Website Pages with Restricted Access (aka Member-only pages)

Access to Wild Apricot website pages can be restricted to certain members - by selecting one or more membership levels (e.g. only 'Gold' and 'Premium' members) or membership groups (Committees, Chapters and so on). This is done by creating a restricted access section (RAS) page and adding web pages within it. These RAS sections (including all their 'child' pages) are hidden from public visitors to your website and only shown to authorized members after they log in.

Adding new website sections with restricted access

 A restricted access section page is a Functional page that can be added in one of two ways: (See also How to add web pages)

Adding RAS Via Web Pages

Go to Web pages / click on [Add page] / select Restricted Access Section from functional pages:

 After it has beed added, click on [manage this page] button to open its settings in Page Management - as described below.

Adding RAS via Page Management

Click on [Add new page], choose Functional page and select Restricted access section:

Access Control

You can set the access settings for your RAS page and select the Membership levels / Member Groups that should have access:

When viewing this page you will see a message on top of the page that will show Access granted to: and the list of member level(s) / group(s)

You cannot add a RAS section as a child page of another RAS You cannot convert an existing page into a RAS section. Instead, create a new RAS section and move the original page into it.

Adding sub-pages to existing restricted access sections

Once the Restricted Access section is added, you can add any number of sub-pages to your RAS as necessary - see How to add web pages

You can also move existing pages into a RAS: go into Page Management and drag-drop the page into the appropriate location.

All subpages within RAS follow the same restriction settings as the parent RAS page If you move a sub-page of RAS page outside of RAS section, it will automatically become a public page Access is only restricted for webpages. All attachments for your account are currently stored in one common place (for all secure and public pages). This means that if someone obtains a direct link to files attached and linked from secure pages, these files can be accessed without a password. Obviously, getting the link in the first place does require a password - to access secure page the document is linked from.