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Group Type Admin

The Group Type Admin has many responsibilities. Essentially, this person is creating group types and defining the rules about how groups of a particular type can be created and how they are found by people looking to connect with a group via the church website.

Security Access

The Group Type Admin security right must be granted to anyone who will be creating group types. This security right permits access to the Groups > Administration menu options.

To grant Group Type Admin access:

  1. Click the Admin > Security Setup > Portal Users. The Portal Users listing appears.
  2. Click the actions gear and Edit rights beside a user who will be the Group Type Admin.
  3. Select the check box beside the Group Type Admin security access right. It can be found under the Functional Rights heading as shown below.

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  4. Click Save user rights.

Note: If the user is signed into Fellowship One when you make this change, she will need to sign out and sign back in to see any changes.

Administrative Tasks

A few administrative tasks are necessary to configure prior to beginning to create group types and groups. Two new features—Campus and Groups Contact—need to be configured before proceeding. The Campus feature is optional so you can skip this section if your church does not have multiple campus locations.

Note: You must have Administrator security access rights to configure Campus and Groups Contact.

Campus

A new feature introduced to Groups is the concept of Campus. If your church has multiple locations, you can use the Campus feature to configure the different locations for your church. Later, campuses will be used by Group Admins to create groups and people looking for a group can search by campus.

To create a campus:

  1. Click Admin > Church Setup > Campuses. The campus list appears.
  2. Type the name of a campus in the Add new campus field.

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  3. Click Add. The campus appears in the campus list.
  4. Repeat the previous steps until you have added all your campus locations.

Groups Contact

Another feature is the ability to configure a single email address to be used by people who have questions when looking for a group to join.  This email address is used with the Groups Web Application (InFellowship) and will be the "to" address when individuals click the Contact Us link.

Note: Users must be logged in to InFellowship to see Contact Us.

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To configure a Contact Us email address:

  1. Click the WebLink > InFellowship > Contact. The Groups Contact Settings appear.
  2. Type the email address in the Contact us-recipient email field.

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  3. Click Save. The email address is saved but the screen will not change.