Member access

Hi everyone,
I’m using scarlett theme here: https://www.articleoutlook.com

I want to add a page for members to create a profile and submit an article. I am trying to use the “member access” plugin to restrict the article submission page to members – which seems easy enough.
My – perhaps silly – question is what would I use to then set up the login/register details? I don’t want users access to the dashboard (which is why I am not setting up multiple authors)I just want a new member to only have access to an article submit page.

many thanks
John Hewitt