Question Concerning Groups

@derrickhand300
7 years ago
1,353 posts

I just created 5 groups on a new site
I want them to be visible to everyone in a list i created on the home page
I DONT want other members to be able to create groups- just me
I have been trying quota settings "unchecking "Show On Profile" etc but when i remove that then log in as a normal user I cannot see the groups in the list I created
In the end i want users to see the groups and be able to join and contribute to groups but I dont want them to be able to CREATE groups
Is there a place in quotas to make this happen?
updated by @derrickhand300: 08/08/18 04:22:02PM

Strumelia
@strumelia
7 years ago
3,603 posts

I think how I did that 'way back when' was by modifying/hiding the "+" button for Groups, for all but Master Admin. Have you fooled with the button modifier next to your "+" button when in your Groups profile tab?

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@paul
7 years ago
4,335 posts

If Groups are only enabled for the admin quota, profiles not in that quota can still join them.
This issue here I think is that for profiles that are not allowed to create groups, a Groups menu item doesn't show by default on their profile pages, but if they visit the admin profile, or visit yoursite.com/group they will see his groups and be able to join them.
So what you need to do is to create a convienient link to one of those pages, either in the main site menu or as an extra item in the profile menu.
hth

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Strumelia
@strumelia
7 years ago
3,603 posts

Curtis, on my site I am the only one allowed to create groups. I have a main navigation bar link along the top for all pages with a "Groups" link to /group (where they see a list of all groups with the group images), and I also have a widget on my Main page with a scroll showing all 60+ groups... that says "Join a Group!". That pulls in people as well. See it on fotmd.com 's Home page.

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@derrickhand300
7 years ago
1,353 posts

Strumelia:
Curtis, on my site I am the only one allowed to create groups. I have a main navigation bar link along the top for all pages with a "Groups" link to /group (where they see a list of all groups with the group images), and I also have a widget on my Main page with a scroll showing all 60+ groups... that says "Join a Group!". That pulls in people as well. See it on fotmd.com 's Home page.

Thank you- I will try this

@derrickhand300
7 years ago
1,353 posts

paul:
If Groups are only enabled for the admin quota, profiles not in that quota can still join them.
This issue here I think is that for profiles that are not allowed to create groups, a Groups menu item doesn't show by default on their profile pages, but if they visit the admin profile, or visit yoursite.com/group they will see his groups and be able to join them.
So what you need to do is to create a convienient link to one of those pages, either in the main site menu or as an extra item in the profile menu.
hth

Thanks Paul- here is what I am seeing
This first screenshot is of the home page using item list to display the groups and the settings for the quota " logged in users" as "Allow on Profile"

However if i uncheck the "Allow o9n Profile" here is what the item list looks like now on the home page ( second screenshot)

I guess you can only see them in "item List" if they are set to "Allow on Profile"?

@derrickhand300
7 years ago
1,353 posts

Strumelia:
I think how I did that 'way back when' was by modifying/hiding the "+" button for Groups, for all but Master Admin. Have you fooled with the button modifier next to your "+" button when in your Groups profile tab?

Thanks-I did this and was able to remove the "Add a Group" +...worked great- but still on profiles of normal users there is a GROUPS button on their profile that links to an empty GROUPS page on that members profile

I have to find a way to link that button to the groups created on the moderators profile page.. ( half way there0

@paul
7 years ago
4,335 posts

Quote: Thanks Paul- here is what I am seeing
This first screenshot is of the home page using item list to display the groups and the settings for the quota " logged in users" as "Allow on Profile"

However if i uncheck the "Allow o9n Profile" here is what the item list looks like now on the home page ( second screenshot)

I guess you can only see them in "item List" if they are set to "Allow on Profile"?

I'm not seeing an issue. On my test site, users not enable for creating groups are seeing all groups created by admin.
Can you give more details on how you are set up?

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@derrickhand300
7 years ago
1,353 posts

Yes thanks paul
The groups they are not seeing are displayed in the home page using

{jrCore_list module="jrGroup" limit="5"}

If 'Not allowed on profile" is checked- then this list appears blank
If i check "Allowed on profile" then they can see the list

@douglas
7 years ago
2,800 posts

derrickhand300:
Yes thanks paul
The groups they are not seeing are displayed in the home page using

{jrCore_list module="jrGroup" limit="5"}

If 'Not allowed on profile" is checked- then this list appears blank
If i check "Allowed on profile" then they can see the list

You can add a quota_check parameter to bypass the allowed in quota...

{jrCore_list module="jrGroup" limit="5" quota_check="false"}

Hope this helps!

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@derrickhand300
7 years ago
1,353 posts

Thanks you Douglas that fixed it all

@douglas
7 years ago
2,800 posts

Glad to hear it.

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