Members and groups

The group matrix, profile fields, bans and the tools for dealing with a problem account.

Everything about permission in Bondry runs through member groups. There is no single "is administrator" switch that unlocks the product.

Groups#

Members > Member groups holds them. A group carries a name, a colour, an icon and a full permission matrix. Every module you install adds its own permissions to that same matrix, which is why a group you configured a year ago keeps working when you add a module today.

A member has one primary group and any number of secondary groups. Permissions are the union of all of them.

Members#

Members > All members lists everyone, with search, group and status filters and bulk actions. From a member you can change their groups, edit their profile fields, see their content, reset their two-factor authentication and ban them.

Profile fields#

Members > Profile fields adds your own fields to a profile, grouped, with a type, a default and per-group visibility. They appear on the profile, in the member directory and, if you want, in the registration form.

Reactions#

Members > Reactions edits the set of reactions available on posts: the image, the name and whether the reaction counts towards reputation.

Ban filters#

Members > Ban filters blocks registration and sign in by e-mail pattern, by IP address or by display name. It is the cheapest defence against a spam wave, because it stops the account before it exists.

IP address tools#

Members > IP address tools looks up which accounts used an IP and which IPs an account used. It is what you reach for when one troll comes back with a new name.

Message reports#

Members > Message reports is the queue for reported private messages, separate from the forum reports so a private matter does not sit in the same list as a public one. The panel shows the count of open reports next to the menu entry.

Account deletions#

Members > Account deletions handles requests to delete an account, with the choice between removing the content and keeping it under an anonymised name.

Administrators#

An administrator is a member of a group that has admin permission, and the permissions inside the panel are themselves scoped: you can hand someone the Community section without handing them System settings.