Advanced options (group) 
Key point: Set values for advanced options for a group.

Advanced options

The following options are available when creating a group or editing the group configuration. 

Parent project

The name of the parent project (readonly).

Template

It can only be set by administrators.

The name of the template folder for this group, that defines all the customizations for the groups within the project. They include labels, document types, publish scripts, etc...

This value is set automatically set to the template for the parent project.

In the case of a group belonging to a subproject, either the top project or the subproject can be the template for the group.

Only administrators can change the template and available options are the project name or any parent project, for example, for group asiapacific-australia-nsw-sydney, options would be:

  • asiapacific-australia-nsw
  • asiapacific-australia
  • asiapacific

By default, it would be asiapacific-australia-nsw.

Owner

It can only be set by administrators.

The default value is the owner of the parent project. You could also use the name of the organization, for example. 

A practical use of this field is that member details can be shared between groups and projects belonging to the same owner, which is usually the name of the top or parent project.

Related website

Is the URL for a website that the group might be maintaining.

A link to this Website is displayed in key parts of the user interface, such as the group’s homepage. Enter a valid URL related to the group that might be useful to end-users, such as documentation or published output. 

Welcome message

The welcome message is included in the email sent to new members of the group as a welcome and is one of the most commonly edited options when quickly creating a group.

Enter some text that helps people understand the purpose of the group.

Allow contributors to edit all URLs on the server

URLs managed in PageSeeder are defined server-wide.

Selecting: Allow contributors in this group to edit all URLs on the server

Enables group members with role contributor or higher to edit URLs on the server. Give careful consideration to this option before selecting because URLs might be in use by other groups. It can only be set by administrators.

Use with caution as it gives these members a lot of power.

Members

Default values and settings for new members include the following:

Joining

Which process to use when adding new members.

This option defines how a user can join a group when the group is visible to the user. Choose from the following:

  • Normal – the user can join directly.
  • Moderated – a moderator must approve the membership to the group.
  • Confirmed – users must confirm their membership with an email link.

A group moderator is required for the “moderated” option.

Default role

Defines the role that new users have by default when they are invited to the group, or when self-registering. Choose a role from the drop-down.

Managers of the group can override the default when inviting or adding members.

Default notification

The default notification value is Normal. You can choose a different notification option from the drop-down.

  • Announcement only – Receive only special group announcements.
  • Essential – Receive only relevant task assignments and replies to posts.
  • Normal – Receive all normal new comments and tasks immediately.
  • Daily digest – Essential plus a new comment and task digest daily.
  • Weekly digest – Essential plus a new comment and task digest weekly.

For more information, see notification settings.

Group visible to

Who can see the group. It can only be set by administrators.

In PageSeeder, ‘public’ means anyone NOT in the same project or group.

Visibility

The visibility is the name of the project or group to which users must belong to be able to self-register for this group. By default, it is the current [project]-[group] name, which means no one can self-register. 

  • No matter what the visibility setting is, it is always possible to invite or add users to the group.
  • Setting the visibility to public doesn’t make the content public, it only affects users ability to register for the group.

Moderator

If joining is moderated, who is the moderator.

Details type

Additional custom member details can be set using a ‘details form’ from the drop-down. It can only be set by administrators.

For developers

An administrator can configure additional custom member details at the project level using the ‘details form’. 

Look at our article on details.xml in the developer’s documentation.

Comments

Comments can be added by

You can define who can add comments in the group by setting the minimum rights using the options in the drop-down.

Comments and group accessible to

Groups can be configured so that comments can be posted:

  • Only by group members.
  • Or by someone not registered to the group ('the public').

When a group is open to the public, comments are typically moderated. It can only be set by administrators.

Comment moderation

Setting this option defines whether comments in the group are moderated. This means they are first routed to a moderator who can delete the comment, edit or move it, before releasing it to the group:

  • Reviewer – Comments by reviewer or lower are moderated.
  • Moderate emailed comments – Any comments submitted by email are moderated.
  • Moderate all comments – All comments are moderated.

A member with the role of “Moderator” is required for moderation to be enabled.