Customizing the Member Join Pages

To customize the join pages, follow these steps:

• Click the Join Configuration link under the Community menu
• The Member Join Configuration page is displayed with the five sections listed: Demographics, Survey, Password, Member Directory and Thank You. For each section listed, you have the option to Edit or Preview.
• First, click the Edit link in the Actions Column to the right of Demographics. This will display the Field Selection for Member Join (Demographics) page.
• Select the Language from the drop down box.
• The next three sections are used to define the look of the join page.
• If any fields have been added or selected, an Active Fields section will be displayed next. This section will display all fields that have been added to the Join page. Below this section, you will see a section titled Unselect Fields that will list all other fields that exist, but have not yet been added to the Join page. To add new fields, see Adding New Fields to Join Page.
• For each of the available fields (active or unselected), you can modify the following information:
• Order – Determines the order in which the fields are displayed on the Join page. The default order is 0. Negative numbers are acceptable. An order of 0 will display the field after the ones with positive and negative order values.
• Label Text – The label will default to the label name. To change the label, click the Add link in the Label Text column. That will display a window where you can enter the new label.
• Help Text – To display help to the right of the field on the Join page, click the Add link in the Help Text column. This will pop up a window where you can enter the Help Text.
• Required – Check the Required box to make the field required to join. The field will be identified with an asterisk (*) to show that it is required.
• Editable – Check the Editable box if the member is allowed to edit the entered information later. Nick Name, for example, can not be edited later so the Editable box by Nick Name should not be checked.
• Searchable – Check the Searchable box if you would like to be able to search on the information into the field. Any information that would be used to look up a member should be checked.
• Active – By making a field Active, you add it to your Join page. If the field is currently in the Unselected Fields section, you can check the Active box to add it to your page. Fields that have already been added, can either be unchecked to remove them, or can be deleted by clicking the Delete link in the Active column.
• After making all changes, click Save to save changes and return to the Form Selection (Member Join Configuration) page.

Repeat steps 4-8 for each of the Join pages.