Create a community

Start on My communities (app.statewide.gg/portal). You need a linked Discord account.

Create itCopy Anchor Link

1. Press Create Community.
2. Enter a Name, a Slug for your addresses (such as statewide-rp) and a Timezone.
3. Press Copy Join Key. It is shown once; you can make a new one from Members.
4. Press Continue To Setup.

Guided setupCopy Anchor Link

Each step has Skip and Next. Admin shows Resume Setup until you finish.

1. Basics: state, county, city, logo and banner.
2. Agencies: switch off starter agencies you don't run, rename the rest, add your own.
3. Codes: keep the starter 10-codes and penal code, or Replace With My Own to import yours.
4. Discord: press Add Bot, then Check Again, and add role mappings.
5. Joining: choose a join mode.
6. Done: a checklist of what is set up, each with a link to finish it. Press Finish Setup.

What a new community starts withCopy Anchor Link

Everything is yours to rename or delete:

• Eight starter departments with ranks, subdivisions, certifications and logos.
• Roles: Member, Civilian, Officer, Firefighter, EMT, Dispatcher, DMV Clerk, Supervisor, Staff, Recruitment and Training. New people get Member only.
• An open community application and closed department hiring forms.
• Twelve MDT status codes, sixteen call dispositions, 10-codes, a penal code, lookup lists and license types.
• Four knowledge base spaces with an example page each.

Invite membersCopy Anchor Link

Set the join mode in Admin, General, Joining:

• Open: anyone with the key or an invite joins at once.
• Approval: requests wait under Members, Pending.
• Application: people apply first. See Applications.

Share the join key, or press Create Invite Link on Members. Regenerate Join Key retires the old key.

Require a linked Discord account is on by default, so members must link Discord before joining.

Joining grantsCopy Anchor Link

On Admin, Joining, pick Main only (joining gives the Member role; civilians need a seat in the Civilian department) or Main and Civilian (every new member also gets a Civilian reserve seat).