Admin & Owner groups?

Does anyone do this? I have seen forums that have a group with one person in it called the "Owners" group. And then there are about 3 or 4 people in an "Administrator" group.

Do you think it is a good idea? I don't really see the point in it, but there's nothing wrong with it.

I don't see a purpose until the forum gets big, or theres a LOT of maintaince having to do with the forum every day.

I do it every once and a while. I usually have 2 people in the owners, then the rest are Admins.

It has a point, I personally don't do it, I might distinguish the two groups, but for the most part, people know who the founders were, and who got their power after the forum was started.

Sometimes I think distinguishing is necessary as the Owner will sometimes retain Admin privileges but give the full Administrative duties to his team. So, in that case, like I forum I manage, it's alright. But in most situations I would advise against it.

There is no point, people can simply look at the first person who has registered and there you can see who the owner is.

It can be used for security however. IPB in particular will not allow access to some areas of the ACP without you being in the first (ROOT) admin group. Therefore a second group can be restrained using the tools in the ACP.

That's a good point, when the owner wants to leave for some reason, he may do that, but still keep the administrative permissions.

I've installed many a forum for web design clients, and have always been the first member to sign up to them for testing purposes. So, the first member is not always the owner.

The only time I've ever used an Admin group has been on boards with a full staff of mods (20+). Setting up the Mod discussion forum was just easier that way... permission wise.

Yes, that's a very valid point. Also when I buy a forum I swap the database records for user 1 and my account, thus providing the illusion that I was the creator of the forum.

Ahh.. I see where that would help out, especially when taking over a board. "Swap database records" sounds scary though. LOLOL

*Starts laughing in an evil manner*

Its easy in reality though.

I would make owners and admins the same, but in phpBB there is a founder profile.
That helps A LOT.
If you trust an admin enough with ACP, they should be part owner.
Unless you want recognition, then just put it in your title.

I do this on my forum. Because there is 1 owner, and the rest are admins. There is a difference. The other admins don't "own" the site.