How to set up your Duda site navigation for members

The way you want members to move through and interact on your website is usually subjective, but there are some good common options to consider.

Below are the three main options MemberSpace customers have successfully used to ensure their member experience is intuitive.

Option 1 - Enable the Member Menu

Option 2 - Create a member dashboard page

This is one of the more popular approaches MemberSpace customers use.

1. First, create a page in your Duda site (e.g. "/dashboard") and design it however you want. See this case study for a visual example.
2. Add the page URL to a product in MemberSpace.
3. Make sure to include links on this dashboard page to the various other protected pages on your website so this acts as the home base for your members to get anywhere else they need to go on your website.
4. We recommend you also make this dashboard page the After Log In and After Signup page URL for all your plans so new and returning members are taken there automatically.
5. You could also add a link to this dashboard page in your top navigation within Duda. First, make sure you are logged into your Duda backend.

6. Click Pages on the left, then click New Page at the top:

   
   

   

7. Click Page URL:

   
   

   

8. Enter any title you want to represent the page (e.g. Member Dashboard). Then, type in the URL of the dashboard page you previously created and click Add Page:

   
   

   

Option 3 - Create a dropdown in your top navigation

1. If you prefer to have links to every protected page easily accessible in your top navigation, we recommend you add a navigation folder.
2. You could set the navigation folder title to something like "Member Navigation". Then, you would add links within the navigation folder to your various protected pages.
3. You could also include a Member Link popup in the navigation folder.