User requesting to be in a usergroup

[Hollister]

ok my forums promotes team competitions, we have 4 teams. These 4 teams are currently user ranks, this is because each team has a logo and therefore i want to use user ranks so the logo is dispalyed in there post bit.

The person userrank is based on the usergroup i put them in

The problem is each time someone wants to join a team or change teams i have to change their usergroup manually.

Is it possible for a member to automatically select there own usegroup or userank?

Or if not send a request to be added to a certain usergroup,that will autmomaticallt add them if an admin agrees.

[cheat-master30]

Make the usergroups for each team publicly joinable. Then, members can just join by going to a page in their controls and clicking a relevant link.

[Hollister]

thanks i only want them to be able to join one of the four teams though and also not be able to leave it once selected, how would i do this?

[King Kovifor]

When you have created the user group, there was a "Public (Joinable) group" Option. I'm not sure if the option is there for old user groups... I'm going to go check now.

EDIT:

Click on "Edit Usergroup X (id: Y)" from the drop down next to it (under neath the Custom Groups), and there will be a "Public (Joinable) Group Option" in the second category.

[Hollister]

Yes this is kinda what i am going for, but is it possible to make it so they can only join one of the 4 groups and not as many of the 4 as they want.

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by Hollister

Yes this is kinda what i am going for, but is it possible to make it so they can only join one of the 4 groups and not as many of the 4 as they want.

I believe there is an approval option. Meaning you only approve the ones you want to allow to join.

[Hollister]

yes of course can't believe i missed that, thanks very much

[turbosatan]

i understand thias may be diggin up an old thread and all but can someone please advise me where this "approval option" is

I know how to reach the actual approval page but how do i set a usergroup to require approval?

i onyl seem to be able to set it to

public - anyone can join doesnt require approval

or

not public - no one can join as its not viewable

i want to have a usergroup which people can request to be part of but that requires approval after some vetting.

plz hlp

[aeturner89]

Yes, you need to change

Public (Joinable) Custom Usergroups to Yes.

Then save the usergroup settings. Then look for the option to add a group leader and assign a group leader, then anyone that tries to join will require the group leader(s) approval before joining.