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Multiple User Groups

WT Wendy Twine
Wendy Twine
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Member since Aug 2014
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Aug 25, 2014 · 2:59 pm · Edited

I would like to know if it is possible for a user to be apart of more than one usergroup. For example I have two types of members in my network. I have consumers and professionals.

I would like to know if A professional (pro-user) who can access a consumer member’s group to answer the “Ask The Pros” Forum?

Another example is if we have a forum for the professionals who pay extra to be apart of the V.I.P. Training Forum and have them labeled V.I.P. users for this access . Also, can you have a time/calendar set for access to that particular forum for those who paid for the extra training/access for that V.I.P. Forum?

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YS Yellow Swordfish
Yellow Swordfish
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Aug 25, 2014 · 3:17 pm

If you go to the forum admin > User Groups > Map Users to User Group – you will see at the top the option to limit users to a single user group. You need to ensure this is not turned on.

On the second question then we do not offer any sort of timed or automatic entry/exit to a User Group but there are membership type plugins available for WordPress that can achieve what you want I suspect. And as long as these abide by the wp API and standards then they will usually hook into SP correctly. For example – on this site which has memberships based on fixed periods – we use the plugin WishList Member to control this. You will find a ‘How To’ FAQ on our Codex that discusses the basics of using a membership plugin in this way.

WT Wendy Twine
Wendy Twine
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Member since Aug 2014
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Aug 25, 2014 · 9:25 pm

Hi Yellow Swordfish,

I am using wishlist too. Ok I will look into the How To FAQ on our Codex then to see how to set this up.

MP Mr Papa
Mr Papa
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Aug 25, 2014 · 10:11 pm

please let us know if you have further questions…