Administrative and Member Views

Overview

When you're logged in as an administrator and working on your site you may want to see what a certain page looks like from the perspective of a member. To do this simply using the administrative/member switch tool (see screenshot below) to switch between 'admin view' and 'member view' of the site. (Note: This only works if your administrator record has active membership associated with it)

Previewing pages in the 'member' view is important because which fields, members, menu links, events, pages and blogs will appear to your members will depend on their membership level access.

Currently Wild Apricot has 4 different 'views' or types of access to the account and the website or pages that you generate via it's tools.

1. Public - What any visitor would see or what a logged out member or administrator would see.
2. Member - Anyone currently logged into your site. Their specific membership level will determine which information is visible (i.e, membership applications, pages, events,etc)
3. Limited Administrator - Limited Administrators will have access to certain administrator only features but which of these features they see will depend on their access (see Managing site administrators)
4. Full Administrator - Full Administrators have access to all information on the website as well as the administrative backend of the account

Switching Between Different Views

Switch to Member View

To switch to the member view simply click on the link in the upper right. If you do not see a link here you will need to assign a membership level to your administrative account (see Assign Membership to Contact ). Once assigned you will be able to view the site as a member of the level you have assigned to your administrator.

From this "member view" you can experience the site as any of your members (with you current membership level) would. This allows you test different features of Wild Apricot sites from the perspective of a member (i.e, registering for an event, editing your privacy settings,etc).

Switching to Administrator View

Once you click this button you will be taken to your website, however you might have already noticed a special addition in the top right corner - a switch to go back to the admin view.

Login Page Location Once you logout of administrative View, Wild Apricot will remember the last page that you were on so if you're in member View before you logout, you will return to the page in member View on your next login.

Member View Limitations and Notes

• Does not include the ability to preview of Event Registration forms
• Does not work with Widget based sites