We can recommend the Vanilla forum (http://vanillaforums.org/) as an easy to setup forum for your site. We have a Sitelok plugin that allows single sign on (SSO) with Vanilla. In this case users will login with Sitelok and have access to the forum. ... Read More

Sitelok can create secure download links on members pages that allow access to downloads on your site. These special links use the siteloklink() function and keep the location of your files secret and ensure that only logged in members have access.... Read More

There are a number of reasons that emails may not arrive or appear not to arrive. First of all make sure that the email is not being filtered as spam. If the email does not arrive at any email address then contact us for help. We strongly recommend... Read More

Sitelok works well with Rapidweaver. We have released a manual and example project for RW which can be downloaded from the download page. Also SupportCasts.com have a fantastic screen cast showing how to set this up. For further details you can visit... Read More

You can use any input type in registration and modify profile forms. Nothing special is needed as long as you use the correct field name (custom1 custom2 etc for registration forms and newcustom1 newcustom2 etc for modify profile forms) and make sure... Read More

If you collect information using the custom fields in registration forms or profile forms and you are not seeing this stored in the database it is most likely that the 'allowed' parameter is not set correctly. This parameter tells Sitelok... Read More

Sitelok can send emails via your gmail account. First of all set the Sitelok admin email address to your gmail email address as this is used as the sender. Then in the configuration page (Tools - Configuration) set the email settings as follows:- ... Read More

By default only alphanumeric characters are allowed in passsords. However you can change this by adding this setting to slconfig.php. $ValidPasswordChars="0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"; Read More

By default Sitelok sends emails using the PHP mail() function. If you are hosted on a Godaddy Linux account you can also send emails using the PHPMailer system which can be more reliable in some cases. First of all set the Sitelok admin email... Read More

We have a Paypal Payment Plugin (currently free) that allows Sitelok to work directly with Paypal. You can use Buy Now or Subscription buttons to create and update Sitelok accounts. The module is available for download from the support area that... Read More

Everything that members see in Sitelok is designed to fit totally into your site design. However the admin panel (only you see this normally) uses a fixed design although you can adjust the CSS if you wish. It is possible to add a header or footer to... Read More

By default each custom field in Sitelok can store up to 255 characters. This is fine for most cases but you can if required change the field type to MEDIUMTEXT so that up to 16777215 characters can be stored. To do this login to the Sitelok admin and... Read More

The Sitelok Paypal module can store data from the buyers Paypal account in custom fields. For example you could collect the buyers street and store it in custom1 and the city in custom2. If you are finding these fields are blank when a user is added... Read More

For certain sites you may like to have an account created for a user that is not actually the person paying. So for example someone wants send membership as a gift having the login details emailed directly to that user. Here is a way to do that using... Read More

We have a 2checkout Payment Plugin (currently free) that allows Sitelok to work directly with 2CO. You can use single payment or subscription buttons to create and update Sitelok accounts. The plugin is available for download from the support area... Read More