asper
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re: Welcome to Your New Guild Site!
 by asper on 2006/11/06 14:53
Welcome and thank you for hosting your guild with Guild Launch!
This post is intended to orient you to the major features of Guild Launch guild hosting.
Guild Creator Special Status
The guild creator is automatically added to the guild and cannot have any rights taken away nor can the guild admin be deleted from the guild.
How to Add Users to Your Guild
There are two ways a user can join your guild.
1. Using a Launch Code
2. The application process
Regardless of which process they use every member must create a Guild Launch account and submit the application.
The Launch Code just allows the user to be added to the guild and bypass the 'acceptance' step in the application process.
Existing Members
The best way to get existing members into your guild is to use a Launch Code.
A Launch Code is a password that allows an applicant to skip the application process
and automatically join the guild. If the user does not use a launch code their application
will have to be approved by a guild admin.
New Members
New members can use a launch code, if you give it to them, or they can go through the application
process. If they go through the application process then their membership will have to be approved
by a guild admin.
The full process to get someone into the guild through the application process is:
1. Go to your guildsite URL. That is the URL in the browser window starting with "http://".
2. Click the "Apply to Guild" link on the left side.
2a. If the user already has an account you will see the application form.
2b. If the user does not have an account they will be able to create an account, confirm the email, and then
click "Apply to Guild" again.
3. Submit the application.
4. The application will appear on the guild's Approve Applications area of the MEMBERS tab in the Guild Admin area.
5. The guild admin must approve the application.
5a. (Optional) If the member is an officer or you have created other security groups then add them to the
Officer group when you accept them so they can see the officer forum.
6. You are now a member of the guild!
Guild Announcements
This post is a guild announcement, a unique feature of Guild Launch which allows you to make posts in your forums and have them appear on your homepage. You can edit the announcement settings by clicking on the admin link in the upper right corner and navigating to the COMMUNICATION Tab.
Once there you can turn this feature off or change the number of posts to show, set a date range, etc. If you would like to just remove this post you can get to it by going to the "News" forum or clicking the "(View Post)" link. Once you are at the post you can delete this post outright, or you can choose to make it a regular post as opposed to an announcement.
How to Change Templates
We hope you like our default template, but many guilds want their own identitiy. If you would like to change your template go to the admin area from the top right and then click on CONTENT OPTIONS then click on "Change Site Template" on the left navigation. A page will load with a dropdown that lets you browse the available templates. When you see one that you like click "Set" and that will become your guild's template.
Forums
We have created the following forums for you as a starting point:
News - Where this post is posted. An admin can delete or modify this post or add new ones.
Member Discsussion - This a forum that only guild members can post in.
Officer Discussion - This is a forum that only members of the "Officers" security group can post in. When a new guild is created the only member of the officer group (and the only member of the guild in fact) is the guild creator.
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