RedMEMBER User Manual

redMEMBER User Manual

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Content

Basic functionality ............................................................................................................................................ 3

Usertypes ...................................................................................................................................................... 3

Fields ............................................................................................................................................................. 3

Acces to group .............................................................................................................................................. 3

Tabs .............................................................................................................................................................. 4

Create a new usertype with tabs and fields ...................................................................................................... 5

Create tabs ....................................................................................................................................................... 5

Create usertype ............................................................................................................................................ 9

Creation of fields ........................................................................................................................................ 11

Mail ............................................................................................................................................................. 14

Manual ........................................................................................................................................................ 14

Membership fees ............................................................................................................................................ 16

Deactive state ............................................................................................................................................. 23

Excluded state ............................................................................................................................................ 24

Creation of a forum section ......................................................................................................................... 25

Creation of forum category ......................................................................................................................... 26

Select which user types are allowed to see the cateogry ........................................................................... 27

Make the forum public for ”non members” and select if ”non members” can write in the forum ........... 29

First time setup of file management ........................................................................................................... 31

Creation of category ................................................................................................................................... 34

Upload a file to a folder ............................................................................................................................... 36

Create a menuitem that displays content of a folder ................................................................................. 38

Limit access to certain folders ..................................................................................................................... 42

Create a search form .................................................................................................................................. 45

Search templates ........................................................................................................................................ 47

Sending the newsletter ............................................................................................................................ 59

Basic functionality

In redMEMBER there are 3 terms that is important to keep in your head, when you begin working with redMEMBER:

1. Usertypes

2. Fields

3. Acces to group

4. Tabs

Usertypes

The usertypes are the foundation of redMEMBER and is used to differentiate between the different users in the system

An example of a differentation could be a usersystem where you need to seperate board members from regular members

In redMEMBER you can have as many usertypes as you wish.

This way you can make a system that is populated by many different types of users.

Fields

Fields is the next big building block of redMEMBER.

Fields can be used to store information about the users in the system.

You can attach different fields to different usertypes and in this way customize which data is demanded for the specific usertypes.

There can be certain usertypes in a system that do not need the same type of information.

In one membersystem there would be one usertype that needs much information and at the same type usertypes that do not need as much information.

Acces to group

This is another important element of redMEMBER.

In this part you can set up which Joomla sections, categories, articles and modules a certain usertype can have access to.

Furthermore you can pick which forum categories there must be available for certain usertypes.

Finally you can decide which filemanagement categories the specific usertypes have access to.

E.g. you could give paying users acces to more parts of the system compared to non-paying members who will only have limited access.

Tabs

Tabs are an optional feature but it is a good idea to keep it in your mind, if the members in a system has a lot of data attached.

You start out by creating a tab and this tab will then be attached to certain usertypes and fields.

A field that is attach to a certain tab, will only appear on the chosen tab.

This way you can create a graphical layout

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