[Solved]Users within groups are not shown

[michaelc]

When I assign a user to a group and then assgin the group to the project I don't see the user as a member of the project.

is there a way to change this or is this by design for a reson I don't see yet.

[brian_robinson]

How are you assigning users to groups?  In the administration console of the Explorer interface or the Share interface?  When you say "Project", do you mean "Web Project" or a site in Share?  Or something else?

[mrogers]

<memory failure>Yes there's a reason, however I can't now remember what it was :?  </memory failure> It's probably got something to do with performance and the consequences of having to deal with potentially huge numbers of users if large groups are exploded.

In Share the membership via a group is not exactly the same as being an individually listed member.   For example groups are not invited into a site and groups can't leave sites.   And the individual members of a group are not listed in the colleagues dashlet.

I suggest you raise an enhancement request in JIRA so the issue can be voted for and re-considered properly if it gets sufficient votes.

[michaelc]

<memory failure>Yes there's a reason, however I can't now remember what it was :?  </memory failure> It's probably got something to do with performance and the consequences of having to deal with potentially huge numbers of users if large groups are exploded.

In Share the membership via a group is not exactly the same as being an individually listed member.   For example groups are not invited into a site and groups can't leave sites.   And the individual members of a group are not listed in the colleagues dashlet.

I suggest you raise an enhancement request in JIRA so the issue can be voted for and re-considered properly if it gets sufficient votes.

Thanks that is an answer.
So this brings me to my next question - Can I create custom portlets in share and what is required to do so ?
a URL link is all I ask.

Would this be it  ?
    http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Web_Scripts
    having a little trouble understanding how to extend Share.