Membership is a great way to have content on your site which is only visible to members or groups of members. In addition to that, you can choose to give a member the ability to collaborate with you on your site.
Invite a Member
To invite a member to your site, go to Members on your dashboard and click on Invite Member. Enter a name and email address and click Invite. This will send an invitation to the member and also load a member detail page where you can further manage the member, such as setting a username, adding an avatar, adding to a group, and adjusting site editing permissions.
Allow a Member to Edit Your Site
By default, members do not have editing privileges, so to give them permission click on the *Edit* link for the member on the Members page. Scroll down and you will see the Permissions section with a checkbox for each of the following permission settings:
- Admin - Full access to edit the site including members, site settings, page design, and blog posts.
- Moderator - Ability to approve and delete blog comments as well as disable other members from commenting.
- Author - Ability to create and publish blog posts. Editing and deletion of posts is limited to posts created by the member.
- Designer - Can create pages and edit page content, as well as edit the design of the site.
- Forms - Can view and delete form entries.
Check whichever you would like to grant, then click the Save button.
Tip: You can have as many members of each type as you want, including site admins. Simply follow the same steps to add more.
Set Up a Group
Groups are collections of members which make it easier to manage members with similar roles or purposes. To create a group, click on the Add Group button. Enter a name for the group and click Add.
Make Pages Members-Only
Now that you have added members, you can make pages members-only. Edit the settings of a page, then set the Visibility option to make it only visible to certain groups, then choose the groups.
Add Login and Signup Links to your Navigation
To make it easier for people to sign up and log into your website, go to Site on your dashboard and click the Edit Site button. Once in the website editor, click on your header at the top of the page. In the options panel, expand the Login and Signup and toggle on the Show Login and Signup option, then publish your site.
Note that you can also provide the login link to your members separately if you don’t wish to show login and signup buttons. To get this link, go to Members in your dashboard and click the View Login Page button.
Tip: You can hide the signup button by leaving the Signup Label field blank.