Creating a Community Group

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Creating a Community Group

To create a Community Group, follow these steps.

Go to My Intranet > My Profile.
Click the Groups tab.
Click the Create Group button.
Show me.

Use the table below to complete the Create Group screen.

Field	Description
Properties Tab
Group Name	The name of the group.
Administrator	A group administrator has privileges to delete a group or edit its properties. By default, the person who created the group is the group administrator. Click the Browse button if you want to select a different group administrator.
Membership	Select whether the group is Open - open to the public Restricted - members can only join if invited For more information, see Adding Members to a Restricted Group.
Image	Upload an image to use as an avatar for the group.
Location	The geographical location associated with the group.
Short Description	A brief description of the group.
Description	A fully detailed description of the group.
Enable Distribute	Check this box if you want the group and system administrator to be able to distribute content to any folder. For more information, see "Distributing Content to Another Folder" in the Ektron CMS400.Net Reference Manual.
Allow member to manage photo/workspace folders	Check this box if you want to allow members to add, remove and control the sharing of folders in a community group’s Photo Gallery or Document’s Workspace. For more information, see Managing Group Photos.
Group MessageBoard Moderation	Check this box if you want to this groups message board to be moderated. For more information, see Moderating a Group Message Board.
Group Tags	From this screen, you can either create a new tag or select from a default list of community group tags. For more information, see "Assigning Tags to a Community Group" in the Ektron CMS400.Net Reference Manual.
Category List	The categories tab lists all of the categories associated with the community group. Note: This table appears only if you have defined at least one taxonomy for community groups. or more information, see "Creating a Taxonomy" in the Ektron CMS400.Net Reference Manual.

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