If you are a registered user of the platform, you can join a new group but you must first apply to the administrator. Your membership of the group will be pending until the administrator approves it.

If you are not a registered user, you will only be able to join public groups forming part of public portals.

a) Registered users:

1- The following conditions must be met for you to join a group: you must not be a member of it already, the group must be public, the portal must be public or a portal which you already belong to and which is registrable (this is a portal option, set by the administrator, which determines whether users can ask to join or not).

2- If you want to join a new group, go to Main > Groups. On the screen you will see a list of groups under All groups.

3- Click on the group you want to join.

4- Go to the menu on the left of the screen and select The group > Subscribe.

5- Fill in the field shown on the screen: Reasons why you want to join the group.

6- Click on Ok. Your message will be sent automatically to the group's administrator for your membership to be approved.

b) Non-registered users:

1- For you to join a new group the group must be public and the portal must be public and registrable (this is a portal option, set by the administrator, which determines whether users can register themselves, as in other websites.)

2- If you want to join a new group, go to Main > Groups

3- Click on the group you want to join.

4- Go to the menu on the left of the screen and select The group > Subscribe.

5- Fill in the fields shown on the screen: Reasons why you want to join the group, E-mail, First name and Surname.

6- Click on Ok. Your message will be sent automatically to the group's administrator for your membership to be approved.