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The Groups administration interface is located in the Groups application, where you can see a list of all groups available on the current site.
Groups are typically created by users on the live site, but you can also create groups using the administration interface.
The system allows you to configure any page to be owned by a group.
Open the Pages application and select a page from the content tree.
Switch to the page's Properties -> General tab.
Click Change next to the Owned by group property.
Select a group and click Save & Close.
Save the page.
The page is now owned by the selected group.
The Owned by group property identifies which group a given page belongs to, and is used by various group context sensitive web parts to display the appropriate content. It also influences the editing permissions of group administrator widget zones. See Allowing users to create groups.
There are two ways to edit group properties:
The both approaches provide the same tabs layout, with the difference that there are some extra settings in the administration interface. These settings are marked as administration interface only in the descriptions below.
On the General tab, you can configure the general properties of the group.
Property name | Description |
|---|---|
Display name |
Specifies the name of the group displayed on the live site and in the administration interface; administration interface only. |
Code name | Specifies the name of the group used in the code; administration interface only. |
Description | Here you can provide a text describing the group. |
Group pages location | Specifies the node alias path of the location where the group's pages are stored. |
Theme | Allows you to select one of the website CSS stylesheets that will be used by the pages of the group. |
Avatar | Here you can select a group avatar image. |
Approve members | Determines if users can join the group with or without a group admin's approval. The last option allows invited members to join without approval. |
Content access | Determines who can view content of the group pages. |
Notify group admins when a user joins/leaves | If selected, group administrators receive a notification email when a user joins/leaves the group. |
Notify group admins on pending members | If selected, group administrators receive a notification email when a user requests to join the group, and admin's approval is needed. |
Created by | Displays who created the group. |
Approved by | Displays who approved the group to be created on the site. |
On the Security tab, you can use the matrix to set permissions for group pages. You can assign the following permissions:
These permissions can be assigned to:
Group admin's permissions
Group administrators can perform any of these actions, even if they don't have the permissions assigned.
On the Members tab, you can see a list of all members of the group. You can also approve members' requests for joining the group, or reject members from the group. Once rejected, the user cannot request to join the group until they are approved again.
Clicking Add member allows you to add users to the group directly, without sending an invitation to them (available in the administration interface only). On the live site, Invite member is displayed.
When adding a user to a group, you have the following options:
After clicking Invite member, a dialog appears. There are two ways of invitation:
On the Roles tab, you can see a list of roles defined for the group. These roles can be used only in the context of the group.
Clicking New role allows you to define a new role for the group. The system offers the following properties:
When Editing a role, the system offers two tabs. On the General tab, you can change properties specified when creating the role. On the Users tab, you can see a list of all members assigned to the role. You can remove any members from the role by selecting the check box to the left of the listed users and clicking Remove selected. Click Add users to add new users to the role.
On the Forums tab, you can create and manage the group's forums. As these forums are standard Kentico forums set into the context of the group, see Forums for more information on their management.
On the Media libraries tab, you can create and manage the group's media libraries. As these are standard Kentico media libraries set into the context of the group, see Media libraries for more information on their management.
On the Message boards tab, you can manage the group's message boards. As these are standard Kentico message boards set into the context of the group, see Message boards for more information on their management.
On the Polls tab, you can manage the group's polls. As these are standard Kentico polls set into the context of the group, see Polls for more information on their management.