Configuring your MemberLink Web Site

The MemberLink Configuration wizard enables you to define the look and feel of your company’s MemberLink Web site. Using the wizard you configure the:

•	on-screen text, such as the title and instructions,

•	company logo to appear on the page,

•	home page link used on the page,

•	page style, using one of the six pre-designed page templates.

If you do not want to use one of the templates, you can download a sample style sheet and modify it to match the existing colors and fonts on your company Web site.

You need to be comfortable writing your own cascading style sheets (CSS) to modify your own style sheet. Consult the World Wide Web Consortium or W3C, for more information on writing your own cascading style sheet.

To configure your MemberLink Web site:

1.	Select Hosted Solutions Group > MemberLink Configuration.

2.	Type your title text. This is the title your members see at the top of both the login and profile/balance pages.

3.	Type any instructional text you want to provide your customers on the profile/balance page.

4.	Select Display Company Logo to have your company logo appear on the login and profile/balance pages. This step is optional. If you select ‘Display Company Logo,’ type the full URL address to the logo.

5.	Select Display Link to Home Page to place a link to your company home page at the bottom of the MemberLink login and profile/balance pages. If you do not select ‘Display Link to Home Page,’ continue to step 6; otherwise, complete the following steps:

a.	Type the text to direct your guests back to your company home page in ‘Home page link text.’

b.	Type the full URL path to your company home page in ‘Home page link URL.’

6.	Define the look and feel of the login and the profile/balance pages. You can select one of the six pre-designed styles from the ‘Use MemberLink style’ drop-down list, or modify the MemberLink CSS file.

If you are customizing your MemberLink Web pages, download the MemberLink CSS file for modification. Writing your own style sheet affords you the most customization; however, you should be proficient at editing and modifying a CSS file.

7.	Select a preview mode to view.

8.	Click Preview to view an example of the style you selected in Step 6 and to view your changes.

9.	Copy the unique company URL of your MemberLink login page and paste it on your company Web site as a link. This is the URL your customers will use when accessing your company MemberLink login page.

10.	Click Save.

You must configure the type of security validation MemberLink uses when your members access the MemberLink Web site. The cardholder can type their card number in to MemberLink and either enter an ePin number or answer a security question, such as their birth date. The system validates the ePin number or security question against the card. Upon a successful match, the user continues on to the appropriate page.

You configure the type of security validation used for MemberLink in Card Setup, depending on the card type. For Stored Value refer to Configuring the Stored Value Settings Tab in Card Setup. For Loyalty and combination Stored Value/Loyalty cards, refer to Configuring the Loyalty Settings Tab in Card Setup. When selecting a form of security validation, use a value that remains static for your customers. Phone numbers and favorite sports teams can change; however, a birth date does not change.

If you are using a Stored Value or Loyalty card number that is not 14 digits, you must open a support incident to have a card transformation configured for your store. For example, if your existing member base has 10-digit cards and you do not want to issue new cards, you can use a transform to convert the card number to a 14-digit number. When the customer logs in to MemberLink and enters their card number, the system transforms this number and enables the cardholder to view their profile/balance information. The system displays the number entered on screen and not the transformed number, to prevent confusion.

Title Text

— Contains the title that appears at the top of the card login page and profile/balance pages. Type a meaningful title, up to 50 characters in length, in the text box. If you are customizing your own Cascading Style Sheet (CSS), use the CSS selector ‘.title.’

Instructional Text

— Contains the on-screen instructional text for your customers. This text appears beneath the title. Type up to 250 characters in the text box. If you want the page to appear without instructional text, you can delete the default text in the text box. If you are customizing your own CSS, use the CSS selector ‘.instructions.’

Display Company Logo

— Indicates you are displaying your company logo in the upper left corner on both the card login and profile/balance pages. Selecting ‘Display Company Logo’, enables the ‘Logo URL’ text box.

Logo URL

— Contains the URL to your company logo. Type the address to the logo in the text box. The logo must reside on your Web server, and MemberLink uses an absolute path to the logo. To enable the ‘Logo URL’ text box, select ‘Display Company Logo.’

Display Link to Home Page

— Indicates you are displaying a link to your home page on both the card login and profile/balance pages. Selecting ‘Display Link to Home Page’ enables both the ‘Home page link text’ and ‘Home page link URL’ text boxes.

Home page link text

— Contains the link text your members view on both the card login and profile/balance pages. The text should indicate to a cardholder that it will get them back to your company Web site. For example, type ‘Aloha Cafe Home Page.’

Home page link URL

— Contains the URL to the link you typed in ‘Home page link text.’ Type the full address to the link in the text box. If you are customizing your own Cascading Style Sheet (CSS), use the CSS selector ‘.homelink.’

Display Privacy Statement

— Indicates you are displaying a link to your privacy statement next to the email address on the Gift Card Registration and Edit Profile pages. Selecting ‘Display Privacy Statement’ enables the ‘Privacy Statement URL’ text box.

Privacy Statement URL

— Contains the URL to the Web page that contains your privacy statement.

Company MemberLink URL

— Contains the unique URL for your company. When you access the MemberLink Configuration wizard, the system generates a unique URL. This is the URL you will use on your company Web site to link to the MemberLink login page.

Copy the URL address and paste it into the HTML code on your consumer Web site. You define the text on your Web site and how MemberLink opens. For example, you can open MemberLink in a frame, replace the existing page with MemberLink, or open MemberLink in a popup window.