Ken,

Is it possible:-

? for the Group Owner to always be able to add members of the main
Group to a Sub Group?

Yes. When a group has subgroups a new page will appear under Admin that shows a list with a row of checkboxes for the subgroup memberships of each primary group member.

Or, in the subgroup's Admin pages you can use Direct Add (even in a Basic group) to control which primary group members are in this subgroup.

? to disable replies to a Sub Group?

Yes. Each subgroup will have a Settings page, with almost exactly the same controls as the primary group.

Shal


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Thanks for the suggestions... I ended up deleting the accounts and re-adding them and it appears to have solved the problem..? Is the duplicate email box checked by default when accounts are setup?

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On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 12:07 PM, BDA Sanni wrote:

I can't figure out how to set my hashtag setting so that only the owner and moderators can create hashtags.

The way to effect this setting has recently been changed, and the result is far from intuitive.

Go to Admin>Settings>Message Policies>Hashtag Permissions and select one of the two "Posts by subscribers may only be tagged with existing hashtags" options. I believe "bounce" is the default, but I have my group set to "remove."

In groups.io, only Owners (and Moderators with proper permissions) can create/edit hashtags via the Hashtags menu item; all Subscribers can do is mute them. Ironically, though, Subscribers *can* create new hashtags simply by inserting one in an group message subject line, if you don't have this setting right.

Hope this helps,
Bruce
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On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 11:22 AM, UKenGB wrote:

is it possible for a main Group to be an 'Announcement Group' but with sub Groups specified as a normal Group with posting allowed by all members (of that sub Group)?

Yes, I believe there are some groups that do that very thing.? The main group is used for announcements, then subgroups are used to discuss specific areas.

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Go to Admin > Settings, scroll down to the Message Policies area, and set the Hashtag Permissions option to something other than "Posts can be tagged with new hashtags".

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Ellen -- Appended below please find a screenshot using the Chrome browser; hopefully it will still be legible when rescaled. Note the "message number" of this poll (6763). I have right-clicked on the link at upper right of this poll in GMF and selected "copy link address." The text displayed by your browser may be different.

When I subsequently paste what I copied into a message, I get the following:??/g/GroupManagersForum/message/6763?

Generally speaking, the URL or a message or poll will be /g/{groupname}/message/{message number}. [things get a little more complicated with subgroups -- best to use the right-click trick if you can] If you send that the interested person, they should be able to get there...after they have completed the login process.

Instructions on how to log in can be found at?/static/help#password?

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I'm new to this platform and I can't figure out how to set my hashtag setting so that only the owner and moderators can create hashtags. Any suggestions?

TIA
Sanni

by forwarding the email to the email address for your group.? The address is shown on the home page of the group and it's displayed at the top of every page when viewing the group online.
Toby

I would suggest that groups.io may not be a good fit for what you want for incoming board email.? Mark may be reticent to allow groups to open up posting privileges to any email sender.

I setup a Google group for our board and changed the post permissions to allow anyone to post to the group. (we also use Google docs for a shared document repository for the board)
Then I setup a mail forwarding address on our domain:
board@... forward to -> <groupname>@googlegroups.com.

If you ever decide to switch from groups.io to some other site for the HOA members, the board archive is unaffected.

My 2? worth..
Toby

On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 04:03 PM, Ellen Bourne wrote:

If someone in your group did not receive the poll can you resend to them individually?
If you can how would you do so?

Ellen -- I'm sure Duane's link was fine, but to respond to a poll, the user must first log in.

See also:?/g/GroupManagersForum/message/9826

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On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 09:09 AM, Ellen Bourne wrote:

Can you tell me what the difference is between directory and member?

The Directory is an index of member profiles. A Subscriber's profile will be visible in the Directory only?if:

-- (s)he creates a Profile and chooses to share it (Subscription->Group Profile->Edit Group Profile->Profile Privacy*), and,
-- group settings under Privacy->Member Directory is set to Subscribers, OR
-- the person viewing the Directory has Owner/Moderator privileges.?

The content of a user's profile can be anything they choose to put in it.

The Members List is an index of subscriptions. Its visibility is set by Admin->Settings->Privacy->Members Visible. Content is restricted by the system to designated fields (email address, display name, join date, mail delivery, etc) that are necessary to perform system functions.?

For privacy reasons, the members list will usually be visible only to Owners and Moderators, who can also "click through" each member record to send +owner messages, view activity, save notes about this subscription, or generally manage subscription settings. If you as an Owner want Subscribers to be able to "see" every other Subscriber in the group without forcing them to jump through the profile hoop, you must make the Members List visible. Doing so will not give Subscribers access to the underlying information, however -- only the "stuff" that appears in the main index (Display Name, Message Delivery, Email Address, and Join Date).

Hope this helps,
Bruce
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Peace,
Tom

On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 01:58 AM, Bruce Bowman wrote:

For those who have grown up with Twitter, hashtags are all but indispensable.
I am not one of those people, and I'm proud of the fact that I've never sent
(or received) a tweet.

Although my group has a Twitter page as well (just for announcements), I am not particurlarly keen on hashtags, but I must admit that the Groups.io hashtags system was a grand step forward.
On YG we had a set of fixed "tags" which members were asked to use in their objects and we usually spent a lot of time correcting mistakes. Now we have a small, fixed set of mandatory hashtags, members can choose the appropriate one when posting and everyone is happy.

...I believe Mark's intent is that owners and moderators would establish a set of hashtags with various reply-to override settings, as appropriate for their group. Subscribers could then "lock in" the reply options for topics they initiate by use of the hashtag, which Mods and Owners could subsequently override via the More menu pull-down. <

Oh, this is really too complicated. Group.io is reaching heights of refinement which are beyond my capabilities.
Thank you for your explanation, though.

Best,
Marina

If someone receives in their regular email some information they would like to forward onto the group (i.e. birthday party, someone passing, inspirational thoughts)
they would like to share.? How would they get the information from their regular email and forward it onto the Groups.io distribution list?

Can you tell me what the difference is between directory and member?

A couple of questions about Sub Groups that I hope can be answered. Is it possible:-

? for the Group Owner to always be able to add members of the main Group to a Sub Group? Or under what circumstances would they not be able to do this?

? to disable replies to a Sub Group? So it could be used to broadcast information, but prevents replies to the Group (that would then go to everyone else)?

I could find anything about these issues, so hope someone can answer.



Ken G i l l e t t

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On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 08:24 PM, Ellen Bourne wrote:

it didnot open or connect to anything

If it did nothing at all, then it wasn't a live link.? If it went to the site, but nothing was seen, they may not have been logged in.

I used the hyperlink at the upper right of your post to create this link: /g/GroupManagersForum/message/12750

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