[thelist] Members-only icon

[M. Seyon]

Message from Maximillian Schwanekamp (8/26/2005 06:45 PM)

>Kindofa silly question, but... I'm making icons for a client's web app, 
>and one of the little icons should indicate that a particular content item 
>(e.g. an article within the CMS) is for paid members only, and another 
>little icon should indicate "public" content.  Conceptually, I'm not 
>coming up with a good visual metaphor for this distinction.  Has anyone 
>been down this road, or have suggestions even if they haven't?  This 
>should be something that could be illustrated in a 16x16 gif/png img.

Dollar sign? May be more an indicator of premium content. Not sure if your 
membership is paid.

Padlock? Restricted access, but could be misinterpreted as secure, or some 
other security connotation.

regards.
-marc