# Stand alone signup form/link?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/stand-alone-signup-form-link/50558
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [September 23, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stand-alone-signup-form-link/50558 "2016-09-23T18:39:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Karthik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Karthik)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stand-alone-signup-form-link/50558/1 "2016-09-23T18:39:34Z")
Hey Guys,
Is there a feature available or in development that would enable me to embed a sign up form or a sign up direct link from an external source? Say, a blog/website inviting people to join the community?
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stand-alone-signup-form-link/50558/2 "2016-09-23T18:47:07Z")
You can direct people to the login page (ex. [Discourse Meta - The Official Support Forum for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/login)), but I’m not sure if a similar link works for registration.
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### Author:  [@Karthik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Karthik)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stand-alone-signup-form-link/50558/3 "2016-09-23T18:51:03Z")
Thanks Joshua,
Yes, I tried that before and have to say it works to an extent. Especially, when you have the content on the site locked from public. I even used the messaging options there (I think welcome message) to prompt people to sign up.
Would be nice to have an embeddable form though. Or better yet (and assuming - easy) a direct sign up link. Although, I have a feeling I’m asking a little too much. Wonder what the community thinks.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stand-alone-signup-form-link/50558/4 "2016-09-23T22:08:08Z")
Some discussion about it:
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-sign-up-and-sign-in/17027?u=falco](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-sign-up-and-sign-in/17027)
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stand-alone-signup-form-link/50558/5 "2016-09-24T01:53:24Z")
To summarize the end result, here’s the link you’re looking for:
[https://meta.discourse.org/signup](https://meta.discourse.org/signup) or more generally `http[s]://mySiteDomain/signup`
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### Author:  [@haydenjames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haydenjames)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stand-alone-signup-form-link/50558/6 "2022-05-04T11:39:56Z")
Sorry to bump.
\*_I found this thread when searching Google for adding a signup link in Discourse’s global banner._
What I found to work best is to use an invite link (take care with link expiration and # of invites limit). It will look something like this:
`forum.domain.io/invites/xXxXxXXXx`
When a non-member clicks, they are taken to the signup form with a “invited by yourname”.
When a member clicks, it ignores/bypasses the invitation signup form and takes members straight to the forum homepage. (unless you have set up a custom redirect for the invite to a specific topic)
The other options have some caveats:
> [@jomaxro](#):
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> `meta.discourse.org/signup`
_takes/shows even existing members to the signup popup._
> [@jomaxro](#):
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> `meta.discourse.org/login`
_shows already logged in members the login popup which does not work_
I’m guessing invites may not have been in place in 2016. 🤷♂️
Hope this helps.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stand-alone-signup-form-link/50558/7 "2022-05-04T13:00:29Z")
I believe there may also be a move to dedicated login and sign up pages on the horizon too:
> [@Full page sign up and login dialogs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-page-sign-up-and-login-dialogs/223569):
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> Over the years we have migrated away from having complex functionality in modals. A great example is the full page category edit and create routes. By introducing dedicated routes it is far easier to share / modify / extend and maintain pages. We would like to migrate the login and sign up pages to top level routes, this will help unify our behavior and not carry multiple ways of handling login and invite redemption flows. @Osama recently made some progress in this area by introducing top lev…