This article covers setup of Community Privacy & Safety, Group Visibility, and Group Member Permissions.

The Community Privacy & Safety settings determine who the Group is visible to and who can view Member Profiles. The Group Visibility settings determine who will be able to see the Group as a Suggested Group. The Group Member Permission settings determine Member abilities like viewing profiles and inviting others to join a Group. 

Table of Contents

Community Privacy & Safety Settings

Group Visibility Settings

Member Approval

Member Permissions

COMMUNITY PRIVACY & SAFETY SETTINGS

Follow the steps below to access Community Privacy & Safety Settings:

• Click the General Gear icon.
• Select the Privacy & Safety page.
• Navigate to the Group Privacy section. 

Admins can select who the Group is visible to, although this can also be set per Group using the instructions for Group Visibility Settings below. Admins also decide who Member profiles are visible to. 

GROUP VISIBILITY SETTNGS

Follow the steps below to access Group Visibility Settings:

• Navigate to the desired Group.
• Click the Gear icon.
• Navigate to the Group Visibility section of the General page. 

Below are Group Visibility setting explanations for where the Group will be visible in the platform as well as who can view the Group.  

• Anyone: The Group will be listed on a Member's Journey by Forj Home page. The Group will also be a Suggested Group for Members to join. 
• Anyone logged into [Community Name]: Only members inside your Community can view the Group and apply to join. The Group will be visible as a Suggested Group for the Members on the left-hand navigation bar. Members can apply to join the Group if they choose, but the Group will not be listed on a Member's Journey by Forj Home page.
• Members of specific groups in [Community Name]: Only Members of the specific selected Group(s) will be able to view as a Suggested Group in the left-hand navigation bar and on the Home page. 
• Only people invited to [Group Name] The Group will not be visible as a Suggested Group in the left-hand navigation bar or on the Home page. Only Members invited or added to the Group will be able to join and have access. This is considered a private Group. 

MEMBER APPROVAL

Admins decide if new Members need approval to join a Group, and this determines what happens when a Member applies to the Group.

If Require a manager to approve new members is toggled off, then after a Member fills out the Registration form, the Member will join the group immediately.

If Require a manager to approve new members is toggled on, then even if the Member can fill out the Registration form, a Manager will receive their Pending application and can decide whether to approve the new Member.

Note that if a Group doesn't require approval to join, it means anyone can share the link to other members of the Community so they can join right away. We recommend setting Require a manager to approve new members if that access should be blocked.

MEMBER PERMISSIONS

Follow the steps below to setup Group Member Permissions:

• Navigate to the desired Group.
• Click the Gear icon.
• Navigate to the Member Permissions section of the General page. 

Admins can decide if Members have permissions to View member profiles, View member email addresses, or Invite members to the Group.

Note that if Members are allowed to invite new Members, this overrides the Group Visibility settings.