Organic Groups - How to invite a member?
the loch ness m... - February 9, 2008 - 18:31
I have installed Organic Groups, and everything seems to be working properly. I have configured a group to be "invitation only," but I can't seem to find where I can invite someone. Does anyone have experience with this?
All I'm really after is having a page which is only available to certain members-- there may be an easier way, but OG fits the bill if I can just figure out how to add members to the group.
Thanks!
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I'm trying to figure out the same thing. Figured I'd try bumping this up before digging into the code to look for it.
Michelle
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I'm not sure if it's
I'm not sure if it's anywhere else, but in the Group Details block there should be an "Invite a friend" link. ===
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Nope
Nothing like that in there. I've been going over all the config options and I don't see anything. I wonder if I need some other module for that?
Michelle
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It's got to be related to a
It's got to be related to a setting then-- I know it's OG proper because I rename it to "Invite Member" and that's done in og.module (around line 2200). It's been eons since I set up my og site-- I'll see if i can find which magical switch flips that on.
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Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." -- Lao Tzu
"God helps those who help themselves." -- Benjamin Franklin
"Search is your best friend." -- Worldfallz
Odd...
I made a public group and it's there. So it's not possible to invite people to a private group? That seems backwards. You wouldn't need to invite someone to an open group.
Michelle
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I see what you're saying but
I see what you're saying but I think the idea is that only site admins can add people to a private group (thus no invite for the group itself) while public groups leave it open to any member to invite someone else.
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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." -- Lao Tzu
"God helps those who help themselves." -- Benjamin Franklin
"Search is your best friend." -- Worldfallz
Ah
I was misunderstanding how it worked, then. I was looking at it as a private party where people needed to be invited. I was expecting the workflow to be:
1) Invite users that you want to be in the group
2) System sends out an email with a link
3) Said users then have the ability to join the group via the link
So I guess it's actually:
1) Contact the person via other means and ask if they want to join the group
2) If they say yes, go in and add them to the group manually
I smell an OG contrib module here... Hehe... Once I get some of the zillion other things on my to do list done.
Thanks for the help,
Michelle
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I'm actually using it for a
I'm actually using it for a corporate intranet (groups = departments) and I'd prefer it if group membership were completely decoupled from default audience. There should be one option for Group Membership that would be Open (shows invite link) or Closed (doesn't show invite link) and one option for Default Post Privacy (Public or Private).
For an intranet type site there should be no "invite link" since membership in a group is directly related to corporate dept but I'd still like audience to default to public. For now I use the "Invite Member" link for people to use for new hires (since I've not integrated with AD yet).
It's been on my radar for a contrib for a while but the complexities of og & og user roles are still beyond my abilities atm. If you do decide to work on it let me know, i'd be happy to assist-- but you sure do have plenty of irons in the fire atm, lol.
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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." -- Lao Tzu
"God helps those who help themselves." -- Benjamin Franklin
"Search is your best friend." -- Worldfallz
We 2nd the need 4 email invitations for private groups
bump
I *think* the answer is to
I *think* the answer is to make it a "moderated" group where membership must be approved by the Manager . . . then the 'Invite Friend' link shows up in the Group Block, someone applies, and then the manager has to approve it.
Hi.. In my site i make use
Hi..
In my site i make use of the the 'Invite user' module - to invite friend into users buddylist
And
i Have Private groups where admin can
Create private group-invite user into group & and Email Notification
Edit private group -invite user into group & and Email Notification
Delete private group.
For this functionality i need to invite users into group
if any one know about this concept give suggestion for this asap
i will be thankful.
I am not clear about what
I am not clear about what you want to do. How is your set-up different from what I have described?