🌟 [EPIC] Release v2.0.0 In Groups Branch - Group: For Groups/Organisations/Projects - Subset Of Former Orgs EPIC Named Group Now Instead Org

Created by: ogerly

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——— This issue is is a subset of the EPIC #4544 (closed) ———

General Concept

A group is the very general concept for every entity which is not a person – a group of people, an organisation, a business, a project, a charity, a foundation ...

Implement a feature called group means to create a new entity which is not a user account and therefore can not be logged in. But it has a group profile similar to a user profile, see below.

New Pages And How To Reach Them

New My Groups Page

→ more details

Reach the my groups page:

• New menu item My groups: ( #5395 (closed) )
  • Chose this user menu of the header will open the page.

Configurable Additional Options In Header

Option 1:

• New icon with 2 people in a circle: (3 people would be more look like a group says @LarsE11 and @Tirokk agrees)
  • Klick on this icon (source stylguide) in the header on the right hand between the language and the bell will open the page.

(see issue #5395 (closed) )

Option 2:

( @LarsE11 and @UlfTramsen wish and it seem nice to have the possibility)

• Configurable quick click menu between header logo on the right and the search field.
  • Maybe make the search field smaller:
    • May expand it if the cursor fokus is in it (or have just a lupe and make the search field animated expanding if you click it)
• Have Groups or My Groups there as a text menu item.

New Group Profile Page

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The group profile page can be reached by:

• via the list on the my groups page
• via the groups list on a users page
• click on avatar or slug-name of a group, may be on a post or in a list
• via the search in the header search field ( #5394 (closed) )
  • specific search groups with &…

Group Types #

There will be the types:

• public
• closed
• hidden

Public Group #

• Every registered user can read everything.
• Only group members can post/comment in the group.
• Of course you can leave the group at any time.
• Group members are visible for all registered users.
• By clicking on a button "Become a member" you immediately become a group member (without extra permission)
  • that should be a setting of the admin ( @Tirokk asks) (Yes, good idea @LarsE11 )

Closed Group #

• Content (e.g. posts) is readable for group members only.
• The group page is only visible and searchable for registered users.
• Either by invitation or by clicking the button "Become a member".
• Membership must be confirmed by a group admin. (high effort! because of the notification)
• Group admin can decide if group members are visible for all registered users or only for group members.

Hidden Group #

• The group page and all content is visible ONLY to group members.
• You can become a member ONLY by invitation.

My Groups Page #

→ More details, see issue #5140 (closed) and PR #5148 .

Reach the my groups page under the path domain.social/mygroups.

On this page you find:

• One list of the groups you own (maybe administer) and where you are a member.
  • Have visual sign for your owned groups.
• An add button to create a new group.

List view:

• It's a list of group cards. (like our post cards)
• A group card shows a short form of the group informations.

Functionallities of a group card: (list item)

• Click on group card links to the group profile.
  • On the group profile you can reach the group settings via the context menu.
• (later?) Context menu directly on the post card
  • As it is on the group profile.

Group Settings Page #

Sub issues:

• #5131 (closed)

The group settings are on two new pages located on the paths:

• Create with group settings: domain.social/group/create
• Edit group settings : domain.social/group/edit/ID

Properties:

• A group has one admin/owner. (later more admins)

You'll have the following settings for a group:

For Admins

• name/title (unique)
• slug-name (unique)
• goal of the group, what's it for?
• group type
  • can be changed only in direction of higher invisibility, see issue #5387
    • public → closed → hidden
• action radius
  • local/regional
  • national
  • continental
  • international
• location (for action radius: set optional)
• categories: 1-3
• manage membership, see issue #5386
  • needs permission by the admin (checkbox)
  • member list is group external visible (has public group this setting asks @Tirokk or always visible?) (yes says @LarsE11 )
• delete group button, see issue #5388
  • shows confirmation modal
• members list (admin view)
  • membership
    • pending membership (waits for acceptance)
      • may an admin can set the membership later again to pending?
    • accepted membership
  • roles #5189 (closed)
    • usual member
    • admin (later more than one)
    • owner (later more than one?)
    • moderator (later, for now only the network moderators and admins can moderate)
  • remove a member, see issue #5389 (closed)
    • with reason (later)

Group Profile Page #

→ more details

Reach the group profile page under the path:

• short form: domain.social/group/group-slug
• long and permanent form: domain.social/group/ID/group-slug
  • The ID identifys the group permanently, even if its slug-name changes.

A groups profile page is kind of similar to a users profile page.

On entering the page:

• No members: Seeing the group description.
• Memebers: Seeing the groups post feed.

Group Profile Content

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• at the top
  • banner (later, set optional, see issue #397, PR #3634 )
• top box left side
  • logo or avatar icon (set optional)
    • drag & drop
    • file dialog on click
  • "⠇" context menu with:
    • Group settings (admin/owner of the group)
  • name/title (unique)
  • slug-name (unique)
  • group type
  • goal of the group, whats it for?
  • location of group
  • categories
  • button: Apply for membership / Get member / Withdraw membership application / Leave group
• second box left side
  • member list (only public groups)
• right two columns
  • expandable description
    • suggestion, see Design Drafts For Group Profile
    • rich design like a post with:
      • headlines, bold, italic etc.
      • links
      • video embeds
  • tab bar gets removed (agreed @LarsE11 @Mogge @Tirokk )
  • post feed, see #5385 (closed)
    • non-members see no post feed (later we may have group internal and group external posts?)
    • comments gets removed (agreed @LarsE11 @Mogge @Tirokk )
    • shouts/likes gets removed (agreed @LarsE11 @Mogge @Tirokk )

Design Drafts For Group Profile #

Suggestions

Description replaces the tabs:

Moderation

• Every user can report a group with a reason.
• Network moderators/admins can make groups invisible.

Behaviour

Roles

Questions

• What can admins or owners do? See issue #5386
  • Admin:
    • What is an admin allowed todo?
      • Confirm pending members?
      • Removing members from group?
  • Owner:
    • Leaving the group:
      • If there is another owner?
• If I'm not allowed seeing the group members:
  • can i see the members count?
    • or shall the admin say if or of not?

Posts And Categories

• Creating a post in a group will overtake its categories as suggestion.

Newsfeed

Directly after login the newsfeed will visible. (already happens)

There will be shown:

• Internal public (registered users) posts.
• Posts of my groups.

Post

Post Page

Shows:

• &group-name
• @author

Post Card (short form of a post)

Shows:

• &group-name

On klick of it you go to the post page. (already happens)

Network Configuration

• switch groups on and of

Further Planning for later: List Of Ideas And Questions

Can only administrators create groups?

• What about the moderation of closed groups?
  • Can all Network moderators moderate them?
• Administrators can turn all groups on and off?

Actions as user

• user can create an org
• user can see an orgs profile
• user can search for orgs
• user can follow orgs (?)
• user can become a member (different settings required: invite, request, free join)
• user can see additional infos (in which circumstances? @ulfgebhardt as member?)
• user can read project posts

Actions as owner or admin

• owner/admin can delete org
• owner/admin can post as org
• owner/admin can change org settings
• owner/admin can set/change additional info
• owner/admin can invite/set roles of members

Actions as network admin

• switch orgs on and off

Open questions and outlooks

• rights management (what roles? how? when? whom?)
• Do we allow follow like on the user profile?
• Can only orgs follow orgs? (no: we need a concept how to connect orgs)
• Can users follow orgs?
• group chats of members (we have to recognise that posts are not the same as chat messages even when the comment function of a post is often used like a chat by the users)

User Stories

As a Creator

• I want to create an org
• I want to view a Group
• I want to delete a Group
• I want to post as a Group
• I want to publish some general persistent Info about the Group
• I want to administer a Group
• I want to invite others to the Group
• I want to give other access to the Group
• I want to kick members from the group
• I want to administer the members of my Group -[ ] I want to transfer ownership of the Group

As a User

• I want to view a Group
• I want to see other Posts of a Group
• I want to find out who's behind that Group/posting as that Group
• I want to join a Group

As a Moderator of the Network

• I want to view all contents of a Group
• I want to block a Group as a whole
• I want to block single Posts of a Group
• I want to administer the Group(?)
• I want to administer the members of a Group(?)
• I want to change ownership of a Group
• I want to force a name change on a Group
• I want to remove some or all of the static content of a Group

Suggested initial Order of Implementation:

• I want to create a Group
• I want to view a Group
• I want to delete a Group
• I want to publish some general persistent Info about the Group
• I want to post as a Group