What are Members?
Your memberships can be allowed or limited, to certain site priviledges
Understanding what 'Members' are and how the different levels work, will make managing and keeping in contact whith your client base more effective. There are many member security levels and these affect access to password protected pages and emailing lists. They are explained in more detail here.
| Member Level | Meaning | Mailing List |
| Blocked Address / Spam | If you put a member in this status, then they will not get your newsletters, and they cannot post any information on your forums using this email address. Nor can they login to your website. | No |
| Opt Out - Do not contact |
If a member has specifically unsubscribed from your newsletter they will be in this status. They will still be able to login to your website to update their contact details, but they won't be able to access any authorised services. You should note to your authorised users that opting out of the newsletter will also opt them out of any webservices, and may affect their ability to post any forum messages. |
No |
| General Member | This is the default status of anyone who contacts you on a webform, purchases something, posts to a forum etc |
No |
| Opt-In Mailing List Member | This is similar to a general member, but they have specifically "Opted In" to your mailling list by ticking a box or on yoru mailling list subscription page | Yes |
| Email confirmed | If a member posts a message on a forum, they will be asked to confirm their email address. This status means that they are a participating member of your website, and hence it should be ok to send these people a newsletter |
Yes |
| Authorisation Expired |
This means a member was once an Authorised User, and hence on your mailing list. If there membership had an expiry date, they will be in this status at this time. If your newsletter is only for Authorised Users and above, then you should use that filter when sending your emails. This level is higher than Email confirmed, but lower than Authorised Users |
Yes |
| Authorised User | Only a CMS admin user can make a member reach this status. This means that they have special priviledges on your website, and so therefore you are entitled to communicate with your current customer base. |
Yes |
| Authorised User Level 2 | Only a CMS admin user can make a member reach this status. This means that they have special priviledges on your website, and so therefore you are entitled to communicate with your current customer base. |
Yes |
| Authorised User Level 3 |
Only a CMS admin user can make a member reach this status. This means that they have special priviledges on your website, and so are therefore entitled to communicate with your current customer base. |
Yes |
The member levels above are in a special order. When you send an email to all opt in members, then you are sending an email to all members below that level including Authorised Users. The levels are not exclusive. So when an authorised user unsubscribes from a newsletter, then they may also be losing access to several services.
Don't want registered members to be in the mailing list?