How many extra usergroups have you added?

[securedme]

I just want to have an idea how many usergroups are people using for their forums.

 

[Wildcat Media]

It depends on what they are used for. I use six sets of usergroups. One I call the Default set, which are the two that XenForo provides (Registered, and Unregistered/Unconfirmed). Another I call Staff usergroups, which grant permissions to contributors, moderators and admins. A third group I call Automatic--these are usergroups assigned automatically, using the user promotions system. (If a person reaches a certain number of posts, we unlock all the forum features available to standard registered users. And if they reach 50 posts/30 days, our trading section is opened up to them.) The fourth and fifth groups are for manual use, for either adding [+] or removing [-] permissions. Each one only has one single permissions change. If a person acts up in our Off-Topic group, we have a permission that removes Off-Topic access. If a person abuses the private messaging system, we have another usergroup to remove that privilege. For some members, we allow an extra privilege, such as the ability to add thread prefixes--so another usergroup adds that permission where needed. I even have one usergroup that is used for styling the site owner's username--that is its only purpose. A sixth group, which I no longer use, was for Paid features--in other words, if they subscribed for a year, it unlocked a few bonus features.

On a larger forum I might have three or four dozen usergroups. On smaller, perhaps a dozen. The XF permissions system is very flexible for this type of use.

Staff knows to use ONLY the [+] or [-] usergroups, and to never touch the others if they need to adjust someone's permissions. It makes understanding the system that much easier.

 

[Digital Doctor]

User groups seem to multiply rapidly in Xenforo.

 

[Rhody]

We have:

• The standard ones
• A couple for various moderator levels
• Some for access to private sub forums
• One for giving access for folks to upload resources
• One called RIP that we put on deceased members (it disables their access and notes it on their posts with a banner)
• One auto added for active user upgrades (we put a banner on their posts, and give them some extra time to edit posts)
• One to grant access to vendors to be ABLE to purchase banner ads, via Siropu Ads Manager 2
• One auto added when a vendor has an active banner ad going (we put a banner on their posts, noting them as a sponsor)