[Building Sakai] can one join a site by visiting the site instead of using the membership tool

[John Leasia]

Yes John, you did. We use it here at UM - something Cambridge did and 
Dave Haines added it to our build.
We give out a URL like   <server>/join/portal/site/<siteid>
and going to the site with that URL adds the person to the site (they 
may have to login first in the process of getting there).

John L

John Norman wrote:

>I'm pretty sure we did something for this use case. You might try  
>searching for "autojoin". I think it created a special url that would  
>add a logged-in user to the site and then put them into the site.
>
>John
>
>On 6 May 2009, at 13:10, Adam Marshall wrote:
>
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>
>>We keep getting the same confusion regarding Joinable sites.
>>
>>The scenario is this: a joinable site is created then the URL is  
>>publicised,
>>people go to the site but of course since they're not members, they  
>>are
>>denied access.
>>
>>Is there a patch which we can apply which will display a "Join Me"  
>>link or
>>button when one visits a joinable site without being a member?
>>
>>I'm sure I saw something mentioned about this a few years ago but  
>>could find
>>it by searching Jira.
>>
>>Adam
>>
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