Members & Groups

Before you begin managing members, the first step is to decide how new members will register on your community. This can be found within the Admin CP at the following location System → Settings → Login & Registration → Registration From here, you’ll find a range of options that allow you to control how registration works on your site. We will cover the key points of each here Standard Registration When we talk about 'standard' registration, this refers to anyone who has registered with the s

From time to time, you may need to manually add new members or make changes to existing accounts as you manage your community. A full list of your current members is available in the Admin CP, where you can also add or edit member details as needed. You can find this section at: Members → Members → Members Member List Adding New Members To add a new member, select the 'Create New Member' button in the top-right corner of the Members section within the Admin CP. This will open the new member cr

Member groups give you broad control over what members can see, do, and interact with across your community. Every member must belong to a primary group (by default, this is Members), and they can also be assigned one or more secondary groups. The primary group is the one displayed under a member’s name, but members will inherit permissions from all secondary groups they are assigned to as well. Since much of your community’s core permission structure is managed here, it’s worth taking some time

Many communities use rules to promote members into different groups as they become more active or reach certain milestones. For example, you might choose to move a member into an Advanced Members group once they reach 1,000 posts. In Invision Community, these promotions can be handled automatically by setting up rules within the system. Group Promotion Rules Group promotion rules are configured from the following area of the Admin CP: Members → Members → Group Promotions From here, you can defin

In any community, there will always be information you want to collect about your members that isn’t included by default in the core product. This might be data needed for administrative purposes, or details you’d like to display on member profiles or alongside content. In Invision Community, you can create and organize custom fields to capture this information, grouping them in a way that best suits the needs of your site. Creating Profile Fields Custom Profile fields can be configured from the