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The Groups Plugin page allows you to manage all the Groups in your network, determine the Global and Member Level Settings for your network, and manage Categories.
In your Admin area, go to Plugins > Groups.
Select Groups to view or delete. They are categorized by “Title”, “Owner”, “Views”, and “Date”. 
To view the Group's page, click on the "view" link under "Options" for the Group you want to view.
You can delete an individual Group by clicking the "delete" link on the right side of each row under the "Options" column.
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 title bar will select all the checkboxes in the list below it.
To get to this page, click on the "Global Settings" tab. “Global Settings” control the universal settings for Groups and differ from “Member Level Settings” which control Group settings per member level.
Determine how many groups will show per page by entering a value in the input box.
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.
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.
Make sure you click the “Save Changes” button ( seen above) when done changing settings.
Make unauthorized groups searchable?
Do you want to make unauthorized groups searchable? (If set to no, groups that are not authorized for the current user will not be displayed in the group search results and widgets.)
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.
Select the Member Level that you will edit.
Decide whether 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.
You can decide whether the members of the selected member level are allowed to edit or delete certain Groups or any Groups at all.
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.
You can decide whether the members of the selected member level are allowed to 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.
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.
You can decide whether the members of the selected member level are allowed 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.
Set the options for who can view Groups they make. Such as:
“Everyone” which allows guests and logged in users to see the group.
“Registered Members” which allows all logged in members of your community to see the group.
“Members Only” which allows only members of the group to see it.
Posting option privacy is as follows:
“Registered Members” allows all logged in members of your community to post to the group.
“All Members” allows all members of the group to post to it.
“Officers and Owner Only” allows just the officers and owner of the group to post to it.
Set whether to allow members to set Network Privacy for their groups.
You can allow your members to edit the styling of the Group page with CSS. If disabled, the Group will use the default style of the site.
Choose whether this member level is allowed to upload cover photos to their groups.
This setting allows you to set a global group cover photo that will show until the user uploads their own cover photo. You'll first need to upload the cover photo in the File & Media Manager. You can then click the drop down shown below to select from one of your uploaded images.
Enter the maximum number of groups allowed for the members of this level. The field must contain an integer between 1 and 9999, or 0 for unlimited.
Maximum Allowed Groups to create per Duration
Enter the maximum number of groups allowed for the selected duration (per minute / per hour / per day) for members of this level. The field must contain an integer between 1 and 9999, or 0 for unlimited.
Choose whether to allow users to create photo albums in groups.
Choose whether members of this level can edit photo albums in groups.
Choose whether members of this level can delete group photo albums.
Posting option privacy is the same as described above in “Group Posting Options.”
Choose whether members in this level can add events to groups.
Event Creation option privacy is the same as described above in “Group Posting Options.”
Choose whether members in this level can create topics in groups.
Choose whether members in this level can edit topics in groups.
Choose whether members in this level can delete topics in groups.
Choose whether members in this level can post in group forums.
Choose whether members in this level can edit group posts.
Choose whether members in this level can delete group posts.
Choose whether members in this level can create group polls.
This setting allows you to control poll creation options that group creators can choose from.
Choose whether members in this level can create group blogs.
This setting allows you to control blog creation options that group creators can choose from.
Choose whether members in this level can create group videos.
Choose whether members in this level can upload group videos. If set to "No" then the member will only be able to share external video links if allowed to create group videos.
This setting allows you to control video creation options that group creators can choose from.
By default the ability to use any HTML in discussion posts is disabled. If you would like to allow a member 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 welcome to at your own risk.
Make sure you click the “Save Changes” button (seen above) when done changing settings.
Create categories if you want to allow your users to categorize their Groups. In order to get to the Categories page, click on the "Categories" tab in the Groups’ menu tabs.
This feature is useful if you want to list all of your members' Groups. 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.
To edit a Category Name, click on the "edit" link under the "Options" column for the Category whose name you want to change.
It will open a popup 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.
To delete a Category, click on the "delete" link under the "Options" column for the Category that you want to delete.
It will open a popup asking if you are sure you want to delete the following Category. To delete the Category, click on the "Delete" button.
