Add New Groups or Edit Existing Groups | pan F ora
Forum Admin

| Only Forum Administrators can add new groups or edit existing groups in the Forum.
| Warning:
| Please read carefully the implications of editing and deleting existing groups in the Forum,
| as this will affect all users that were previously assigned to these groups.

To Add New Groups or Edit Existing Groups in the Forum
| Select Add/Edit Groups under [Forum] in the Menu Frame
| The Editing Frame updates to display the Editing Groups editing form.

| To Edit Existing Group(s):
| 1.Retype a group name in the [Group Name] text field.
| All users assigned to this group will be automatically reassigned to the edited group.
| Warning:
| If either [Group Name] or [Lead Moderator] is left blank, the group will be deleted!
| 2.Select a Lead Moderator from the pull-down menu next to the [Group Name] to assign a lead moderator to the group.
| Notes:
| The Lead Moderator will head his group, identifying it in the announcement and email forms.
| In addition, he is in the message notification list, and can edit and delete his group's posts.
| Note that the Forum Admin has control over the scope of these capabilities.
| Please refer to Before You Begin and Edit Forum's General Configuration
| sections for more on this subject.
| When a new Forum is created, the panFora System Administrator is automatically
| assigned as the Lead Moderator for the Forum's default group "Moderators".
| You may modify this at any time.
| 3.Click to submit your changes.
| A notification message will be displayed confirming your changes.

| To Add New Group(s):
| 1.Type a new group name in a blank [Group Name] text field, to add a new group to theForum.
| Warning:
| If either [Group Name] or [Lead Moderator] is left blank, the group will not be created.
| 2.Select a Lead Moderator from the pull-down menu next to the [Group Name] to assign a lead moderator to the group.
| The Lead Moderator will head his group, identifying it in the announcement and email forms.
| In addition, he is in the message notification list, and can edit and delete his group's posts.
| Note that the Forum Admin has control over the scope of these capabilities.
| Please refer to Before You Begin and Edit Forum's General Configuration
| sections for more on this subject.
| 3.Click to submit your changes.
| A notification message will be displayed confirming your changes.
| To Add to the Existing Configuration:
| 1.Type a new group name in a blank [Group Name] text field, to add a new group to theForum.
| 2.Click to submit your changes.
| A notification message will be displayed confirming your changes.
| You may keep adding new groups, as new blank fields are added to the bottom of the list.

| To Delete Group(s):
| 1.Check the [Delete] checkbox to delete any of the existing groups in the Forum.
| Notes:
| Deleting a group will cause all users previously assigned to it,
| to be assigned to the next group on the Forum group list.
| If necessary, please make sure you reassign them to them appropriate groups.
| 2.Click to submit your changes.
| A message will be displayed to confirm your edits.
| 3.Click [Yes] to delete groups, [No] to abort changes.

| To Submit your changes
| Click to submit your changes.
| Important: Unless you click the Submit button, your changes will be lost.

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