Step 1: Registration

There are 2 ways you can start creating an account:

The "Join Now" button on a community homepage

When you click the "Join Now" button on a community's homepage you will be directed to the registration page. Here you enter your name, email address, and set your password. If you already have an IGLOO account you can bypass this step by clicking the "sign in" button and then signing in with your email and password.

Administrators can enable the public "Join Now" button by going to the Control Panel and clicking on Registration.

Invitiations

Members can also be directly invited by the community administrator. This helps limit membership to only those who the administrator has sent an invitation. First the administrator sends an invitation to a potential member's email. This is done through the administrator's control panel under Invitations. If you are invited to a community you will receive an email inviting you to "Join Now" . Clicking on the link in the email should bring you to a form asking you to fill in your name, email and set your password. If you already have an IGLOO account you can bypass this step by clicking the "sign in" button and then signing in with your email and password.

You can also find this information in the Video Tutorial.

Step 2: Activating your account

Once you have registered  you will be sent an email that requires you to activate your account by clicking on a link contained in the email. The activation message is from "IGLOO Member Services and Support". Occasionally spam filters will redirect invitations, activation notices, registration notices and reset password notices into a spam or junk-mail folder. Be sure to look into these if you cannot find your invitation or registration notice. If you are unable to locate your activation email message contact your community administrator.

Step 3: Additional, community specific steps

Some communities have a couple extra steps in their account creation process.
Some communities require an administrator to approve a new member's application. Once you have completed the first two steps a message is sent to the administrator asking them to approve your membership. Until you are approved you will not have  membership privileges.

There are also some communities that require paid membership. Once you have completed the first two steps you will be linked to Moneris, where you can enter your credit card number to pay for your membership. Once you have done this you will receive a receipt that you should save for your records. Once all this has been done you will be made a member.