This article reflect enhancements to the Community Server 2008.5 SP1 functionality. If you are using Community Server 2008.5, click here.

After you create a group, Community Server creates additional tabs on which you can specify additional group properties.

Procedure

  1.  Navigate to Control Panel Dashboard > System Administration > Group Administration > Groups and Categories > Groups. The list of groups displays in the workspace.

  2.  Click Edit next to the group for which you want to modify the properties. The Group Options page displays.

  3.  Modify the group properties.

Group Options Tab

  • Name - Specifies the name of the group.
  • Change Avatar - Allows you to change the group avatar.
  • URL - Shows the group URL, automatically assigned by Community Server.
  • Description - Describes the group.
  • Group Type - Specifies the group's membership and visibility property.
    • Public (Open Membership) - Users have visibility of group members, group activity, and additional group information in the sidebar. 
    • Public (Closed Membership) - Users have visibility of group activity and additional group information in the sidebar, but not group members. 
    • Private (listed) – Your group is publicly listed so the title and description are viewable, but users must be approved before they can become members.
    • Private (unlisted) - Only members have visibility of your group. Users have no visibility of users or group activity. 

Forum Options

  • Enable Forum – Specifies whether or not the forum is enabled within the group.
  • Enable Forum Moderation – Specifies whether or not forum posts can be moderated.
  • Members can Create Threads – Specifies whether or not group members can create new threads. If disabled, members can reply only to existing threads.
  • Allowed Thread Types - Specifies whether the forum thread type is QA thread status tracking or discussion.
  • Enable forum posts by email – Specifies whether or not members can access the group forum as a mailing list.
  • Forum Email Address – Specifies email address for the group forum mailing list.

Blog Options

  • Enable Blog – Specifies whether or not the blog is enabled within the group.
  • Enable Comments – Specifies whether or not users can add comments to the posts within the group blog.
  • Enable Post Rankings – Specifies whether or not post ratings are enabled for the posts within the group blog.
  • Display references (trackbacks) – Specifies whether or not trackbacks are enabled for posts within the group blog.
  • Enable blogging by email – Specifies whether or not members can blog to posts in the group via email.

Media Options

  • Enable Media Gallery – Specifies whether or not to enable the media gallery within the group.
  • Enable File Moderation – Specifies whether or not to moderate media uploads by group members.
  • Members can Upload Files – Specifies whether or not members can upload files to the group.

Wiki Options

  • Enable Wiki - Enables the wiki.
  • Members can Create Pages - Allows members to create pages in the wiki.

  4.  Click Save.