ago #
amin007
Key Master

Thank you for the summary. I have added this to the documentation site:

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-affiliate/integrating-s2member-plugin-with-the-wp-affiliate-software-368

Posted 1 year ago #
chelle
Member

Well, it was working in Sandbox mode quite nicely yesterday...but since trying 3 live test transactions (all done on different computers with different paypal addresses) none of them have shown as sales and now back in sandbox I am not seeing any sales either. Would there be another method to try?

Posted 1 year ago #
amin007
Key Master

I am actually a bit surprised that it worked the first time because the value of the "custom" field. The affiliate plugin's IPN handler is only looking for the cookie value in the "custom" field (not the site URL and the cookie value).

So my question to you is..

Does the s2Member needs the site URL in the custom field to work or is this something you just added because their example says so?

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