Custom Capabilities and Download Restrictions

It won’t be better to use levels because a user can’t have more than one level, and so your users won’t be able to get two downloads per month.

So you’ve really got two options. Either you can use ccaps, and upload the relevant files to the relevant s2Member subdirectories, as explained at s2Member -> Download Options -> Custom Capability & Member Level Files.

Or else you could use the technique explained at s2Member -> Download Options -> Advanced Download Restrictions. This one doesn’t require ccaps or user levels; it just creates expiring links to files per user.

So, I think I’m confused now. In the basic download restrictions it’s based on levels. So many downloads per month at whatever level.
I was curious if there is a way to set:
#1 ccap $15 – 1 download per user
#2 ccap $20 – 1 download per user
= 2 downloads per month
instead of having 2 levels.

Maybe I explained it wrong before, thanks again. Theresa

Oh, I see. I thought you meant one file to download (or two).

In that case, yes, it would probably be easier to sell user levels rather than ccaps.

Okay, thanks!

Hi again,
I think I’m still facing a problem of the user downloading 1 item from each level.
When they sign up they will be level 2. So can a level 2 user download from level 1 – (count 1 download) and also level 2 (2nd download) ?

I need the same user to get 2 downloads monthly, one from each level.
There has to be a way to do this… I was thinking capabilities.

Since I want this on the same page, I’m wondering if I could do one level, with 2 capabilities, and drip one capability at a time, not giving them access to both at once? That would keep the user to 2 downloads a month. Maybe I have it there.

By default, level 2 users always have access to level 1 content. You can change this if you want to do so using another plugin, but it sounds like the default behavior is exactly what you want.

Well, that’s what I thought. Just saw your other post… I did try it both ways with can access. Level 1 still wouldn’t show up.
Now they both do with the right shortcode…
https://unclerickaudios.com/audio-membership/adventure

I need to give the member two downloads a month, from two different price ranges. So I don’t want a member picking two downloads from the higher range. One from the lower and one from the higher only.
I’ll sleep on it! ?? I appreciate your responses.
Theresa

Hello,
I think my only option is to use drips and drip the lower priced content for the first 10 days and the higher priced the last 10 days, so they can’t pick two downloads from the higher.
If the drips end after day 30 of a recurring membership, all will recur the same way the following month, as long as the membership renews, is that correct?

On another download note could you show me how to set this user id, it’s 2; I’m not putting it in correct because it didn’t work. I know how to add it the functions file, just need to see how to set the id.
<?php
delete_user_option($user_id, ‘s2member_file_download_access_log’);
?>

Thanks for your help. Theresa

Well, I just realized that the drip doesn’t prevent them from waiting for the higher priced audios to download their allotted 2.

Is there absolutely any way to do what I’m seeking?
I just need to restrict the number of downloads a member can select in two areas of content.
Area 1 – 1 download
Area 2 – 1 download

If anyone has input, I’d be so thankful!
Theresa

I think you need to go back to the beginning. Use Basic Download Restrictions to restrict the downloads, and couple that with s2member levels.

I know you said before that higher levels couldn’t access lower level content, but this is precisely how s2Member is set up to work. Trying to do it another way is just going to cause you grief.

I suspect that either you made a small mistake somewhere last time or, more likely, you have reset user role capabilities or you have some sort of plugin or theme conflict.

Yes, I did go back and read everything again. I even read all the other areas I’ve never been too!

I’ve got ONE level when they sign up – Level 2. When I tested the downloads at a tester level 2, I was able to get 1 download before the limit reached page came up.
This did work to show all content:
[s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)]
audio low price
[/s2If]
[s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level2)]
audio high price
[/s2If]
Basic Downloads are set – Level 1 – 1 every 30 days, Level 2 – 1 every 30 days. Because the tester is level 2, it’s only giving me one download, it won’t give me an extra download for level 1.
It would help if I could easily reset the downloads to test this…

Well, for testing purposes, you can simply create a new user in the back-end, and try things out using that user’s credentials.

Are you storing the files in the general s2member-files directory, or in sub-directories according to level?

>>>>simply create a new user in the back-end, and try things out using that user’s credentials.<<<< Yes, doing that, but there isn’t a reset the downloads for the user lol…I can’t get the php code to work for me…and yes, I don’t know what I’m doing there.

In the s2 general files! I didn’t think about making sub-directories per level…I knew to do that with the ccap…Okay trying that right now. :D!

Oh nuts…that didn’t work ??
So you are saying a level 2 user – with a download restriction of 1 per level, should be able to download 1 from level 2 and 1 from level 1?

Well, that’s how I read it. But your experience suggests that it ties down the user and not the files, even if they are in separate sub-directories. That’s annoying!

While using sub-directories means that level 1 users can’t access level 2 downloads at all, I can’t now see a way (short of custom coding) for you to have level 2 users have two downloads, of which no more than one is at level 2. It seems that either s/he gets two downloads, and therefore could choose two at level 2, or just one.