Each status has an 'is current' checkbox which you can use to specify whether the status is current or not. You could use this to gradual end to people's memberships of 'overdue' (end date to 1 month past end date) and 'really overdue' (1 month to two months past end date) which are considered current and then and then 'totally overdue' which is considered to not be current.
MEMBERSHIP SIGN-UP AND RENEWAL PAGES Membership signup and renewal pages allow visitors to your website to become members of your website and to up to memberships to manage their own memberships. T hey are created using the same method as contribution pages (even if you want to create a membership page for a free membership). CiviCRM uses the same page for new memberships as it does for renewals. T he renewal page is automatically displayed at the same URL as the membership join page when viewed by a logged in website visitor that has a valid current or expired membership. When you are setting up membership sign up pages, it is worth remembering that current members will only see the renewal page if they are logged in. If they are not logged in, they will see the become a member page and if they fill that page in, they will get a new membership rather than renew their existing membership. You should design your user interface to avoid this situation. A couple of ways you can do this include requiring log in to view membership signup and renewal pages, and writing text to remind people that they should log in to renew. T he first page allows you to set the title for the membership page and set some basic information like the contribution type etc. T here is also a checkbox here to allow people to sign up on behalf of an organisation. T his is useful if you want to offer organisational memberships. Organisations can't sign up directly because CiviCRM assumes that all interaction on the website is carried out by an individual. In this case, the membership record will then be attached to the organization's record, not the individual's. You may want to force all individuals to sign up on behalf of an organization.
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