There are two primary ways that users will first access your SharePoint 2013 community sites:
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Sharing from other users
. Site users can share an invitation to an existing
community. If you want, the invitation sends an email to the user with
some descriptive text.
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Joining the site manually
. Site users can access some of the content of your
site when they first discover it. For example, they can discover an
existing discussion on your site via a SharePoint search and choose to
join the site after they determine the content is relevant to them.
This task describes how users can join (or be asked to join the site).
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On the Home page of your community site, toward the right end of the
toolbar, click the Share link that appears under the name of the
logged-on user.
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In the Share dialog box that opens, type of the user name or full name of the user whom you are trying to add.
As you type, the system presents a filtered list of potential matching users.
Tip
Depending on your site security, only certain users (for example,
site owners or moderators) can use the Share link to add new users to
the site.
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In the list, select the appropriate user to add to the list. You can repeat this step for multiple users.
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Type the text for an email notification to the user or users.
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Click the Show Options link to expand the dialog box and display additional information.
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To automatically notify each moderator via email, in the expanded
portion of the dialog box, select the Send An Email Invitation check
box.
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Click the list box and select a permission group to which the user or users will be added on this site.
For example, you might add them to the Read group to give them view-only access to the site.
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Click Save to send the email and invite the users.
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Navigate to a community site of which you are not a member and then click the Join This Community button.
Tip
Depending on the settings of the site in question, there might be
additional steps or the Join This Community link might not be available
at all.
Tip
Some sites require manual moderation before you can join them.
