eMember – disable join us on login page

[pcredm]

I am using eMember to protect a site. Access is controlled by an administrator and there is no option for someone to join the group. How do I remover the “join us” from the main login page?

[admin]

The “Join Us” page is an integral part of eMember (all membership plugins need a join us page). So there is no option to turn off the join us page without modifying the code but the following might be an easier workaround for you:

Simply state something like the following on the “Join Us” page:

The membership on this site is private and can only be created by the admin ....

[admin]

You can hide the join us link in the login widget. See the following post:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/remove-join-us-link-from-emember-widget

[GTTadmin]

Hi

We are using eMember plugin and also want to remove the “Join Us” link from our member login page. I’ve seen a couple of posts about this but can’t find any resolution of how to actually remove this link.

I reaslise there needs to be a way to register users, and our site owners would be the ones to do this, rather than users having the ability to do this themselves. Essentially we don’t want to have any visitor to the site trying to sign up for the emember section, we as the administrators will provide login when applicable.

Also realise we can put text there advising this, however we really need to completely remove this “Join Us” link please (already getting response from users on the web site saying “Join Us” not working, hence why we need to completely remove this text).

As a small side issue, could you also please advise how to change the blue color of the “login” button.

Thank you.

[admin]

The ability to join/signup for a membership is an integral part of any membership plugin. So the reference to join the site is going to be in lots of different places and it will be hard to tweak all of these areas. Also, just removing the link to the join us page won’t stop the users from asking the question. When they see a login widget and there is no option to join, the will contact you and ask a question. So the best way is to answer their question in a way that explains the situation.

The following option might be a better way to handle it:

1) Customize the “Join Us” text to something like “Contact us” or “Membership Info”. You can customize any user visible text using this approach:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/how-to-customize-various-textmessages-displayed-by-the-plugin

2) Create a special page where you explain how the membership on this site works. Use the URL of this page as the “Join Us Page URL” in eMember settings.

Now, when your users click on this link they will be taken to a page where there is explanation for all the common questions.

With that said, if you want to customize/tweak the login widget the following post will tell you which PHP file and function to modify:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/edit-membership-login-widget-once-user-is-logged-in

[igkteam]

Indeed. I’ve had to change the code to remove this option altogether on several sites.

I’ve used this plugin on client courses that close registration after X days and run live with a certain group, so there is never a use to have a “join Us” link on the site. It confuses people.

It would be MOST helpful to make the Join Us link optional, modified by a checkbox as you guys have do so well on so many other options of the plugin.

Many thanks.

[Brennan]

Hi all:

Is there any way to have members be able to log in by using the log in widget only. I don’t want the Login link that is part of the auto generated “Please Login to view this content.” message to take members to a specific login page. I would rather have them log in and then stay on the page they logged in from or be directed to the home page etc. So I would like to alter the hyperlink part of the message and make that part regular text.

@igkteam

I also have a couple sites in which there is no need to have a join us link/page. I agree that this link could easily confuse people and should be optional. An good example where there is no need for the join us link/page is if an organization (let’s say a school district in my case) wanted to sign up staff for courses. They would only be paying once and then providing a list of users to be entered (by me).

That being said, I am wondering about the steps you took to change this code.

Thanks,

Brennan

[admin]

Go to eMember settings and check the “Enable Fancy Login Widget/Popup” option. When you use that option the login form pops up when someone clicks the login link. This way they are not taken to a specific login page.

You can also hide the “join us” message via CSS. Grab this plugin:

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-custom-css-plugin-6413

Then add the following custom css in there:

.eMember_not_a_member_msg{

display: none;

}

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