1. To access the administrative functions on your FaithStreams Communities group page, login with a group leader username and password.
2. To access your group page, hover over the "Dash" control link in the top right hand corner of your browser window where you logged in to FaithStreams Communities to expand the flyout dashboard.
3. Navigate to the name of the group whose pages you want to work on and click on the name.
4. From the tabs at the top of the page, click “Admin.”
You’ll see four new tabs: Messaging, Permissions Grid, Manage Roles and Invite Member
Messaging
Messaging will allow you to send emails to individuals or groups of individuals using a role checklist, an email address, or a FaithStreams Communities user name.
1. Place a check mark next to the roles within your group you wish to send the email to. The system will recognize individuals who are in duplicate roles (i.e., leaders and group members) and will only generate one email per person. This is based on user name and not email addresses, so individual family members who share an email address will still get one copy each.
2.) Type in any additional email addresses or FaithStreams Communities usernames you'd like to send to, separated by semicolons.
4.) Give your email a subject.
5.) Write the body of your message. You can use the rich text editor to apply formatting or insert a link on the page. To create a link, highlight the word you wish to turn into a link and click the “link” icon to enter the URL of the page you wish to link to.
6.) Once you click "Send Email" in the lower left hand corner you will see a confirmation notice at the top of the page.
Permissions Grid
Permissions Grid allows you to select what roles within your group pages can see, edit, and administer the different features on your pages.
2. Use the check boxes to control what roles have permission to perform tasks on your group pages. Leaders automatically have permission to work with all features on the group pages.
If you check a box under the “All Group Users” column the system will automatically allow all “group” roles to participate in the activity on the corresponding row. In other words, if you check the box in the All Group Users column on the View Events row, Group Leaders, Group Members, Group Family and Group Friends will all have permission to view events on the Calendar. You do not need to check additional boxes to the left of this column.
If you check a box under the All FaithStreams Communities Users column, any member of the FaithStreams Communities (anyone with a username and password) can participate in the activity on the corresponding role, including all group members. You do not need to check additional boxes to the left of this column.
If you check a box under the Everyone column, anyone visiting FaithStreams Communities.com can participate in the activity on the corresponding role, including all FaithStreams Communities Users and All Group Users. You do not need to check additional boxes to the left of this column.
3. When you have finished adjusting your permission settings click the "Save" button at the bottom to save your changes or cancel to revert to your previous settings.
Manage Roles
Manage Roles allows you choose which of your group pages users belong to each role. Roles include leaders, members, friends and family.
1. Once you have invited new members to your group and they have accepted the invitation, or you have approved a user's request to join your group, their names will appear in the master list of "All Group Users" in the left-hand column of the Manage Roles Tab.
2. To add a user to a role, click on their name in the All Group Users list, then click the Add button to the left of the Role List you wish to add them to. (Note: In order to add a user to the "Group Leaders" role, they must also be listed in the "Group Members" role. Add them to the Group Members list first, then to the Group Leaders role).
3. To remove a user from a role, click on their name in the role list on the right, then click the remove button to the left of the list.
4. To remove a user from all roles, click on their name in the All Group Users list on the left side, then click on the "Remove From ALL ROLES link underneath the list.
(Note: The Manage Roles lists will NOT remove a user from your All Group Users list. To remove a user completely from your group, click on the Members tab next to the Admin Tab, and click the remove button under the image of the user you wish to delete and confirm the removal.)
5. When you have finished making your changes, click the Save button on the bottom right to save the changes, or the Cancel button to revert to your previous settings.
Invite Members
Invite Members gives you a central place to invite new leaders, members, friends or family members to your group. You can send multiple invitations at a time, and each invitation will include a link that will prompt a login or a new registration to FaithStreams Communities. Those who accept your invitation will automatically be assigned to the proper role within your group when they log in.
To issue your invitations:
1. Determine what users you wish to add to which role.
2. Add the user's email address or FaithStreams Communities username to the list on the left under the role you wish to add the user to. List each Email address or Usernames on it's own line.
3. Personalize the message to the potential users in the text boxes to the right within the role you wish to invite them to.
4. By default, all roles will issue the message contained in the Group Members role. If you wish to send a unique message for each particular role, uncheck the box next to "Use Group Members message" and you will get a new text box to use.
5. When you have completed the form click the "Send Invitations" link at the bottom to complete the process.