In Manage Communities, you’ll see a list of all public communities with information about membership status. You can also create a new community.
Figure 7-1 View all communities and manage your memberships
To create a community:
Click Actions, then select Manage Communities to open the Manage Communities dialog box.
Click Create a New Community to open the Create Community dialog box:
Specify the name of the new community in the Name field.
Enter a description for the community in the Description field.
Select the rule for users to join from the Membership drop-down list:
Open: The community is open and users can join at anytime. Open communities are always public.
By Request: The community only allows users to join by request. By Request communities are always public.
Invite Only: The community only allows users to join if they have received an invitation. Invite Only communities can be private or public.
Select the community type from the Type drop-down list.
Public: Users can see the community listed on the Communities page and in searches.
Private: The community is not visible to users and only applies to Invite Only communities. When a community is set to Private, it cannot be made Public later.
Click Settings to set permission for the community, then select or deselect any of the following options:
Allow producers to move CIs into this community.
Allow producers to copy CIs into this community.
Allow producers to link CIs into this community.
Click Create to create the new community.