Manage User Groups

The Forum ☛ User Groups ☛ Manage User Groups administration panel is where you interact with your existing User Groups.

From this panel, you can edit or delete your existing User Groups. When you edit a User Group, you can update the name, description or Moderator status. If you no longer need a User Group, you can delete it from here. Use caution though, as when you delete a User Group, any Forum Memberships that used this User Group will be removed. Deleting a User Group will not do anything to the Users that were Members of the User Group. They remain a part of your User database.

If you click on the Show Members button a text area will open up that will display all the current Members of that User Group. If you have a lot of Members in the User Group, it may take a few seconds to display but you should see a spinning wheel graphic during the loading.

There are also links for Add Member and Move Or Delete Member. The Add Member function will open an area and a couple of list windows. You can move any eligible Member (not already a Member) from the eligible list to the selected list. When you click on Add Members button below the tables, the Members in the selected list will be added to the User Group Membership. The Move or Delete Member function operates similar to the Add Member function except you are deleting (or moving) Members from the current User Group. If want to move the Member to a different User Group instead of simply deleting them from the current User Group, select a new User Group for them from the Select User Group drop down list.

It is also worth noting that Simple:Press Forum admins will not (and cannot) belong to any User Group as that would have no meaning since they have total access to the Forum and would not be bound by any Permission sets combined with the User Group.