This form appears when the Group Name is available to create a new Group or if the edit group item is clicked.
Name
- Is used to specify the name of the new Group.
Register
- Says how other users are allowed to join the group:
- Invite Only means no other user can join the group (you can still invite other users). The group is not listed on the join group page, and cannot be found by filtering for its name. The group is not publicly browsable.
- Unlisted By Request means that other users can request the group owner to join the group. The group is not listed on the join group page, however, if you using the filter "=groups_exact_name", it will show up and you can request to join it. The group is not publicly readable.
- By Request means that other users can request the group owner to join the group and the group is listed on the Join Groups page. The group is also publicly readable.
- Anyone means all users are allowed to join the group. The group is publicly visible in the Join Group page and is publicly readable.
- If the Server Settings Monetization Type has value Group Fees or Group Fees and Keyword Ads , then after Anyone , a user will also have the choice of charging various amounts of Yioop credits to join a group. If someone pays that amount of credits, then they could immediately join the group in question. Such groups are visible on the Join Groups page, but are not publicly readable.
Access
- Controls how users who belong/subscribe to a group other than the owner can access that group.
- Members Can Read means that a member of the group can read discussion threads and wiki page, but cannot start new threads or comment on them and cannot edit any wiki pages.
- Members Can Comment means members have the privileges of Members Can Read , but can also comment on existing threads.
- Members Can Start Threads means members have the privileges of Members Can Comment , but can also start new threads in the group's discussion page.
- Members Can Edit Wiki Too means members have the privileges of Members Can Start Threads , but can edit and create wiki pages for the group's wiki.
Voting
- Specifies the kind of voting allowed in the new group.
- + Voting allows users to vote up posts and users,
- - Voting allows users to vote down posts and users.
- +/- Voting allows users to vote up and down posts and users..
Post Life time
- Specifies How long the posts should be kept.
Encryption
- Says whether the posts in this group should be encrypted on the server. It does not enable encryption of wiki pages or media uploaded to a group. Enabling encryption means that posts will no longer be searchable. Once you choose a group as encrypted, you are not able to change it to be unencrypted. Similarly, you can't change an unencrypted group into a encrypted one. Yioop maintains two databases a private and public one. Encrypted posts are stored in the public database, group keys needed to decrypt and display them are stored in a private database. Each post is encrypted using the group key and a unique per post random salt vector. The idea is if an intruder steals only one of the two databases it will be difficult for them to decrypt the posts.