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Re: Member access to databases in subgroup
On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 07:49 AM, Beth Weld wrote:
I have a subgroup that has several databases.? In settings I have it set up so that a member can view, but not create.?Databases have subscriber-owners, and access can be restricted at the table and row level, depending on the desires of that owner. Open each database and click the Edit Table Properties button at the top. On the ensuing page, scroll down, make sure all the Permissions settings are the way you want them, then click the blue Update button at the bottom. ? Hope this helps, Bruce -- The system Help is your friend.??/static/help |
Member access to databases in subgroup
I have a subgroup that has several databases.? In settings I have it set up so that a member can view, but not create.?
When a member clicks on the Databases tab on the left, the list of databases comes up, but they can't click on the name to view the contents. Is there something else that I need to set so that they can see the contents? Thanks Beth |
Re: Power Point Slideshow
On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 10:09 PM, Maureen wrote:
Is there a way to post a slideshow such as Power Point?on Groups.io??As Shal noted, the only thing you can do with a native PowerPoint file is upload/download it from the files area. That said, basic PowerPoint-like behavior can be achieved by a series of linked wiki pages. I have a bunch of PowerPoint files that I hope to convert to that, someday. I did one of them, as best I could, and it's proven to be a tedious/frustrating process. It's entirely possible that "someday" may never come. Regards, Bruce? -- The system Help is your friend.??/static/help |
Signing in with Google or Facebook - data security and group promotion
Hello
I am going to promote the group as "private, no adverts, no data mining, no tracking or friend requests". Most existing users hate Facebook, most potential users love it. If people sign in via Facebook or Google, do these companies start tracking them? Are these companies able to see the data on Groups.io? Automatic sign in might attract new users, but what disadvantages does it have? My account seems to sign itself in quite happily with neither of these being signed in, so I do not really understand what this functionality is. I am going to try to promote the group saying that Groups.io is better at planning and coordination, and has more useful features (rather than just less garbage). Does anyone have any tips or ideas for me? Thanks John Clube |
Re: Power Point Slideshow
Maureen,
Is there a way to post a slideshow such as Power Point on Groups.io?There isn't a native slideshow viewer, one that operates within the context of Groups.io's web pages. Opening a photo in an Album and then using the left and right arrows (at the edge of the photos, not on the keyboard) to move through the album is a little bit like a manual slideshow. That might be an interesting suggestion for beta: add slideshow controls to the viewing options for an album - allowing automatic presentation of the album's content. You could store a PowerPoint file in the group's Files section. But as far as I know there aren't any browsers which will open that file format in-browser (unlike PDF and most image types), so the members would have to download the file and run PowerPoint (or a 3rd-party viewer) to view it. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
Re: Polls
Yes you can create polls.?
Here are the options: Additional Options Allow multiple choices.
Only moderators and poll creators can view results and responders, regardless of whether the poll is open or closed.
Only display results when the poll has closed. Moderators and poll creators can always view results.
Do not show who responded to the poll.
-- Frances /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki /static/help More help: use the search button at the top of the Messages list. |
Re: Owner message approval email notification
debihansen,
I have all the email owner notifications checked. The only restrictionOne possibility is that they're going to your Spam/Junk folder. You're looking for a message like this: Subject: Message Approval Needed - [email] posted to [yourgroup]where [email] is the posting member's email address and [yourgroup] is your group's message posting address. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
Re: Dedent on group description
Glenn Glazer
On 2/3/2019 12:05, Shal Farley wrote:
Glenn,Ah. Because I only looked on the page with the description itself. It didn't occur to me that it was a "setting".1) it doesn't seem possible to edit the group description after theI don't know why you think that. Unless you neglected to click the blue "Update Group" button at the bottom of the Settings page. Perfect! Thanks.... one thing that most of them have is ... and also a text editorSee the "Source Code" button on the (advanced) toolbar of the edit box. Best, Glenn |
Re: Very Important Question
#groupowner
Thank you so very much, just wanted to make sure as someone told me that.
Thanks again. |
Re: Dedent on group description
Glenn,
1) it doesn't seem possible to edit the group description after theI don't know why you think that. Unless you neglected to click the blue "Update Group" button at the bottom of the Settings page. ... one thing that most of them have is ... and also a text editorSee the "Source Code" button on the (advanced) toolbar of the edit box. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
Re: Dedent on group description
Glenn Glazer
On 2/2/2019 12:39, Shal Farley wrote:
Hi, Shal.But found that when I tried to indent the middle line by selection, itTry using Shift+Enter to break the lines. I got a chance this rainy morning to play with it a bit and discovered two things: 1) it doesn't seem possible to edit the group description after the group is created 2) in order to get what I wanted done, one needs to: * type the line to be indented * indent it * hit shift-enter * type the next line * dedent it In particular, the shift-enter doesn't automatically take one out of the indent. I happen to edit on several MediaWiki style wikis and one thing that most of them have is a visual editor (like the description box) and also a text editor where one enters the markup (in the case of groups.io, HTML) directly and that might be a general purpose solution to various sorts of editing issues.? One can start with the visual editor, get most of it right and do a small fix or two in the plain text editor. Best, Glenn |
On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 6:37 PM Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote: Lawrence, Thanks for the reply, Shal. It certainly is generous of Mark to create an app that would generate an mbox file and to import it into a group. I hope that will still work for those with Yahoo groups. If he is still willing to import archives that would be a boon for those transferring mailman groups and those with their own mbox files from their mail readers. That is a good reason to use either Claws or Thunderbird to ensure you have your own copy of all your group's messages aver the years. There may be other mail reads that use the mbox files but these two are reliable. Actually if you export and back up your Gmail archives from Google those may also be mbox files. Cheers, Lawrence -- |
Re: Very Important Question
#groupowner
There is no password for the group, only for each member's account.? If that person is till a member of the group, you can delete their account.? You could also Ban that email address if you choose to.
Duane -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at the top of Messages list A few site FAQs: /static/pricing#frequently-asked-questions |
Re: Owner message approval email notification
If you're sure you have the first notification checked, "Email when there are messages needing approval.", on your subscription, then you will need to contact support to see what's going on.
Duane -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at the top of Messages list A few site FAQs: /static/pricing#frequently-asked-questions |
Owner message approval email notification
Hi, New owner here. I have searched for an answer to not avail. I have all the email owner notifications checked. The only restriction I have is approval of the first message - but that is the only email notification I am not getting. I get new members and replies to messages, but not the one I want to get so I can readily approve it. Is there a solution?
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FYI, last September, Mark has helped me import messages (in mbox format), which were exported from a groups.io group, to a new subgroup. I guess the same could be done for messages exported from a Yahoo group.
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Lily On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 03:37 PM, Shal Farley wrote: Mark has offered occasionally (in beta) to import messages conveyed to him in mbox format, for transfers from a mailman list. IIRC no one has yet posted to GMF (or beta) whether such an import has been attempted or succeeded. |
Very Important Question
#groupowner
I am the group owner of a couple of groups on Groups IO. I have the paid subscription. When we started with you changing over from Yahoo, I had the co-owner handle that part.
She has now left and I am told that when the account is set up there is a password. I don't know anything about that and since I am paying for the subscription, I need to find out how I do get the password and have someone contact me with information so she won't be allowed access to the groups. Thank you very much |
Re: Files not transferred from Yahoo Group
#transfer
Randy,
When I transferred my groups from Yahoo all but one went well. One ofAttachments weren't copied over for any groups. With Files (and Photos) it depended on whether the agent could access them at the time of the transfer. The advice had been to wait until access to the section seems to be working, then delete the record of the transfer from the Existing Transfers list then set up a new one, this time deselecting everything except the missing section (Files or Photos). However with the transfer mechanism shut down at the moment I'm not sure what to suggest that's any better than manually uploading them folder by folder. The download side you may be able to improve upon by using PG Offline, a product of Personal Groupware: Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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