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Creating a create account URL in Velocity template

  Step 1:Add the below lines in init_custom.vm file

• #set ($create_account_url = $portletURLFactory.create($request, "58", $page.getPlid(), "ACTION_PHASE"))
• $create_account_url.setWindowState("maximized")
• $create_account_url.setPortletMode("view")
• $create_account_url.setParameter("saveLastPath", "0")
• $create_account_url.setParameter("struts_action", "/login/create_account")

Step 2:Add the below lines in your  Velocity template

•    <a href="$create_account_url" class="bt-signup">SignUp</a>

That's it  deploy you'r theme and see the output.