Create a New Group

1. Expand the Admin menu in the Menu module and select Groups.
   

   Figure: The Groups option in the Admin menu.

2. The Admin Groups page lists the existing groups: Admins, Anonymous, and Registered.
   

   Figure: The Admin Groups page displays the current groups and allows you to create new groups.

3. Click the Add a new group tab.
   

   Figure: Adding a new group.

4. Enter the following information in each field in the Add New Group area:
   • Group: Enter Forum Admins. This will be the name of the new group to moderate the forums.
   • Description: Enter a short description of the group. This will help you keep track of each group's purpose.
   • Include: Select Registered. This will let Forum Admins inherit all of the permissions that registered users have. Later, we'll add additional permissions to allow Forum Admins to moderate the forum.
5. Click Add. Tiki saves the new group and reloads the page.
6. Click the List tab.

Figure: The List of Existing Groups area on the Admin Groups page now shows the new group: Forum Admins.

Assigning Permissions

Right now, the Forum Admins group has the same permissions as a regular Registered user. You need to add additional permissions to the group: to moderate the forums.

1. In the List of Existing Groups area of the Admin Groups page, click the Permissions icon for the Forum Admins group.
   

   Figure: The List of Existing Groups area on the Admin Groups page, showing the Forum Admins group.

2. In the Assign Permissions area, use the drop-list to select Forums, then click Update. Tiki reloads the page, showing only the Forum-specific permissions.
   

   Figure: The Assign Permissions area of the Assign Permissions to Group page, showing only the forum-specific permissions.

3. Select the tiki_p_admin_forum and click Update.
4. Tiki saves the information and reloads the page.
   

   Figure: "The Group Information Area of he Assign Permissions to Group page now shows the tiki_p_admin_forum permission as part of the Forum Admins group.

Notice that in the Assign Permissions area, Tiki has automatically assigned all the forum permissions to the group.

Figure: The group has inherited all forum permissions.

The tiki_p_admin_forum permission automatically inherits all of the forum permissions.