Member directory

With Wild Apricot you can provide a directory of your members as a valuable service to the public - or as a members-only value-added service.
You can setup a number of member directories, each one with its own settings. For example, one directory might briefly list all the records in your database - members and non-members. Another directory page might list only premium members and display additional information - website addresses, pictures and logos etc.

To add a member directory webpage to your website, use Add page button.

To set it up the way you want, find it in the menu, click on it and then click on [Edit settings] button in the toolbar.

Member directory settings

Intro message
You can enter a text message which will appear at the top of your member directory

Permissions
In Wild Apricot you can create multiple Member levels - 'categories' of members.
For each of these levels you can select whether these records should be included in the Member directory. Also, there is a special field in each member profile - Member directory 'listing text'. You can define which membership levels should display this field in the directory. For example, you might display it for Premium members but not for Free members.

Display options
You can set the default view to Keyword search or Advanced search

Sorting order
You can set up to three levels of sorting based on the fields from your member database.
For example, you might want to sort by Member level first, then by last name. In this way your members in more expensive membership categories will be displayed higher up:

Search results layout
You can customize the layout of the member directory. You can display up to four (4) columns in the directory list. Each column can be customized to show the Header, up to three fields from database. The width of the column can be adjusted by the as well.

Note: The first field of the first column will automatically link to this record public profile page.

Regulating who can access the member directory: public or members only

Access and visibility of member directory page is controlled in the same way as for other pages: See Page access and Page visibility

How your member directory is displayed and how people can search it

Here is how your member directory page will be displayed on your website:

Here is customized Member directory that contains four columns including pictures.

The screen above is a list of search results in so-called Keyword search mode. People can simply start typing 'Director' and the system will immediately find and display all matching records (whether Direcror is found in the Organization field, email field, listing field - or name fields):

People can also switch to the Advanced search mode, where they can run more complicated queries against your database, for example:

From the search results page people can click into the individual member details page:

Read below how you - and each member! - can control the display of specific fields on this page.

Privacy options for your members

Everyone is concerned about privacy so you should be extra-cautious about releasing member contact information. Wild Apricot gives you - and your members - full control over that.

First of all, as an administrator you get to define what fields are in your member database (see Customizing your member database and Customizing member public profile). For each field you can define whether this field is included in the member directory. (The only exception in the current version are some standard 'system' fields - First name and last name, email and organization)
Second, each member is in full control over his public member profile - and can include which fields he wants to show for his own record. Thus, one member might be comfortable sharing email and telephone, another one only the telephone and yet someone else will chose not to show anything except his name - or even opt out of being included in the member directory altogether! This information can be updated by the administrator for each member (including using the import function) - and also by each member via online self-service page: