Group Admin

When a member creates a group and it is a pproved by a Community Administrator, that member becomes the Group Admin of that group by default. Registered members will be able to distinguish which groups they are just a member of and which they are Group Admins from the My Groups page. A group they are the Admin for will display the Manage option underneath the description


Once they have clicked on the Manage button, they will be brought to the general settings page of the forum. The settings that are displayed are what were originally chosen when the group was created. The settings can be altered and then saved be clicking on the OK button at the bottom of the page when ready.


Security

The Security tab controls the page settings of the group. Group Admins will be givin the authority to decide who can create, delete and edit pages within the forum. The otions seperated into Group Admins, Anybody or Group members.

Group Admins - refers to any member that has been made a admin of this particular group. Anybody - refers to all registered members of the site.
Group members - refers to any registered member that has been approved to join this group.


Members

The members tab dispays all of the group members and allows Group Admins to approve or reject potential group members. A Group Admin can also remove a member from the group by clicking on the red X. The search option allows you to locate a specific registered member by username and based on their status within the group.

The member's section allows Group Admins to invite registered members to join the group. In order to send an invitation to the group, a Group Admin will need to follow these steps:

1. Click on the 'Invite to group' link.
2. From the new windows click the Select button
3. Type in the name of the member or click from the list of membes below.
4. You can choose to add a message to the invite by typing in the comment section
5. Click on Invite to send.
6. Click the Close button to return to the members section.

Group members can be promoted to Group Admins from this section as well. The following steps will promote a group member to an admin:

1. Click the pencil icon next to the member you wish to promote
2. Click on the Add roles button
3. Check off the box for Group Admin and click OK
4. Click OK at the bottom to save the promotion.

In order to demote a Group Admin to a group member, the process is as follows:

1. Click the pencil icon next to the member you wish to demote
2. Under 'Member is in Roles' check off the Group Admin role and click the remove selected button.
3. Click OK at the bottom to save the demotion.