On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 04:38 AM, Winnie wrote:
I can see there are colours but they are quite random
You can choose the Event color when creating it, but it defaults to a light blue.? I believe one person has a wiki page defining what the various colors mean on their group and asks members to use the appropriate one for events.
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Duane
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On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 05:38 AM, Winnie wrote:
Is it possible to add tags to calendar events, so different topics can be grouped and people can search for these specific tags?
Yes. If you include a #hashtag in the Event Name field when creating a calendar event, it will then show up in the subject line of any associated notifications.
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If you allow regular members (non-Moderators) to create calendar events be sure to also allow them to create hashtags.
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Regards,
Bruce
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Is it possible to add tags to calendar events, so different topics can be grouped and people can search for these specific tags?
I can see there are colours but they are quite random, it's not like you see what a colour 'means'.
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Re: A website that uses the domain name of our group
Good call. You are, of course, correct. I wasn¡¯t looking at the ¡°big picture¡±.
Otto
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On 30 Sep 2024, at 19:46, Greg D via groups.io <ko6th.greg@...> wrote:
I would exercise caution here. Creating a similar-looking name is a favorite way for malware organizations to capture unsuspecting victims. They stand up a website that looks like the real thing, but with content that's laced with "bad stuff". By creating a similar-named site, you're potentially encouraging the bad guys to do the same. More likely, you'll be preventing folks who are aware of this attack from visiting your site out of fear that it's not real.
My opinion, the best approach would be to create the website with a proper, easily distinguished name, and include links on that page back to your Groups account. On Groups, include links to the website in a pinned post or similar. Cross link the two with actual links, not through the site names. The name of the Groups account can certainly be part of the website name, if it's available, but leave the groups.io part out.
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Re: A website that uses the domain name of our group
To be clear, I would not include the words "groups" or "groups.io" ?in your website domain name.?
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Mark Fletcher (or his company) owns @groups.io
And it would be unwieldy and confusing. Not good marketing for your business, activity, interest or topic.
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In my example, I suggested www. broccoli. com for the website.
I see in this domain name search that the name is taken already.?
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Ownership is not possible with a domain name. Domain names are registered, and this registration entitles the registrant to use the domain. ?For info about choosing a domain name and making sure your registration doesn't lapse, see
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Re: A website that uses the domain name of our group
No one can use the domain that is owned by someone else.?
I think there may be confusion as to what portion of the group is domain vs group name vs email address.
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FOR EXAMPLE
The online service is named groups.io ¨C that is their domain name and the website you can visit
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You could have a group named: HappyRabbits
When you go to that online using a browser, you are going to the URL: groups.io/g/happyrabbits (with more after that if you click on Messages or other sections)
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When you send an email, you are using the email address:
[email protected]
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Now you want to create a website for the people of HappyRabbits.
You cannot use the domain groups.io as that is owned by them. So you cannot make happyrabbits.groups.io (they would have to host your website and they do not offer that service)
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If you try to use anything with ¡°groups.io¡± in it, instead of being more familiar, that would only make the website location longer & more confusing.
FOR EXAMPLE:
Let¡¯s say you are able to license a domain ¡°happyrabbits.org¡±
That is clean and simple
If you add more to it, groupsio/happyrabbits.org ¨C just too much to remember.
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I¡¯ve not consumed all my coffee so corrections to above are welcome.
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Isa
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One of the many groups that I'm an owner of wants to put up a website.? Is there a way that we can use the domain name of our group (<groupname>.groups.io) for our URLs?? (We're not looking to Groups.io to
host the pages, since I believe that to be beyond the scope of the services provided, just have the domain be consistent with our group's.)
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Re: A website that uses the domain name of our group
Cal . . . On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 18:59:05 -0700, "Cal" <mainevent@...> wrote: One of the many groups that I'm an owner of wants to put up a website. Is there a way that we can use the domain name of our group (<groupname>.groups.io) for our URLs? You can't use the groups.io domain because it's taken (by groups.io). What you can do is link from the group's website to the groups.io discussion forum and from the main page of the discussion forum to the group's website, perhaps also making one post a sticky post with a link from the groups.io discussion forum to the group's website. That way, you could host pictures, articles, and other information on your group's website and use groups.io only for your discussions. Donald ---------------------------------------------------------------- There's no place like 192.168.0.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Some ham radio groups you may be interested in: /g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
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Re: A website that uses the domain name of our group
I would exercise caution here.? Creating a similar-looking name is a
favorite way for malware organizations to capture unsuspecting
victims.? They stand up a website that looks like the real thing,
but with content that's laced with "bad stuff".? By creating a
similar-named site, you're potentially encouraging the bad guys to
do the same.? More likely, you'll be preventing folks who are aware
of this attack from visiting your site out of fear that it's not
real.
My opinion, the best approach would be to create the website with a
proper, easily distinguished name, and include links on that page
back to your Groups account.? On Groups, include links to the
website in a pinned post or similar.? Cross link the two with actual
links, not through the site names.? The name of the Groups account
can certainly be part of the website name, if it's available, but
leave the groups.io part out.
Greg
Otto Nikolaus via groups.io wrote:
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Can¡¯t the name be similar, though, to make it obvious that it¡¯s
related?
Otto
On 30 Sep 2024, at 03:04, Larry Finch via < Finches@...>
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Re: A website that uses the domain name of our group
Were you thinking you would keep Groups.io as your discussion forum? With a link to your Group on your new website? Some others do that.
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You could certainly make them both very similar - for example:
website URL: ?www. broccoli. com
Groups.io group name: ?broccoli. groups. io ?
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(spaces put in to avoid a hyperlink to nothing at this point!)
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You need to see what domain names are available.?
Frances
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Re: A website that uses the domain name of our group
On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 10:00 PM, Cal wrote:
One of the many groups that I'm an owner of wants to put up a website.? Is there a way that we can use the domain name of our group (<groupname>.groups.io) for our URLs??
No. A domain name must map to a single IP address; otherwise a nameserver lookup will return ambiguous results.
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(We're not looking to Groups.io to host the pages, since I believe that to be beyond the scope of the services provided, just have the domain be consistent with our group's.)
Enterprise groups might be able to do something along these lines, but groups.io would be hosting your site.
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Regards,
Bruce
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Re: A website that uses the domain name of our group
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One of the many groups that I'm an owner of wants to put up a website.? Is there a way that we can use the domain name of our group (<groupname>.) for our URLs?? (We're not looking to Groups.io to host the pages, since I believe that to be beyond the scope of the services provided, just have the domain be consistent with our group's.)
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A website that uses the domain name of our group
Hi -
One of the many groups that I'm an owner of wants to put up a website.? Is there a way that we can use the domain name of our group (<groupname>.groups.io) for our URLs?? (We're not looking to Groups.io to host the pages, since I believe that to be beyond the scope of the services provided, just have the domain be consistent with our group's.)
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Re: Adding a group to my subscription
On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 02:02 PM, Penny Leder wrote:
am on groups.io for Nordhavn Dreamers
I don¡¯t know how to add American Tug Owners ?CB in my subscription¡ª I was allowed access by the moderator?
Any suggestions how to add that group??
Can you clarify please?
You belong to Nordhavn Dreamers.
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You want to add American Tug Owners.?
You say "CB in my subscription - I was allowed access by the moderator"
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If you joined American Tug Owners ( [email protected]) and were approved as a member, your subscription list should automatically update if you used the same email address for Nordhavn and American Tug. Log into groups.io. You can use the footer from an email from a group. If you don't have a password, you can use Email Me A Link To Log In.
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EDIT: ?There is a dropdown menu that says Your Groups. You should see all the groups that you are registered for that email address.
Within a group, you can click on the Groups.io icon and that lists your groups.
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Please let us know if that works for you. If it doesn't, any details about what happens or a screenshot would be helpful.
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Frances?
Corrected the place to look for Your Groups.
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Adding a group to my subscription
I am on groups.io for Nordhavn Dreamers
I don¡¯t know how to add American Tug Owners ?CB in my subscription¡ª I was allowed access by the moderator?
Any suggestions how to add that group??
Thanks
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Mod's note: ?Created a new subject line. The original was piggybacked on the discussion about the Groups anniversary.
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Re: Now: GMF Anniversary - Saturday, September 28, 2024
#cal-notice
My groups switched to when Yahoo Groups started to shut down in 2019. I didn¡¯t know that had already been going since 2014 or we might¡¯ve done it earlier. Projects like this deserve support.
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Otto
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[Moderator Clarification: this morning's calendar notice was for Group Manager's Forum. The anniversary of groups.io founding was Sept 23.]
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GMF Anniversary
When:
Saturday, September 28, 2024
View Event
Description:
GMF Founded on this date in 2014.
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Now: GMF Anniversary - Saturday, September 28, 2024
#cal-notice
GMF Anniversary
When:
Saturday, September 28, 2024
View Event
Description:
GMF Founded on this date in 2014.
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Re: Problem marking posts as read
On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 08:19 AM, David Kaplan wrote:
I use the Groups.io app on the iPhone and macOS. My iPhone shows an unread post in a thread, while my Mac shows all in that thread as read.
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1) Don't they sync?
They do not. In fact, I'm pretty sure that groups.io isn't storing this information at all.
2) How do I know which post is unread
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3) How do I mark it as read.
On the web, your browser will show a difference in color of visited vs unvisited hyperlinks. If you were to clear your browser history, I'd bet all the messages will now appear "unread."
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I cannot speak to how the app behaves, but I suspect they're different only because you've clicked on different things in the two devices.
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Hope this helps,
Bruce
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Problem marking posts as read
Somewhat new group owner here:
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I use the Groups.io app on the iPhone and macOS. My iPhone shows an unread post in a thread, while my Mac shows all in that thread as read.
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1) Don't they sync?
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2) How do I know which post is unread
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3) How do I mark it as read.
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Re: Now: Groups.io Anniversary - Monday, September 23, 2024
#cal-notice
For me a major benefit to Groups.io compared to other groups that my particular group has been with over the years is the fact that Groups.io and Mark listens to us regarding various issues and when Mark thinks something needs fixing or enhanced it is done.
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Prior groups did not do that.
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Thus, while I moved several groups when Yahoo was closing down I would have been with Groups.io much sooner if I had known about Groups.io and Mark listened to us.
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I hope Groups.io does not go like several of my prior groups in that they merged with another group with the other group taking over the one I was with at the time.
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Finally got to Yahoo which just closed it down.
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Jim
Moderator/Owner of 9 Groups on Groups.io
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James C. Counts II, CPA CTFA
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