I have been working with XMOD and Listx on building a User/groups relational database. I keep coming back to your modules b/c of the ease of use and flexability.

I need the following addons to meet our current requirements:

Add group and user status
Approve Groups
User validation
Group Requirements

Is it possible to obtain the source code so that I can modify the modules? I would be happy to send the modifications back to to to recompile and make available to your users.

-Christian

Let me know the Price and I would be definitly interested.

In one of my portals,  The groups require certain requirements (in this case) to be registered and fingerprinted with the school. If this requirement is met, members are allowed to join the group and receive notifications when opportunities at a school are  available (i.e substitue, reading to a class, etc).

Another example would be that a group would require certain experiences or certifications to join.

In the same portal, The end users need be validated (certificatations, background check etc.) 

With the Community portals I am building, there is also a need to approve users and groups. Because, The websites are based on filling the needs of individuals and familes in the community, we must take every precaution to protect our members. i.e Let's say that a single mother in the community is struggling with buying diapers for her son, without some sort of validation or check, it would be easy for a child molester or convicted felon to pretend to want to help.   Make sense? I understand that it is impossible to make the websites 100% safe; however, I feel obligated to do everything in my power to make it as safe as possible.

In the past several weeks on the news, there have been several attacks against members of MYSPACE because it is so wide open. I disagreee with the executives of myspace who say that they do not monitor or limit what is posted on the members website. I belileve that they do have a moral obligation to help protect their members.

Now, not all groups need or have requirements. (i.e a men's group that meets online once a week), etc. But having the ability to place requirements would be nice.

I hope this is making sense to you.....

On your PokerDIY website, it is OK not to have approval on some of the groups but what about groups that meet at someone's home? or maybe someone would like to create a championship group that only allows users who have won tournaments to join; thus creating a requirement for the group... Just a thought...

Hi Christian,

Ok, so Approve Users is coming in the next couple of days (90% finished, but need to dogfood and test).  Basically the Group Owner decides if their group requires approval or not. If it does then when a person clicks on "Join Group" the Group Owner gets a request which they can then approve or decline. This is a sponsored enhancement so it is taking priority and I am trying to get it released ASAP.

The other major change is that Group Owners now cannot just add users to groups - the user will always be added with a status of "Invited" and they have to approve or decline the request (like on YouTube/FB) - this is regardless of the approval setting for the group (it was a violation of privacy before). There is also going to be a new feature where you can select from "My Friends" only when inviting users to groups (this will be spread to Events too) - so you can chose from All Users, My Friends, or both (a module level setting will control this).

With all these actions emails are now sent (to user and owner) notifiying/requesting them of group changes, as you would expect.

Ok, so with your requirements - tso basically what is missing is Group Approval. Currently anyone (although this is driven by Role so you can limit access by trusted role) can post a public group which will be visible on the system. I agree it would be nice to have an approval phase, although this is definitely a site-level requirement - for example, on PokerDIY, I would not use this as I believe to allow for growth I give the user as much control as possible and I can always remove the group if it offends (as opposed to defensive adminning) - if I had more admins and could watch the site 24*7 then I might use it, but chances are a person would make a group, and then get bored while it took a day to be approved (timezones etc.) and not come back. But of course there are many sites where there would be a need for this - I am keeping an eye on the Feature Request votes to see if anyone else needs it.

In your PokerDIY example, with Groups that meet at someone's home, it is up to the Group Owner to make their group private (so educating your users is a must!) - it would not be wise to make a public group AND publish your real address. The idea is that you would make it private (invite only) and you would chose who could attend. Or, with the upcoming release, you make it public but requiring approval, and do not publish your full address. Then you can veto new member requests and invite people you know.

If you would like to discuss a sponsored enhancement, please email me on rod at smart-thinker.com so Ican provide you with more details.