Organize Groups with Subtabs Using Search Links

This question was asked today, and I think it warrants a nice simple tip. Since there is no built-in way to organize Groups, there are a few things you can do to add organized links.

CREATE GROUP SUB-TABS BASED ON BUILT-IN SORTS:
First, you can add tabs with the following links. These are the links that you will find in the drop down menu from your main Group page, like here: http://jensocial.com/groups

These links will take your site members/visitors to the groups with most activity, latest activity, most members, and most recent.

• Go to My Network/Settings/Tabs
• Create new sub-tabs
• Name your sub-tabs to suit you.
• Use the following URLs for your sub-tab links.

1. Latest Activity
/groups?sort=latestActivity
2. Most Active
/groups?sort=mostActive
3. Most Members (most popular)
/groups?sort=mostPopular
4. Most Recently Created
/groups?sort=mostRecent

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CREATE GROUP SUB-TABS BASED ON SEARCH WORDS:

You could also create sub-tabs based on Group Searches. See image below.

For example, on JenSocial, I went to my main Groups page /groups:
and searched on Ning. This was the resulting URL (without the quotes):
"http://jensocial.com/groups/group/search?q=ning"

For each sub-tab (Group Link) you want to create, just change the word "ning" to your search word.

• Go to your main Groups page, and enter a search word.
• Use the results URL, for your sub-tab search string link.
• After you select and test your searches:
• • Create your sub-tabs.
  • Name the sub-tabs appropriately. In my example I would probably name the sub-tab "Ning Groups".
  • Use the search URLs for your sub-tab links. For the example: "http://jensocial.com/groups/group/search?q=ning"

Enjoy,
Jen

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Here's a nice Video Tutorial created by Nicholas Morin of www.thewaypointe.com: