How to Create a Social Group
Aside from approving groups that are created by registered members, site administrators can also create groups for members to join. Site Administrators will create groups from within Club Central following these steps:
- Login to your Clubhouse Online e3 website as an Administrator.
- Click on the Switch to Club Central link.
- Once you have switched over to Club Central, click on the E3 Planet icon at the top left corner.
- Type in Groups in the search bar and click on Groups from the search results.
- Click on the New Group button.
This screen will allow you to establish the basic settings of the group.
- Display name: The title for the group
- Description: A brief summary of what the group is about.
- Group pages location - Where amongst the content pages, any group content pages will be located
- Avatar: Allows you to upload or select a pre-defined an icon to represent the group.
- Approve members
- Any company member can join - All registered members have the ability to join this group.
- Only approved members can join - Before a member can become a member of the group they will need to be approved by either a Group Admin or Site Administrator.
- Only approved members can join except for invited members - Similar to the option listed above, users will need to be approved before they can join a group. If a member is invited to the group by a Group Admin or Site Administrator
- Content Access
- Anybody can view the content - Public Users, Site Members and Group members can view the content within the group.
- Site members can view the content - All registered members will have access to view the content within the group.
- Only group members can view the content - Only members of the group will be able to see any content within the group.
- Notify group admins when a user joins/leaves: A registered member that has been setup as a Group Admin can receive email notifications that a member has joined or has left the group.
- Notify group admins on pending members: If a member has requested to join a group, an email notification will be sent to any registered member that has been setup as a Group Admin.
Once all settings have been selected, click SAVE.