In some cases you might have repeat clients that end up having multiple galleries on your website. The client might lose their original emails that they received when you shared their Gallery, or they may just want a quicker way to access all the Galleries that they've interacted within the past.
With the Client Login Block, you can help clients do just that! The Client Login Block is a quick way for a client to just enter in the email address and password of the account they created on your website when they visited a shared Gallery, selected favorites, or purchased prints. When the client logs in, they'll see a list of all of their related Galleries.
Follow these steps to add the Client Login Block to your website.
- In your Zenfolio account, click on the Website
icon on the left-hand side.
- In the Website Editor, click on the Navigation
icon at the top of the page and choose which page you want to add the Client Login Block to. See this guide here, for more information about creating a multi-page website.
- On the right side of the Editor, on the page you want to add the block to, click on the
icon in the location you want the block to be added.
- Scroll through the Block options and choose the Client Login block, in the Content Blocks section.
Once you get the Client Login Block added to your page, the options for this block will appear on the left-hand side.
- Appearance: Adjust the alignment, padding, and Divider of the Block
- Text: Adjust the Title and Body text of the Block to provide instructions for the client.
- Link: Adjust the Button text and the alignment of the Button.
- On the right-hand side, while you have the Block selected, you can also choose between the Layout options of the Block.
Once you Publish your website change, and you now have the Client Login Block added to your website, clients can use this to quickly access their Galleries. But how will clients have any galleries to access?
In order for someone to be able to use the Client Login Block to view their Galleries, they must first have a registered Client account through your website. A visitor of your website can create a Client account a few different ways.
- Accessing a Gallery that was shared with them, by you, as a Client. See this guide for more information.
- Selecting Favorites in a Gallery. See this guide for more information about allowing Favorites.
- Purchasing products from a Gallery. See this guide about selling through Galleries.
When someone creates a Client account on your website, they will provide their email address and create a password for their account. Once they do this, they can then use the Client Login Block on your website at any time, entering in their account's email address and password, to quickly view any Galleries that their account is associated with.
Please note that adding a person's email address to a Gallery's access settings does not automatically make that Gallery accessible through the Client Login Block. The Client must first create a Client account through your website before being able to use the Client Login Block.