Create a membership that provides access to a category of articles

By default, RSMembership! provides the possibility to easily restrict access to Joomla! Content articles and categories (as well as other well as other website content, but we will not address this in the present article). In this article we will describe the process of offering access to Joomla! Content categories through RSMembership! memberships.

Step 1

Create / Edit a membership

Head to Components > RSMembership! > Memberships and click on New or edit an existing membership. Each membership's configuration options are split into a number of tabs, each grouping options that are specific for a certain feature or purpose (Memberhsip Information, User and Admin Emails, etc.).

You can read more on how to fully set up a membership in the RSMembership! section of our online documentation.

Step 2

Set up Shared Content

Open the Shared Content tab. Here you can set up which pages (through URL's), modules, folders, menu items and, alas, Joomla! categories and articles can be accessed by users who own the current membership.

Click on Add Content and a pop-up will be opened, containing a listing of which website content you can restrict access to.

Step 3

Select the Shared Content type

Click on the (com_content) Category link.

Step 4

Add the Selected Category

Check the category you wish to add as shared content for the current membership and click on Add the selected items.