Manage Groups Plugin SocialEngine

Manage Groups Plugin > SocialEngine

Select groups to view or delete. They are categorized by Title, Owner, Views, and Date.

Viewing a Group

To view the group's page, click on the "view" link under "Options" for the group you want to view.



You will then be redirected to the group's page.

Deleting a Single Group

You can delete an individual group by clicking the "delete" link on the right side of each row under the "Options" column.

Deleting Multiple Groups

You can choose to delete multiple groups at once by using the checkboxes on the left side of the table and the "Delete Selected" button at the bottom. Checking the checkbox in the blue line will select all the checkboxes on the list below it.

Global Settings

To get to this page, click on the "Global Settings" tab.

Enable BBCode

BBCode is a type of code that is popular with forum or bulletin board software. You can choose to allow or not allow members to use BBcode on any of your group discussion posts.

Enable HTML

The ability to add styling or links or media to a post with the use of HTML tags can be allowed or not allowed within any of the group discussion posts. If you choose to Allow HTML tags in your group discussions, you will still need to set which HTML tags are allowable in the Member Level Settings section.

Member Level Settings

These settings are applied on a per member level basis. Start by selecting the member level you want to modify, then adjust the settings for that level. To get to this page, click on the "Member Level Settings" tab.

Member Level

Select the Member Level that you will edit.

Allow Viewing of Groups

Then decide if the selected Member Level is allowed to view, create, edit, delete, and comment on Groups.



The "Yes, allow members to view all groups, even private ones" option is only available for member levels that are of the moderator/admin/super admin type. This option will allow members of this level to see all groups on the site no matter what level of privacy the group has been set to. Selecting the "Yes, allow viewing and subscriptions of groups" will allow members of this level to view and subscribe to all groups which apply to members of this level (as in they are not set to group members only). Selecting the "No, do not allow groups to be viewed." option will not allow members of this level to view any group pages or see the Groups menu item in any menus on the site.

Allow Creation of Groups

You can limit the ability of the selected member level from being able to create groups.



The "Yes, allow creation of groups" will only allow members of this level to create groups. Selecting the "No, do not allow groups to be created" option will not allow the members of this level to create any groups.

Allow Editing of Groups?

You can decide if the members of the selected member level are able to edit or delete certain groups or any groups at all.



The "Yes, allow members to edit everyone's groups" will only appear for moderators/admins/super admin type member levels. Selecting this option will allow members of this level to act as a moderator and be able to edit or delete any group as they see fit. The "Yes, allow members to edit their own groups" will only allow members of this level to edit the groups they have created. Selecting the "No, do not allow groups to be edited option" will not allow the members of this level to edit or delete any groups.

Allow Deleting of Groups

You can decide if the members of the selected member level are able to delete certain groups or any groups at all.



The "Yes, allow members to delete all groups" will only appear for moderators/admins/super admin type member levels. Selecting this option will allow members of this level to act as a moderator and be able to delete any group as they see fit. The "Yes, allow members to delete their own groups" will only allow members of this level to delete the groups they have created. Selecting the "No, do not allow members to delete their groups." will not allow the members of this level to delete any groups.

Allow Commenting on Groups?

You can decide if the members of the selected member level are able to comment on items in certain groups or any groups at all.



The "Yes, allow members to comment on all groups, including private ones" will only appear for moderators/admins/super admin type member levels. Selecting this option will allow members of this level to comment on any item belonging to any group as they see fit. The "Yes, allow members to comment on groups" will only allow members of this level to comment on items within groups they have access to. Selecting the "No, do not allow members to comment on groups." will not allow the members of this level to comment on any items in any groups.

When your members create a Group, they are given options for Group Privacy, Group Posting Options, Photo Upload Options, and Event Creation Options. These options can be determined by you. For example, you can select them all so that during Group creation members can choose to have "everyone" view their groups, post comments, upload photos, and create events, or have "friends only" view their groups, post comments, upload photos, and create events.

Group Privacy

Set the options for who can view Groups they make.

Group Posting Options

Photo Upload Options

Event Creation Options

Allow Group Styles

You can allow your members to edit the styling of the group page with CSS or if they are left with the default look created by the theme of your site.

Allow HTML in posts?

By default the ability to type in any HTML in discussion posts is disabled. If you would like to allow a user to use HTML in their discussion posts, you will need to list the tags you would like to allow in the field below. An example would be: a, b, img, font, etc

**NOTE: there is still a pre-programmed list in the source code that limits the allowed HTML tags in an entry. If you would like to see the list of forbidden tags, please refer to the /application/libraries/Engine/Filter/Html.php file. These tags were forbidden to prevent the corruption of the site's styling; however, if you would like to take any of the tags off the list, you are more than welcomed to at your own risk.

Categories

Create categories if you want to allow your users to categorize their photo albums. In order to get to the Categories page, click on the "Categories" tab on the top of the page.



This feature is useful if you want to list all your users' photo albums. If you have no categories, your users will not be given the option of assigning a category. Another great use for categories would be to create a category just for your group, so that it would be easily searchable in whichever add-ons you have available for your group such as Photo Albums.

Creating a New Category

1   To great a new category, click on the "Add New Category" button at the bottom of the category list.



2   Enter the a name for your new Category.



3   Click on "Add Category" to add this category to the list of categories.

Editing a Category

To edit a category name, click on the "edit" link under the "Options" column for the category whose name you want to change.



It should bring up a modal just like the one used to create a category. When you have finished making your changes to the category name, click on "Edit Category" to save your changes.

Deleting a Category

To delete a category name, click on the "delete" link under the "Options" column for the category whose name you want to change.



It should bring up a modal asking if you are sure you want to delete the following category. To delete the category, click on the "Delete" button.