# Create User

Before you can start using CODEX you have to create a new user account for your personal work.

A user account can be created by each indiviual by providing a company or institution email address. The responsible organization admin has to approve this new account before the user can log in again and start working on research projects.

```{important}
The domain of your email address (part after the @-symbol) has to be listed in one of the organizations in the portal. If this is not the case, you will receive an according error message upon registration. In such cases, please contact the portal support.
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## Sign up a new user account

To create a new user account navigate to the sign up page which you can find by clicking "SIGN IN"
at the main naviation. You will be asked to accept storing cookies on your machine. Accept and this
will lead you to the "Login-Page". Hit "Register" below the login form to start a new account
registration.

```{figure} images/login_with_highlighted_register_link.png
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alt: 'Login page with a red arrow pointing to the registration link'
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Fig 01-01: Position of the register link on Login page
```

At the Signup page you will see a form to enter your basic data. All input fields marked with an
asterisk are required to proceed. 

```{figure} images/sign_up_form_empty.png
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alt: 'Sign up page with an empty form for first name, last name, email address, password, password confirm, role, department and additional infos and a checkbox for accepting terms and conditions'
---
Fig 01-02: An emtpy Sign up form on initial page visit
```

Additionally you have to aggree with the terms and conditions. If you want to read the terms and
conditions you can click the link which opens an overlay with the current version of our terms
and conditions that you also can directly accept or decline.

```{figure} images/sign_up_with_open_modal.png
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alt: 'Sign up page with opened terms and conditions modal with to buttons to accept or decline the terms and conditions at the bottom'
---
Fig 01-03: Open Terms and Conditions overlay modal
```

Once you have filled out all information about your person and your login information an email
will be sent to your provided email address. If the email has been sent to your inbox you will see
the following screen:

```{figure} images/sign_up_email_hint.png
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alt: 'After sign up page which informs about a sent email the user should check'
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Fig 01-04: Hint on sent email to confirm registration
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In the next step click the activation link in the email, that has been sent to you within 5 minutes to activate your account. If you do not get the email or manage to click the link within 5 minutes, you can always resend the email via the page shown above by clicking on the respective link. If you already closed the page, you can log into the portal with the credentials you provided in the registration process (email and password) to see the page again.

```{important}
After your successful registration you can only see the portals welcome page until your account gets approved. The organization administrator responsible for you is automatically informed via email about your registration. However, the approval is a manual process due to security reasons and therefore can take some time. If you want to see how to approve user accounts go to the section [User management -> Unapproved users](../07_user_management/01_unapproved_users/01_unapproved_users.md)
```