Creating new spaces from the Admin Console

Creating several spaces quickly is easy from the Admin Console, although you can create spaces from the user interface as well. After the space is created, you can apply place templates from the user interface.

Fastpath:
  • Admin Console > Permissions > Spaces
  • Advanced Admin Console > Spaces > Management > Summary

Note that if you creating a new space in the Admin Console, the content type settings are copied from the parent space. You can you can redefine them later. For more information, see Setting up allowed content types for spaces.

You can apply place templates to the Activity page for each space later, or create Overview pages for them if you choose. For more information, see Place Templates for designing activity and custom pages for places.

To create a space from the Admin Console

  1. Go to Admin Console > Permissions > Spaces.
  2. To create a new space, next to the name of the space that will contain it click the gear icon > Add a subspace.

    This opens the Space Creation: <parent space> page where you can specify the space details. The parent space is listed for reference.

  3. In Space Name, enter the space name to appear in the user interface.
  4. In Description of space, enter a description to appear in the user interface, such as a brief description of what the space is for.
  5. In Space Display Name, specify the text to be used in space URLs if you want to change the default one.
  6. If you want the to have the same access scheme as the parent space, then select Inherited under Permissions and then click Create.

    This creates a new space with the permissions inherited from the parent space.

  7. If you want to customize the access scheme, than select Custom under Permissions.
  8. Choose one of the following options as the staring point for further permissions configuration:
    • Use inherited permissions as a starting point: The new space will have the same permissions as the parent space.
    • Use default space permissions as a starting point: The new space will have the same permissions as the default (root) space. Note that the space is only assigned the same permissions as the root space but won't inherit them.
    • No permissions, start with a blank slate: The permissions won't be set for any user group or account.

      The permissions are not selected for the default user groups Everyone and All registered users as well.

  9. Click Create - Then Define Permissions.

    The space is created with the specified settings and the space page where you can define the space permissions is opened for editing. For more information about setting up space permissions, see Managing space permissions. For details on settings up for user groups and individuate user accounts, see Setting up user group permissions for spaces and Creating user overrides for spaces.

To create a space from the Admin Console

  1. Go to Advanced Admin Console > Spaces > Management > Summary.

    This opens the Space Summary page.

  2. Select the Browse tab.
  3. Click the name of the space that will contain it, then click NewCreate a subspace next to it.

    This opens the Create New Space page where you can specify the space details. The parent space is listed for reference.

  4. In Space Name, enter the space name to appear in the user interface.
  5. In Description of space, enter a description to appear in the user interface, such as a brief description of what the space is for.
  6. In Space Display Name, specify the text to be used in space URLs if you want to change the default one.
  7. Under Content, select the content types you want to be available in the space.
  8. If you want the to have the same access scheme as the parent space, then select Inherited under Permissions and then click Create.

    This creates a new space with the permissions inherited from the parent space.

  9. If you want to customize the access scheme, than select Custom under Permissions.
  10. Choose one of the following options as the staring point for further permissions configuration:
    • Use inherited permissions as a starting point: The new space will have the same permissions as the parent space.
    • Use default space permissions as a starting point: The new space will have the same permissions as the default (root) space. Note that the space is only assigned the same permissions as the root space but won't inherit them.
    • No permissions, start with a blank slate: The permissions won't be set for any user group or account.

      The permissions are not selected for the default user groups Everyone and All registered users as well.

  11. Click Create - Then Define Permissions.

    The space is created with the specified settings and the space page where you can define the space permissions is opened for editing. For more information about setting up space permissions, see Managing space permissions. For details on settings up for user groups and individuate user accounts, see Setting up user group permissions for spaces and Creating user overrides for spaces.