s2Member® v150203

Unified Changelog for s2Member v150203

• (s2Member Pro) Gift/Redemption Codes: This release adds a powerful new shortcode: [s2Member-Gift-Codes /]. This makes it easy to generate and sell access to gift codes (i.e. gift certificates) and/or to a list of redemption codes. For instance, where a single team leader might like to purchase multiple accounts they can distribute to others on a team, or in a group. Video demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3N_vygowbM&feature=youtu.be ~ See also: this GitHub issue for additional technical details.
• (s2Member Pro) User-Specific Coupon Codes: This release of s2Member makes it possible to configure Pro Form Coupon Codes that are connected (i.e. only valid) when entered by specific Users/Members who are logged into the site. See: Dashboard ⥱ s2Member ⥱ Pro Coupon Codes. See also: this GitHub issue for additional technical details.
• (s2Member Pro) Coupon Code Max Uses: This release of s2Member Pro adds the ability to set a maximum number of times that a Coupon Code can be used. This makes it easy to create Coupon Codes that are designed to be used only one time, for instance; or for X number of times. After a Coupon Code is used X number of times, it will expire automatically. See: Dashboard ⥱ s2Member ⥱ Pro Coupon Codes. See also: this GitHub issue for technical details.
• (s2Member Pro) Coupon Code Usage Tracking: This release of s2Member Pro adds the ability to track the number of times that each of your Coupon Codes have been used. It is also possible to alter the number of uses, and/or set a maximum number of uses. See: Dashboard ⥱ s2Member ⥱ Pro Coupon Codes. See also: this GitHub issue for technical details.
• (s2Member Pro) Coupon Code Active/Expires Dates: This release of s2Member Pro makes it possible to establish both a start and end time for each of your Pro Coupon Codes. In previous versions of s2Member, it was only possible to set an expiration date. You can now create Coupon Codes that will become active at some point in the future automatically. See: Dashboard ⥱ s2Member ⥱ Pro Coupon Codes. See also: this GitHub issue for technical details.
• (s2Member Pro) Coupon Code UI Enhancements: This release of s2Member Pro comes with an updated UI that makes it easier to manage your Pro Coupon Codes. See: Dashboard ⥱ s2Member ⥱ Pro Coupon Codes. See also: this GitHub issue for technical details.
• (s2Member Pro) Store Coupon Codes for Each User: s2Member Pro now stores a list of all coupon codes that a customer has used on your site. See: Dashboard ⥱ Users ⥱ Choose User [Edit]. Scrolling down to the set of s2-related fields will reveal a new list of coupon codes. This list will be filled for new customers only; i.e. s2Member does not have this data for past purchases; only for new customers that you acquire after updating to the latest release. See also this GitHub issue if you'd additional details.
• (s2Member/s2Member Pro) EOT Custom Value: In this release of s2Member, the get_user_option('s2member_custom') value is preserved after an EOT has taken place, making it possible for site owners to continue to read this value (along with any custom pipe-delimited values they have injected there), even after an EOT has taken place. See also: this GitHub issue.
• (s2Member/s2Member Pro) JW Player Broken Links: This release corrects some broken links referenced by the inline documentation for s2Member in the WordPress Dashboard. See also: this GitHub issue if you'd like further details.
• (s2Member/s2Member Pro) Security: This release of s2Member checks for the existence of the WordPress PHP Constant: WPINC instead of looking for the less reliable $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']. Some site owners reported this was causing trouble in a localhost environment during testing, or when running s2Member on some hosts that are missing the SCRIPT_FILENAME environment variable; e.g. some Windows servers. Fixed in this release. See also: this GitHub issue if you'd like additional details.
• (s2Member Pro) Advanced Import/Export Compat: This release of s2Member Pro includes compatibility and a bug fix when running on WordPress v4.1+. Three PHP notices during importation, along with some quirky behavior associated with the role CSV column have been corrected. See also: this GitHub issue for technical details.
• (s2Member Pro) [s2Member-List /] Bug Fix: This release resolves an issue with pagination in the [s2Member-List /] shortcode after recent improvements to the search functionality. See this GitHub issue if you'd like additional details.
• (s2Member Pro) [s2Member-List /] Enhancement: This release improves search functionality in the [s2Member-List /] shortcode, making it so that all searches default to *[query]*; i.e. are automatically wrapped by wildcards. If a user enters a wildcard explicitly (or a double quote), this default behavior is overridden and the search query is taken as given in such a scenario. This makes the search functionality easier for end-users to work with, since it no longer requires an exact match. Default behavior is now a fuzzy match. See also: this GitHub issue if you'd like further details.
• (s2Member/s2Member Pro) AWS v4 Authentication: This release of s2Member adds AWS v4 Authentication support for Amazon Web Service Regions that only accept the AWS v4 authentication scheme. If you had trouble in the recent past when attempting to integrate s2Member with S3 Buckets (or with CloudFront) in regions outside the USA, this release should resolve those issues for you. See also: this GitHub issue if you'd like additional technical details.
• (s2Member Pro) Bug Fix: Pro Form Checkout Options not working in all cases whenever they are used together with Free Registration Forms. Resolved in this release.