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Adding Members to a Restricted Group

When creating a Community Group, you can determine if its membership policy is open or restricted. An open policy lets anyone join the group. A restricted policy requires the group's administrator to approve new members.

To invite colleagues to join a group, follow these steps.
  1. Log into the Ektron eIntranet as a CMS400.NET administrator or administrator of the group you will ask others to join.
  2. Choose My Intranet > Directory and click the Group Directory tab.
  3. Click the group to which you want to invite members. The group page appears.
  4. On the left, choose Manage > Invite Colleagues. The Invite Colleagues dialog box appears.
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  5. Check the box next to the colleagues you want to invite to the restricted group. (You can also specify email addresses on the Email tab.)
  6. Optionally modify the default message.
  7. Click Send Invitations to send the message to the selected colleagues. Your colleagues will have to accept the invitation to appear in the group.

The invited member navigates to My Intranet > My Profile > Groups screen, then clicks the Groups I Have Been Invited to Join tab. The invitation appears, and the user can accept or decline it.

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To request joining a restricted group, follow these steps.
  1. Choose My Intranet > Directory and click the Group Directory tab.
  2. Click the group you want to join. Its title is followed by (Restricted).
  3. In the top left corner, click Join Group.
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  4. A CMS400.NET administrator or group administrator can approve or decline this request in two places.
    • Ektron eIntranet group page > Members panel > Users Requesting to Join this Group tab
    • CMS400.Net Workarea > Workarea > Settings > Community Management > View Community Group screen > View Community Group Members Screen > Pending tab.
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