---
title: "membership-new-member"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/guide/configuration/emails/templates/membership-new-member.html
last_updated: 2026-08-07T17:09:54+10:00
tokens: ~631
---

# membership-new-member template

This email is sent to a new user when they are simultaneously invited or added to a group.

This email streamlines group registration process by sending only one email when a new account is created in PageSeeder and the user is invited or added to a group at the same time.

If the user was invited to the group, they must accept the invitation using the link provided in the email before they become a group member. Until then, they appear as a ‘*pending’’* member of the group.

It is also possible for a user to accept an invitation directly through the PageSeeder user interface.

## Email headers

This message sets the following headers by default:

| Name | Value |
| --- | --- |
| `Auto-Submitted` | `auto-generated` |
| `From` | Inviter or group, see [From address](../from.md) |
| `Sender` | `pageseeder@emaildomain` |
| `Subject` | `[group] Group registration/invitation` |
| `To` | Email address of user |

## XML

PageSeeder produces the following XML for the XSLT template:

```xml

<notification template="membership-new-member"
              emaildomain="example.org"
              hosturl="https://example.org"
              token="ujHidAn9kKjObQuVbl_vLMc9npOjAKj2">

  <!-- The new membership -->
  <membership id="123"
              email-listed="true"
              notification="immediate"
              status="invited"
              role="reviewer">
    <member id="12"
            firstname="John"
            surname="Jones"
            email="jjones@email.com"
            username="jjones"
            status="unactivated">
      <fullname>John Jones</fullname>
    </member>
    <group id="3"
           name="acme-test"
           description="ACME group"
           owner="acme"></group>
  </membership>

  <!-- Member who invited this member to PageSeeder and this group -->
  <inviter id="77"
           firstname="Alice"
           surname="Thomson"
           email="athomson@example.org"
           username="athomson">
    <fullname>Alice Thomson</fullname>
  </inviter>

</notification>
```

The `token` attribute is a base64url string that is different from the key and shouldn’t require URL-escaping.

> **Obsolete:** The `password` and `key` attributes are no longer included in the message. PageSeeder never discloses passwords by email.

## Usual content

Following is a screenshot of the HTML email:

![membership-new-member\_v60000.png](/content/guide/configuration/emails/templates/../../../../images/email/membership-new-member_v60000.webp)