When a person joins wikidot through my website, i want them to automatically be members of my site, as it seems that some people think they are joining my site but are not. This causes confuistiona and me having to send out emails requesting that peopole join the website. Can this new feature be integrated as it is one of the main ones that i want completed (no pressure or anything) :P
One workaround for this is to put some instructions and notes on your How to Join page after you enable it for self-service via the password approach
Example:
To join this wiki, log in with your Wikidot account and use the following form to become a member of this wiki. The password you should enter is gorf.
Note: Just creating a Wikidot account is not enough! You must also use the following form to become a member of this specific wiki.
Remember this page? If not… well, it's probably been awhile since you joined Wikidot.
This is where our newest members land. First impressions are important, so let's parse this a little.
Get a new user account at Wikidot.com |
This sounds abrupt to me. How about this instead? |
Welcome. Let's get you a new Wikidot account. |
This way, the page comes across as friendlier, more helpful. |
| You are about to create a new Wikidot.com account that will give you access to dozens of wiki sites within the wikidot sites cluster as well as a possibility to create your very own sites. | That seems pretty OK, but I can't resist. How about this instead? | With a Wikidot account, you can access thousands of public wikis in our network. You can engage with a wide community of other users. And you can go ahead and create your own wikis. | We've moved beyond "dozens", and there's that whole social thing too. |
| If you want to learn more about Wikidot before creating the account — visit the Wikidot.com main site. | Nothing wrong with that line. I'd just say it differently. | Want to learn more first? You can read up about Wikidot here. | It reads a little more informally. |
| Are you human? | C'mon. Cute offense is OK once you've built a rapport. But not here. | To help us prevent abuse, please type the text from the image above (it's not case-sensitive). We're just keeping the automated bots out. | We're letting folks in here, not asking if they're human. |
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The passive voice is to be avoided. And why worry about what screen names people choose? Most of us have ignored this suggestion. |
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Studies demonstrate that active voice results in significantly fewer forehead injuries from keyboard impact. |
| ? | and finally, the missing question that we've all been waiting for... | When you're logged in, you can participate in thousands of public Wikidot sites. You were browsing XYZ.wikidot.com. Do you want to apply to be a member of that site? [Y/N]. | A guy can dream, can't he? |
Whaddaya think? Can we do it?
this is a big cause of confusion for visitors of my site. most just sign up for wikidot, try to participate on my site (and can't because they aren't a member), then give up and leave forever. A few email me asking why they can't participate, and it's confusing to explain that they registered for one thing but not another.
Most people who join a site don't care about the whole wikidot network or making their own wiki. They just want to participate in a single site. So the process should be very friendly towards accomplishing that goal.
I'd suggest having it say something like
You are joining XYZ
Note: This will give you a Wikidot.com account, which can be used at XYZ as well as many other wikis.
In other words, the fact that you signed up for Wikidot should be almost invisible, as though its just a bonus or included part of joining a specific wiki.
Good suggestions above.
We recommend using your real-life name as a screen name.
Agreed, this is not needed, as is doesn't apply to certain communities. For example: in video-game related communities pretty much everyone uses aliases, not real names. Perhaps it's good for blogs, but it shouldn't be suggested for everyone.
I'm looking forward to the implementation of these features. My sites are offshoots of a discussion list which has more than 500 members; I'd like for all of them to become members of the sites, but I'm refraining from inviting all to join until we have a more straightforward joining process. Is that too much to expect?
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