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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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Something that I've noticed when sending requests to people to have their art placed in a group gallery:
They cannot find the request message in their message center, and I'm not sure where to tell them to look for it.
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We've had a few reports in #devBUG of Correspondence Items being lost from the admins' group folder, but not from members... I would suspect that they have simply deleted the CI from their Message Center, in which case it is no longer accessible.
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Thanks. I'll leave my own messages in place until they expire. Then try again or try requesting via regular messages or comments.
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Very thorough and helpful guide, thanks for making it! It helped me a lot.
There's one thing I'd like to ask, though, and I'm not sure if it's a bug or a feature I just haven't been able to set properly. When I click on the Submit Art button in my group's 'Home' blue bar (or when I do that by clicking my avatar to display the Member//Submit/Suggest etc drop-down menu), I'm automatically redirected to a 'submit new deviation' page. I mean, I don't get the option to submit an existing deviation or contribute a new one (this I only get when directly going inside the group's Gallery).
Is that normal and am I just being blonde? Or is it a bug?
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~Is that normal and am I just being blonde? Or is it a bug?
That's normal, that button is really only there as a temporary promotional feature to help introduce users to the new system - mostly for new users who have not visited the group's gallery and don't know about the option to submit existing art. I suspect that blue bar will be removed at some point, or made more exclusive so that people aren't seeing it on every group they visit eventually.
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OK, thanks. But what I don't understand is why said button doesn't behave like it does in the other groups I'm part of. The way it is in mine, you'd think you can *only* submit new art, and not existing deviations. It's more confusin to new members, I think.
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Yes, it's confusing to users who are not yet accustomed to the system, I believe they were going for the basic-of-the-basics on the intro bar which included joining and submitting work directly.
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Oh well, thanks for your help anyway. I'll see what I can do about that, and if not, er, I hope my members will read the FAQ about submitting.
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This will help sooo many people! Thanks!
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I have a question, is there an easier way to add fav's to a group other than 'suggest a fav'? I'm a founder, and I would like to be able to add many deviations at a time
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~Is there an easier way to add fav's to a group other than 'suggest a fav'?
Well, it sounds like you are referring to going to the group's fav gallery and suggesting a fav there. There is an alternative method where you visit the deviation and drag the picture into your Collections menu at the top of the page - the folder on the left will give you the option to submit the work to your group's favs (as well as other groups where you have that privilege).
The staff have indicated that they may be looking into revamping the group submission system, although I do not know the specifics or time table for their plans.
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ah! thank you so much! That makes everything about a billion times easier C:
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Is there any way to de-activate a group?
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Currently there is not; you need to contact the Help Desk if you'd like to deactivate a group.
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Not at this time. The staff have not officially confirmed if this feature will be developed, but I can not imagine it being overlooked. For the time being, please refer to #Adopt-a-Group
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This is awesome sweetie wow my friend just linked me this & it really helped hehe .ive had some serious blonde moments today trying to get my group sorted hehe ...lol thankies its great !hehe
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Haha darling ive had me knickers in a twist first i was flipping lettig peeps invite theirself as co-founder hahaha......but its all cool now & hey thankies hunny.
& hey normally in groups do you let members submit to galleries hun as i would like my members to really feel part of it you know
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hi!
i am the founder of a group and i want to know how to make the invitations sent by the co-founders of my group auto-accepted
Thanks in advance!
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Admin Area >> Manage Members >> Co-Founders >> On Admin Area, Co-Founders: >> Invitations: >> Are Automatically Approved
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I finished the translation~
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Sorry it took so long, stuff at home OTL
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You're welcome! It was a pleasure to do.
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Referring to the Group Initiation section above: #makeagroup and #convertaclub
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thanks I made mine now how do I access it???
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It takes a while to create (applications are hand approved). You'll need to wait a few days to access it.
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It's covered at the end of the 'Members' section above. Under the group's avatar is a drop down where you can select to leave the group. You will also need to un-watch the group if you wish to cut ties all-together.
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what is the box to change the groups avi does not come up?
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To upload a new avatar for the group, go to the group's profile page, hover over the avatar at the top left until you see the white editing box around it and then left click to enter into the upload dialog box.
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the white editing box does not apear
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Are you the founder of the group? You may not have privileges to edit the avatar.
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i'm founder yeah and it got fixed
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Is a group required to have a paying subscription to deviantArt? Couldn't find a concrete answer.
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No, groups without a subscription are called Basic groups.
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Ah! Thanks so much for squaring me away with that info! Much appreciated!
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holy crap, this was incredibly well thought out O_O thanks for all the tips it will be incredibly useful
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indeed! XD quite welcome!
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