Online member application form

Wild Apricot comes with an integrated online member application form module. (See How to add web pages if your current site does not have this page yet). You can have multiple online member application form pages if desired.

Customizing the application form

Before your prospective members can start using the application form the very first thing you need to do is setup the form i.e. what sort of information should your members provide, the membership levels they are allowed to join and how they will pay (for paid subscriptions). (See Customizing your contact database fields, Customizing your member database, member levels and online payments

Setting Up Member Application Form: 3'44

Member application form consists of two parts: Membership level selection page and Membership application form page for selected level. If you only have one membership level available to the current user, first part is skipped.

Settings

Description
You can enter a text message which will appear at the top of your member application form (both parts). You can also use formatting options and insert links, pictures and documents.

Membership levels
You can specify what membership levels you would like to include on this particular online application form page.

In the simplest case, create one such page and select All levels to show all available levels.
Here is a more complicated setup:
For example, let's say you have created these membership levels and customized a different membership form for each one:

• Regular membership
• Premium membership
• Discounted membership for students
• Discounted membership for teachers
• Free newsletter subscription

Thereafter you can create 3 separate membership application pages:

• Membership application ( include Regular membership and Premium membership).
• Special discounted memberships ( include Discounted membership for students and Discounted membership for teachers)
• Free newsletter subscription
  Note that the last page will skip the membership level selection part since it only includes one level.

Membership level selection page

This page displays available member levels. Note if there is only one member level this page will be skipped to the next page. Each listed level is shown with Subscription period, Automatic renewal and Description fields(if entered).

Membership application form page for a specific level

The online member application form is generated automatically from the following fields:

• Contact fields (except for Internal use fields) - These fields are common to all contacts and forms and display regardless of the level being applied to. (See - Customizing your contact database fields)
• Member database - (See - Customizing your member database) as defined by member level settings (See - Customizing database fields by level).

Note: When you are logged in as a Site Administrator or as a Member, the application form page is not shown:

Log out to see the form the way public visitors will see it.

See also:

Retrying payment for membership application

Member Application Form Workflow: 4'26