A Member's Area is the ideal tool to make your visitors engage, as it creates a community around your site. People who sign up to your Member's Area get their own account where they can see all their information while getting to know other members.
How do I add a Member's Area?
Wix Editor:
- Click Add
on the left side of the Editor. - Click the Community tab.
- Click Members.
- Click Add to Site.
Editor X:
- Click Add Elements
at the top bar of Editor X. - Click the Members tab.
- Click Add to Site.
The Member's Area structure
The Member's Area consists of several parts you can tailor to your needs. Customize each element so it looks and feels like a genuine part of the design.
Click an element below to learn more about it:
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.
There are 2 types of forms in your Member's Area – one for new members signing up, and one for existing members to log in. Below the page's title, visitors can use a link to navigate to the form they need.
- 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 your font themes and site colors.
Member pages and the Member's Menu
Every Member's Area comes with
private pages (e.g., My Account, Notifications) that let members view their personal information. You can also add your own exclusive content for members, creating public or private pages.
If you're using certain Wix apps on your site, this automatically adds more pages to enhance the member's experience and engagement.
For example, Wix Stores adds private pages like My Wallet and My Orders so customers can track their transactions with ease.
Either way, members can access all these pages from the Member's Menu which you can customize to your exact needs.
Tip:
You can change any page on your site to Members Only, so it's not available to the general public. Learn how to do this on
Wix Editor /
Editor X.
Member profile page and profile card
The Member Profile Card is a header that appears on every page of the Member's Area. It displays the member's name, image and additional details if needed.
You can also add a Profile page (if it isn't already pre-installed) that lets members get to know each other. This page shows information about each of your members, like their personal details, their profile picture and their activity on your Member's Area.
Increasing customer engagement
Using Wix's business solutions like Wix Stores, Wix Bookings or Wix Events? The Member's Area is a great tool to create a real connection with your customers and make them return.
Customers who create an account on your site get much more control of their transactions; Many of the Wix business solutions include member pages, giving customers the option to track and see the information that's stored about them (e.g., their address, payment method details, etc.)
Click a Wix app below to learn what it adds to your Member's Area:
Pricing Plans includes a
My Subscriptions page for your members where they can view a plan's status, cancel a plan (if cancelation is enabled), or check when a plan is set to expire.
Wix Bookings includes a
My Bookings page where clients can reschedule appointments or re-book past appointments.
Wix Events lets guests
sign up as members to gain access to exclusive member pages where they can:
- View past and upcoming events
- See who else is going to an event
- Easily downloading tickets from their account
- Save their details to quickly sign up for future events
- My Orders: Lets customers check the status of their orders and view past orders.
- My Addresses: Lets customers update and add addresses for delivery.
- My Wallet: Lets customers view their saved credit cards, used for purchases at your store.
- My Wishlist: If you added a wishlist to your store, this page helps customers to keep track of their favorite products.
Creating and strengthening your community
Whether you've created a site for your business or other purposes, the Member's Area can help you create a community around it as well. It can also be an online space for existing communities like educational institutions, groups around a topic of interest or any other type of group.
Click a social Wix app below to learn what it adds to your Member's Area:
Program participants must be site members to access program content. Once members are logged in to your site, they can view their private program information, including:
- Active programs
- Past programs
- Programs duration
- The price of their programs
- Blog Comments
- Blog Likes
- Blog Posts (visible to members with writing privileges)
- My Drafts (visible to members with writing privileges)
Members chat is an additional Wix Chat feature that allows your logged in site members to chat with each other in addition to chatting with you (the business). Once enabled, your members can see private chats as well as create group chats.
Wix Forum includes
an About page where members can describe themselves. Members can follow each other's forum activity and get notified for comments posted by the members they follow.
Get your members talking, create groups around common interests, post media and updates, start discussions and more.
The File Share and Shared Gallery apps
There are two Wix apps for file and media sharing that integrate with the Member's Area:
- File Share: Adds a Files page where members (with permission) can view another member's uploads. Members can also view their own list of folders and files they marked as favorites.
- Shared Gallery: Adds a Gallery page where members share their photos with the community. They can also add likes and tags to any picture in the shared gallery system.
Creating exclusive member content
You're not confined to the pages you get by default with your Members Area – create exclusive pages for your members with content only they can access. You can make these pages
public so they’re available to all members, or limit them to a select few (
specific member roles or
paying members).
Designing your own personalized space
Once you
add a Member's Area, a lot of the design work is done for you as the colors and fonts automatically match your site's theme. However, you can
tailor the entire experience to your look and voice – from signup and login, to the Area's design and content.
Managing your members
Easily manage all of your site members in your members list in the dashboard. You can view detailed information about each member on this list as well as
approving,
deleting or blocking members. From here, you can also
assign different roles or
badges to make specific members stand out.
