By hprashi on

I went through the organic group module.. I am looking for a module which can create communities like it is in orkut... Is there a way to create it?
and also when createing a page it gives the option of selecting the groups that a user is subscribed to for appearing there... is there a way where if user goes to a particular group page and creates a page it should appear in that group only (the options should not be shown)

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Christefano-oldaccount commented

If you don't need OG features like access control, group emails, etc. offered by OG, you could use regular taxonomy instead.

OG has a "Group details" block that includes a list of links like http://example.com/node/add/page?gids[]=1. In this example, "1" is the group ID of the first group you created.

I think the Group details block has far too many options in it so I usually leave it disabled and set "Audience required" in the OG settings.

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rconstantine commented

I'm nearly done with the next release of my module which allows admins to control which content types are used by which groups. You'll find it here:
http://drupal.org/project/og_content_type_admin

Notice I suggest that you use the dev version as there is a lot more to it. Although I prefer to use it without the use of the audience checkbox, I'm currently making it possible to cross-post to other groups and keep the content type restrictions in place that you've set up.

I think the readme for the module is thorough in explaining how to use it, but if not, post support requests in the module's issue queue.

is there a way where if user goes to a particular group page and creates a page it should appear in that group only (the options should not be shown)

By not using the audience feature in OG, you can do this.

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hprashi commented

thank you for your help...

but what i am looking for is ... i want users to create pages for the site as well as the group... but i dont want the list of groups to be shown while creating a page ... instead if the user is in a groups home page... if he creates a page from there... it should automatically be created for tht group only...

for group forums ...i'm using organic_forums module... but yet to figure out how to make it appear on the group home page...

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rconstantine commented

If you disallow the use of the 'Audience' check box in the OG settings page, then when you create a content type (page as you say), it will go only to that group. This is how OG works whether you use my module or not. Content created outside of a group, is site-wide and allows general access to all users unless the 'Private' check box is checked when it's created. I think the list of groups you are referring to is that 'Audience' setting I already mentioned.

As for the og_forum module, I'm on the maintenance crew now and I'm currently working on a new version. You can get the latest in CVS, or there should be another tarball ready by Saturday morning. So download the 2.x version. It has all of the latest fixes. And check out the issue queue to see what other features are being proposed and considered. If you'd like something that isn't there, add an issue for it. I think you could add one for 'make group forum the group's front page' or something like that. Describe in as much detail as you can what it is you want.

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hprashi commented

thank you very much... will check it out