Monday, April 25, 2011

2013 NEW: OLD Groups 201, advanced

Groups 201, advanced
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The instructions here are for viewers of the 3.3+ class. The instruction details may not always apply to other viewers
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This article is old.  Newer information may be available in Contents (above).
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Right click on your avatar
Select My Groups 
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Group list window


Group list
Right click on selected group

Use the group list window to select a group to
  • open text chat,
  • activate the group,
  • get details, change them,
  • create a new group.
Activate the group
  •  If you are building on land set to or owned by a group, you probably want to activate that group. Then when you create or rez an object, the object is automatically set to your active group. protecting it from auto-return
  • To use some role powers you have in the group, you may have to activate the group
Get/change group details


 Group Details
General Tab
Use the general tab to
  • stop getting group notices 
  • set your active title
  • hide a group on your profile
  • open other group windows
You may need to set a certain active title to use powers associated with it.
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Group Details
Roles Tab
Member subtab

Use the roles tab, member subtab to 
  • see details on a selected member
  • invite a new member 
  • eject a member
  • select other subtabs
Group Details
Roles Tab
Roles subtab
- Use the roles tab, member subtab to 
  • see who has a particular role
  • see how many in each role or in whole group (everyone)
  • create a new role
Group Details

Notices Tab
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Use the notices tab to 
  • send notices (with attachments) to the group
  • see previous, recent notices you may have missed
Notes
A group notice is supposed to go to all group members, but probably does not go to more than 500 in a large group.
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You can attach notecards, objects, landmarks, and other assets to a notice. I recommend against using anything but notecards. You can embed assets in notecards (if they are yours full perm). Finding other assets in a large inventory is not worth the effort, so they are probably lost. Best make a notecard with informative title and embed all the assets you want to send ( objects, textures) in a single note card
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Cautions 
  • If the group has land deeded to it 
  • and there are charges from the land 
  • (e.g., for listing in search or posting in the SL calendar), 
  • everyone  who has a role that includes the ability to
  • "pay group liabilities and receive group dividends"
  • will pay part of those charges
Linden Lab links
Group owned Land
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