1. Set up General Options, and set Allow Open Registrations? to Yes.
2. For Restriction Options, protect every post or page (that you want to keep for approved members) at level 1.
3. Now users will be able to register at level 0, but they won’t be able to access anything except the Login Welcome Page.
4. To approve them, upgrade them manually to level 1.
ahhh i figured i may have to do that… thanks.
also,
When i set restriction option on pages, they hidden when not logged in. is there a way they can not be hidden and if people click on the page they will be asked to login first?
There are two ways you could do that.
One means unprotecting the pages, and instead using shortcodes to protect the content. See API/Scripting -> Simple/Shortcode Conditionals
The other means keeping the pages protected as now, but using one of the following plugins to show the titles of the pages in menus:
- Nav Menu Roles
- Privileged Menu
Wow easy enough, thank you 🙂
One Last Question, i can’t seem to get the <?php wp_loginout(); ?> to work on my website. my theme has a top header and i placed that code in the widget area for the top header however nothing displays. How do i get a login/register/logout button for users to click on
Again, if you are looking for a suitable widget, you have two options. One is to upgrade to the Pro version, which comes with such a widget.
The other is to use the Sidebar Login plugin.
I’ll add one word of caution, though. If the PHP code you’re using doesn’t work, there’s a chance that neither of these will either. If you find that’s the case, then you will need to ask advice from your theme’s developer.
