Add Membership Pages

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.

To learn more about Membership pages, see the following video:

Install and Add Membership Pages

To install membership:

1. In the side panel, click Membership.
2. Click Add Membership to site.

To add membership pages to your site and to convert pages to membership pages:

1. To convert pages to membership pages, in the side panel of the editor, click Pages.
2. To create a new membership page, click + New Page.
3. To convert an existing page to a membership page, click the settings () icon next to the page, and then click Set Access.
4. Click Manage Membership, and then click the Membership Settings tab.
5. 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.

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

Set Site as Members Only

To restrict all site content to only be available to members:

1. In the side panel, click Membership.
2. Click Membership Settings.
3. Click the Set entire site as Members-Only toggle.
   Turning this on automatically sets all site pages as members-only.

Pricing

Membership has the following plans:

• Free. For sites of up to 5 members. Included on all new sites by default.

• Pro. $7/mo for sites of up to 1,000 members.

• Business. 15$/mo for sites of up to 10,000 members and paid membership access.

Configure Signup Page

You only have one signup page regardless of the number of restricted pages.

To configure the signup page:

1. In the side panel, click Pages.
2. Under Membership Pages, click Signup page.
3. Click the Sign Upwidget to open the design editor. You have the following options:

• Title. Configure the title of the widget.

  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.

Add Login Widget

After you add membership to your site, you can add a login widget to your site. To add the widget:

1. In the side panel, click Widgets.
2. Search for the login widget. Click and drag the widget to the location you want in the site.

Manage Site Members

To manage your site members:

1. In the side panel, click Membership.
2. Click Site Members.
3. To remove a member from the list, click the settings () icon next to the member, and click Remove Member.
4. To download a list of members, click Export to CSV.

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:

1. In the side panel, click Membership.
2. Click Membership Settings.
3. 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:

1. In the side panel, click Membership.
2. Click Site Members.
3. 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.