Membership pages allow you to build high-converting and engaging sites by gathering valuable leads and user information. Add Membership capabilities to restrict access to site pages based on whether or not the site visitor is logged in or not.
Install and Add Membership Pages
To install membership:
In the side panel, click Membership.
Click Add Membership to site.
To add membership pages to your site and to convert pages to membership pages:
To convert pages to membership pages, in the side panel of the editor, click Pages.
To create a new membership page, click + New Page.
To convert an existing page to a membership page, click the settings icon next to the page, and then click Set Access.
Click Manage Membership, and then click the Membership Settings tab.
Click Members Only.
The page becomes locked for members only. The first time you add a membership page a new login page is added to the site’s pages list, but is not visible in the pages list.
Note
If you are using sub-pages and want to have membership on them as well, you must individually restrict each subpage.
To configure who can sign up as a member, click one of the following options:
Everyone. Allows access to the membership page for anyone who requests access.
Only people approved manually. Requires manual approval for each user that requests access. Click Member Requests Recipients to set the site admin, site owner, or staff member needed to approve membership requests.
Note
If manual approval is required for access, users will see the Pending Page after requesting access until access is granted. However, in Preview Mode, users will immediately see the membership page.
To edit specific membership pages, in the side panel click Pages and then under Membership Pages, click to edit the following:
Pending page
Signup page
Access denied page
Note
Dynamic pages, store pages, and blog posts are not currently supported.
Set Site as Members Only
Note
Restricting an entire site to only be available to members includes all regular pages, blog posts, and dynamic pages. Additionally, when you add new pages to the site, they are automatically marked as for members only.
To restrict all site content to only be available to members:
In the side panel, click Membership.
Click Membership Settings.
Click the Set entire site as Members-Only toggle.
Turning this on automatically sets all site pages as members-only.
Configure Signup/Login Page
You only have one signup/login page regardless of the number of restricted pages. The page, by default, has the Sign Upwidget.
To configure the signup widget:
In the side panel, click Pages.
Under Membership Pages, click Sign in page.
Click the Sign Upwidget to open the content and design editor (it will be the only widget on the page). There are two tabs that can be configured. The following are the tabs along with their corresponding options:
Sign up
Make Sign Up the default screen. Choose whether users will see a signup or a login screen when they first land on the page.
Title. Configure the title of the Sign up form.
Google Signup. Enable Google signup.
Terms of Service. Customize the terms of use text. We recommend adding links to your Privacy Page and Terms of Use page. For more information, see Privacy Settings.
Log in
Make Log In the default screen. Choose whether users will see a signup or a login screen when they first land on the page.
Login title. Configure the title for the login form.
Add Login Widget
After you add membership to your site, you can add a login widget to your site and select which page members are directed to after logging in. To add the widget:
In the side panel, click Widgets.
Search for the login widget. Click and drag the widget to the location you want in the site.
Right-click the widget to open the content editor. On the Content tab, scroll down to Where to redirect users after they log in?
From the drop down menu, select a site page that members will be directed to when they log in.
Publish or republish your site to make the changes live.
Note
The Login widget only works on the live site. To test signing up or logging in, visit the preview link for the site (not the preview option within the editor) and navigate to a members-only page (the page will need to be accessible, for example it can be found in the navigation or a button is linked to it). If you have immediate access to the page without logging in, this likely indicates your browser cache needs to be cleared. You can also try in an incognito window.
Manage Site Members
To manage your site members:
In the side panel, click Membership.
Click Site Members.
To remove a member from the list, click the settings (
) icon next to the member, and click Remove Member.
To download a list of members, click Export to CSV.
Note
To manage members, you must have the Manage Free Apps permission. For more information, see Manage User Permissions.
Approval-Based Membership
With approval-based membership, new members must request access to membership pages, and requests must be approved before they have access to the membership pages. After trying to sign in, new members are redirected to a confirmation page stating that access has been requested.
To add approval-based membership and require that new members be approved before they are given access to membership pages:
In the side panel, click Membership.
Click Membership Settings.
To configure who can sign up as a member, select Only people approved manually. This requires manual approval for each user that requests access. Click Member Requests Recipients to set the site admin, site owner, or staff member needed to approve membership requests..
New members must be approved to receive access to membership pages. Membership requests are sent to the configured admin by email.
Approve Membership Requests
To approve new members that have requested access:
In the side panel, click Membership.
Click Site Members.
If you are using approval-based membership, to approve a new member, click the settings icon next to the member, and click Approve Member.
Membership Plans
You can organize your members and pages into Plans to only allow predefined groups of members to see specific pages on your site. For more information, see Membership Plans.
Remove Site Membership
To remove membership from a site, you must change the page access on all Membership Pages and republish the site. The login page will remain on the site. Once membership is installed on a site it cannot be uninstalled.
Uninstall Membership
To uninstall membership:
In the side panel, click App Store.
Find Membership.
Click the three vertical dots.
Select Remove.