Communities

Communities are collections of users who have a common interest. Web Space Server's default pages are in the Guest community, because everyone, whether they are anonymous or members of the portal, has common interest in the default public pages of your site.

The three types of Communities:

• Open

• Restricted

• Private

An Open Community (the default) allows portal users to join and leave the Community whenever they want to, provided they have access to a Communities portlet. A Restricted Community requires that users be added to the Community by a community administrator. Users may use the Communities portlet to request membership. A Private community does not allow users to join and to leave the community.

To add a Community

You can add communities by navigating to Control Panel -> Portal -> Communities or by using the My Communities portlet.

1. Log in to Web Space Server as the admin user.

2. Navigate to Control Panel -> Portal -> Communities from the Welcome menu.

3. Click Add.

4. Specify the name and a description for the community.

5. Specify the type and active attributes for the community.

   A community can be Open, Restricted, or Private, with Open being the default type. By default, the community is Active.

6. Click Save.

To Assign Users to a Community

You can assign members to communities by navigating to Control Panel -> Portal -> Communities or by using the My Communities portlet.

1. Log in to Web Space Server as the admin user.

2. Click Add Applications from the Welcome menu.

3. Expand the Community folder.

4. Click Add next to the My Communities portlet.

5. Click Available Communities to list all available communities.

6. Click the Actions button for the community, and choose Assign Members from the menu.

   All the current Users, Organizations, and User Groups are listed in their respective tabs.

7. Click the Available tab under Users tab to list all available users.

8. Select each of the users whom you want to assign as members.

9. Click the Update Associations button to assign selected users as members.

10. Click the Current tab to view the current members, which include the members you just assigned to the community.