Group Administration Instructions

• Profile a Group
• Manage Group Membership
• Add Group Members and Admins
• Remove Group Members and Admins
• Edit Group Page
• Add Group Events to the Public Calendar

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Profile a Group

• Login to the site.
  
• Read the instructions about group profiling.
• Complete the Profile your Group form.
  
• The Site Administrator activates and publishes new groups. You will be notified when the site adminstrator publishes your group.
• Once the group is published, you will be the group administrator. Henceforth, whenever you log in to the site, you will see the "Group admin page" in your preferences.
  

Manage Group Membership

Add Group Members and Administrators

• Login to the site.
• Click on "Group Admin Page".
• Click on "Users".
• Click on the "Edit" icon beside the group you choose to append.
• At the bottom of the page you will see three lists: site members (left), group members (center), and group administrators (right).
  
• To add a site member as a group member, highlight the member by clicking on the name. To select more than one member, hold the "Control" key while selecting the member.
  
• Click on the right arrow to the right of the site member list to add the name(s) to the list of group members.
• To add a group member as a group administrator, follow the previous steps, but select names from the list of group members. Click on the right arrow button to the right of the group members list to add the member(s) to the list of group administrators.
• Click on the "Edit Group" or the "Cancel" button at the bottom of the page to save or abort group changes.
  

Remove Group Members and Administrators

• Login to the site.
• Click on "Group Admin Page".
• Click on "Users".
• Click on the "Edit" icon beside the group you choose to append.
• At the bottom of the page you will see three lists: site members (left), group members (center), and group administrators (right).
• To remove a member as a group administrator, highlight the administrator's name in the list of group administrators. Click on the left arrow to the left of the group administrator's list to remove them from the list.
  
• To remove a group member, highlight the group member's name from the list of group members. Click the left arrow to the left of the group member's list to remove them from the list.
  

Edit the Group Page


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When your group is published, a group information webpage is created. The page contains the basic information provided in the "Profile your Group" form. To edit the Group Page:

• Login to the site.
• Click on "Group Admin Page".
• Click on "Pages".
• Find your group page from the list.
• Click on the "Edit" link preceding the Group page name.
• The page editing tool resembles a desktop word processor. To save page modifications click the "Edit Info" button at the bottom of the page.
• To edit the page using a text editor, click on the "HTML" button on the right top portion of the editing tool. This will display the page code. In order to save edits while in this mode, click on the "Update" button in the lower left of the screen. Note that you must also Click on the "Edit Info" button as in the prior step in order to save the changes.
• To add images, click on the "Insert/Edit Image" (green tree icon) in the editor controls and browse for the desired image.
• When the image is uploaded you can add it on the page (use Add link in the image manager) and adjust its layout either by setting the image attributes using the image layout tool or in HTML.
• Always save your work by clicking on the "Edit Info" button at the bottom of the page form.
  




Add Group Sub-page

You can add as many child pages to the main group page as you wish.



• Login to the site.
• Click on "Group Admin Page".
• Click on "Pages".
  
• Click on "Add Page".
• When the form pops up fill in all the content information and assign your group page as the parent of the new page.




Upload Group Library Documents

You can upload documents in the Group Folder. All documents uploaded to the group folder are private to the Group Members unless uploaded into the Public Information folder. The Public Information folder is an automatcally created public folder for the group. The Group admin can also create other publicly accessible folders by editing the permissions of a folder.



• Login to the site.
• Click on "Library" in the top level navigation.
• Click on your Group folder name.
  
• Click on the "Upload Document" button.
• Fill out the form and click the "Submit" button.

Add Group Events to the Public Calendar


• Login to the site.
• Click on "Calendar" in the top level navigation.
• Click on "Week View" and select the day of your event from the calendar on the right of the screen.
• Click the "Add Event" button.
• Fill out the form.
• If you wish to notify the public of the event, set the audience group to "public".

Getting additional Help

For additional help using this website, please contact either your Site Administrator or email info@northcoastirwmp.net. You can also send us a comment by clicking on the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of every page.