Re: invite.ics file format errors #calendar

#2422

Toby,

I created an event and am unable to import it into Google Calendar.
I used a validator <> and it reports the
following errors:The validator found no errors on GMF's (admittedly sparse) calendar, nor on that of my test group:

So that's broke...Or you and I aren't doing the same thing.

I took the URL provided by the Subscribe to Calendar button on each group's calendar and pasted that into the URL field in the validator. Then clicked the Validate button.

If you and I are talking about and doing the same thing with the calendar subscription URLs of our respective calendars then perhaps you've found a bug or glitch that should be reported to support.

Shal

invite.ics file format errors #calendar

#2421

I created an event and am unable to import it into Google Calendar.? I used a and it reports the following errors:

Warnings

Line length should not be longer than 75 characters near line # 16

Reference: RFC 5545 3.1. Content Lines

Line length should not be longer than 75 characters near line # 17

Reference: RFC 5545 3.1. Content Lines

?

Errors

Lines not delimited by CRLF sequence near line # 1

Reference: RFC 5545 3.1. Content Lines

Missing required TZID property near line # 6

Reference: RFC 5545 3.6.5. Time Zone Component

At least one STANDARD or DAYLIGHT property must be defined here near line # 6

Reference: RFC 5545 3.6.5. Time Zone Component

So that's broke...
Thanks
Toby

Re: groups.io funky tonight?

J_Catlady

#2420

It's the Friday the 13th bug a day late....:)

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On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Donald Hellen <donhellen@...> wrote:

We are having problems with the files section. I created a folder
called test to see what might be the problem. I can't get past the
first page in the files section so I can't test the test folder.

I did create one called AAA-test and also added a file to it. I can
access the file.

Our other owner tried creating a new folder and uploaded a file but
she gets an error when trying to see inside that folder.

Why it won't let you go past page one in the files section I have no
idea. I'm hoping it resolves itself but sent a note to support and
Mark.

Donald

On Sat, 14 Oct 2017 21:05:33 -0700, "Shal Farley" <shals2nd@...>
wrote:

>
>Funky is too mild a word for it.

The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who
speak it.? --George Orwell

Re: groups.io funky tonight?

#2419

We are having problems with the files section. I created a folder
called test to see what might be the problem. I can't get past the
first page in the files section so I can't test the test folder. 

I did create one called AAA-test and also added a file to it. I can
access the file. 

Our other owner tried creating a new folder and uploaded a file but
she gets an error when trying to see inside that folder. 

Why it won't let you go past page one in the files section I have no
idea. I'm hoping it resolves itself but sent a note to support and
Mark. 

Donald


On Sat, 14 Oct 2017 21:05:33 -0700, "Shal Farley" <shals2nd@...>
wrote:


Funky is too mild a word for it.The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who 
speak it.  --George Orwell

Re: groups.io funky tonight?

#2418

J,

Funky is too mild a word for it.

For the past couple of hours, when I click on "Followed Topics"
nothing happens, even though I have one followed topic. It just sits
in All Topics. Other links have also failed to work tonight.Links to open messages in Pending are also not working, plus the links to open Albums in Photos all seem to open the same Album.


I've cc'd my reply in that beta@ thread to support. Hopefully there's not too much damage being done to the underlying data structures and content data.

Shal, if you're reading, you sent me some refresh instructions offlist
last time, but they seem to be for a PC rather than a Mac.They're pretty generic, except the hot keys used to invoke the browser refresh items. The same functions ought to be available through menus as well. But I don't think browsers are part of the problem tonight.

Shal

Re: groups.io funky tonight?

J_Catlady

#2417

On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 08:57 pm, J_Catlady wrote:

Other links have also failed to work tonight. T

For example, I can't get into "Message Activity" or "Member Activity" etc. - it just sits in "All Activity." There are some other weirdnesses but I haven't cataloged them all.
?
--
J

groups.io funky tonight?

J_Catlady

#2416

For the past couple of hours, when I click on "Followed Topics" nothing happens, even though I have one followed topic. It just sits in All Topics. Other links have also failed to work tonight. This is happening in both safari and firefox, so it doesn't seem to be my browser (like it was a few days ago when I couldn't get into my groups at all).?Last week, when this happened, I refreshed safari and was able to get in (I was not having the problem in firefox). I am loathe to do that again. Shal, if you're reading, you sent me some refresh instructions offlist last time, but they seem to be for a PC rather than a Mac. Do you have any suggestions for a Mac? Is anyone else having problems with the system tonight??

Thanks.
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J

Groups.io site updates #changelog

#2415

Hi all,

Last two week's change log:

Feel free to reply to this topic if you'd like to comment on the
changes. Or better yet, if you expect a lot of discussion start a new
topic (or rejoin an existing one) about a specific change.

    * We now remove footers from replies before they are marked as pending messages.

I hadn't noticed they were still there in pending, but just as well to have them pre-trimmed.

    * Tracking login link email deliveries/deferrals/bounces.

I haven't thought of a circumstance where this will make a difference in diagnosing a member's problem contacting the group, but even so I'm generally in favor of all mail traffic to a member being tracked for delivery versus bounces.

Comments about these others are also welcome:

    INTERNAL: Wrote a tool to manage the various shards and replicas in the search cluster.
    CHANGE: Visited links in the wiki are now displayed as a different color.
    UPDATE: Public Facebook Page integrations are now working again.
    INTERNAL: Continued work on the new streaming pipeline from the database into the search cluster. Mostly completed; some parts are running in production now. Hopefully (finally!) complete and working next week.
    NEW: New API endpoint /bulkremove. Also API calls can take a group_name parameter instead of a group_id parameter.
    SYSADMIN: Migrated main web server to new hardware.

Please call out any you find significant.

Shal

Re: Splitting topic #split

#2414

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 05:54 pm, Shal Farley wrote:

Only the automated acknowledgment, or not even that?
Only the automated.  That's how I got the request number.

Duane

Re: Splitting topic #split

#2413

Duane,

"I've noticed a glitch when trying to split a message to a new
thread. I normally sort with newest first and it won't allow me to
split the top (last) post.I was wondering whether it had been noticed and maybe ignored by others.

I haven't received a reply on it yet, so it's down the priority list
someplace.Only the automated acknowledgment, or not even that?

Either way, maybe another report will give it a "bump".

Shal

Re: Splitting topic #split

#2412

Here's what I reported to support on June 9 (request 3360):
"I've noticed a glitch when trying to split a message to a new thread. I normally sort with newest first and it won't allow me to split the top (last) post. It looks like it would allow me to split the last on a page (Split is in the More menu), but that would be the first in the topic which wouldn't make any sense. I suspect that the first item on the page can't be split instead of the first item in the topic. It was probably set up that way before reverse sort was available."

I haven't received a reply on it yet, so it's down the priority list someplace.

Duane

Re: Splitting topic #split

J_Catlady

#2411

Shal,

I just tested it. The whole thread gets a new title, no system crash. :)

Definitely a bug, since (a) in this sort order it doesn't let you split off the last message (as Jim noted), and (b) this "feature" (renaming via "splitting" the first message) is not available in the other sort order.?
--
J

Re: Splitting topic #split

#2410

Jim,

It seems like you shoul dbe able to split the latest message from
the rest, but I guess you can't.Ding! Ding! Ding!

I think you've identified a bug!

You can't split the first message of a topic (which is what your second screen shot looks like). Make sure you're using the More menu under the second or later message - the message you want to become the first in the new topic.

Here's the bug:

Make sure you have _the date sort ascending_. You should see "Previous Topic" and "Next Topic" buttons below that last message. If you've got the date sort reversed in your current view the Split menu item isn't where it should be (and is where it shouldn't).

I'm a little afraid to learn what happens if, in that circumstance, you _do_ split the first message of the topic. Maybe the whole thread gets a new topic, maybe the server crashes for following a null pointer.

This one I cc to support.

Shal

Re: Splitting topic #split

J_Catlady

#2409

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 03:31 pm, Jim Poston wrote:

It seems like you shoul dbe able to split the latest message from
the rest, but I guess you can't.

Yes, you can. You just can't split the original (first) message from the rest.
?
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J

Re: Splitting topic #split

#2408

Jim,

But I can't even find the Split Topic feature anymore, just Moderate,
Lock, Merge, or Edit Subject.Perhaps the Wiki will help:
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/How-to-Split-Threads
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/How-To-Merge-Threads

I realize that this will only change the archives, and email users
will still have the wrong subject.True.

And when members reply to that message (any message that had already been sent with the old subject but is now in the new topic) their reply may not thread to the new topic. That's something that's been discussed in beta@ but I don't know if Mark has done any work lately to address this problem.

So if the new topic is active you may have to lather, rinse, repeat a few times until people are only replying to messages sent in the new topic.

Shal

Re: Splitting topic #split

#2407

On 13 Oct 2017 at 15:06, J_Catlady wrote:

Go to the bottom of any message, click on "More," and select "Split." Thanks!  It seems like you shoul dbe able to split the latest message from 
the rest, but I guess you can't.

-- 
Jim
Poston@...

<<         'Drop the guy with the devil ears.' -- NBC, June, 1965.           >>

Re: Splitting topic #split

J_Catlady

#2406

You have to do that from within the topic, at a certain message within the topic to specify where to split it. Go to the bottom of any message, click on "More," and select "Split."
--
J

Splitting topic #split

#2405

开云体育

Is splitting a topic still a G.io feature?

I remember a huge discussion about it, but now someone has created a totally differnet thread by replying to an unrelated thread becauset hey did not know how to start a new topic.? I want to change the subject to better reflect what's being discussed.

I realize that this will only change the archives, and email users will still have the wrong subject.? But I can't even find the Split Topic feature anymore, just Moderate, Lock, Merge, or Edit Subject.

--

Jim

Poston@...

<<??????????????????? Don't blame me -- I voted Klingon.???????????????????? >>

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What are the capabilities of a Facebook integration?

#2404

I run two (formerly Yahoo) groups which happen to have counterparts on Facebook. I am a member of those Facebook groups but, unlike the Yahoo and now Groups.io groups, the Facebook groups were not created by me nor am I a moderator in them. I do know the people who created and run those Facebook groups, some are members of my groups, and we're not at all competitive - the groups are alumni groups and we're all about reaching as many of our classmates as possible to organize formal reunions, mini get-togethers, and other events. And of course to share stories and photos and whatnot.

So one question is, what would an integration to the respective Facebook group do for each of the Groups,io groups? And for the Facebook groups? My understanding is that the primary function of an integration is to bring in postings from the other service and post them as messages in the Group. Is there any more to it than that? How about message posting in the other direction?

A complication is that one of the Facebook groups is "Public" and the other is "Secret"; something I checked after reading a recent - apparently an integration with the secret Facebook group will not be possible at this time (or for the foreseeable future) due to authentication requirements. I found this description of the which does a good job of explaining the privacy differences between the Facebook group types. One thing that puzzles me about the beta@ conversation is the use of the word "page" as if synonymous with "group". I thought that in Facebook "pages" and "groups" were very different things. But maybe they aren't so different any more? Or maybe that discussion is really about "pages" and integration isn't possible with FB "groups"?

Anyway, I'd be grateful for some education before I make any suggestions or ill-informed comments in beta@. ;-)

Shal

Re: Group Guidelines email #Discussion

#2403

Duane,

I considered that, but Mark has said he's pretty deep in getting the
search updated right now.  How about Friday morning so maybe he'll
notice and can think about it over the weekend?Before the weekend would be good.

I don't think posting it sooner (today even) would be a problem for Mark, and it would prompt the other members in beta@ to think about it and comment.

Shal