aMember Setup: Step 4 of 4

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Feel free to contact CGI-Central any time if you have any issues with the script.

Please review the following:
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  • Admin page (aMember Control Panel)
  • Signup page
  • Registered Member page
  • Login page (redirect to protected area)



    • Before aMember is ready to use you will also need to do the following:

  • Go to the Admin page and Login. From the Main Menu on the left select Utilities>Setup/Configuration These settings may be used to tune your installation. Enable any additional payment plugins that you need, then visit the plugins configuration section and enter your settings.

  • Go to the Admin page and add your products or subscription types.

    You may prefer to refer to them as 'Products' or 'Subscription Types' depending upon the type of business you are in. For example, you might choose to refer to a newsletter as a 'Subscription,' while you might call computer software or hardware a 'Product.' It's up to you what you choose to call these aMember database records.

    Remember, a 'Product' or 'Subscription Type' is just a different way to refer to the same thing, which is an aMember database record.

    You may specify the Subscription Type (free or paid signup, etc.) as you enter each product.

    It is important to set up at least one product!


  • Determine whether or not your payment system(s) require any special configuration. If so then you can refer to the Installation Manual for more information, or contact CGI-Central for script customization services.

  • Setup your protection for protected areas. You can use .htaccess or PHP included files. To use the Cookie-Based login capability all of your protected files must be PHP!

  • Check your installation by testing your
    Signup Page.

  • Once you have everything set up and working correctly then you may wish to customize some of the HTML templates. You should at least consider customizing the following templates:

    header.html
    footer.html
    thanks.html
    sendpass.txt
    signup_mail.txt

    You can read more about templates customization here. Tip: 90% of aMember's look and feel can be customized by editing the CSS stylesheet in the file amember/templates/css/site.css.

    • Feel free to contact CGI-Central Support if you need any customization of the script.

    You can also find a lot of useful info in the aMember Forum.

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