Introduction : What is a Group

A group is something users of this site can use to give to a given set of users (refered as "group members") access to resources inaccessible to others, create new forums, blogs, wiki pages and book to share information on given topic.

Any user can currently create a group, but it is recommended to use it mainly for IC organizations such as guilds or guard cadre in order to avoid to flood our community site.

Common tasks for members

Enter a group

The way become member of a group depend of the "Membership request" parameter of the group (see above).

For "Open", you must open the main group list by clicking on the "Groups" option of the main menu of the site, then click on the "Join" link besides the group you want to enter.

For "Moderated" groups, you must open the main group list by clicking on the "Groups" option of the main menu of the site as well, then click on the "Request membership" link besides the group you want to enter.
This will send a PM to the admins of the group to ask them to either accept or refuse your membership.

For "Invite only" groups, you must contact an admin of the group ICly or by private message to ask him or her to add you to members.

You can't join "Closed" groups, they are either groups made only for forum creation or representing organizations that doesn't exist anymore.

NB: If you are requesting membership for an IC group, please do it with the relevant character account

Leave a group

- Switch to the relevant character account and then click on the "Groups" menu at the top of the screen.
- In the group panel, click on the "My groups" button
- Click on the "manage membership" link beside the name of the group you want to leave

NB: You can't leave a group if you are its manager admin.

Common tasks for group admins

Create a new group

You can create a new group by clicking in the "Organize new group" option of the "Actions" menu or the main menu bar when you are logged with an user account on the site.

Remember however that except for site admins, users are expected to create group only to match an IC group. If you want to create another kind of group, please ask for permission to a DM.

A form will open to ask you to input the following information:
Title: The name of the group. Will be displayed everywhere a reference to this group will be made (in the "My groups" widget, on the "Group list" page, in the forum section...).
Description: A short explanation (one line) of the group. Displayed into the "Group list" page to help users to pick their groups.
Mission statement: Description of the purpose of your group. Will be only displayed in the main page of your group, which means that you can use it for even for secret groups, as only members will then be able to read it.
Membership requests: The way people enter in the group. As you are expected to create groups to match IC groups, it is recommended to select either "Moderated" or "Invite only". "Open" are for general groups that only DM are supposed to create and "Closed" are for dead organizations or technical groups.
Private group: Indicate if non-members can read the content of your group page. This doesn't mean however that since you made your group private, non-members can't read or write into the public forums of your group, if you created any.

Other information can be set there but those below are the most important ones.

It is recommended to create a wiki page for your group's wiki definition use the [[ ]] double-square brackets on your group node around the and then click on it once created. Select your new group as the "Audience" under groups below and make sure "Public" is selected. This will be the external face of the organization in the wiki and the easiest to link to.

Add members

In a moderated group, you receive an automated private message each time an user requests membership. The message contains a link to the group user page, were you can see pending requests and either accept or refuse them.

In an "invite only" group, you must click on the "invite friend" link of your group control widget.
This will allow you to send invitation by private message to one or several users. A link allowing them to either accept or refuse will be automatically joined into the message.

Note that since you are mostly supposed to manage IC groups, you are supposed to invite or accept membership of character accounts only.

Set up other admins

If you are the manager admin you can promote and demote user to "group admin" status by opening the group user list.

To open this page, click on the "X members" link of the group control widget when you are logged with your group admin account.

Change the manager admin

See manager admin's wiki page.

Create and manage forums

A general discussion forum will be created automatically. When initially created, the group will be misplaced in the forums list until a site admin moves into its proper forum container.

To create additional forums, you must click on the "Manage group forums" of your group control widget.

Inside the next page, you can use the "add forum" link to create a new forum and the "make private" and "make public" to change the status of an existing forum.

A private forum can't be read, write or even seen by non-members even if the group is public.

A public forum can be see, read and write by everyone, even if the group is private.

See Also

Player and Character Accounts User Guide