7/14/2020 Release

Groups Feature

Groups are intended to represent a civic tech group's presence on the platform. For this first iteration, they mainly serve as a repository of projects owned by a single organization.

Create Groups

• Link to Create Group on top bar
• User enters in group information in the Create Group workflow
• Group must be approved by admin before showing up on Find Groups page

Browse Groups

• Link to Find Groups on top bar
• Can search for groups by issue area, location, and keyword

Group Profile

• Displays group information, as well as listing all projects that are part of the group
• Lists issue areas based on the issue areas of the constituent projects

Inviting Group to Project

• Group owner can invite the project via the 'Invite Project to Group' button on Project profile
• Project owners will receive email with invitation, and can approve via email
• On the project profile, project owners will see entries for pending group approvals, and can approve or reject the invitation there

Bug Fixes

• Append https:// to project urls if not provided
• Support case-insensitive link source detection for link sections on Project/Groups