{"id":2083,"date":"2013-07-30T12:38:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T19:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/107.21.221.225\/ning3help\/?p=2083"},"modified":"2019-11-23T06:09:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T14:09:13","slug":"customizing-your-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/customizing-your-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Customizing your Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can customize your group in a number of ways. The most immediately visible ways are by adding or editing a group logo and a group cover photo. \u00a0You can also change what your group members are called, and even control the layout and features available to group members.<\/p>\n<p>To get here, just go to a particular group on your network. \u00a0<strong>Please note that groups can be edited by the Network Creator, administrators on the network and group administrators. \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Edit Group<\/h3>\n<p>Click on the &#8220;Group Options&#8221; button and select &#8220;Edit Group&#8221; from the list of options.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/80.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4832\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/80.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This will take you to your group&#8217;s edit screen. \u00a0From here, you can add a logo or a cover photo, as well as change the group&#8217;s URL and what group members are called.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/81.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/81.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"445\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"manage\"><\/a>Manage Pages<\/h3>\n<p>You can also add features &#8211; such as the Blog or Photo features &#8211; to your group through the &#8220;Manage Pages&#8221; drop-down menu item. \u00a0Add any features that you would like your group to have access to. \u00a0Determine who can contribute content to any particular feature in your group, as well as who can view that content. \u00a0Please note that permission to view content also gives someone the ability to comment on that content. \u00a0You can also change your group&#8217;s layout from here. \u00a0You can also determine whether or not comments should exist for a particular feature, and if so, which kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/types-of-comments\/\">comments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/82.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/82.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"551\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"box box_green warrning_box\"> <b>Note that if you have a feature set to be visible to network members and not just group members, then network members will also be able to comment on content added to the group in this feature.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/83.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/83.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Depending on the Network Creator&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/introduction-to-groups\/\">layout control settings<\/a>, you may even be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>add new feature instances<\/li>\n<li>customize the group pages&#8217; layout (you can make the different feature instances in a group have one, two or three column layouts)<\/li>\n<li>add ads to your particular group via the Below Header and Above Footer HTML boxes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a great way to tailor a group to meet specific needs.<\/p>\n<p>Custom Pages can be added to your group, as well. \u00a0With these, a world of options are available to you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box box_pink note_box\">Consider using a custom page to insert a third-party chat widget or a custom calendar embed. \u00a0Or use a custom page to insert custom HTML pages.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/84.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4837\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/84.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When customizing your group, if you ever need to get back to the main group&#8217;s detail page, just click on your &#8220;Group Options&#8221; button and select &#8220;Group Home&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, as the Network Creator, if you want to style group pages differently with CSS, you can use the custom Groups CSS selector:<\/p>\n<p>body.page-groups<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note that this selector will apply to all groups that have been created on your network.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can customize your group in a number of ways. 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