Title: Restricted Area??
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Restricted Area??

 *  [koolzero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/koolzero/)
 * (@koolzero)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restricted-area/)
 * Okay so I use wordpress as a cms. I have my main site that everyone can see. 
   Right now, I only have the administrator accounts. I would like to have a login
   feature where the user logs in, and is taken directly to the current main page,
   but has more options. whether those options be more widgets, or new options in
   the menu navigation, or somewhere else, it doesn’t matter. i would rather the
   users NOT be able to access the dashboard and things like that. only the main
   pages. all help is appreciated!!! thanks!

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 *  [LostInNetwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lostinnetwork/)
 * (@lostinnetwork)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restricted-area/#post-634073)
 * Simple.
 * LOGIN WIDGET
    To get a really nice login widget (–>to front) you install [http://blue-anvil.com/archives/a-wordpress-login-widget-sidebar-login-widget-v10](http://blue-anvil.com/archives/a-wordpress-login-widget-sidebar-login-widget-v10)
 * EXTRA FIELDS AND CHECKS
    If you require the users to read and accept the privacy
   policy, of if you want to allow registration only to those that know a registration
   authorization key/password set by you, just install [http://www.cimatti.it/blog/cimy-wordpress-plugins/cimy-user-extra-fields/](http://www.cimatti.it/blog/cimy-wordpress-plugins/cimy-user-extra-fields/)
   Then you just require the checkbox and password field to display in the registration
   box and their values to match set criteria (yes or passowrd).
 * MEMBERS-ONLY PAGES
    To make pages visible to subscribers only, you make them 
   private in the editor. Then you install Disclose secret from [http://bluesome.net/post/2006/01/01/121/](http://bluesome.net/post/2006/01/01/121/)
   and go back to the editor and choose which user roles are allowed to see that
   page. Note that you need to tick the special option to allow the plugin to run
   on this new unknown version of wp.
 * USER ROLES
    If you need more roles, such as “member”, “customer”, “partner”, “
   staff”… you install Role Manager from [http://www.im-web-gefunden.de/wordpress-plugins/role-manager/](http://www.im-web-gefunden.de/wordpress-plugins/role-manager/)(
   this is tne newest version). Now you can configure different permissions to different
   groups of people.
 * MONITORING
    You can monitor logins/logouts using [http://www.bluetrait.com/page/btev/](http://www.bluetrait.com/page/btev/)
 * I have done all this, and it works in WP2.2.3 and probably even in 2.3. I don’t
   have members-only widgets, but one could use one page template (with sidebar #
   1) for public pages, and another template (with sidebars #1 and #2) for private
   pages (subscribers/members). That requires a theme of two sidebars, though.
 *  Thread Starter [koolzero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/koolzero/)
 * (@koolzero)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restricted-area/#post-634110)
 * is there a way to make the sidebar login as an actual page? like they click on
   a page in the navigation that says login and it brings that up in the center?
 *  Thread Starter [koolzero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/koolzero/)
 * (@koolzero)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restricted-area/#post-634140)
 * maybe?
 *  [LostInNetwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lostinnetwork/)
 * (@lostinnetwork)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restricted-area/#post-634159)
 * Why don’t you just copy/paste the widget code into some loginpage.php
 * Make a copy of a single page template and then replace the loop thing with the
   plugin code.
 * Details are left as an excercise to the reader.
 * I don’t have time/interest to verify if it really works, but if it does, please
   tell.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [LostInNetwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lostinnetwork/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restricted-area/#post-634159)
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