Does anyone know if it works with non-USA credit cards as well? I assume so, but it would be nice to have confirmation.

Also how does the group owner get the money from Stripe?

I have created a new page of the wiki that I hope those who have set up a donation page on Groups.io or have received them can review for accuracy and completeness.

/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Donations

Frances
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On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 12:03 PM, J Forster wrote:

But, can donors specify which group the donation is to support or does it all go into one pot?

You donate on the group's page. It is for the group. Groups.io does take a small cut. A percent or two. (Stripe takes a percent or two from Groups.io as well.)

Frances
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Bruce,

I have the same issue in IE. When I wrote above, I didn't realize that "save target as" is saving the HTML page, not the photo.?

This bug only happens after I have used the search option to find the photo I want to download.

It happens in Chrome and IE
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Bruce,

Thanks for your response. The browser is Chrome.

• Bruce wrote: "Is nothing really happening, or is your browser just rendering the photo again in full-screen?"
• Most of the time, the browser appears to render the photo again.
• When I right click it, I get no option to save, or save as...funny thing is that on other sites in similar situations, I do get an option to SAVE in similar situations.
• I tried IE and I get the option to "save target as"
• I'll check for Chrome setting issues, but it is strange that I download a lot of things in Chrome and never have this issue on any other website.
  
  
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On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 04:57 PM, Frances wrote:

I put # before each word

Does that actually achieve anything? I suspect that the # is ignored; I tried a known good search but with # as the opening character for each term and the search was successful. which to me suggests that the search simply ignores the hashtag because none of the keywords used one.

Chris

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Thank you.

Suppose one has several Premium groups, obviously already paid for.
Then apparently you can solicit contributions.

But, can donors specify which group the donation is to support or does it all go into one pot?

-John

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I like that I can add keywords (I put # before each word) to my description.

I used white font (use the "hamburger" menu to open the advanced toolbar). The keywords show as black normal text on the search page for publicly accessible groups. But they don't show on my group homepage to mess up the look. Very cool!

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On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 03:49 PM, Patti In AZ wrote:

Also a search seems to bring up a list of groups by name (can’t choose other options) in reverse alphabetical order.?

You're right it does... sort of!

Having checked using a predictably productive search term it produced a reverse alphabetical list, but with lower case "z" as the top of the list; lower case "a" much further down, immediately followed by upper case "Z" with upper case A right at the "far end". Sort of weird, but harmless. It would take a lot to convince me that the order in which results are returned matters all that much.

I have also found that use of the wildcard designator * works, but in practice its use might prove less than helpful as it can force the inclusion of results that are completely irrelevant. I would certainly advocate against its use to find plural nouns; a search on "house" will not find houses (plural) and while a search on house* will find both singular and plural it will also return housewife, household, housefly, housemaid and so on if anyone has included those as keywords.

Chris

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 11:17 AM, J Forster wrote:

Can donations done this way be targeted to support particular Groups?
Could a number of donors send a few dollars each to support some particular group?

John -- Yes. In fact, that's pretty much all you can do with it.

This is a Premium-only feature. And no, you cannot redirect donations to groups.io in order to pay for Premium. You have to upgrade first.

More info at?. Please note that groups.io's percentage is now 5%, not 20%.

Hope this helps,
Bruce

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 10:55 AM, Eva Marie Mitchell wrote:

I have a member who was on the group twice after our transfer, one had her correct current email and the other did not.? I inadvertently removed the wrong one.? When I try to just correct the email address on the other one I'm getting an error message that the email is already subscribed.?

Eva -- Is that really what the error message said? I suspect it actually said that the email address was already in use.?

Each email address is its own account. Although two accounts can be merged, as a group owner you cannot do it for them. Doing so could affect those account's subscriptions in other groups.

I'm at a loss as to how to correct this now.?

If you have a Premium group, Direct Add the desired email address, then delete the one you were supposed to delete. Otherwise you will have to send an invitation (and perhaps eat some humble pie).

Bruce

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This is interesting.

Can donations done this way be targeted to support particular Groups?
Could a number of donors send a few dollars each to support some particular group?

Thanks,

-John

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I have a member who was on the group twice after our transfer, one had her correct current email and the other did not.? I inadvertently removed the wrong one.? When I try to just correct the email address on the other one I'm getting an error message that the email is already subscribed.? I'm at a loss as to how to correct this now.?
Thank you for your help and insight.?
Regards,
Eva Marie Mitchell

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 10:53 AM, <423sail@...> wrote:

I’d like a copy of your welcome letter. How can it be structured to be automatically sent to each new member?

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/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Member-Notices?

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I’d like a copy of your welcome letter. How can it be structured to be automatically sent to each new member?

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 10:50 AM, Ann Wild wrote:

How and when do you send it? ?Is it a member notice? ?If so, when do you send it?

Yes, it is a member notice. If it is activated, it will be sent automatically when people are transferred or join your group. If you don't customize your welcome letter, a default message will be sent.
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Member-Notices
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How and when do you send it? ?Is it a member notice? ?If so, when do you send it?

Re including keywords within the group description:
if the description is long only a portion containing the “searched” keywords will display.
If the search is for a keyword that is unique the search will likely jump right to your group so it likely doesn’t matter.?

But if the searcher enters a more general terms such as “horse”, they may go through a few pages of results. If that general term/keyword is in the first line or two of your group description or in the group name they’ll find your group more easily. ?

Also a search seems to bring up a list of groups by name (can’t choose other options) in reverse alphabetical order.?

Hi

I can't test this, because I don't have a premium account but look in Admin, Activity, Payment Activity.
Groups.io uses Stripe to collect donations. (A moderator says that is also the system that Groups.io uses to collect Premium upgrade costs so you will have seen the interface users will see.)
There are several recent messages if you search in this group for stripe.

Frances
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Thunderbird works just fine. You have to rename the files sent by yahoo to add the .mbox extension and have at least one email client in Thunderbird to do it.

In Thunderbird, add the Import/Export Add-on.

Under "Local Folders" Right Click on Local Folders, the "New Folder" and add a new folder.

Right Click on the New FOlder you just made and Use the Import Add-on (Top of right-click menu).

Choose "Import mbox File"

Leave the first radio button on in the pop-up box and Click OK.

Choose you file and voila!

I am moving a Yahoo group to groups.io which charges $220/year. The forum members have expressed willingness to support the move financially. I see a donation button which I tried activating but got lost in forming an LLC - which I do not want to do.? I just want a simple donation collection box. Is there a simple way to do that?

Bob Sherer
Owner of the Beneteau423 group at groups.io