What is the Member Wizard website template?

The Member Wizard template was created and is designed to make it as easy as possible for any sized organisation to have a good looking website which can be maintained by someone with no experience in HTML or any web site design software such as WordPress.

It can work either with a fully operational Member Wizard membership management database or without. Security of access to edit or develop the site is maintained within Member Wizard. Links for downloads and contact information is maintained within Member Wizard. But you don't need to have a paid subscription to Member Wizard in order to use the site. Member Wizard offer a free account to organisations who want to store and use up to 30 contact records so if you don't need more then all you pay for is the website.

Setup is a flat $AU450 which includes all site hosting and domain name registration and hosting. We will set everything up for you. From then on it is only $AU150 per annum. Where else can you get a website that looks the way you want as easily and as inexpensively?

If you want to know more send us a message through the Contact Us page and we will be in touch.

How to Set up and Edit the website template

All you need is a good design idea - no web creation experience necessary

You can manage your website through your Member Wizard account provided you have been given Full Web Site access on your User login.

On this demo site you can make changes and view how they will appear but once you close your browser window the site will revert to its previous version.

The Settings Menu

To log in go to Login button in the menu above and log in with your Member Wizard user account. This is not your Portal login. It is the login you have which lets you access and manage the Member Wizard database for your organisation. On the demo version there is already a user name and password so you can simply click Login. You will notice that once you are logged in the button will change from Login to Settings.

Once you have your own web link which we will provide you, you can save your work and when you are happy with it return to the Settings menu and select Copy Edit Version to Live however if you decide you don't like what you've done you can easily revert to the previous version by selecting Copy Live Version to Edit and it will remove your edits and return you to the original version.

At any time you can revert to previous versions of your website as each iteration is saved in the Archived Versions. Simply select the version you wish to revert to.

Once logged in you will see that each area of the web page has a green line around it with an edit button in the top right corner. This border defines the element on the page which can be edited and the borders appear from outside to towards the inside of the page in the following order: Page; Section; Panel.

The three elements are described in more detail below:

The Page

The Page. This is the outer green line which surrounds the entire web page. In this option you can add additional pages, reorder, rename or delete the pages you have already. You can also add a Section.

Pages are defined by a Green boundary and edit pen.

The types of Panels

The Section

The Section. A page can contain a number of horizontal sections. Sections are designed to hold a number of Panels. You can move a number of Panels up or down in position on the page. Sections are designed to run the full width of the page and to adjust to fit the depth of the Panels within them.

Sections are defined by a Purple boundary and edit pen.

The Section Menu

The Panel

There are several types of Panels and each is designed to hold a different type of data. The following Panels are available - Text, Picture, Google Map, Download, Contact, Classes, New Member and Renewing Member. Panels are designed to have adjustable widths so if you wish to say place a Picture Panel adjacent to a Text Panel if you create each of these two Panels at 40% width they will neatly sit beside one another in the Section on the Page.

For images, the Width field in the Panel Edit Picture form will also dictate the height of the image.

Panels are defined by a Red boundary and edit pen.

The Types of Panels

There are a number of different panel types you can work with.

Text Panels

As the name suggests these are for text on your page. If you change the % width in the Text Edit field you can have other panels next to your text panel but remember the system does require a gap between the panels so two panels each of 50% will not fit side by side. Try making one of them 45%. You can sit multiple panels side by side across your page provided you remember this buffer around each of them. You enter text into the panel simply by typing it in to the area provided.

Picture Panels

Images can be uploaded from your device into picture panels. You can also add a Caption which will appear along the bottom of the image. If at first you don't see your image once you've clicked Save remember that it takes time to upload to the server...be patient.

Google Maps Panels

You can insert a Google map into your panel. Simply type in the address you wish the map to centre around. You may need to be specific (street number, street, city).

Download Panels

The system is designed so that any document downloads you wish to make available for download need to be stored in the Documents folder in your Member Wizard database. When you upload the document to make it available you need to check the box marked Public in order to make it able to be selected for download. Downloads will usually go into your Downloads folder on your device.

Class Panels

These are only available to organisations who run classes and who have set up the classes in their Member Wizard database. You do not need to select any file to display the Classes for your organisation, the system will automatically detect and load them.

New Member and Renewing Member Panels