Member Management
You’ll find many member management options available at:
- The Members section, which hosts a comprehensive suite of member management utilities including the Membership Preferences page.
- The My Account Page, accessible from the Control Panel’s sidebar. It can also display information for any member if you choose a particular member from
Members. - Member global template variables, which allow you to output information on the current user.
- Member tags can be used to build a robust frontend member area, enabling your site members to manage their personal profile information without having access to your Control Panel. The Member Management Template Generator can create a set of functional templates that demonstrate how to use these tags along with their available parameters and variables.
Note: A member account’s Username and Screen Name can be identical, but the Username must be unique system-wide.
- Registration Tag
- Login Tag
- Logout Tags
- Forgot Password
- Forgot Username
- Reset Password
- Multi-Factor Authentication Links
- Member List Tag
- Member Search Form
- Custom Profile Data Tag
- Edit Profile Data Tag
- Member Roles Tags
- Ignore List Tag
- Profile Templates (Legacy)
Member Navigation
A good strategy for member navigation links is to use them within conditional tags that let you present links based on whether someone is logged in or not. Here’s an example:
{if logged_in}
<a href="{path='member/profile'}">Edit your profile</a><br>
<a href="{path='member/memberlist'}">View the Memberlist</a><br>
<a href="{path='logout'}">Log Out</a>
{/if}
{if logged_out}
Are you a member? Please <a href="{path='member/login'}">log-in</a>.<br>
Not a member? <a href="{path='member/register'}">Register</a>.<br>
Have you <a href="{path='member/forgot'}">forgotten your password</a>?
{/if}