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[GUIDE] Admin CP: Membergroups
DIR By: Alex P.
Date: August 6, 2010, 2:44 pm
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Admin CP Membergroup Section Guide
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Edit Membergroups Page
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On the Edit Membergroups section, you will see two separate
tables.
The table on the top, lists the regular Membergroups on your
forum (In other words, the non post-count based groups).
The bottom table lists all of the post-count based groups of
your forum.
Next to each of the group names is the star images used for the
group, the number of Members the group currently has, and a link
to modify the group.
On post-count based groups you will also see the required posts
needed for a member to be in that post-count based group.
When viewing the Membergroups section, you have three options of
what you can do.
Add a new membergroup
Edit an existing membergroup
Select the membergroups that can modify membergroups
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Add Membergroup Page
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On the Add Membergroup page you will be able to create new
membergroups with the desired settings.
This page can be accessed by selecting the Add Membergroup tab
when viewing the Membergroups section of the Administration
Panel.
On the Modify an existing Membergroup page, you will be able to
modify the settings of an existing membergroup.
This page can be accessed by selecting the Modify link to the
far right of a membergroup name when viewing the Membergroups
section of the Administration Panel.
Group Name - The name you want to call the group.
Permissions - When creating a membergroup, you must select the
initial permission settings the membergroup will use. Please
note on group creation you are limited in what permissions you
can give the group and that this section only appears when
creating a new group, but you can always go to
Permissions>Permissions by Membergroup to adjust the permissions
for the membergroup.
There are a few types of settings you can use for permissions.
- inherit from - This allows you to pick a group to inherit the
permissions from. Only pick this option if you want all
permissions to be taken directly from another membergroup and
you do not wish to configure any unique permissions for this
group.
- by type - There are four basic types of Member groups:
Restrictive, Standard, Moderator, and Maintenance.
[li]Restrictive - This is the permission settings that guests
get by default.
- Standard - This is the permission setting that a standard
Register user would receive by default.
- Moderator - Any group with this permission setting would be
able to moderate boards that they can see.
- Maintenance - This is the permission settings that is very
similar to that of the administrator.
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- based off of - You can choose the permissions of another
membergroup to base this new one on. This will copy the
permissions for the other group, you just choose the group, then
alter permissions accordingly.
Visible Boards - This allows you to choose which boards this new
group will have access to; this is useful so that you don't have
to do it later. You may change these at anytime by going to
Membergroups / Edit Membergroups and clicking the link [ Show
boards ] at the bottom next to Visible Boards.
Click on “Add Group”, which will automatically redirect you to
the Edit Membergoup page for that group.
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Modify Membergoup Page
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Group name - The name of the group. (Leave as is.)
Group description - A brief overview of the group. (Optional)
Group Type - Here you can select the type of group you want this
membergroup to be. You have the following options:
- Private - Membership to a group has to be manually assigned
for a member
- Requestable - Membership to the group can be requested by
having a user go to their profile and selecting the Group
Membership link
- Free - Like above, except membership can be automatically
given to member when requested
- Post Based - Membership to group only granted when member
meets specified post count
Moderators - Here you can enter a comma separate list of
usernames of those you want to be a group moderator. A group
moderator's main privilege is the ability to add new members to
the membergroup. This field is only available when modifying an
existing group.
Visibility - Allows you to choose where a group is visible on
the forum.
[*]Visible - Group will be visible all over the forum and in any
location.
[*]Visible - except in Group Key - You will be able to see the
group all over the forum except in the group key on the board
index. (Membergroup legend.)
[*]Invisible - The group is not visible anywhere. Nobody will be
able to tell who is in the group, other than the administrator.
(Secret)
Color in online list - What color the group will appear as on
the board index and Group key. Accepts some basic colors, and
accepts HTML HEX Color Codes.
examples: #FFFFFF = white
#000000 = black
Some links for color codes:
HTML http://html-color-codes.com/
HTML http://www.december.com/html/spec/color.html
HTML http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/color-blend/
HTML http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/reference/color_codes/
Number of star images - Membergroups can have small images to
appear next to the group inside of posts made by members of the
group (in the group as a primary group) and on a member's
profile page. Put how many images you want to show here.
Star image filename - Click on the starfile image link. Enter
the filename for the image you chose in the star image filename
blank for the membergroup.
Max Personal Messages: - Maximum Amount of Personal Messages
this Group can make.
Visible Boards - This allows you to choose which boards this new
group will have access to; this is useful so that you don't have
to do it later. You may change these at anytime by going to
Membergroups / Edit Membergroups and clicking the link [ Show
boards ] at the bottom next to Visible Boards. (Same as chosen
before on the create page.)
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Settings Page
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Groups allowed to change membergroups - Check the groups that
you wish to be able to change the membergroups of members, edit
details of membergroups, such as membergroup name, whether it is
a post count based group, and what boards the group can enter,
and all of the other membergroup settings except for handling
permissions, which is a separate permission. The selected groups
can also create new membergroups.
Put a check next to the names of the groups you want to be able
to do what was mentioned above.
#Post#: 12734--------------------------------------------------
Re: [GUIDE] Admin CP: Membergroups
DIR By: slaking
Date: January 2, 2014, 10:08 pm
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Okay.
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