The group functionalities available to you are dependent upon the group type and your permissions.
If you are a registered user and not a group owner or administrator, the most common functionalities available to you are described below. If you do not see these one of these widgets, the group owner or administrator has not made them available or it could be restricted to one theme.
The list below of widgets available for groups is not exhaustive. For more complete information, see Widget configuration in Edit Page mode.
Administration
Group - Links
Under the heading "Group Administration," this widget has a number of options that can be enabled for you, such as "Create group," "Edit this theme," or "Manage Content Pages."
Content
Quick Post
Has the heading "Quick Post." In addition to posting status, this widget is used to post content to applications.
Tag Cloud
Has the heading "Tag Cloud." This widget can be displayed as a list of tags used within the group.
Email Digest
Group - Email Digest
Has the heading "Group Digest." The Group - Email Digest widget enables you to subscribe to daily or weekly Email Digests for the group.
Membership
Group - Membership Status
Has the heading "Group Membership Status." Displays your membership status in the group.
Group - Members List
Depending upon this widget's configuration, this widget can be called "Members" when it shows a list of members, or "Top Quality Authors" if it scoped to display users by this criteria.
Mentions
Site - User Navigation
Does not have a header. This widget is a navigation bar that includes an "@" tab. Clicking it will display where you or your groups have been mentioned.
Messages
Activity Story Stream
Does not have a header. Displays status messages (and activity) in the group.
Navigation
Group - Application Navigation
Does not have a heading. It displays as tabs such as "Blog" or "Forum."
Group - Banner
Does not have a heading. Displays the name of the group.
Group - Breadcrumbs
Does not have a heading. Appears as a breadcrumb trail back to the site Home Page.
Group - List
Typically has the heading "Subgroups." Depending upon its configuration, this group can either display a list of groups where you're a member, or a list of the group's subgroups.
Quality
Group - Members List
Can have the heading "Top Quality Authors." This widget can be scoped to display group members by quality score ranking. Can also be scoped to list group members.