Hello again,
I am pleased to announce that the group requests for memberships are now online and good to go! We are currently placing the Artists’ League and Writers’ Coven under groups available for request but with certain limitations, and the VIP group (Adult Zone) as a fully-requestable member group. The Boys’ Club and the Girls’ Club will also be made available for public request once we have chosen the group leaders assigned to each. In line with this, the request thread for membership into the VIP, and in the future the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs, will no longer be available as we will be moving all group membership requests into this new feature.
So how exactly do you request membership to a group? A tutorial using Ichiraku’s test account:
- Step 1: Go to your profile page.
STEP 1: Start by clicking your profile page at the forum menu bar. Once you’ve clicked the “Profile” link, you will be taken to your SMF 2 profile page, as you can see in the image. Hover your mouse over the Modify Profile Tab and click the Group Membership option.
- Step 2: Select the group/s you wish to join.
STEP 2: You will then be taken to the groups you are currently enrolled in, and below that the groups that are available for request in your current account. Select which group/s you wish to join and click “Request Membership”.
- Step 3: Tell the group leader your reason that he/she should accept your request.
STEP 3: With that done, you will be taken to a short message box where you can type the reason to the group leader of your request and application. Make sure you type clearly. When you’re done click submit request.
After this the group leader in charge of the group you’ve requested will see a request from you, and will then make appropriate judgment on whether or not you deserve to be accepted into their group.
We will also be extending the functionality of this to other Ichiraku clans, official or not, in the future. Furthermore, group leaders will not necessarily be moderators, except for the Boys’ and Girls’ Club group leaders who will also act in the capacity of moderators. All group leaders however get access to an exclusive board along with other group leaders.
See you in your new groups, everyone!
