.. index:: pair: Site administration; Groups .. _site_admin_groups: Groups ---------------- In the *Groups* menu of the *Site administration* you can: * add administrators to groups * delete groups * manage group categories Overview ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first page you see when you click on the *Groups* menu is the *Administer Groups* page. #. Search a group by its name or category. #. Group name. The table is sorted alphabetically according to the group names. #. Number of group members #. Number of group administrators #. Group type #. Group category #. Visibility #. Click the *Manage* button |manage| to add or remove group administrators. #. Click the *Delete* button |delete| to delete a group. Add / remove group administrators ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can add to or remove administrators from a group by clicking on the *Manage* button |manage| on the *Administer Groups* page. .. figure:: /images/site_admin/groups_admins.* :alt: Add or remove group administrators Add or remove group administrators #. From the list under **Potential Admins**, select the group members you wish to make group administrators. You can also select multiple users at once using Ctrl and Shift click. #. If you have too many users on your site and you cannot see / find the user you want, you can search for him in the **Search** box. #. Add the potential administrator to the right-hand side - **Current Admins** - by clicking on the *right-arrow* button |right-arrow|. #. If you want to remove an existing or accidentally added group administrator, you can remove him from the list on the right-hand side by clicking on him. #. Then click on the *left-arrow* button |left-arrow|, and he is removed from the list. #. When you have chosen all members you wish to make group administrators, click the *Save* button. Manage group categories ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Group categories help you to filter your groups more easily on the *My groups* and *Find groups* pages. A group administrator can always assign one group category to a group if categories are enabled. Site administrators can manage group categories on the *Group Categories* page under *Groups* in the *Site Administration*. .. figure:: /images/site_admin/groups_categories.* :alt: Manage group categories Manage group categories #. Enable group categories for the entire site by placing a checkmark into the check box and then click the *Submit* button. #. Existing group categories are listed. #. Create a new group category by typing its name and then clicking on the *Add* button. #. Edit a group category name by clicking on the *Edit* button |edit|, change the name and then click on the *Update* button. If you want to abort the action, click on the *Cancel* button. #. Click on the *Delete* button |delete| to permanently delete a group. .. note:: Group categories are not hierarchical and are available to everybody on the site. Any user who can create groups can assign a group category. .. |edit| image:: /images/buttons/edit.* .. |manage| image:: /images/buttons/manage.* .. |delete| image:: /images/buttons/remove.* .. |right-arrow| image:: /images/buttons/right-arrow.* .. |left-arrow| image:: /images/buttons/left-arrow.*