Initial Setup/Configuration

From AMember Pro Manual

To change aMember configuration, click to aMember CP -> Setup / Configuration in left menu. There is real lot of settings, we recommend to start with defauts, make test payment, access your protected folder. And only if that works, you may continue with advanced configuration options.

Initial Configuration

After installing aMember Pro, there are several settings that must be set. Visit aMember CP -> Setup, you will see Global configuration page

Site Title 

It must be a short string, like aMember Pro, Web Success Secrets Club and so on

Root URL 

must be automatically configured by aMember installation script. Usually you should not change it.

Secure Root URL 

change it only if you have a SSL certificate installed, and you site is accessible via HTTPS:// When setting this value, make sure that opening Root URL and Secure Root URL give you the same output in your browser.

Generate Login / Generate Password 

Decide if you want to automatically generate usernames and password for your customers, or not. Set correspodning settings.

Require Unique Email 

if enabled, will not allow to create 2 user accounts with the same e-mail address. User will be prompted to login into existing account at http://www.yoursite.com/amember/member.php and continue payment process if necessary.

Use Address Email 

will control displaying of address info (street, city, state, zip code and country) on signup and user profile editing pages. You can disable it, enable but not require, and both enable and require.

Display Currency 

only changes displaying of the currency on pages. It does not affect actual payment process and currency, you have to configure it in product settings at aMember CP -> Manage Products for each payment processor. Some payment processors do not allow you change currency.

Allow usage of coupons 

decide if you wish to use discount coupons. If you enable this, a box to enter coupon code will appear on signup and membership info pages.

Enable affiliate program 

decide if you wish to use affiliate program. If you enable this, aMember CP -> Setup -> Affiliates configuration screen will appear in the menu for detailed configuration.

Enable Tax 

if you wish to calculate and charge taxes from aMember, enable this option. If you enable this, aMember CP -> Setup -> Tax configuration page will appear, and you will be able to enable tax calculation on per-product basics at aMember CP -> Manage Products.

Do not forget to click Save after modifiying config values.

To get E-Mail system working, you also need to tweak settings on E-Mail page.

Initial Configuration of E-Mail subsystem

Visit aMember CP -> Setup -> E-Mail, you will see E-Mail configuration page.

Admin E-Mail 

should be set to you e-mail address. By default it is also set as "From:" for outgoing e-mail messages

Outgoing Email Address 

you can set a separate e-mail address to be specified as "From:" in outgoing e-mail messages to customers. For example, Admin E-Mail can be set to john@yoursite.com, but Outgoing E-Mail Address to sales@yoursite.com

E-Mail Sender Name 

will be displayed as "Name" in outgoing e-mail messages. It is not bad idea to set it the same as Site Title

Email send method 

set it to "Internal PHP mail() function", and try to send a test e-mail message to yourself (it is better if you set it to some external e-mail address, not located on the same server, for example email yourself to your mailbox on Yahoo!).

Verfiy E-Mail Address On Signup 

if you want to validate customer e-mail address on signup, enable this option. It will email customer a verification email message with a link. Once the link is clicked, user can continue signup and make payment.

After setting all these options, do not forget to scroll down and press Save button.