If you are the webmaster of your MemberGate powered site, be sure to . . .

The last thing you want to do is find yourself locked out of your MemberGate Control panel.

 There are two things you can do to make sure that you, as the site webmaster, are not locked out of your MemberGate control panel. Follow through on both of these tasks today and you’ll save yourself some grief later on:

1. Set up two admin accounts. That way if you should accidentally lock yourself out, you have a backup account you can use to get back in. To set up another admin account, go to the control panel, select ‘add new member’, and add yourself as a new member. Keep in mind that this new account must have a different email address than any other account you have set up (you can use admin1@yoursite.com).
   
   
2. Make sure your admin account has a membership expire date way out into the future. If you don’t, your membership and access to your own site can expire just like a regular member. On my accounts I set the expire date to 2006.
   
   Doing these two simple things will keep you happy and out of ‘locked out’ trouble.

Andrew Makarik

to@welovecostarica.com

Andrew Makarik is the main editor of WeLoveCostaRica, a fan of this sunny country. He is also a loving husband and a has a lovely daughter. By being a devoted family man and the biggest Costa Rica fan, he wants to make more people feel at home there. WeLoveCostaRica unites people and helps them find new home or a new travel destination. This website is a friendly community where everyone can find not only information, but also new friends and travel pals. Andrew is also passionate about IT and programming, so he himself maintains a friendly atmosphere in this cozy environment of WeLoveCostaRica.com.