Organic groups
#D7CX: I pledge that Organic Groups will have a full Drupal 7 release on the day that Drupal 7 is released.
Enable users to create and manage their own 'groups'. Each group can have subscribers, and maintains a group home page where subscribers communicate amongst themselves.
Update: the OG Panels module is now its own project
They do so by posting the usual node types: blog, story, page, etc. A block is shown on the group home page which facilitates these posts. The block also provides summary information about the group.
Groups may be selective or not. Selective groups require approval in order to become a member, or even invitation -only groups. There are lots of preferences to configure groups as you need.
Groups get their own theme, language, taxonomy, and so on. Integrates well and depends upon Views module
Developers - this module exercises the node access API thoroughly. You may want to study it for guidance.
Two videos describing OG. One by Moshe Weitzman and the other by Lullabots. Helpful code snippits and recipes.
Demo sites:
- https://community.openatrium.com/home - intranet
- http://groups.drupal.org - discussion portal
- http://www.popsugar.com/community/groups - social network
- http://www.lollishops.com/ - multi-vendor e-commerce platform based on OG
- http://www.fastcompany.com/groups - publishing
- http://www.novell.com/communities/coolsolutions - support
- http://www.symantec.com/community/usergroups - support
Releases
| Official releases | Date | Size | Links | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.x-2.0 | 2009-Aug-18 | 243.64 KB | Download · Release notes | Recommended for 6.x |  |
| 6.x-1.4 | 2009-Sep-30 | 253.05 KB | Download · Release notes | Supported for 6.x |  |
| 5.x-8.1 | 2009-Sep-30 | 194.29 KB | Download · Release notes | Recommended for 5.x | |
| 5.x-7.4 | 2009-Sep-30 | 180.59 KB | Download · Release notes | Supported for 5.x | |
| Development snapshots | Date | Size | Links | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.x-2.x-dev | 2009-Nov-20 | 275.04 KB | Download · Release notes | Development snapshot |  |
| 5.x-8.x-dev | 2009-Oct-01 | 194.29 KB | Download · Release notes | Development snapshot | |
