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Groups Introduction
Published: 2010-01-08 08:31:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 66582; 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
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I don't have permission to submit to that group. Please use the "Submit to a Group..." text link found at the bottom of the "Found in these Groups:" section on each deviation if you would like these posted in your group, thank you
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now i cant find it again
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it was a tutorial you did i cant find it oh pooper scoopers(my curse word relacement not allowed to curse)
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If it was a group tutorial, I keep them all here: [link] , if you can describe it, I can probably give you a link, I don't have that much work posted on my account...
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I'm a founder and I wanna switch with my co-founder, but when I click "kick out" it says "This will remove Joeytotl from the group. are u sure?" does the box where I have to write the other persons name come after i click ok, or will i actually be kicked out? I'm a little confused, so please help ^^
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The Founder will need to initiate the switch - they have the ability to promote an existing admin (the co-founder) to the founder position. They can choose their replacement when they leave the Founder position using the "Leave this Group" option from the Member drop down (near the group's avatar) on the group's profile page and then typing in the co-founder's name inthe box when asked for it.
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Ok, me again
I don't get a box with the name i'm supposed to write, I just get:
""Leave the Group?
Nothing lasts forever...
If it's time to leave #SS501Rebirth for good, press the Leave button below. This will end your membership with the group.""
Does that come after this? just a yes or no will do
PS: I'm new to this group thing and I'm really sorry for bothering you like this!
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~Does that come after this? just a yes or no will do
Yes, the prompt to add a new user as the founder will come after the founder attempts to leave a group - it is impossible to leave a group founder-less except in the case where the founder deactivates their account, and these cases are handled individually by the +help desk
~I'm new to this group thing and I'm really sorry for bothering you like this!
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It worked perfectly! Thank you sooo much for helping me out, you're doing an amazing job! ^-^
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This is very helpful! But I'm not sure how to delete a group...
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Under the group's avatar on the group's profile page there is a "Member" drop down - at the bottom of the drop down is a "Close the Group" button.
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Thank you thank you thank you! I was scared to press the Migrate button and now I'm not!
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Wow this is a great tutorial on groups! it explains a good amount of things and how to get a group started! ( i also like the theme of it XD) definately a fav for me
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First of all, I want to thank you so much for making this.
I have a couple questions though, on deleting old blogs that are no longer necessary.
Is this possible or not?
If so, could you help me out?
I've been looking everywhere and I just can't seem to find it.
Thank you so much for your time in advance!
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When you edit the blog, there should be a text link at the very bottom right that will permanently "Delete..." the blog
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Thank you so much for your time!
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My I just ask what a contributor is for example, as a status in different groups?
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A Contributor is part of the Admin class. A Contributor can have differnet privilege sets associated with the class that are independent of the Founder & Co-founder settings. A Contributor counts toward the 99-user admin limit for the group. A Contributor can be given the ability to view the Back Room where Members cannot.
Does that answer your question?
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Yeah I think it pretty much does. I was just confused because I get the Founder and Co-founder part but the Contributor was kind of fuzzy for me.
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Thank you so much! This is very helpful!
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thank you so much for making such informative tutorials, i found you tutorial by searching for help on how to display groups in my profile bar, am i right in thinking i can only do this if i have created the group or have admin powers ? im sorry, if ive been blind, i have poured over your3 tutorials but not seen a clear answer, im so sorry if im being blind and stupid.... is the fact that its 20 past 5 in the morning a good enough reason D:
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~thank you so much for making such informative tutorials
~am i right in thinking i can only do this if i have created the group or have admin powers ?
Yes, only groups where you are an admin will appear in the profile page drop down. You can choose one of these groups to appear in your message bar at the top of every dA page. There is however a "Groups" widget which will list all the groups where you are a member that you can add to your profile page. If you would like any details on what I've just said, please feel free to ask
~is the fact that its 20 past 5 in the morning a good enough reason D:
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Ahh thanks so much for doubly clearing that up for me <33333
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Thanks for all the great group tutorials. Have you seen one on how to make submissions? If not could you make one showing the diff ways to submit, particularly how to submit directly to a gallery folder. (I've been trying to make one but it's a fail)
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~Have you seen one on how to make submissions?
[link]
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There is no gallery migration widget...has it not been created yet? or something else...
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The Gallery Migration Widget is only avaialble to groups that were converted over to the new system from pre-existing clubs. If you converted the group, not created from scratch, then you will be able to access the Gallery Migration Widget as described above.
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My group was converted from a club. I still haven't been able to find the migration widget though. O_o looked in the misc section...not there. I meant to ask this a while ago as I wanted to convert those deviaitons a while back but yeah I forgot but its been brought back up. ^^
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Which group is this? Can you provide a screen cap of the "Misc" section? If this is a bug, it should be reported in #devBUG .
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The group I'm a founder of #Mental-IllnessClub I took a screen cap...it wont show as an official link but copying and pasting should work: C:\Users\Owner\Pictures\Capture.MHT
I've only ever had 10 items in the misc section with super group status.
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~it wont show as an official link but copying and pasting should work: C:\Users\Owner\Pictures\Capture.MHT
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oh cause it worked when I tried it....then again I tried it on my computer in a different window...first time I ever took a screen shot 
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~then again I tried it on my computer in a different window
... that's because the file is stored on your computer, your browser is accessing the file stored on your computer - I can't access the files on your computer.
~first time I ever took a screen shot
Well, just be sure to paste into an imaging processing program such as MS Paint, save the file to your computer, then upload for public access using an online image provider such as Image Shack.
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yup I know thats how it usually works with computer files, but I'd never used the snipping tool before and it gave me the option to convert it,so I dunno. lol
So I tried it with the link you had given previously..hopefully I did it right: [link]
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That appears to be the front page of your group, what do you see when you edit the page of the Admin Area? [link]
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Not sure. I thought the edit page thing all looked the same wherever you clicked it.
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~I thought the edit page thing all looked the same wherever you clicked it.
It's different for each tab (webpage)
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