Managing your administrators and your moderators.
Viewing your Administrators
Path to follow to view your administrators: Navigation -> admin menu -> admins
This will take you to the list of your administrators.
Admin powers
You can determine exactly how much power the administrators will have.
Click on the name of an administrator in the filter results to select him/her and select the options.
promote/demote members to admin.
- announcement, community access, forum management, member settings, auto title, groups, ip search
ban/unban members
- promote member to moderator or demote moderators.
- preferences and skins.
- view record of admin/mod actions and stats.
* Deselecting all admin powers will make the admin a moderator of all forums. However, your domain wide moderator will show up as administrator in the community profile of your board.
Promoting a member to administrator
Path to follow: Navigation -> admin menu -> all
Type the name of the member you wish to promote in the topmost box.
Click 'apply filter'
Scroll down to see the filter results and click on the name to view the member's details.
In the custom settings area, click the 'promote to admin' button.
Select or deselect the admin powers for that user.
Viewing your moderators.
Path to follow: Navigation -> admin menu -> moderator.
Scroll down to "filter results" to view the list of your moderators.
Promoting a member to moderator.
Path to follow: Navigation -> admin menu -> all
Click on the name of the member you wish to promote, or use the filter to filter the name first.
Scroll down to the forum permissions section of this user.
Check 'moderate' next to the forum you wish to give the member moderator access to.
Fine tune the moderator permissions by checking or unchecking the appropriate boxes.
Domain wide moderators
There are two ways to instate domain wide moderators.
1) Promoting member to admin without admin powers
Path to follow: Navigation -> admin menu -> all
Type the name of the member you wish to promote in the topmost box.
Click 'apply filter'
Scroll down to see the filter results and click on the name to view the member's details.
In the custom settings area, click "promote to admin"
UNcheck all boxes in the admin powers section
The member is now a domain wide moderator.
Display: The username will not appear in the individual forums on the directory.
The username will be displayed as administrator in your community profile.
Your moderator will be listed under administrators in your member list.
2) Adjusting the individual forum access permissions
Path to follow: Navigation -> admin menu -> all
Type the name of the member you wish to promote in the topmost box.
Click 'apply filter'
Scroll down to see the filter results and click on the name to view the member's details.
Extend the individual forum permissions in all forums for this user by checking the radio button in the 'moderator' column.
Your domain wide moderator will now be listed ad moderator and not as admin in the community profile.
The username will appear in all forums on the directory.
If you wish to remove the username from the directory, click on navigation -> admin menu -> preferences.
Uncheck 'list moderators'.
Scroll down and click submit to save the changes.
Troubleshooting and FAQs
1) You are unable to edit the mod functions for your domain wide moderators.
When you instate your domain wide moderators by promoting them to admin and taking the admin powers away, you will not be able to edit their individual forum permissions or their mod functions as they are being treated as administrators. Demote your domain wide moderator to member, promote the member to moderator, and edit the individual forum permissions by checking the radio button in the moderator column for all forums. You can now edit the specific mod functions for each forum.
2) You demoted your domain wide moderator to member but the name still appears as a moderator in the community profile.
This occurs when you have forum specific moderators and you promote them to admin in order to make them domain wide moderators. When you demote them from admin to member again, they will go back to their previous status as forum specific moderators. Click on their use name in your member list and edit the individual forum access permissions by moving the radio button from the moderator column to a different column.
3) One of your moderators is no longer a moderator. You checked the individual forum permissions and the user has no mod access to any of the forums, but (s)he is still listed in your community profile as moderator.
You might have deleted a forum while this user had moderator access to that forum. Always remove your moderators from a forum before deleting it. (this is a bug and will be fixed in the future).
4) Your domain wide moderators are listed as administrators in your community profile.
This occurs when you install domain wide moderators by promoting them to admin and taking their admin powers away.
Demote your domain wide moderators to member, promote the members to moderator, and edit the individual forum permissions by checking the radio button in the moderator column for all forums.
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Viewing your Administrators
Path to follow to view your administrators: Navigation -> admin menu -> admins
This will take you to the list of your administrators.
Admin powers
You can determine exactly how much power the administrators will have.
Click on the name of an administrator in the filter results to select him/her and select the options.
promote/demote members to admin.
- announcement, community access, forum management, member settings, auto title, groups, ip search
ban/unban members
- promote member to moderator or demote moderators.
- preferences and skins.
- view record of admin/mod actions and stats.
* Deselecting all admin powers will make the admin a moderator of all forums. However, your domain wide moderator will show up as administrator in the community profile of your board.
Promoting a member to administrator
Path to follow: Navigation -> admin menu -> all
Type the name of the member you wish to promote in the topmost box.
Click 'apply filter'
Scroll down to see the filter results and click on the name to view the member's details.
In the custom settings area, click the 'promote to admin' button.
Select or deselect the admin powers for that user.
Viewing your moderators.
Path to follow: Navigation -> admin menu -> moderator.
Scroll down to "filter results" to view the list of your moderators.
Promoting a member to moderator.
Path to follow: Navigation -> admin menu -> all
Click on the name of the member you wish to promote, or use the filter to filter the name first.
Scroll down to the forum permissions section of this user.
Check 'moderate' next to the forum you wish to give the member moderator access to.
Fine tune the moderator permissions by checking or unchecking the appropriate boxes.
Domain wide moderators
There are two ways to instate domain wide moderators.
1) Promoting member to admin without admin powers
Path to follow: Navigation -> admin menu -> all
Type the name of the member you wish to promote in the topmost box.
Click 'apply filter'
Scroll down to see the filter results and click on the name to view the member's details.
In the custom settings area, click "promote to admin"
UNcheck all boxes in the admin powers section
The member is now a domain wide moderator.
Display: The username will not appear in the individual forums on the directory.
The username will be displayed as administrator in your community profile.
Your moderator will be listed under administrators in your member list.
2) Adjusting the individual forum access permissions
Path to follow: Navigation -> admin menu -> all
Type the name of the member you wish to promote in the topmost box.
Click 'apply filter'
Scroll down to see the filter results and click on the name to view the member's details.
Extend the individual forum permissions in all forums for this user by checking the radio button in the 'moderator' column.
Your domain wide moderator will now be listed ad moderator and not as admin in the community profile.
The username will appear in all forums on the directory.
If you wish to remove the username from the directory, click on navigation -> admin menu -> preferences.
Uncheck 'list moderators'.
Scroll down and click submit to save the changes.
Troubleshooting and FAQs
1) You are unable to edit the mod functions for your domain wide moderators.
When you instate your domain wide moderators by promoting them to admin and taking the admin powers away, you will not be able to edit their individual forum permissions or their mod functions as they are being treated as administrators. Demote your domain wide moderator to member, promote the member to moderator, and edit the individual forum permissions by checking the radio button in the moderator column for all forums. You can now edit the specific mod functions for each forum.
2) You demoted your domain wide moderator to member but the name still appears as a moderator in the community profile.
This occurs when you have forum specific moderators and you promote them to admin in order to make them domain wide moderators. When you demote them from admin to member again, they will go back to their previous status as forum specific moderators. Click on their use name in your member list and edit the individual forum access permissions by moving the radio button from the moderator column to a different column.
3) One of your moderators is no longer a moderator. You checked the individual forum permissions and the user has no mod access to any of the forums, but (s)he is still listed in your community profile as moderator.
You might have deleted a forum while this user had moderator access to that forum. Always remove your moderators from a forum before deleting it. (this is a bug and will be fixed in the future).
4) Your domain wide moderators are listed as administrators in your community profile.
This occurs when you install domain wide moderators by promoting them to admin and taking their admin powers away.
Demote your domain wide moderators to member, promote the members to moderator, and edit the individual forum permissions by checking the radio button in the moderator column for all forums.
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