The biggest and best part about this last push has to be member management. Many of you have been testing this for a little while now, and other than a few
hics here and there, it's working very nicely. This has to be my favourite feature. It's been in the works for quite a long time now, and the guys have
done some absolutely fantastic work implementing all the options and features.
I want to highlight a few things to get you started before you look at it.
Firstly, groups are very different from your current perception of groups. In the new system groups are literally a behind the scenes way for admins to manage members. Groups are lists that the admin can pull up and work on. They don't affect the members on the front end. There are two types of groups. Custom - or static, and auto.
A custom group is one where you create a static list of members. You can do this via a filter or totally manually, but the people on that list don't change unless you change them.
An auto group is less a group, and more the criteria for showing a list. You save a filter setting. When you view the group it will auto populate the list with all members who meet the criteria of the group settings. This list could be different every time you view it. For example, an auto group might be a filter of members with less than 10 posts and a membership of more than 6 months. You cannot manually add a member to an auto group. They need to fit the criteria.
Other things that you might like to play around with are the auto titles. You can create automatic titles based on not just post count, but membership length and kudos too. If you use all three to create titles, a member who meets the criteria for more than one title will show all relevant titles.
The main page to start from is the all page - this shows all members, and you can filter them into smaller lists, or find individual members to edit. To edit a single member, click on their name. When you want to edit more than one member, check the box on the left of the names. This will add them to the clipboard. Until you clear it, all members that you add to the clipboard remain there. You can view them or edit them, or create a custom group from the list.
Forum access - You can set up your forum access in many ways now. You can set criteria that allows entry to the forum, you can add members manually, or you can view a single member and adjust their access to all your forums in one go. This area is quite complex. To edit the access of a forum go to settings > forum & chat management and then click forum security.
There will be futher help files on managing this page, but let me briefly outline the meaning of the reading permission section.
no view restrictions - open to all
by approval - standard MBA, member needs to apply to enter the forum
Teaser (title) - member needs to apply to enter the forum BUT they can see the last comment on the main page
Teaser (topic) - member can enter the forum and read the topic titles, but they need to apply to enter a topic.
You can set invisible in conjunction with the settings above. Be aware that if you set a forum as no view restrictions then also make it invisible, then no-one can see it. You will need to make exceptions on the invisible setting, or manually add members to the VIP list.
Here are a few known glitches in the system right now:
Here are the help pages - these are currently without screenshots, and I am working on getting them in.
I want to highlight a few things to get you started before you look at it.
Firstly, groups are very different from your current perception of groups. In the new system groups are literally a behind the scenes way for admins to manage members. Groups are lists that the admin can pull up and work on. They don't affect the members on the front end. There are two types of groups. Custom - or static, and auto.
A custom group is one where you create a static list of members. You can do this via a filter or totally manually, but the people on that list don't change unless you change them.
An auto group is less a group, and more the criteria for showing a list. You save a filter setting. When you view the group it will auto populate the list with all members who meet the criteria of the group settings. This list could be different every time you view it. For example, an auto group might be a filter of members with less than 10 posts and a membership of more than 6 months. You cannot manually add a member to an auto group. They need to fit the criteria.
Other things that you might like to play around with are the auto titles. You can create automatic titles based on not just post count, but membership length and kudos too. If you use all three to create titles, a member who meets the criteria for more than one title will show all relevant titles.
The main page to start from is the all page - this shows all members, and you can filter them into smaller lists, or find individual members to edit. To edit a single member, click on their name. When you want to edit more than one member, check the box on the left of the names. This will add them to the clipboard. Until you clear it, all members that you add to the clipboard remain there. You can view them or edit them, or create a custom group from the list.
Forum access - You can set up your forum access in many ways now. You can set criteria that allows entry to the forum, you can add members manually, or you can view a single member and adjust their access to all your forums in one go. This area is quite complex. To edit the access of a forum go to settings > forum & chat management and then click forum security.
There will be futher help files on managing this page, but let me briefly outline the meaning of the reading permission section.
no view restrictions - open to all
by approval - standard MBA, member needs to apply to enter the forum
Teaser (title) - member needs to apply to enter the forum BUT they can see the last comment on the main page
Teaser (topic) - member can enter the forum and read the topic titles, but they need to apply to enter a topic.
You can set invisible in conjunction with the settings above. Be aware that if you set a forum as no view restrictions then also make it invisible, then no-one can see it. You will need to make exceptions on the invisible setting, or manually add members to the VIP list.
Here are a few known glitches in the system right now:
- There isn't a way to delete a member
- There isn't a deny button on pending applicants (ie, when you're using MBA)
- When you view a saved list, there is no way to select those members.
- when using the filter, the auto lists are not in the groups drop down
- when viewing the different members pages (all, admins, mods, members, etc) the clipboards are separate.
- There is no way to select all special members to bulk edit them (ie, to remove/auto rule them)
- There is no way to remove a member from the clipboard individually
Here are the help pages - these are currently without screenshots, and I am working on getting them in.
been real fun on a freezin' cold morning!
It must be good 'cause in the freezin' cold your body doesn't want to do anything but hibernate!
