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Page selection in Directory

 

There is a minor technical flaw in the page selection in the Directory.
At the bottom RH area, the pages can be selected with left and righ arrows.
But both arrows increase the page numbers.
The left arrow increases the pages instead of reducing the pages.
Hope this is clear enough.

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Anyone have samples of letters sent to your group before and after transferring to io

 

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Linda,

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this is the letter I sent beforehand. I copied the cover photo of our group on top so everyone would see at first glance where it?s coming from.

This is the text:

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Dear member of the Yahoo-Group (name),

we want to inform you that we will be moving our group to another site in the next few weeks, because Yahoo, as you will have noticed, no longer works sufficiently well. As you know our topics are ¡­¡­..

Once the transfer is finished, you will be informed again.
The moderators and I (group owner) hope very much that you will stay with us.

Name (owner of the group) and the moderator team
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I sent a mail to each group member (it took me quite a few hours for we had close to 600 members). By this I also found out about non-existing members, bounced mail-addresses etc. and removed them from the members list before hand.
Instead of writing another letter afterwards, I just welcomed everyone on the start page of the new group and mentioned a few things they might not know immediately.

Good luck with your group
Victoria
Re: Resizing of photos

 

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 06:54 am, Victoria wrote:
So where do I find that maximum size which I?ve set it to?

I think the numbers you see are the displayed size.? Click on the photo to view it, then click on the Download button.? On the resulting page, right click it to get the stored information.? (Are we completely confused yet? ;>)

Duane
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Re: Is there another way to start a poll?

 

How on earth does one end a poll and publish it to one's Group?

Phil
Re: Anyone have samples of letters sent to your group before and after transferring to io

 

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Thanks Dave but I was requesting personalized letters to the group explaining what was happening ahead of time, why, and a brief description on how the new group works.?

Linda Perry
Twitter: ?Peachhead
Re: Resizing of photos

 

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Duane, sorry, but I still don?t really get it. Just one example: I put photo settings to 140x140, then I uploaded a photo. When I do a right click to get foto info, it says: Size: 221,24 KB (226.552 Byte); Measures: 526px ¡Á 720px (resized to 240px ¡Á 328px).

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So where do I find that maximum size which I?ve set it to?

Victoria

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That confused me a little when it was first introduced.? I finally figured out that the photos are displayed at a slightly different size than they're saved at.? What you see when viewing depends on the device you're using to view.? If you download the photo, it will be at the maximum size you've set, so is stored properly.

Duane
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Re: Directory #directory

 

Thanks, Duane.? I'll do some checking, but:

one member (who's a member, not a mod) can see all 8 in the group in the Directory; another member (who's also a member, not a mod) can only see 3 in the group in the Directory, including himself

so there must be something else going on to explain that... your explanation that other members need to have enabled "other members of your group" to show up, doesn't explain why 1 sees all 8, and another 1 sees only 3.
Re: Directory #directory

 

In Account Profile, Identity, each member can decide on their settings.
"You can customize your profile for each group you are subscribed to. Changes made to your account profile will automatically apply to each group profile, with the exception of those specific fields in each group profile that you've previously customized."

Frances
Problem with links in emails from Yahoo email users

Peter DeNardis
 

When a subscriber to my group (iwmfconnect) posts a message from their Yahoo email service, and inserts a url (like , for example), Yahoo automatically inserts a clickable image in that email message.


The resultant message that appears in our group is stripped of that url and image completely.? Is there something that I, as list owner could/should do about that?


Thanks,


Peter L. DeNardis

IWMF Connect manager


vino, amore, salute - che altro c'e?
(wine, love, health - what else is there? - Pietro Liburdi)
Re: Directory #directory

 

Moderators will be able to see everyone.? Members will only be able to see other members that have enabled "Other members of your group".? It's easy for a moderator to forget to set this since they can see them all anyway.

Duane
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Re: Resizing of photos

 

That confused me a little when it was first introduced.? I finally figured out that the photos are displayed at a slightly different size than they're saved at.? What you see when viewing depends on the device you're using to view.? If you download the photo, it will be at the maximum size you've set, so is stored properly.

Duane
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Directory #directory

 

I'm talking here about the Directory, not the member list under the Admin button.

In Admin settings, I have the member directory setting set to "subscribers"
A member, not a moderator, has his profile privacy setting (under his Subscription, Group Profile, Edit Group Profile) set to "Other members of your group".? A moderator has the same setting in his account.

Why is it that the member can only see 3 others including himself (I currently have 8 testing the group, 3 moderators and 5 "members"); whereas the moderators can see all 8 in Directory

Any clue what I'm clearly missing?? Obviously (?) there is something unique on the 3 that are showing, and the other 5 that are not, but darn if i see it...
Re: Anyone have samples of letters sent to your group before and after transferring to io

dave w
 

Hi Linda

You've complied with the steps here..? /yahootransfer

Then you have basic data to start with...
regards
davew
Resizing of photos

 

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I set my photos on ¡°resized to a max of 140x140¡±.

But as soon as photos are uploaded, they exceed this size.

Am I doing s.th. wrong?

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Victoria

Re: How long does it take for the transfer-bot to accept a Yahoo Groups invite? #transfer

 

I sent the invite to the transfer-bot from the Yahoo Group
I am transferring a couple of hours ago. Is the acceptance
fully automated? Should the transfer-bot have already
become a member of my group? I just don't know if this is
a normal healthy delay, or if in fact the Yahoo Groups invite
did not go out. As of right now, I have no transfer-bot in my
Yahoo Group so I can't begin to transfer us over.
Just a couple other thoughts -

When you sent the invitation to [email protected], did you also send an second invitation in the same message to an email address you have access to that is unknown to Yahoo groups? If you get the second invitation yourself, that will tell you if the invitation is actually going out or not. If you don't hear back from the transfer agent in a couple days or if you can't seem to get an invitation out, you might contact [email protected] directly and explain that you may be having trouble getting an invitation out. A reply to such a message can also require a little time for support to have time to respond.

If you've already filled out the transfer request form, such a message might cause 'transfer' to send you a request for membership to the groupname-subscribe@... address for your yahoo group. Watch your group and spam filters for that possibility and make sure your group is set to allow such requests. We had to use that trick to get 'transfer' into a couple Y! groups I was working with that couldn't seem to get invitations out.

As Shal noted, the backlog is pretty deep and it's taking a long time for groups to work through the queue. Given the number of groups trying to transfer, and knowing that a lot of little things can hang part of a transfer, this can be a test of patience, but in my opinion, the final result is well worth the wait.

Dano
Re: Subject in subject line and hashtag... #hashtags

 

Marina,

If it is of any confort to you, today one of my members posted a message with the correct hashtag but without the # symbol. He did it via mail, I suppose, because if you send a message from the group you can choose from a dropdown menu a set of hashtags with the # symbol.

However, the system let the message go through. So, apparently, there is no need to put # before the hashtag. I wanted to kill myself, after all the instructions sent to members on how to use hashtags.
Without the # it isn't a hashtag - just a word (or unspaced phrase) in the subject text. So I'm not sure why you're surprised that the message went through.

Shal


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Re: Subject in subject line and hashtag... #hashtags

 

On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 12:06 pm, Steve wrote:

Anyway to add some discipline here (requiring a subject and that it be entered
first)????
As far as my experience is concerned, I am afraid that the only way to obtain discipline is to very patiently hammer it into your members' brains by way of public instructions and guidelines.
If your list is not too busy, putting members on moderation may help. In this way you can intercept their wrong messages and send them back with the appropriate instructions. After a couple of messages, even the most stubborn ones understand how it works.

If it is of any confort to you, today one of my members posted a message with the correct hashtag but without the # symbol. He did it via mail, I suppose, because if you send a message from the group you can choose from a dropdown menu a set of hashtags with the # symbol.

However, the system let the message go through. So, apparently, there is no need to put # before the hashtag. I wanted to kill myself, after all the instructions sent to members on how to use hashtags.

Have a nice day,
Marina
subgroup creation fails?

 

When I click on "Create Subgroup", nothing happens (well, the form refreshes but that's it). No subgroup is created. If I go to?/,?it shows: "You do not have permission to access that page." See image. If I refresh that top-level groups.io page, the diagnostic disappears but comes back any time I re-attempt subgroup creation. Any clue as to what's going on?
Anyone have samples of letters sent to your group before and after transferring to io

 

Does anyone have samples of e-mails they sent to their groups notifying them of their upcoming move along with instructions on how to start using the new site?? Trying to create e-mails to ease the transition and can use all of the help I can get.

Linda Perry
Re: How long does it take for the transfer-bot to accept a Yahoo Groups invite? #transfer

 

webmaster,

I sent the invite to the transfer-bot from the Yahoo Group I am
transferring a couple of hours ago. Is the acceptance fully automated?
No. The invitation acceptance is not automated because accepting them requires solving a CAPTCHA.

Also, due to the backlog of groups attempting to transfer, and to some limits at Yahoo, the invitations are not accepted immediately. Rather that is deferred until your group is closer to the front of the queue.

I just don't know if this is a normal healthy delay, or if in fact the
Yahoo Groups invite did not go out.
You should be able to see your request's current status by selecting the Yahoo Group name in the "In Process" droplist down at the bottom right of the Transfer instructions page:
/yahootransfer

As of right now, I have no transfer-bot in
my Yahoo Group so I can't begin to transfer us over.
When the Invitation is accepted you should receive a message at the email address you use to log into Groups.io

Subject: "Steps to transfer..."
From: Easy Group Transfer <[email protected]>.

That's in addition to any "Joined" message you may receive from Yahoo.

Note that due to the backlog there will also likely be some time between when you've promoted the transfer agent, and clicked the "Go" button on the In Process page, and when the transfer will actually be underway. In a very large group (lots of messages & other content) it could also take quite a while for all the content to be collected.

Shal


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