Self-Assigned Groups

[Sol]

I run a popular community that very strongly identifies with certain labels (psychological, astrological; MBTI Type or Horoscope Sign etc...).

I found a great plugin to display groups you belong to with ribbons (http://xenforo.com/community/resources/rt-user-rank-ribbons.832/) but I don't want to manually add all the Aries to the Aries group or the INTJ's to theirs. So, how would I go about allowing people to select which "groups" they identify with (maybe during the sign up process)?

I'm aware of group promotions and criteria, but is there any criteria to promote a person to the Aries group once they create their first post/reply in the "Aries"forum topic (node?)

Thank you

 

[Paul B]

You can use custom user fields and user group promotion.

The members would check which groups they want to join.

 

[Sol]

Wow that was a fast response.

That's awesome as it was really important to choose XenForo for the community.

Are there any hints where I could find those custom user fields and user group promotions or what I could read to get started in understanding how to create them?

 

[Paul B]

The help manual covers both features.

http://xenforo.com/help/custom-user-fields/

http://xenforo.com/help/user-group-promotions/

Essentially you create the custom user field.



Then the user group promotion which utilises the field.

 

[tyteen4a03]

@Sol , if you are just looking for people to join their groups, Join User Group would be a better choice.

 

[Sol]

@tyteen4a03 thanks for that, it seems a lot simpler!

 

[webducknj]

@Sol , if you are just looking for people to join their groups, Join User Group would be a better choice.

nevermind, i'm not a licensed customer so i can't see a download link
thx
bc