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#bouncedemails #bouncedemails

 

If I correct the email address of a bouncing member, will the new email address go through and no longer have the member listed as bouncing?? If the correction works, how long does it take for the bouncing status to be changed?
Re: How to collect donations from members to support cost of forum

 

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 11:03 AM, J Forster wrote:
can donors specify which group the donation is to support or does it all go into one pot?
Donors will be donating to the group where they use the Donations page/link.? I suspect all of the donations would go into 'one pot' unless you create a Stripe account for each group.? Hopefully, the Stripe account would specify which group it came from.

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Re: Question about donations: does donor need a Stripe account?

 

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 12:48 PM, Frances wrote:
Also how does the group owner get the money from Stripe?
I found the answers in the FAQ on Stripe.

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Non-member request to join sub-group subscribes only to parent group

 

I've sent a link out to https://[list-name].groups.io/g/[sub-group-name]? for people who are not yet groups.io members to join a sub-group. They are not yet members of the main group. The process throughout (e.g., web page, email confirmation) all refer to the sub-group name, but for a message saying they must first join the main group (though with no information about how to do so.) When they complete the process by confirming their email and adding a password, they are actually subscribed to the main group, and not the sub-group. But, with no notice to them that they've not actually been added to the sub-group, just the main group. So, they think they are done.

It would be a better user experience in this scenario (request to join sub-group by person who is not yet in main group) if they were added to both in a single operation.
Re: Question about donations: does donor need a Stripe account?

 

Does anyone know if it works with non-USA credit cards as well? I assume so, but it would be nice to have confirmation.

Also how does the group owner get the money from Stripe?

I have created a new page of the wiki that I hope those who have set up a donation page on Groups.io or have received them can review for accuracy and completeness.

/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Donations

Frances
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Re: How to collect donations from members to support cost of forum

 

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 12:03 PM, J Forster wrote:
But, can donors specify which group the donation is to support or does it all go into one pot?
You donate on the group's page. It is for the group. Groups.io does take a small cut. A percent or two. (Stripe takes a percent or two from Groups.io as well.)

Frances
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Re: Photo Download Bug

 

Bruce,

I have the same issue in IE. When I wrote above, I didn't realize that "save target as" is saving the HTML page, not the photo.?

This bug only happens after I have used the search option to find the photo I want to download.

It happens in Chrome and IE
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Re: Photo Download Bug

 

Bruce,

Thanks for your response. The browser is Chrome.
  • Bruce wrote: "Is nothing really happening, or is your browser just rendering the photo again in full-screen?"
  • Most of the time, the browser appears to render the photo again.
  • When I right click it, I get no option to save, or save as...funny thing is that on other sites in similar situations, I do get an option to SAVE in similar situations.
  • I tried IE and I get the option to "save target as"
  • I'll check for Chrome setting issues, but it is strange that I download a lot of things in Chrome and never have this issue on any other website.


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Re: Growing a group #promotion

 

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 04:57 PM, Frances wrote:
I put # before each word
Does that actually achieve anything? I suspect that the # is ignored; I tried a known good search but with # as the opening character for each term and the search was successful. which to me suggests that the search simply ignores the hashtag because none of the keywords used one.

Chris
Re: How to collect donations from members to support cost of forum

 

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Thank you.

Suppose one has several Premium groups, obviously already paid for.
Then apparently you can solicit contributions.

But, can donors specify which group the donation is to support or does it all go into one pot?

-John

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On 11/10/2019 11:28 AM, Bruce Bowman wrote:

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 11:17 AM, J Forster wrote:
Can donations done this way be targeted to support particular Groups?
Could a number of donors send a few dollars each to support some particular group?
John -- Yes. In fact, that's pretty much all you can do with it.

This is a Premium-only feature. And no, you cannot redirect donations to groups.io in order to pay for Premium. You have to upgrade first.

More info at?. Please note that groups.io's percentage is now 5%, not 20%.

Hope this helps,
Bruce

Re: Growing a group #promotion

 

I like that I can add keywords (I put # before each word) to my description.

I used white font (use the "hamburger" menu to open the advanced toolbar). The keywords show as black normal text on the search page for publicly accessible groups. But they don't show on my group homepage to mess up the look. Very cool!

Frances
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Re: Growing a group #promotion

 

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 03:49 PM, Patti In AZ wrote:
Also a search seems to bring up a list of groups by name (can¡¯t choose other options) in reverse alphabetical order.?
You're right it does... sort of!

Having checked using a predictably productive search term it produced a reverse alphabetical list, but with lower case "z" as the top of the list; lower case "a" much further down, immediately followed by upper case "Z" with upper case A right at the "far end". Sort of weird, but harmless. It would take a lot to convince me that the order in which results are returned matters all that much.

I have also found that use of the wildcard designator * works, but in practice its use might prove less than helpful as it can force the inclusion of results that are completely irrelevant. I would certainly advocate against its use to find plural nouns; a search on "house" will not find houses (plural) and while a search on house* will find both singular and plural it will also return housewife, household, housefly, housemaid and so on if anyone has included those as keywords.

Chris
Re: How to collect donations from members to support cost of forum

 

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 11:17 AM, J Forster wrote:
Can donations done this way be targeted to support particular Groups?
Could a number of donors send a few dollars each to support some particular group?
John -- Yes. In fact, that's pretty much all you can do with it.

This is a Premium-only feature. And no, you cannot redirect donations to groups.io in order to pay for Premium. You have to upgrade first.

More info at?. Please note that groups.io's percentage is now 5%, not 20%.

Hope this helps,
Bruce
Re: member already on the group.. but is not #addmembers

 

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 10:55 AM, Eva Marie Mitchell wrote:
I have a member who was on the group twice after our transfer, one had her correct current email and the other did not.? I inadvertently removed the wrong one.? When I try to just correct the email address on the other one I'm getting an error message that the email is already subscribed.?
Eva -- Is that really what the error message said? I suspect it actually said that the email address was already in use.?

Each email address is its own account. Although two accounts can be merged, as a group owner you cannot do it for them. Doing so could affect those account's subscriptions in other groups.

I'm at a loss as to how to correct this now.?
If you have a Premium group, Direct Add the desired email address, then delete the one you were supposed to delete. Otherwise you will have to send an invitation (and perhaps eat some humble pie).

Bruce
Re: How to collect donations from members to support cost of forum

 

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This is interesting.

Can donations done this way be targeted to support particular Groups?
Could a number of donors send a few dollars each to support some particular group?

Thanks,

-John

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On 11/10/2019 10:49 AM, Frances wrote:

Hi

I can't test this, because I don't have a premium account but look in Admin, Activity, Payment Activity.
Groups.io uses Stripe to collect donations. (A moderator says that is also the system that Groups.io uses to collect Premium upgrade costs so you will have seen the interface users will see.)
There are several recent messages if you search in this group for stripe.

Frances
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member already on the group.. but is not #addmembers

 

I have a member who was on the group twice after our transfer, one had her correct current email and the other did not.? I inadvertently removed the wrong one.? When I try to just correct the email address on the other one I'm getting an error message that the email is already subscribed.? I'm at a loss as to how to correct this now.?
Thank you for your help and insight.?
Regards,
Eva Marie Mitchell
Re: My Welcome letter available to use as a template

 

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 10:53 AM, <423sail@...> wrote:
I¡¯d like a copy of your welcome letter. How can it be structured to be automatically sent to each new member?

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It is a member notice. If it is activated, it will be sent automatically when people are transferred or join your group. If you don't customize your welcome letter, a default message will be sent.

/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Member-Notices?

Frances
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Re: My Welcome letter available to use as a template

 

I¡¯d like a copy of your welcome letter. How can it be structured to be automatically sent to each new member?
Re: My Welcome letter available to use as a template

 

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 10:50 AM, Ann Wild wrote:
How and when do you send it? ?Is it a member notice? ?If so, when do you send it?
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Yes, it is a member notice. If it is activated, it will be sent automatically when people are transferred or join your group. If you don't customize your welcome letter, a default message will be sent.
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Member-Notices
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Re: My Welcome letter available to use as a template

 

How and when do you send it? ?Is it a member notice? ?If so, when do you send it?
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