> I am currently using Gravity Forms and their User Registration add on for new users to create an account.
You could have them register for free with that, and then once logged in, show them a PayPal button to upgrade their account. WP Admin -> s2Member -> PayPal Buttons
If you want the payment to happen before signup, then you’ll need to use the deafult wp-login.php registration, otherwise the account won’t get the paid access he just paid for (Gravity Forms doesn’t pick this up).
> Ideally the user will fill out a form with his/her details and upon submission get taken to the Paypal checkout page.
An s2Member pro-form using Express Checkout would do that.
Thread Starter
buck
(@bukco13)
Hi Christian,
Thanks for the prompt support as always!
Yeah, that’s what I ended up doing was have people fill in the registration form through Gravity Forms, then create the confirmation text instruct them on how to complete the purchase. I then used the member level shortcode filter to show the custom Paypal button on the Welcome page (“My Profile” page) if the user is a free subscriber.
You’re definitely right about the ideal situation and the pro-form and Express Checkout sounds like it would do the trick. Taking out the extra steps would certainly make a more fluid experience. Does the s2Member pro come with any Gravity form integration? Because I think that would be a real selling point for the upgrade, particularly given how widespread Gravity Forms is.
Also, as an aside, I was running into major problems with the Paypal button, both shortcode and manual code where I was getting an error from paypal (something about fields not being given proper values). Looked it up on your forums and it looks like it’s caused by wordpress/theme/plugin content filters. Unfortunately, I couldn’t change the theme or plugins, and turning off the wpautop filter didn’t help either. Ended up having to put the button code in manually through the template files after the content was output and then use jquery to put the button into empty divs placed in the content after the page was loaded. Not a problem any more but just thought I’d bring it to your attention since I saw a couple threads about the problem as I was searching for a solution myself.
Thanks again!
> Does the s2Member pro come with any Gravity form integration?
None officially, I never had a copy of GF to play with. Jason may have some experience with them, though.
> pro-form and Express Checkout sounds like it would do the trick. Taking out the extra steps would certainly make a more fluid experience.
Yeah, it does help. The pro-form does the registration and on submit the user is taken to PayPal’s site for checkout, and brought back to site after payment.
By the way, talking about removing steps, to remove the login after registration you could try this: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wppc-registration-autologin/
> error from paypal (something about fields not being given proper values)
Had not heard about that one in a long time. Other than the things you mention, another to try is using raw tags around it.
Or use a hack where the button is just a link to the shortcode outside that page. http://www.s2member.com/kb/clickbank-buttons-outside-the-site-with-s2member/ (I may write an article with the PayPal version of that, but I think you’ll get the idea from it.)
I hope that helps. 🙂
Thread Starter
buck
(@bukco13)
Great tip for the autologin plugin! I will definitely check that out. Thanks.
