Adding Guild Members
In order for you to acquire members to your guild site you need to add these members to the system manually. To do this follow the instructions below to properly enter guild members into your guild.
1) Login into your admin account and click on the "Admin Pages" menu link.
2) Select the "Member Manager" option.
3) Here you can edit, delete, or add new members. Select the "Add New Member" link at the top.
4) Current the batch entry feature is not functioning, please ignore this feature. Enter all pertinent information for the user.
5) When you've reviewed their information click on the "Save Player" button at the bottom to enter the player into your guild site.
6) If you need to make changes to this or other players select them through the "pencil" edit icon in their roster row at the bottom of the page.
7) By default their password is their username. If they request to change their password, or you wish to enter a new one in for them, click on the "Change Passwords" radio dial at the top of the page to change their password information.
8) To allow administration functions for other users, edit their profile through the "pencil" icon as described above. Selec the "User Type" field and change it to the appropriate selection.
9) To adjust officer settings select the "Manage Officers" radio button at the top of the page where you found the "Change Passwords" button earlier.
10) To delete members select the "Delete Members" radio button at the top of the page, following the same system from within the page to remove a member.
Caution: Be sure members are not already registered from the forum system directly!
Caution: As an admin you need a normal roster user to post in the forums. You can make this an officer with admin functions if you like. Be sure NOT to create the same username and password for this normal user, as it will confuse the system!
Adding A Member Application Button To Your Site
Adding guild members to your site is all good and fine, if you have some ready to join of course. What if you don't? Then advertise! The best way to draw in guild members to your guild is to advertise around the community, such as in our forums at the Guild Community Forums.
After your guild is noticed you'll need an easy way for potential recruits to contact you with the information you are looking for from them. The best way to do this is to setup a "Join Guild" button on your site. Call it whatever you wish, but the following steps will get you a button ready to go on your site in just a few seconds!
1) Click on the "Admin Pages" link using your adminitration account
2) Select the link "Control Editor"
3) This next part is just like adding any other button link to your main page, the only difference is the link itself. We'll walk you quickly through adding everything anyway.
4) Select the Control Type, "Image Button"
5) Name the control in the Control ID box
6) Click on the link icon in the Address field. Here is the key. At or near the top you will see the listing, "Guild Application". Select this.
7) Choose to open the link in a window or in the same window you're already working with.
8) The next step allows you to either generate a button using all the inputs below, or an existing image you can upload.
9) After either generating or uploading a button, click "Save" near the bottom. Edit the control if necessary from the "Existing Controls" listings at the very bottom.
Those steps allowed you to create the button link that leads you to a page that allows potential members to contact you. The next step is to place this button on your main page.
1) Click on the "Admin Pages" link again to get back to the root administration menu
2) Select the "Control Layout Manager" link option
3) Select where you want the button link to be placed, then find the Control ID you named the button link as in the right column listings of your controls.
4) Select the control and add it to your site. Voila! Refresh the main page and you should see your new button link visible in the column you designated.
Now we need to fill in the fields of this page so you can customize the application as specifically as possible.
1) Click on the "Admin Pages" link again to get back to the root administration menu
2) Select the "Guild Application Setup" link option in the Member Administration section
3) The rest of this page is self-explanatory. Here you add questions for guild members to answer. Each question added is inputed into the Application page, which is linked through the process we just setup above. To edit questions use this same access point. Now start recruiting!
Other Important User Registration Walkthroughs
Forum Registrations (By Cyza)
Edit Existing Forum Registrations (By TwistedAffinity)
