How To Build
a password protected members section

Limitations: Images remain in the image directory and will still be accessible without passwords if the user knows the exact url of the image. Also all programs run from outside the member section, so any posting boards or calendars can still be accessed via the standard pages. The members section will only protect the pages in the members section.

If you have information you want to sell or reserve for members only, you can build those pages in the members section.

Adding To Page: You can manually manage the members via your management console or you can have members sign up using the main website by adding a signup page and including the code %%include-membersignup%% to the page.

You will also need to add a link to the members section. You should link to:
https://yourdomain.com/members/mainpage.html

Of course you will replace "yourdomain.com" with your actual domain and "mainpage" with the actual name of the page you want the users access. You can have as many pages as you need, but you need one page that they go to when they login. This page should include links to other protected pages.

The main menu is still accessible and the page format remains the same as the rest of the website. So links to all the members pages must be added to your pages manually. The members section does not have its own page menu like the rest of the website.

You can set the signup to be free or paid at a price you determine using PayPal.

You can also set the number of days the new member will be able to access your members section. You can limit access to 1 day or 1 year (365 days).

If you set the duration of a member to 30 days, the account will expire in 30 days automatically. This allows you to provide limited time access without manually managing passwords.