What is a Members Area?

The Members Area is a tool that enables your site’s members to have their own account on the site, thereby improving the experience you can provide to your users.

Adding a Members Area comes with a Login bar that is easily visible on your site and allows members to log in from any page. In addition, it will come with a “My Account” page in which your members will be able to submit their details.

If you install Members Area together with one of the Wix Apps, it allows your site members to have a better experience. This encourages your site members to come back to your site more often, generating more organic traffic. You can also improve the user experience of your site by allowing access to features related to these Wix Apps which users would otherwise not be able to access.

Parts of a Members Area

The Members Area consists of three parts:

  1. The login bar
  2. Sign up
  3. Login

Let’s look at each part in detail:

The login bar

The login bar appears in your site’s header (unless you move it). Members can use it to sign up and log in and out of your site.

Signup and login forms

There are two types of forms: one for new members signing up, and one for existing members to log in.

Signup form

This form is displayed when a site visitor wants to sign up to become a member of your site.

Login form

This form is displayed when an existing member wants to log in to your site. You can customize the login window by changing font themes and site colors.

Member pages

Once logged in, a member has access to all member pages. Member pages differ depending on the features you have on your site.

Each member has a “My Account” page where they can add their personal details. These details are automatically added to your Contacts.

Adding a Members Area

You can add a Members Area to any site and create private pages that are only accessible to your members.

Note: Some Wix Apps such as Wix Stores, Wix Bookings, and Wix Forum automatically add the Members Area to your site.

  1. Click Add on the left side of the Editor.
  2. Click the Members tab.
  3. Click Add to Site.

Setting up your Members Area

Once you have added your Members Area, you can set it up. Most of the work has been done for you and the area works just as you would expect.

There are some things in the Members Area that you can personalize.

Set up your login bar

Visitors use the login bar to sign in to the members only sections of your site. You can choose what information the login bar displays, as well as the login bar text by clicking “Set Up Login Bar”.

Set pages for members only

There may be some pages on your site that you want to restrict to members only.

Open the Pages panel in your Editor and do the following:

  1. Click Menus & Pages on the left side of the Editor.
  2. Hover over the relevant page and click the Show More icon .
  3. Click Settings.
  4. Click the Permissions tab.
  5. Select Members Only.

Customize your member signup form

Choose which signup form you want on your site. The following are the three types of member signup forms that you can choose from:

  • Default
  • Custom
  • Velo form (advanced users)

Note: For websites with a community aspect such as a forum, be sure to add the Join this site’s community checkbox to your signup form.

Design your Members Area

You can change the design of each part of your Members Area. Just click Settings and then Design, followed by the element you want to change.

  1. Go to the relevant member page in your Editor and do the following:

    a. Click Menus & Pages on the left side of the Editor.

    b. Click Member Pages.

    c. Select the page you want to design.

  2. Click the member element on the page.

  3. Click Settings.

  4. Click the Design tab and customize the design.