Problems with my membership page

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Hello There

Downloaded wordpress over the weekend and have had a few members sign up HOWEVER when they have registered on my membership page (my website is https://www.gettingtogripswithsocialmedia) it takes them to a wordpress login page and all they can see is their profile it doesn’t take them to the members area which is what i have protected for paying members only.

I would like to know

A) how to i protect my content to paid members only and how do they view it once they have subscribed rather than going through to the wordpress log in and just viewing their profile
B) How do i create a login page to ensure you have to have paid membership before you can view the members area

I am using membership for payments – any help would be most appreciated as a matter of urgency as i have more people wanting to sign up plus i have a baby on the way and cannot afford for delays

Many thanks

Heather

P.S. I am not a web designer so please make sense