| -^This package is in alpha, definitely worthy of testing.^
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| -!Todos and Bugs
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| -* Member default group email prefs are not reflected in user settings
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| -* Hook email prefs to boards mailing list so that either the pref is in Switchboard or the board mailing list, but not both.
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| -* After approval of a forum or topic post it would be nice if moderations could redirect to the source content. This might not be possible.
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| -* Make Boards an option. This would require extensive checking to make sure some features are turned off if not utilized.
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| -!!!!Related Desirable Features
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| -* Jailed attachments - attachment access should be restricted by perms on the group, but this needs to happen in at the Liberty level so that it would happen automagically for all packages.
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| +__Get the Code:__ Checkout _bit_groups from cvs. |
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| !Configuration
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| Groups package is a rather complex package, with complex relationships with other packages. These instructions will help you set up your groups package to optimally work for you install
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| !!Required Configuration
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| -These settings are required for the groups package to work correctly. Without following these configurations you may experience security and other problems.
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| +These settings are required for the groups package to work correctly, and the order here is important, please do each in order. Without following these configurations you may experience security and other problems. |
| * __Install Boards Package__
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| + GroupsPackage leverages the BoardsPackage to create discussion forums for each group. GroupsPackage at this time automatically assumes you want your groups to have a discussion forum, so at this time Boards is a requirement.
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| +* __Install Switchboard Package__ |
| ++ Groups package uses SwitchboardPackage for sending email notifications. |
| +* __Install and Configure Moderations and ModComments Packages__ |
| ++ ModerationPackage and ModCommentsPackage are required for groups to moderate their forum. Once you install and activate both, in ModComments enable __Allow admins to moderate comments__ in the Administration panel. |
| +* __Install Groups Package__ of course. |
| * __Users Groups Permissions Configuration__
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| + When assigning permissions to different base groups (admin, editors, registered, anonymous) it is important to not assign the same permission to both registered users and anonymous users. Pick one. Registered users automagically inherit permissions from anonymous users, so if you want both to have the same permission assign the permission to anonymous group. You can configure your users groups permissions in the admin panel, select Users->Permission Maintenance
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| * __Run LibertySecure:Register Default Permissions__
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| -+ LibertySecurePackage is designed to properly jail any content that may have custom permissions assigned. Groups package makes use of custom permissions to enable private groups and private group content. To properly jail this content you MUST install the LibertySecure package and in the admin panel run Register Default Permissions when you set up your site, and anytime you install new content types on your site.
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| -* __Install and Configure Moderations and ModComments Packages__
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| -+ Moderations and ModCommentsPackage are required for groups to moderate their forum. Once you install and activate both, in ModComments enable __Allow admins to moderate comments__ in the Administration panel.
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| ++ LibertySecurePackage is designed to properly jail any content that may have custom permissions assigned. Groups package makes use of custom permissions to enable private groups and private group content. To properly jail this content you MUST install the LibertySecure package and in the admin panel run Register Default Permissions when you set up your site, and anytime you install new content types on your site. ''Run this AFTER you have installed all the above packages and other packages you want to use.'' |
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| !!Highly Recommended Configuration
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| We highly recommend these settings as well like how Groups package works when configured this way.
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| * __Hide Groups Choices from User Registration Panel__
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| + The Users package lets you display groups users can join at registration time. We recommend disabling this. You can do so in the Users:Login Settings in the Administration panel. It is at the bottom of the list. The UI is a little wonky here - the option to select none is not clear. Select the empty row in the list to display none. The reason we recommend disabling this feature is a) the UI is not well developed; when only one group is available to join the user can not opt out. b) if you have many public groups on your site a very long, and rather annoying, list will be displayed.
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| +!!Advanced Configuration |
| +* __Setup Email to Forum / Forum to Email Synchronization__ |
| ++ It is possible to synchronize an email box to your group forums so that users can send and receive discussion posts through email. This is a very advanced feature and requires server configuration access and some courage to configure a mailing list. See ((BoardsEmailListConfig)) for help. |
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| !Features
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| !!Group Types
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