Groups

Groups in BuddyPress are gatherings of members, posts, and any other user-generated content. A member can create a group in BuddyPress (if enabled by Super/Site Admin) and thus becomes the group administrator. Every group includes a Status Update form for members and the latest group news which can be kept up to date by group admins. Group admins can also approve requests to join the private group, invite friends to congregate within a hidden group, establish communications among members, extend privileges to other members, and enable new features (Group Forums if enabled by Super Admin) within the group, among others.

Sections

• Groups Directory
• Single Group
  • Group Header
  • Activity (group home page)
  • Members
  • Send Invites
  • Admin

Groups Directory



Groups Directory Page. Click on image to enlarge.

Sections
• Create a Group button/link – Shown beside the Groups page title to logged in member if the Site/Super Admin has enabled group creation by members.
• Search Groups search form
• All Groups – with total number of registered users who have logged in at least once after BuddyPress was activated in the installation.
• Selectbox – Show: Last Active (default), Most Members, Newly Created, or Alphabetical
• List of Groups created in the site including time active stamp, group description, number of members and group privacy setting. Only Public and Private Groups are seen in list by regular members. Super/Site Admin sees all groups including Hidden groups.
  Action buttons – for logged in members only
  • Join Group button – for groups listed as Public, button visible to logged in members only.
  • Request Membership button – for groups listed as Private, button is visible to logged in members only.
  • ( Membership in Hidden groups is by invitation only.)
• My Groups – for logged in users only. This includes a counter of the total number of groups you have created and/or joined in
  Options
  • Selectbox – Show: Last Active (default), Most Members, Newly Created, or Alphabetical
  • List of Groups you are a member of – Public, Private and Hidden (only by you and Super Admin)
  • Leave Group button – visible to logged in members of Public, Private and Hidden Groups. You cannot leave the group if you are the only Group Admin.

Single Group Header



Single Group Header. Click on image to enlarge.

Sections
• Group Avatar or Site Default Avatar
• Group Name
• Group Description
• Group Admin/s with avatar/s
• Group Mod/s (if any) with avatar/s
• Join Group button (for a Public group) or Request Membership button (for a Private Group) or Leave Group button (for Public, Private or Hidden Group)

Home Page

The Group’s Activity Stream is the default Home tab for any group.

Sections
• RSS feed
• Selectbox: Show: Everything (default), Updates, Group Memberships
• Status Update – visible to all logged in group members only
  Options
  • Text Area box
  • Post In – Selectbox: Member’s Profile Page or to one of Membes’s Groups
  • Post Update button
• List of Group activities. Following buttons/links are visible to logged in group members only
  Options
  • Comment button
  • Reply to Comment link
  • Favorite button or Remove Favorite button
  • Delete button – visible only to Group Admin, Group Moderator and Super/Site Admin.

Members

List of Group Members

Sections
• Member Avatar
• Member Nice Name
• Member Active Since
• Action buttons
  Options
  • Add Friend (friendship request) button – visible to logged in group members
  • Cancel Friendship Request button – visible to the group member who made the friendship request
  • Cancel Friendship button – visible to the group member whose friendship request was accepted
  • Favorite button or Remove Favorite button

Send Invites

Visibility of Send Invites link to members or Group Mod/s is dependent on what option the Group Admin chose in Admin > Settings > Group Invitations: All group Members, Group Admins and Mods only, or Group admins only.

Options
• Info: Select people to invite from your friends list.
• List of your friends with checkbox beside each name is shown in panel.
• Select friend and the friend is automatically listed in invite list.
• Remove Invite button – click to remove friend/s from list prior to sending invitation
• Send Invites button – click to send invitation/notification to one or group of friend/s

Admin

Tab/link is visible only to Group Admin and Super/Site Admin

Sections
• Details
  Options
  • Group Name (required) text area
  • Group Description (required) text area
  • Notify group members of changes via email – Yes or No option
  • Save Changes button
• Settings
  

  Group Admin Settings Panel. Click on image to enlarge

  • Privacy Options – Group Admin selects from among three options (About Group Privacy Options)
    Options
    • This is a public group
      Options
      • Any site member can join this group.
      • This group will be listed in the groups directory and in search results.
      • Group content and activity will be visible to any site member.
    • This is a private group
      Options
      • Only users who request membership and are accepted can join the group.
      • This group will be listed in the groups directory and in search results.
      • Group content and activity will only be visible to members of the group.
    • This is a hidden group
      Options
      • Only users who are invited can join the group.
      • This group will not be listed in the groups directory or search results.
      • Group content and activity will only be visible to members of the group.
  • Group Invitations – select which members of this group are allowed to invite others?
    Options
    • All group members
    • Group admins and mods only
    • Group admins only
  • Save Changes button
• Avatar
  Options
  • Upload an image to use as an avatar for this group. The image will be shown on the main group page, and in search results.- .jpg, .gif or .png format
    • Choose File button (no file chosen)
    • Upload Image button
  • If you’d like to remove the existing avatar but not upload a new one, please use the delete avatar button.
    • Delete Avatar button
• Members
  
  

  Group Admin > Members (group roles). Click to enlarge.

  • List of members according to member’s role in group – visible to Group Admin and Super/Site Admin only. (About Group Roles).
    • Administrator/s – If there’s only one Group Admin, there will be no button to demote or remove the user as there must always be a group admin position.
      Option
      • Demote to Member button – Shows up only if there’s more than one Group Admin
    • Moderator/s
      Options
      • Promote to Admin button
      • Demote to Member button
    • Member/s
      Options
      • Kick & Ban button
      • Promote to Mod button
      • Promote to Admin button
      • Remove from Group button
• Delete
  • WARNING: Deleting this group will completely remove ALL content associated with it. There is no way back, please be careful with this option.
  • Checkbox: I understand the consequences of deleting this group.
  • Delete Group button

Groups Management Panels



Groups Dashboard Admin. Click on image to enlarge.


BuddyPress provides admin dashboard panels to help you manage the Groups created in your site, including membership and settings(added in BuddyPress 1.7).
Sections
• General Type
  Options
  • All
  • Public
  • Private
  • Hidden
• Bulk Actions: Delete (Apply)
  

  Groups Network-Multisite Admin Dashboard. Click on image to enlarge.

• Search All Groups form
• Pagination
• List of All Groups
  Columns
  • Name: Avatar and Group Name
    Options
    • Visit: Goes to Group’s home page in the front end of the site
    • Edit: Opens up a new Group Management panel in dashboard to edit the Group
      Sections
      

      Edit Group panel. Click on image to enlarge.

      • Name and Description
        Inputs
        • Name of Group
        • Text area for Description of Group
      • Add New Members
        Input
        • Start typing a username to add a member
      • Manage Members
        Types
        • Administrators
          Columns
          • ID: User ID Number
          • Name: Avatar and Username which link to the Member’s Activity > Personal page in frontend
          • Group Role
            Selectbox
            • Administrator (default)
            • Moderator
            • Member
            • Banned
            • Remove from Group (Member cannot be removed if said member is the only Group Administrator)
        • Moderators: Either “No members of this type” if there is no Group Mod or
          Columns
          • ID: User ID Number
          • Name: Avatar and Username which link to the Member’s Activity > Personal page in frontend
          • Group Role
            Selectbox
            • Administrator
            • Moderator (default)
            • Member
            • Banned
            • Remove from Group
        • Members: Either “No members of this type” if there are no members yet or
          Columns
          • ID: User ID Number
          • Name: Avatar and Username which link to the Member’s Activity > Personal page in frontend
          • Group Role
            Selectbox
            • Administrator
            • Moderator
            • Member (default)
            • Banned
            • Remove from Group
        • Banned Users Either “No members of this type” if there is no banned user or
          Columns
          • ID: User ID Number
          • Name: Avatar and Username which link to the Member’s Activity > Personal page in frontend
          • Group Role
            Selectbox
            • Administrator
            • Moderator
            • Member
            • Banned (default)
            • Remove from Group
      • Save
        Options
        • Delete Group link
        • Save Changes button
      • Settings
        Elements
        • Checkbox: Enable discussion forum (if bbPress plugin is activated and Group Forums are enabled in bbPress Settings page)
        • Privacy
          Options
          • Public (default)
          • Private
          • Hidden
        • Who can invite others to this group?
          Options
          • All group members (default)
          • Group admins and mods only
          • Group admins only
    • Delete: Opens up the Delete Groups panel in dashboard
      Elements
      

      Delete Group/s panel in dashboard.

      • You are about to delete the following groups:
      • List of Group/s to be deleted
      • This action cannot be undone. (warning)
      • Delete Permanently button or Cancel button
  • Description
  • Status: Private, Public or Hidden
  • #Members: Number of members and Sorting of groups by number of members
  • Last Active: Date and Time

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