The Membership attribute of a group specifies how you may join the group.

Open: You may join the group at any time.
Invite only: You must be invited to join the group.
V.I.P. only: Available to VIP members only. Only IMVU VIP members may join. Click here to learn about the VIP program.

The Access attribute of a group specifies how the group can be viewed, browsed, or searched.

Public: Anyone can view the group. The group shows up in browse and search.
Private: Only members of the group can view the group. The group shows up in browse and search.
Secret: Only members of the group can view the group. The group does not show up in browse or search.

The "Active Members" panel displays up to six members who posted most recently to the group.

Click on the link "View All Members" to view all members of the group.

This icon indicates that this is an Access-Pass holders only group.

This icon indicates that this is a V.I.P. only group.Click here to learn about the VIP program.

The Equivalent Exchange is a place where members can write short messages for everyone to see. It is a quick and fun way for people to catch up with each other in a group. Unlike the Discussion Board which follows a more traditional forum style exchange, the Equivalent Exchange emphasizes what is happening right now and right here in your group. For this reason, messages are limited to 100 characters, and only the most recent messages are displayed.

A "new" icon () appearing in front of a message indicates that the message was posted within the last 5 minutes.

To see the date and time when a message was posted, move your mouse cursor over the message, and a tooltip will appear that shows you the post date and time of the message.

Please note that if your message is deemed unsuitable for the group, it may be deleted from the Equivalent Exchange.

To post a message, click on the "Post Message" link. Please note that only a subset of the message syntax is supported for messages. Please click on the "Syntax Help" button to find out more.

The Soapbox is a (small) platform for the group owner to deliver a message to all the group members. It is a quick one-way communication between the group owner and the group.

The following syntax can be used when posting messages:

Link: [url=http://www.imvu.com]Go to IMVU![/url]
Image: [img]http://www.somedomain.com/some_folder/some_pic.gif[/img]
Email address: [email]foo@bar.com[/email]
Text color: [color=blue]This is blue[/color] [color=#ff00ff]This is magenta[/color]
Text size: [size=20px]This is really big[/size] [size=8px]This is really small[/size]
Bold: [b]This is in bold[/b]
Underline: [u]This is underlined[/u]
Strikeout and italic: [s]strikeout[/s] [i]italic[/i]
Center: [center]This is centered[/center]
Horizontal divider: [hr]
Monospace font: [code]This is in monospace font[/code]
Superscript: E=mc[sup]2[/sup]
Subscript: H[sub]2[/sub]O

The following smileys can be used when posting messages.

	"(:P)" - spinning smiley sticking its tongue out
	"(td)" - thumbs down
	"(tu)" - thumbs up
	":)-D" - smileys with beer
	"(:D" - smiling bouncing smiley
	"8-)" - eye rolling smiley
	":)o" - drinking smiley
	"::o" - eye popping smiley
	"B)-" - smoking smiley
	":(" - sad smiley
	":)" - smiling smiley
	":?" - moody smiley
	":D" - grinning smiley
	":P" - tongue sticking out smiley
	":S" - confused smiley
	":X" - angry smiley
	":o" - yawning smiley
	";)" - winking smiley
	"B)" - cool smiley
	"X(" - hot smiley

The following smileys can be used when posting messages.

	"(:P)" - spinning smiley sticking its tongue out
	"(td)" - thumbs down
	"(tu)" - thumbs up
	":)-D" - smileys with beer
	"(:D" - smiling bouncing smiley
	"8-)" - eye rolling smiley
	":)o" - drinking smiley
	"::o" - eye popping smiley
	"B)-" - smoking smiley
	":(" - sad smiley
	":)" - smiling smiley
	":?" - moody smiley
	":D" - grinning smiley
	":P" - tongue sticking out smiley
	":S" - confused smiley
	":X" - angry smiley
	":o" - yawning smiley
	";)" - winking smiley
	"B)" - cool smiley
	"X(" - hot smiley

The following syntax can be used when posting Holla messages:

Link: [url=http://www.imvu.com]Go to IMVU![/url]
Email address: [email]foo@bar.com[/email]
Text color: [color=blue]This is blue[/color] [color=#ff00ff]This is magenta[/color]
Text size: [size=20px]This is really big[/size] [size=8px]This is really small[/size]
Bold: [b]This is in bold[/b]
Underline: [u]This is underlined[/u]
Strikeout and italic: [s]strikeout[/s] [i]italic[/i]
Superscript: E=mc[sup]2[/sup]
Subscript: H[sub]2[/sub]O