UPDATED April 6, 2006: There Are Two Ways To Publish Content To Your Group

There are actually two ways to publish content to your group, and each method works a little bit differently.

The first method allows you to submit content to a group under your own personal username.

To do so, use the Publish link which appears in the top navigation bar of all Gather pages. After you have entered the content, tags, and images to your article, click Next to go to step two of the publishing process. Here you will have the option of making that content visible to everyone, selected individuals, and/or any group to which you are a member. Halfway down the page you will see a list of all groups to which you have permission to publish content. Check the box next to the group name to publish your article to that group. Publishing an image to a group under your personal username works in the same way.

NOTE:

1. If a group's content is moderated, your content will not appear in the group until it has been approved by a group moderator.
2. If you have selected Group content will: require review and approval by a content moderator in your content settings, you will have to approve any articles or images for publication to the group, even if you are the group owner or moderator. Simply click on the Pending link in your group dashboard to see all content awaiting approval for publication to your group.

The second method allows you to submit content to a group under the group name.

For example, the by line of an article or image published under the group name to the group "Gather Group Managment 101" (groupsabc.gather.com) would read: "by Gather Group Management 101".

Rather than selecting where to publish the article or image, it will automatically be published to your group. It will also be visible to everyone on the main Gather site if you have selected in your group settings Group content can be seen by: everyone (public). If you have selected Group content can be seen by: group members only (private) only members of the group will be able to view content published to the group. With this process, you can't publish the article to other groups or selected individuals. This link is only visible to the group owner and group members who have been given permission to publish under the group name.

To publish under a group name, go do your group dashboard located in the left hand column of your group homepage and click on the link Write a Group Article.

For more group management tips or to join Group Management 101 click here.