Creating a Membership Site

Membership sites are built on the same platform as your Simplero site. So they'll be brand-consistent, modern, and beautiful. They even use the same page editor as your main site.

Membership sites feature a blog, a forum, a member directory, and Engagement badges. Membership sites also feature Courses with a structured curriculum and support for quizzes as part of the lesson plan.

Creating a Membership Site

1. Select Content from your Simplero Dashboard.

2. In the Membership sites tab, click the + Create new membership site button in the upper right corner:
   
   
   

3. Enter the site name, and pick the type of site. This will set up some of the Community features for you. The functionality you get access to is the same in all three types so don't worry if you are not too sure which one it falls into or if you are creating a hybrid :) Just pick one of them and review the configuration later.

4. Complete the fields for your site and click the Create site button to save:
   
   
   

5. Once your site is created, you will be able to edit its Settings (Pages tab) and access the Pages Editor on the top right corner:
   
   

Site Configure Settings

Navigate to the Configure tab:

There are some settings specific to the site that you might want to know a bit more in-depth before launching your new site:

Using a Custom Domain

If you own a domain and would like to link it to your site, click on "+Add domain":

NOTE! If you haven't set up your domain on your Account Settings, you might need to do so following the instructions on our guide on utilising a custom domain.

After logout page

Closed Membership sites (see Access section below) would only allow access to contacts via log-in.

This also means they will be able to log out using the profile dropdown on the top right corner of your Site.

By default, we will redirect the end-user to your Main Site, unless you add a URL on the "Redirect after logout" Advanced settings :)

Access to Your Membership Site

You can make your membership site publicly available or control access:

If private, you'll have 2 options which you can combine as well:

1. Allow users to join for free with a Join page

Which looks something like...

2. Customise a message on the login screen under the Site URL section:

In combination with the Join screen it will show the login custom message on the popup:

Member Directory

Scroll down to the Community features section:

If you disable the Member directory, your contacts won't be able to tag other members on any comments on this site.

When enabled, you will be able to add it as a section on your Page Editor Menu:

And this is how it will look like on your Site when it goes live:

You can default new members privacy settings to be hidden on this site member directory on the advanced settings below:

Adding Sign-up Forms

Using this section, you can add a sign-up form to a page within your membership site. Simply select the + Add signup form button, and you can choose any of the sign-up forms you have created within your Simplero account:

Email Settings

Meta Data

Allow showing SEO data when sharing a closed site URL in Facebook by checking the box at the bottom of this section:

Once it’s been enabled, navigate to the home page settings on the site editor to add a title, description, and an image to show when sharing the closed site URL on Facebook:

Launch your Site

Once you are ready to Launch your new Site, click on "Launch site now" from any of the tabs.

Connecting a Membership Site to a Product or a List

1. Select Sales from your Simplero Dashboard.

2. In the Products tab, select the product you want to add to a membership site.

3. Select the Content tab:
   
   
   

4. In the Courses & Sites section, check the box next to the membership site that you want to grant access to via the product:
   
   
   

5. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the Save changes button.
   
   

Our team built a Demo Membership Site to give you a better idea of how it looks like as an end-user :)

Click here for access to our demo membership site 

Cloning Page to Another a Site

Want to copy your site pages onto a new site? Select the original site pages >> Select action: Clone to another site:

Or clone them to another existing site by selecting it from the dropdown instead:

If you get stuck while building your amazing membership site, contact Simplero support. We're happy to help!