In this chapter, you learned all about member functionality in ExpressionEngine, including the built-in member control panel. You also looked at setting up new member groups and customizing the administrative control panel for different member groups (that have control panel access). Finally, you looked at how to use conditional statements in your templates in order to make membership attractive to visitors.
The key points to remember after working through this chapter are as follows:
You can control what all members can or cannot do in the Member | Preferences screens. You can also make exceptions on a member group basis in Members | Member Groups. So, for example, you can require that all comments are moderated, but make an exception for members in a specific group.
Be cautious about who you assign to the Super Admins member group. If someone needs control panel access, but does not need access to everything in the control panel, it is a better practice to set up a new member group...