Thank you for taking the time to create an account on Faction!
In order to get started, download Faction on the App Store by searching "Faction Group" or "Faction Network"
Once you download the app you are required to create an account either with email or with Facebook!
One note however:
In order to create a Faction one is required either to have a verified phone number or a ucla.edu email, so if you are more willing to provide and verify your ucla email, then the first option would be best.
Your email should have been sent a verification option. Simply click on the link provided by the email and your email will be verified in our database.
If you have successfully verified your email you should be able to go to your profile page, which is on the bottom right corner of the main screen, refresh the page, and see that you have received 50 Reputation points and a UCLA icon next to your profile image.
If it still doesn't show up, try restarting the app.
When you have finished registering, you will be taken to the main screen where you can find groups on campus.
To create your own, simply press the top right button. If you received a notification, that means you need to verify your phone or your ucla email.
Now it is time to create your Faction! Give it a name and fill out a few of these brief forms to let people know what your group is about.
Choose up to three tags that best describe what your group is about here.
If you want to manually decide who gets to be apart of your group, change the enter permission to either request or application if you want them to answer some questions.
If you want your faction to only be shown within a certain radius from the center, change the enclosed distance to a greater meter radius or to Open which is about ~5000 meters.
The beacon is where you want to broadcast your group, choose a location that is most significant such as the main club meeting spot.
Setting Pages allows you to manage who gets to see and post what content inside your application.
Followers can be anyone, but Members and Admins are manually chosen by you.
This page will show what your group will look like on the front page.
In this text field, enter a featured key if one was handed out to you to have top visibility on the front page!
By confirming, you will have successfully made a public Faction!
When you click on your Faction, the first thing people will see is your Masthead. By clicking on edit page, you can change the title and description to see what you have going on right away.
Next is a chat feature which allows people to freely post and comment if they are allowed to.
The Calendar allows you to plan for public events and post them so everyone can see what is going on within this group!
Lastly the Events page allows users to create an event with a limited capacity and broadcast it to any follower.
Events are meant to be taken more seriously than other sites: only users who are committed on going will receive the actual address of the location. Users who do not attend events will lose reputation points and will have a lower attendance rate on their public profile page.
Create public events that are engaging and interesting to the community!
If you are an admin or leader, the top left corner will have a settings button that will let you manage individual users or change your page permissions, or delete your Faction altogether.