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Re: Moderator Permissions Problems
Please note the distinction between the Members list and the Directory. The former is under the Admin section and is used to edit permissions, subscription info and to send private communications. The latter is a semi-public place to identify group members and share profile information.
This may be obvious to you but perhaps not to your friend in Germany. It is frequent source of confusion in discussions of this nature. Hope this helps, Bruce |
Re: Groups.io site updates
#changelog
On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 04:48 pm, Shal Farley wrote:
NEW: Display the name of the owner of each photo album.I requested this recently in beta...all appreciation to Mark! It will come in handy for cleaning out photo albums owned by those who subsequently leave the group. Bruce |
Re: Is there a way to move posts from one topic to another?
#moderation
On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 04:42 pm, Valerie Bock wrote:
The split and re-merge solution does seem kind of awkward, but I can see the logic behind it.It is awkward but versatile. No matter how convenient it is made, emails will still be going out with the original, "wrong" subject line.? The same is true with the message editing option, only worse...someone posts a message, it immediately goes out, only to have the original poster edit it so the content is different from what everyone previously got. In this case the poster/editor has the option to re-send to the group, but many of them don't, leading to confusion.* You can achieve Facebook-like behavior by doing what Facebook does...set everybody to "no email" and force your subscribers to read things on the web.?It's either that, or moderate all posts and send back the noncompliant ones. Hope this helps, Bruce *I might actually allow message editing if there was a configuration option to disable "no resend,"? |
Re: Moderator Permissions Problems
Members Visibility is set to "Owners and Moderators with the correct permissions",
I figured out my wife's deal before I read your last line in your first Email. She as owner had only 3 permissions set before I changed her to "Moderator". BUT, one of those was "Set Moderator Privileges". I didn't realize "Privileges" equated to "Permissions". I took off the check mark and voila the list went away. Why can't "Privileges" be "Permissions"? But I still have Bart's problem. Not only do I "Save" any changes I go back to "Members" and re-enter the member's profile to be sure it "took". I'm too new not to. Bart is in Germany and I am in California (yes it is late here) so I'll have him log in anew to see if all is better. Thanks! I'll be back if he still doesn't have access. > On March 24, 2018 at 10:46 PM Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote: > > > Paul, > > > I set moderator Bart to ¡°view member list¡± and ¡°Set Member > > Subscriptions¡± so he could help another member but he says the member > > list is not visible. > > In the Privacy section of your group's Settings page, what is Members > Visible set to? If it is "Owners Only" that's the problem with Bart. > > > So I changed my wife from Owner to Moderator and gave her the same > > permissions as Bart. Then I logged in on her computer to her > > membership and looked at her membership profile AND all the > > permissions are shown ... > > Whenever performing tests of this sort always remember to refresh the > page when you switch tabs, or windows, or browsers, or machines. > Otherwise browser (or server) page caching may fool you. That said... > > If the Members Visible is set to "Owners Only", then I don't understand > how she can see her own Membership page. She shouldn't see the Members > button in the left column at all. On the other hand, if it is set to > "All Owners, and moderators with the correct permissions" then I don't > understand why Bart doesn't see the list. > > Assuming for the moment the latter case, if you mean that her > permissions were all checked I don't have an explanation for that. > > Did you change her role and uncheck her permissions in the same session > with her membership page, or did you change her role first, save that, > and then come back to uncheck her other permissions? If the latter is it > possible you didn't save those changes? > > > and I was able to change any at will! Her ¡°Role¡± is set to > > ¡°³¾´Ç»å±ð°ù²¹³Ù´Ç°ù¡±. > > If they were all checked that would include the permission to "Set > Moderator Privileges" - which is why you would have been able to change > any at will. > > Shal > > > -- > Help: /static/help > More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki > Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list > > > |
Re: Is there a way to move posts from one topic to another?
#moderation
Shal,
Could not the 'split', then 'merged' (i.e., merged) topic keep the same name (or mostly the same name) but be distinguished from the orignal topic by using a hashtag on the original topic to set it a part from the moved message that was split off? Or does that still leave a partial problem? Just curious . . . Paul M. == |
Groups.io icon - SVG format -- is there one?
Hi there,
We're in the process of replacing all the Yahoo references on our website with Groups.io now that we've switched. We have a Y! icon in the footer, which now needs to be replaced with the Groups.io envelope icon. Is there an SVG of this available? Or only the PNG that is in use here on the Groups.io website? Thank you! |
Re: Transfer problems
#transfer
Norm,
Here's the thing. I did not give anyone the name of the new site.Ok, that message is not associated with a group transfer. That's the confirmation message generated for a web Join or email +Subscribe request. In any event, only some of my 150 members received that email.It would seem that somehow those 150 members became aware of the Groups.io group and took action themselves to join it. But I'm a little puzzled that 150 would receive that, yet only one managed to join? That would seem to imply that the other 149 ignored that messages and instead contacted you. Very strangeIndeed. None of my group transfers were beset by these sorts of mysteries. But then, those groups weren't very active at the time I transferred them. And numbered only a few hundred members each. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
Re: Moderator Permissions Problems
Frances,
Could it be IP address?Nah, if IP addresses mattered to web sessions there'd be immense problems with household, library, campus, and corporate networks that concentrate their users through a single router, almost always presenting a single IP address to the web site. I wonder what happens if you try your wife¡¯s account somewhere else?That reminds me of a related "is it plugged in" type of question for Paul: Your wife's email address, the one whose role and permissions you changed, that was the same as your wife's email address, the one you signed into on her computer. Right? Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
Re: Moderator Permissions Problems
Paul,
I set moderator Bart to ¡°view member list¡± and ¡°Set MemberIn the Privacy section of your group's Settings page, what is Members Visible set to? If it is "Owners Only" that's the problem with Bart. So I changed my wife from Owner to Moderator and gave her the sameWhenever performing tests of this sort always remember to refresh the page when you switch tabs, or windows, or browsers, or machines. Otherwise browser (or server) page caching may fool you. That said... If the Members Visible is set to "Owners Only", then I don't understand how she can see her own Membership page. She shouldn't see the Members button in the left column at all. On the other hand, if it is set to "All Owners, and moderators with the correct permissions" then I don't understand why Bart doesn't see the list. Assuming for the moment the latter case, if you mean that her permissions were all checked I don't have an explanation for that. Did you change her role and uncheck her permissions in the same session with her membership page, or did you change her role first, save that, and then come back to uncheck her other permissions? If the latter is it possible you didn't save those changes? and I was able to change any at will! Her ¡°Role¡± is set toIf they were all checked that would include the permission to "Set Moderator Privileges" - which is why you would have been able to change any at will. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
Re: Lost moderator and ownership of a group I started
#groupowner
Rod,
Every thing is fine and the 'block' cleared up! No idea whatYou have (at least) two subscriptions to GMF under two different email addresses. Which means you have (at least) two accounts at Groups.io - here every email address is its own account. So most likely you were signed in with the "wrong" email address - the one that isn't owner of the other group. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
Moderator Permissions Problems
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýMy group of 800 basically only uses Emails to communicate and the site message archive as people need it. I have 3 owners and 2 moderators. I set moderator Bart to ¡°view member list¡± and ¡°Set Member Subscriptions¡± so he could help another member but he says the member list is not visible. So I changed my wife from Owner to Moderator and gave her the same permissions as Bart. Then I logged in on her computer to her membership and looked at her membership profile AND all the permissions are shown and I was able to change any at will! Her ¡°Role¡± is set to ¡°³¾´Ç»å±ð°ù²¹³Ù´Ç°ù¡±. ? What gives?? He can¡¯t get in and she still has owner¡¯s power?? ? Paul |
Re: Transfer problems
#transfer
Southenders Admin
Here's the thing. I did not give anyone the name of the new site. The email that Groups.io sent out had the name,
"Hello, Thank you for your interest in the??group at Groups.io. If you did not request or do not want to join?main@... If you only want to send and receive messages from?main@... Very strange Norm |
Re: Groups.io site updates
#changelog
J_Catlady
On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 04:48 pm, Shal Farley wrote:
Yes and I could have sworn it was in effect before. It seems to have gone away. I also wonder whether there haven't been some significant changes to confirm in general.?NEW: For restricted premium/enterprise groups, approving a NotWait. Wasn't this already true? ? -- J |
Re: Lost moderator and ownership of a group I started
#groupowner
? OK!
? ? ?Every thing is fine and the 'block' cleared up!? No idea what happened or why!? Thanks for helping! Rod |
Groups.io site updates
#changelog
Hi all,
This 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. CHANGE: Improvements to the wording of the spam unsub email andHopefully this will help reduce the overall confusion. See also: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Removed-for-spam and /g/GroupManagersForum/topic/15036408 NEW: For restricted premium/enterprise groups, approving a NotWait. Wasn't this already true? Comments about these others are also welcome: NEW: Enterprise groups can customize the HTML on the login page as Please call out any you find significant. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
Lost moderator and ownership of a group I started
#groupowner
poikaa
? ?The Yahoo group for the SONY receiver, the ICF-2010 was having problems with Yahoo so I started a new one with group.io in December. All went well till just recently and I am still a member but no longer have administration control with the group. I did not originate the SONY Yahoo group, that was done by a fellow back in 1999. Him and I worked on the groups.io and that switch over was fairly smooth. I also lost membership with this group and had to re-join....
? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks Rod Wallberg aka poikaa |