A Group is a logical collection of users maintained by the site. Groups are one of the main permissions mechanisms within a Contensive site.
Using Groups, a Content Definition can be set up to allow members of that group to edit its Content.
Group Email (as the name implies) uses Groups to send email to only those users in Groups selected in the the Group Email record.
Users can be added to groups by editing their People record. A profile form can be created allowing users to add themselves to "Public Groups". Public Groups are those Grops set to "Public" within the Group record with the Allow Public Join checkbox.
Groups with names that begin with the underline character "_" are only visible to developers. These can be used as "system" groups, that content managers and administrators cannot alter.
To access Groups:
The Name of the Group, once created, should not be changed. Functionality on your site may depend on information within that group. If the name is changed, functionality may fail.
The Caption of the Group has no restrictions. The caption is what displays on both the public site and with in the admin site. The Caption can be changed at any time.
Allow Group Email will enable this group to receive email using the Group Email tool.
Allow Public Join will display the Group's Caption on public facing functionaliy allowing users to join Groups.
Content Authoing is the mechanism to associate Content Managers with Content.
Allow Catalog Special Price enables this Group to display in the Commerce Manager to set special pricing.
Catalog Discount Percentage will give all users of the Group a discount in the Commerce Catalog.
Commerce Administrator enables users of the group to manage account within the Commerce Catalog.
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