memberarea ships with more than most businesses need. Rather than hide the extras, you decide which areas exist at all. A feature that is off has no menu entry, no settings and no presence in the member area.
How the page works
The list on the left holds every area of the platform with a switch beside it. Click one and the panel on the right shows what it does, what it includes and a preview of how it looks to a member.
The switch on that panel is the same switch as in the list. Read first, then decide.
What you can switch
| Feature | What it adds |
|---|---|
| Community | Feed, spaces, comments, member profiles, direct messages |
| Courses | Lessons, modules, progress, certificates |
| Hubs | Assembled start pages for your members |
| Events | Calendars, events and registration |
| Payments | Products, checkout, subscriptions, invoices |
Those five are what the features page offers today, and more areas join the list as they are released. An area still in closed beta is marked in the list, and its switch stays disabled until it is opened for your account.
What happens when you switch something on
The area appears in your navigation straight away, along with its settings. If the feature is visible to members, it appears in their navigation too.
Nothing is created for you. Switching on courses gives you an empty course area, not a sample course.
What happens when you switch something off
Your content is not deleted. The area disappears from both navigations and stops being reachable, and everything inside it waits.
Switch a feature back on and your content is exactly where you left it. Turning something off is a way to hide it, not a way to clear it out.
That makes the switch safe to experiment with. If you are unsure whether you want events, turn them on, look around, and turn them off again.
Members lose access to that area immediately. If people are actively using a course or a community space, tell them before you switch it off.
A sensible starting point
Turn on the one area your business is built around and leave the rest off. An empty menu with three entries is easier to learn than a full one with twelve, and adding the next area takes one click whenever you are ready for it.