I plan to add groups, many of them. I need to figure out a smooth transition of how to move members to different groups when needed.
I understand the structure fine. Primary and secondary.
1. What would be the best way to get people to join a group? Would they send a request? I will have a moderator over each group.
2. Would I maybe do a link to a contact form?
I am just trying to get an idea of how to do this in the simplest way for the end user.
Any ideas and input would be appreciated.
Sans an automatic method;
create a group opt in forum, create opt in topics for each group, admin/mods subscribe to those topics, when some replies with an "opt in" post, go to their profile and add them to the relevant group.
*Make sure the "Group opt in forum permissions are set to "can reply" only - zero topic creation rights for non authorised members/staff.