To join a community, go to the community Info Page. Click on the link at the top of the page the that says "join this community".

**If the community has open membership you'll see this message:

Press the button below to join the (community name) community. Uncheck the box below if you want to join the community without seeing community entries on your friends page.

(Box appears here) Add "Test Community" to friends list.

If you do NOT want the community entries to show on your friends page, be sure to uncheck the box.

**If the community has moderated membership, you'll see this message:

Request to Join
The (community name) community does not have open membership. Please verify that you wish to join this community by clicking below.

Once clicked you'll see:

Join Request Submitted
Your request to join has been submitted to the maintainers:

*(community maintainer name(s)

**If the community's membership is closed, you'll see this message:

Sorry
This community is closed to new members. If you wish to join, please contact one of the following maintainers:

* (community maintainer name(s)

Check the info page for the community or the community maintainer's journal to see if there are circumstances in which new members are admitted or to check for contact information.