XMB Admin Help

This page contains instructions for XMB Admins

As an XMB Admin, it is recommended that you browse the other sections to get a better understanding of how the hack works for all users.

As an XMB Admin, you are automatically considered an admin of every group. When you first access the member groups page after installing the hack, it will look something like this:

To add a new group, simply enter a group name in the text field and click the Submit Changes button.
Note: Group names may only contain A-Z upper and lower case, 0-9, Underscores (_) and dashes (-). Any other characters including spaces are not allowed.

When you go to edit a group, by clicking it's Edit link, you'll get the following form.

• Group Name: The group's name. It is safe to rename groups in this version of Member Groups, since all references to it will be changed when the group is renamed. Please see the note above regarding Group Names.
• Admin List: This is a list of users who are admins for this group. They have the ability to edit the description and userlist of the group. Their name should also be in the userlist as well, so they are considered a member of the group. Entries must be seperated by commas.
• Description: Enter a short description of the Group (e.g. "VIP Members")
• User List: This is a list of users who are in this group. They must be seperated by commas.
• Application Status: Set to on, this will allow users to apply for membership in this group.
• Deny List: This is a list of users who have applied for membership to this group, and have been denied. This prevents them from re-applying. If you want to allow someone to apply again, simply remove their name from this list. Entries must be seperated by commas.
• Minimum Posts: This is the minimum number of posts a user must have before they can apply for membership. Set to 0 to disable.

For futher information on administrating Groups, please see the Group Admin Help section.

As an XMB Admin, the most important feature of Member Groups is the Forum Access Lists. If you are not familiar with Forum Access Lists, when a forum is set to Normal in the Thread, Post and View options, this allows you to enter a list of usernames of the only people who are able to Post or View that forum.

With Member Groups, you can now enter a Group Name in an Access List, and anyone who is a member of that Group will have access to that forum. There is also a setting that's been added to the settings section of the admin panel, that if turned on, allows you to enter Status names in User and Access Lists. For Example:

In the above image, the only people who are allowed to access that forum, are the user GuldantheWarlock, members of the group Group2, and anyone with a status of "Moderator".

Just like Group Members and Group Admins, you have the ability to send U2Us and E-Mail to any group members, but with the option to send an E-Mail as HTML if you wish: