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Groups Introduction
Published: 2010-01-08 08:31:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 66581; Favourites: 1091; Downloads: 608
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What is this?
This is a walk through of the new groups system. This covers the core features behind groups and how to use them.
Relevant Links
%makeagroup
%convertaclub
Groups Directory (+Groups )
%devBUG
#Adopt-a-Group
#OfficialGroups (the official groups chat channel)
Help & FAQ (The portion of the site's FAQ concerning groups)
Group Q&A with Development Staff (A series of questions that have been asked of site staff concerning groups)
saniakob.deviantart.com/art/Gr… to submit art or favs to a group)
Edits to be made
Define Hidden, Locked & Sticky comments.deviantart.com/1/1496… (there's a bug with the hidden feature, I'll add this to the walk through when that is resolved) Hide comments/spam Right side of comments is only visible to admins in Correspondence Items Conversion of notes to forum-like posts Delete artwork from gallery Edit group description and tag line How to Delete a Group: comments.deviantart.com/1/1496… Affiliates Swapping founders xshadow-designsx.deviantart.co… The founder of the group can create a chatroom with the same name as the group Group folders have a limit of 5,000 submissions - Super groups have this same limit, although they can create sub-folders Groups may have at most 200 folders Super Group features - polls, blog CSSQuick Reference
Text Link:
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With an overwhelming number of suggestions
Thank you everyone!
Don't think this is complete? Please feel free to ask questions below!
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Great work and very understandable everything is very clear than with the pics to show each step by step with each part of the tut i don't see how even a retard could not understand it.P.S.God i am horrible i apologize if i offended anyone mentally challenged
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Thanks. I wrote with this with a considerable amount of perspective. After troubleshooting groups though alpha development, I was readily aware what the common issues would be, and thus I tried to address the most common problems above.
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Well i think you did a awesome job i never finished high school and grew up in gang infested low income area and had a real hard ruff life so i was kicked out of school by the 9th. grade and never went back and i can understand your tut very clearly so i don't see how anyone could get confused about any of it it's that good imo anyway,take care and god bless!!
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How do you tag groups in your say, signature?
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To display groups in your signature. you'll want to use the :dev: tag, in much the same was as you would to tag a user.
type :devmlp-fim: and you get #MLP-FiM
The :icon: tag does not work in signatures, unfortunately.
FAQ #81: How can I make links to other deviants, deviations, or websites?
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How do you know which group you are in?
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Append "mygroups" to the end of any user's userpage URL and you'll see what groups they are in
[link]
There is also a group's widget you can add to your profile page to display them.
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I just started a new group and I can't get the Contribute art button to show up for the members--I've followed you tutorial where it says to change "On Gallery, Members:" from "Are Not Allowed" to "Subject to Vote"--The 'On Gallery, Members:' is not there O.O Can you help?
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Are you certain you selected "Members" from the left column in the "Manage Members" section? Once you've selected that section, the Gallery drop down should be about half-way down the list on the right (you will likely need to scroll down).
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I was able to reduce a GIF to about less than 15kb....but why can't the site accept animations or "re-sizing" it for a group profile avatar?
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You can ask around, someone can probably resize your animation for you to be the proper size. The API they're working with likely only handles still images, it's possible it might be a browser limitation in that resizing animations hasn't been implemented as a web standard, I wouldn't know, I'm not that close to the web development community.
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Ah, I see. Thanks. But I have no idea who to ask, as I'm not fully aware of dA.
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A lot of the members of #Free-dAvatars have the tools for doing what you're after. I can resize it as well if you have it hosted somewhere.
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Figured it out! Technology irritates me. 
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just joined again after a few years, it's nice to be back.... just trying to learn how to do things!
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Oh wow! This tut really helped me solve the problem in my group that members couldn't submit artworks to the groups folder! It helped discover new things too!
Thanks so much!
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Thankyu, it was really usefull n__n!
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how do you re-name the roles in a group?
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That's a Super Group-only feature, do you have a Super Groups?
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oh... my friend kicked me out of our super group...oh well....*sigh*
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How do you type the groups name in a link like that? like this: `parallellogic but with a group? Thanks
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Since users can't have the same names as groups (groups are just ultra-modified user accounts), you can use the same :dev: system for groups and the system automatically recognizes the name as a group rather than a user and places the appropriate symbol in front, kind of how it recognizes a non-premium member from a subscribed user: there's no allowed overlap, so the same system can be used for both. :devcartoon-obsessions: --> #Cartoon-Obsessions
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Oh wow, thank you! I didn't realize that.
Thank you again!
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Is there a way to delete specific announcements and private discussion forums from the admin area?
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You can edit their Attributes to Hidden, but you can't delete them
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I once knew where this was located, but I cannot find it anymore: how in the world do I edit the group description that appears on the 'Group' pages?
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Group's profile page >> Group, Founded X Years Ago, Drop Down >> Edit >> Group Description
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Does that change also apply to the description in the group directory?
(eventually with a certain time passing before updating)
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Yes, it should. I haven't strictly verified that, but I'm fairly certain they only have one instance of the group description.
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Ah, I just tested it with a group I'm Co-Founder in, and after about 8 hours (or less) the update was applied.
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Good to know, thanks
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I need help.
I tried to make a group just now but it say wait to be declined or accepted.
How does that work, or when should I exspect something?
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Quick question about groups:
Do groups have a donate points widget?
Cause I have looked and can't find one and read on comments but I just wanted to be sure.
Thanks x
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~Do groups have a donate points widget?
They do not. It was rumored to have completed development and only needed legal approval, but it seems that only the user version of the donate widget has appeared, so I surmise they were referring to a user-based one and not a group-based, and that there aren't any plans to release a group-based one.
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Ah I see thanks alot for the reply!
Is it possible to gather points on a user account using the donate widget then buy the subscription for the group using those points to make it into a supergroup?
Thanks xx
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~Is it possible to gather points on a user account using the donate widget then buy the subscription for the group using those points to make it into a supergroup?
Yes, that's what =FreeAvatarProject does for #Free-dAvatars , for example
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thank you vary much this is going in my learning center.
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