Get Started
Having become a new Appiyo member, getting started is easy. Let us show you four steps to create ‘Group’.
Form Groups, start discussion on topics. Express your likes and dislikes. Invite more people, send message.
Get notified. Generate ideas. Upload, link, share and attach – files, documents, presentations, images and videos.
Enhance Collaboration
Groups
Is a collection of Appiyo members. Group participation is allowed only for Appiyo members and zone members
Zones
Is a secure boundary for every Appiyo member
Appiyo scope
Group participation for all Appiyo members
Only zone administrator can form Appiyo scope groups
Any Zone member can form groups
Suggested use: by an
individual who wants to
collaborate with others
outside own zone
Suggested use: by a closed
group of individuals such as
a firm or company wanting to
operate within one zone
Zone scope
Group participation for only Zone members
- Public group –
no permission required
- Private group – permission of group owner required
- No zone membership required
- Group invitation will be sent
- On acceptance becomes a group member
- Group can be public, private or restricted
- No zone membership required
- Appiyo membership activation link will be sent to the invitee’s email id given by group owner
- On acceptance, invitee becomes Appiyo member and group member
- Group can be public, private or restricted
- No zone membership required
- Public group – no permission required
- Private group – permission of group owner required
- Group owner sends group invitation
- On acceptance, invitee becomes group member
- Group can be public, private or restricted
- Zone adminstrator first makes the invitee a zone member (in Admin /Users /Create a User)
- Group owner sends group invitation
- On acceptance becomes a group member
- Group can be public, private or restricted
- Membership activation link will be sent to the invitee’s email id given by group owner
- On acceptance, invitee becomes an Appiyo member
- Zone adminstrator then makes the invitee a zone member (in Admin /Users /Create a User)
- Then group owner can invite to group
Create your profile
It lets others know something about your persona. For this, you will need to go to 'Edit Profile'.
Go to My Profile under ‘John Doe’.
Click ‘Edit Profile’ and a page will open up for you.Fill up the information.
We would like to assure you right here, that your profile information is secure and private and they will not be used for any marketing purpose.
For photos,please upload a nice photo of yourself from ‘www.gravatar.com’.★ All you have to do is to provide the gravatar link in this ‘profile photo’ field. This will put a ‘Face to your Name’!
★Create an account in www.gravatar.com. Upload one of your presentable photographs here. This will be used as your profile photo in Appiyo.
Create Social Group
For this you navigate to ‘Groups’ in the ‘Menu’ items.
Choose 'Create a Group' button available at the top of the page. A new window will open.
Group Name can be "Yourname firstGroup". For example, 'John Doe Entertainment Club'
Description can be something like "This entertainment group is created by John Doe"
Scope can be “zone” (groups can be viewed only by Zone users) or “appiyo” (groups can be viewed by all Appiyo members).
Type can be 'public' (Appiyo members can join themselves) or 'private'(requires owner's permission) or 'restricted'(only owners can invite)
Group Type can be “Social Group”
Category may be "Sports, Leisure & Travel"
Send Invite
Invite people you know, to your newly created group. But, for this they have to be Appiyo members. So, encourage them to become Appiyo members. Invite them.
Click on icon next to your name in the right corner of the top menu bar and you will know what to do
Click on 'Invite' button to request your friends to subscribe
"John Doe Entertainment Club" Group
Start Discussion
After your Appiyo member friends have joined your newly created group, you can start a discussion on a
topic of your choice to ‘roll the ball’. From here, you are ready to sail! Enjoy your Appiyo experience.