# Improving the Groups page for 1.7
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** feedback
**Created:** [2016年十一月24日 17:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347 "2016-11-24T17:12:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@anon29908737](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon29908737)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月7日 17:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/21 "2016-12-07T17:48:20Z")
Me too!! I need more info…
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月7日 18:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/22 "2016-12-07T18:32:25Z")
> [@anon29908737](#):
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> Me too!! I need more info…
Groups were created mainly to help configure category access, like in Group A can only read Category Z, and Group B can post at Category Z.
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### Author:  [@scombs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scombs)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月7日 19:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/23 "2016-12-07T19:56:50Z")
The new group page is looking good. Example at [Discourse team - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/groups/team) (without the +Join Group button).
Will the “about” description field support markdown and HTML? That will provide a lot of flexibility.
I like how the Members/Posts/Topics/MentionedMessages nav collapses to “Members” on mobile.
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### Author:  [@scombs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scombs)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月9日 16:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/24 "2016-12-09T16:58:43Z")
Really nice work on the group page redesign. Thanks. Comments:
- The `Group Title` field in the new **Edit Group page** is updating the `Default title for all users in this group` field in the **Group Admin page**. This adds a title to everyone in the group and displays that title across the site even though a user may be in multiple groups. Seems like a bug. The only work around is to go back into each user’s profile and edit their `Title` field. Can we separate these fields or tie this to the `Automatically set as primary group` option?
- The Group slugs are showing on the user profiles. Could we show Group Titles?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月9日 20:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/25 "2016-12-09T20:08:02Z")
Hmm maybe we should not use title as fullname for groups @tgxworld?
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### Author:  [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月12日 14:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/26 "2016-12-12T14:55:54Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> ✅ if the group allows it, let people apply for membership to the group, probably the easiest way to implement this is for 1.7 is a PM button that group PMs the group owners with a pre-filled title and body (we already support this).
This is implemented in
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/da7009a9683f324acc3bb75c2f1b892ab3b058c4](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/da7009a9683f324acc3bb75c2f1b892ab3b058c4)
Group logging has been merged in as well in
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/05f55dbc1001227261c24d055e8b37a685fa9625](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/05f55dbc1001227261c24d055e8b37a685fa9625)
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### Author:  [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月13日 07:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/27 "2016-12-13T07:28:12Z")
Instead of an edit modal which is too small to fit multiple input fields, I moved editing a group into its own tab.
@sam For the user selector, a valid username input is required to enable the `Add` button.
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### Author:  [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月13日 07:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/28 "2016-12-13T07:57:16Z")
@tgxworld - many thanks for adding this feature. It’s brilliant for my site.
Just one little bug so far - When adding a member using `https://se23.life/admin/groups/custom/group_name`, I’m finding I get the following error a lot and the user is not added:
I’m able to add them as owners.
Also a minor rendering glitch with longer font-awesome group avatars (as seen in Safari 10.0 on macOS Sierra):
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### Author:  [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月13日 08:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/29 "2016-12-13T08:40:52Z")
> [@ChrisBeach](#):
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> Just one little bug so far - When adding a member using [https://se23.life/admin/groups/custom/group\_name](https://se23.life/admin/groups/custom/group_name), I’m finding I get the following error a lot and the user is not added:
Opps fixed in
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/2686ee5ab29b33edc1fcb32811421c703bd60ff6](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/2686ee5ab29b33edc1fcb32811421c703bd60ff6)
Thanks for reporting!
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月14日 23:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/30 "2016-12-14T23:32:48Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> We also need some sort of basic groups directory page like /users but it can be very simple for this release, to be improved later.
Noticed that the group directory page was added here on Meta, awesome 🎊! Understanding that major UI improvements aren’t happening in 1.7, at the moment it is awkwardly centered, making it hard to read. Can the column of group names be left aligned instead?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月14日 23:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/31 "2016-12-14T23:52:40Z")
Yes the guidance for @tgxworld is to make it mirror the /users page as much as possible, obviously far less columns and not necessary to be sortable, but the UI should match.
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月15日 00:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/32 "2016-12-15T00:08:20Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> not necessary to be sortable
Not on the main Groups page, but I like the sort on the individual group pages.
For some of the more populous groups I think a “filter by username” similar to the Users page might be useful.
eg. I’m wondering if Awesome Plugin is still being actively developed.
I can go to the plugin’s topic, navigate to PluginAuthor’s profile and see how active he’s been lately.
But looking for PluginAuthor in the groups page might not be so easy depemding on how many members are in the group.
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### Author:  [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月15日 01:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/33 "2016-12-15T01:42:31Z")
> [@jomaxro](#):
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> at the moment it is awkwardly centered, making it hard to read. Can the column of group names be left aligned instead?
Great to see the Groups list page. Agree on the left alignment. Also, could we have description excerpts and “Join/Leave Group” buttons on the Group list page please?
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月15日 19:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/34 "2016-12-15T19:39:54Z")
loving the new groups pages - much appreciated. ☀
one thing noticed: sorting by “last post” displays those users who never posted first. intuitively, it seems to me they should be displayed last. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月15日 20:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/35 "2016-12-15T20:42:30Z")
> [@tobiaseigen](#):
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> sorting by “last post” displays those users who never posted first
Good question. What value does NULL have and how to deal with them?
I think it’s 6 of one half dozen the other as to where they should be shown, but maybe a “N/A” would be better than empty.
EDIT
I just noticed the group - Trust Level 2
How did they get there without meeting the
“replying to at least 3 different topics”
requirement?
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### Author:  [@scombs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scombs)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月16日 17:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/36 "2016-12-16T17:48:33Z")
Thanks for the /groups page. Some comments for consideration:
- need setting on Admin page for “Show Groups page”; remove from hamburger menu if not shown (at least until other features are added)
- need setting on Groups page for “Show this group on Groups page” (automatic, closed, and other groups could be hidden by group owner)
- show group title first on Groups page (not group slug or hide if title is present)
- sort groups by title (not member quantity or make sortable (so groups are easier to find)
The first item seems the most critical since a lot of sites might not want to show the /groups page until the page could be customized further.
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### Author:  [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月16日 22:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/37 "2016-12-16T22:00:47Z")
> [@scombs](#):
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> need setting on Groups page for “Show this group on Groups page”
You can hide individual groups from the Groups page by unchecking this (from the admin/groups UI):
Admittedly, I’m not sure what else is controlled by this setting…
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月16日 22:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/38 "2016-12-16T22:16:47Z")
> [@ChrisBeach](#):
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> You can hide individual groups from the Groups page by unchecking this (from the admin/groups UI
Yes, that seems to be the setting.
For example, meta currently has 29 Groups, but I see only 13 of those shown on the Groups page.
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月17日 00:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/39 "2016-12-17T00:10:38Z")
Trying to edit the automatic groups (to e.g. add fa-shield avatar) throws a weird error.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月17日 00:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-groups-page-for-1-7/53347/40 "2016-12-17T00:14:38Z")
I don’t think the automatic groups are editable.
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