How to Create Member Categories, and Profile Question to Add Members to Category - Ning 3.0

Follow these steps:

From your top left toolbar, click on the 3rd icon from left (Member Management).
Click on the bottom link: Member Categories.
Click on Add (bottom right).
Enter a Category Name.
Check the box next to: Create a submenu item on Member Page
Save.
After you create your Categories, go to your Member List page. You'll see the links to your new Categories.

Here's where it gets a little trickier. You need to add a Profile Question using Multiple Choice, and add your Categories to the new question as the choices.

Member Management/Profile Questions
Add new question. Choose Multiple Choice.
Add one category, then a comma.You have to know the category names.
However, once you add them, you can select which Categories to assign this member to - - see screen shot below:
After you enter a few Categories, you see a check box: "Assign Members to a Category based on their answer."
Make sure that box is checked.
Save your Profile Questions.
Now when someone joins, they select their Category, and are automatically added to the Member Category of their choice.
I would also suggest checking the boxes:
- Required
- Add to Advanced Search
- Don't check "Can pick more than one".

How to Create Member Categories, and Profile Question to Add Members to Category - Ning 3.0 - - plus screencast

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