Given that there are so many features in our example site it is impossible for us to integrate them all with our group feature. Having said that, when you read through this chapter, keep in mind that just about anything that applies to a person in our community can be morphed to apply to a group of people. In this chapter, we will focus on creating the core framework for a group.

The framework we are building will allow us to create a group that will have both public and private presence in our site. A group will also be able to have a dedicated group page.

Here is the interface that will be built for group creation:

As we will have the concept of private groups, we will need to provide a way for people to join a group and be approved by the owner of the group. We will have a Request Membership link as shown in the following screenshot:.

In addition to a membership to a group, we will provide a way to have some of those members be considered owners or administrators of a group.

Once the...