- ecartman1214
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- Exalted Mythic Member
I ran past my 10,000 character limit so in a bootlegged way to complete my guide I have finished it in this post :P
Member Management
Nothing special here, you can accept members is your group is closed, reject, boot alter roles, and blacklist here.
History
History of what you've done is here. Usually pointless if your the only admin/mod.
IV. Creating News
Being the Admin, you don't have to accept news that you submit. Simple click "submit news". Once you have clicked this you are ready to set up your news. You first start by typing in your title. Next you can create a unique link name for your story (optional). Then you can create you news description (this will show up on the HP to your group only). Lastly you type up the article for your story. After this you can choose what type of news it is. There is: Statement, Declaration, Memoranda, and Directive. A statement or Memoranda will create a news top story, while a declaration or directive make an announcement topic. You are also given the choice of posting a topic for discussion of the news story.
Formatting News
Bungie has been nice enough to let us decorate our news with the formatting toolbar. So instead of standard tags ( text[ /b] ) you can use the tool bar. The tool bar has [b]Bold B Italic I Underline U Strikethrough (puts a line through the text) Superscript, Subscript, Cut, Copy, Paste, Hyperlink Management, A spell checker, symbols (€¢§≈»«), Insert Date/Time, Undo/Redo for editing purposes, changing the color of your text, format undo button, find and replace tools, and a help topic is also there for further question.
V. Forums And Moderation
Post in the forums simply by clicking the Forums button on the navigation box. Once in the forum you can post the same as you would any other forum. If you would like to reture to your group HP, there is a link located in your group banner (see OP for Theme Info)
Moderation
You and whoever you decide to give this power to can moderate your forums as you see fit. When you view a topic you will notice at the top of the post you have the "moderator tools". You have the option of Pinning a topic (making it a sticky), locking a topic, revealing a topic (revealing a blacklisted users topic), or deleting it. You can also edit the title and posts of every member if you see fit.
Other Info
Even if you have the most active forum ever, you don't have a top forum topics feature like the one in the main forums. Your moderators and you don't have special colored text, only in your news (for the moment).
Recruitment and Group Government
To recruit you can either create a great ad and spam members PM Box (not the forums) with a well written message to join your group and a link to it. You can also post an ad in the Classifieds forum. (don't post there, only create a topic, and no bumping, this rule is strongly enforced you will get blacklisted) The better you recruit the better your group will grow. Create a group with a good topic that many people will find use for. Don't create a group talking about how much you love your pet, nobody cares sorry. Don't create a group just because you want to be a mod, when you have no members, you have nobody to mod anyways, abusing your powers will just kill your group. Create a well organized group, I personaly don't touch any admin tools without a popular approval from my members. If my group was a government it would be a democratic monarchy, although I have absolute power, I take all decisions from the people. This is a recommended way to govern your group. Giving admin controls to people put potential risk in your group. Giving full control to another member is strongly not recommended, they can boot you from your group and take control. If this happens, there is nothing you can do, it was your fault for giving them the promotion, Achronos has already stated that they will not help you if you do this.
That is all to may glorious FAQ on groups. I hope you have all the info you need. More info may be added if it is needed. Suggestions for further info would be nice as well.
[Edited on 03.18.2008 11:05 AM PDT]