WishList Member from WishList Products allows you to quickly and easily set up your Membership Site, all without the need to know anything about designing websites, setting up webpages or even HTML. If you can write an email, you can set up your own membership site with just a little training.
WishList Member allows you to use the power of WordPress on your site to secure any content you want on your site, and only allow those who you want access to it to see it. By installing this plugin on your WordPress site, you have the power to keep your content secure and allow only those you want to view it.
So here are the 5 easy steps to setting up your own Membership Site easily and quickly, if you are starting from nothing. If you have a site and other things listed below, you can just jump to the step that is relevant to you and go from there.
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Install WordPress On Your Site
WordPress is the platform through which you will deliver your content on your website. WordPress was used for creating blogs over the past few years, but with development from thousands of people all around the world, it has become a heavyweight piece of software that allows people to put up web pages on their site without any need to know anything about setting them up.
You can easily install WordPress through Fantastico. With just a few clicks it allows you to have your WordPress site up and running in less than 60 seconds. Most hosting companies have Fantastico as part of their hosting plan. If you are unfamiliar with it, just contact your hosting company and they will tell you exactly where it is, and how to install WordPress using it. -
Install The WishList Member Plugin
Once you have bought the WishList Member Plugin, all you need to do is to upload the file you download from WishList Products to your site. This is very easily done in the Plugins area of WordPress. There is an “Add Plugin” option and it allows you to upload the plugin all through the WordPress software. It is that easy. -
“Activate” The Plugin
Once installed, all you need to do is to “Activate” the plugin. Basically this means that you “switch it on”. WordPress knows that you are using that plugin on your site, and they all work together. -
Set Up A Membership Level
Within WishList Member, you now create a Membership Level. This means that you have a membership level where people go when they sign up. It allows you to have any number of membership levels on your site. So you can have a Bronze, Silver, Gold and even a Platinum level on your site. It is up to you what you want to call it, and what you want in there. WishList Member and WordPress are so flexible that you can almost do anything with them. Just give it a name, or names, and you are good to go. -
Create Your Content And Secure
Once you have your Membership Level set up, all you have to do is to add your content to your site and secure it. This is very easy in WordPress. Just type in your content into the page edit area, adding any images or video that you want. To secure the page, all you have to do is to scroll down the page, and go to the WishList Member area, select “Yes, secure this content (members only)” and then select the member level you want to have access to that content. You can let as many levels have access to that content as you want.
Click on the “Publish” button on the page, and you have started with securing the content on your site.
You can also secure existing content on your WordPress site too, which is an added bonus if you are already using WordPress for your website.
Now once you have your website started, it is an easy process to keep it going. An even quicker way to get your membership site up and running is to use a template that has been made especially for WishList Member.
This allows you to import a proven member site structure that you can use right out of the box, or totally customize to your own needs. You can get them at WishList Member Templates.
