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Your default page or homepage automatically includes a 'join organisation' widget, which allows people to purchase membership of your organisation. When editing your homepage, this will display as { join } in the WYSIWYG content window.
When someone views a page with the join organisation widget included, they will see the following. The options listed depend on the type of membership that has been set up for your organisation (Standard, Associate, etc.):
When someone purchases membership to your organisation they will automatically be added to your memberships database and receive any emails you send to all members - see view current members for how to view a list of your current members.
When an existing member of your organisation views a page that contains the join organisation widget, they will see the expiry date of their membership. The option to renew their membership will appear if the membership is due to expire soon.
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Adding the join widget to pages
It is a good idea to keep the join organisation widget prominently displayed on your homepage. However, you can include the join organisation widget on more of your pages. See widgets quickstart for how to create and add a widget to a page.
On the page you are editing, check the list of current widgets. If there are any of type 'join' (type is listed in the last column) then a join organisation widget is already available for this page, and you can add it in the usual way. If there are no widgets of type join, you can create one using the join organisation widget.
The widget properties are:
Widget name - Enter a short descriptive name that identifes the widget for editing purposes. This will appear in the widget dropdown list in the WYSIWYG editor, and will be used inside curly braces to add the widget to the page when editing; e.g. { join }.
Title - On the live page, this title will appear above the membership joining options.
Wrapper div ID / Wrapper CSS class - These are advanced styling options that add an ID or class around the widget. You only need to use these if advised by your site administrator, or if you are editing your own CSS.
For information on all the widgets available to you, see The complete guide to widgets
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