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Re: file and folder organization #files #folders

 

On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 04:33 PM, Laurence Marks wrote:
If you have a long series of folders that are NOT in alphabetic order, it will be confusing and difficult for users to find the one they want from a list. Even prefixing numbers helps you, but not the user.
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1. Nebraska
2. Massachusetts
3. Arizona
4. North Carolina
5. New York
The folders automatically sort alphabetically. Add another one and it zips into the right spot.

I only suggest numbers for folders if you want some arbitrary system.
1. Overview
2. Arizona
3. Arkansas

Frances
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Re: Photo permissions

 

On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 03:48 PM, Dale Smith wrote:
We have 286 albums.? I can get all the photos into one album and upload them that way to one "Photos from Yahoo" album, but I would like to make it possible for individual members to go into those photos and pick their own photos out and create a separate folder if they are so inclined.? Problem is that no one but me or another moderator or owner can move the files. Is there a way to upload them so that anyone can move them?
Dale -- I really don't think so. If you upload them, you own them, and a mere Subscriber will be unable to move "your" photos. It is possible to reassign ownership of photos so they can be moved by someone else, but it must be done one by one, is a very cumbersome process (try it and see), and will not save you or anybody else any work.

As Frances suggested, you may be better off hosting the photos in cloud storage and having your subscribers transfer them to the group from there. That's the only convenient way I can think of to delegate the job and still get all the ownerships to come out right.

Here's hoping someone else has worked this through and has a better idea.

Good luck,
Bruce


Re: file and folder organization #files #folders

 

If you have a long series of folders that are NOT in alphabetic order, it will be confusing and difficult for users to find the one they want from a list. Even prefixing numbers helps you, but not the user.

1. Nebraska
2. Massachusetts
3. Arizona
4. North Carolina
5. New York
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49. Hawaii
50. Wyoming

Users would not appreciate finding the folder in such a list.

There is one case where numbers make sense: an archive of photos or attachments by year, with folders labelled 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. I don't see confusion with this, whether the list default is to sort ascending or descending.

Larry


Re: fixed width line in footer forces sideways scrolling

 

On 16 Nov 2019 00:48, isis feral via Groups.Io wrote:

She uses Gmail, and I just noticed she's receiving list mail in digest form. I'll have to double-check whether it ever happens with any other emails, but it seemed to be pretty specific to Groups.io
I confirm that the digest or summary mails are more highly formatted messages, and indeed they do have a minimum width.

SOLUTION:

One solution is that she opens the mail in a new window, so that the folders on the left-hand side do not take up any space. There is a special button in Gmail for this, at the top right of the message (see screenshot attached).

Also:

I may have found the problem. The HTML is written very nicely for adjusting the width to the screen, and then someone put an image in the message footer in such a way that it doesn't allow going smaller:

/img/org.1/digest_bg_footer.jpg

Samuel


Re: Member's e-mail

 

On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 05:08 PM, Terry Bockhaus wrote:
She is a member, that is what is so strange.?I have checked all her settings and they are correct as well..
That doesn't actually answer Bruce's suggestion about checking your Activity log.

Chrsi


Re: Helo needed urgently

 

On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 04:09 PM, Michel Benarrosh wrote:
I had my Yahoo group transferred to Groups.io a few days ago (800+ members), under the name CHARTER BOAT OWNERS. Apparently only the moderator (me) is allowed to post and none of the members can post - they cannot see the "New Topic" button.

I have been looking at all my settings and I cannot find where to fix this. Can someone help ASAP please?
Michael, you say you are a moderator. Are you the owner? Can you see Admin in the left menu?
If yes, you are ready to make the changes.

First, is it possible you set it up as an Announcement group? That seems to fit the symptoms. Untick that.
Select restricted or one of the other spam control choices.
See this quick start guide:
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Quick-Start-for-Group-Formation

Frances

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Re: Helo needed urgently

 

Under your "Admin/Settings" Spam Control block - make sure you don't have 'Announcement group' checked, this only allows moderators (you!) to post...


Re: Photo permissions

 

On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 03:48 PM, Dale Smith wrote:
Problem is that no one but me or another moderator or owner can move the files.? ?Is there a way to upload them so that anyone can move them?? I know the individuals can download and re upload them, but that would duplicate storage or create communication issues and work for the moderators to delete them from the large album.? ?Also moving is just so much easier.
If the photos are in an album it is fairly easy to move them. But create an album before you try to move.
To give everyone access, you need to go to Admin, Settings. Scroll down to photos in Features. Change it so subscribers and view and upload.

However access does not give your members permission to move other people's photos. Only the member who uploaded the photo can move it - apart from owners / moderators. And you have one big file from Yahoo.?
Someone else suggested hosting the photos elsewhere - somewhere free. And putting a link on your home page.

Anyone else with suggestions on how to do this?

Frances

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Re: Translation for Groups.io? #translation #wiki

 

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Hi Frances,
Sure, that sounds good. ?It would be good for me anyway?to learn how?
to use wiki pages since they may come in handy for my group.
Let me know how to access it when it ready.
Thanks,
AC



From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Frances via Groups.Io <frances@...>
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2019 12:39 PM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [GMF] Translation for Groups.io? #translation #wiki
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I can create a wiki start page in GMF for this if you wish.
If you haven't done a wiki, it is just like word processing - or like writing a post online here at Groups.io
Any member of GMF can edit it. Anyone can read it.

Frances
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Helo needed urgently

 

I had my Yahoo group transferred to Groups.io a few days ago (800+ members), under the name CHARTER BOAT OWNERS. Apparently only the moderator (me) is allowed to post and none of the members can post - they cannot see the "New Topic" button.

I have been looking at all my settings and I cannot find where to fix this. Can someone help ASAP please?

Thank you.
Michael


Photo permissions

 

We have started a new group on groups.io as it is not economically feasible to utilize the transfer option to move our old Yahoo group over.? Also our owner is missing.? ?We downloaded everything with PGOffline and have assembled the old Yahoo messages in searchable form off site, with a link to them in the group description, but uploading the photos remains a problem.? ?We have 286 albums.? I can get all the photos into one album and upload them that way to one "Photos from Yahoo" album, but I would like to make it possible for individual members to go into those photos and pick their own photos out and create a separate folder if they are so inclined.? Problem is that no one but me or another moderator or owner can move the files.? ?Is there a way to upload them so that anyone can move them?? I know the individuals can download and re upload them, but that would duplicate storage or create communication issues and work for the moderators to delete them from the large album.? ?Also moving is just so much easier.

Dale Smith


Re: Question about Deleting photos in the Emailed photo album plus another question

 

I belong to more than 3 groups in groupsio.? In one I'm the owner and in two I'm the Moderator.? In the owner and one Moderator site when I go to Settings, I can find it.? With one that I'm Moderator, Settings won't come up.? I'm assuming something is set wrong by the owner maybe?? What setting would that be?? What should it be?

And regarding the Deleting of photos in the Emailed photo album, the one I'm Moderator for and can't get to settings doesn't have a "delete" for the photos.? On the second one that I'm Moderator for and can see Settings, I can see the delete for the photos but the owner can't.? On the one that I'm owner, I can see the delete and the Settings.

I think the wiki page on promoting moderators and owners may be relevant. A full list of permissions.
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Promotion%2C-Status-or-Permissions-Change-to-Moderator-or-Owner

There are also settings in Admin, Settings for photos.

I think you need to do both. Change your admin settings so that moderators can do certain things.
Then for a specific member you wish to promote, choose the permissions that you, as owner, wish to give to that particular moderator.

Frances

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Re: Multiple e-mail problem

 

On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 03:30 PM, Ginger Iorizzo wrote:
I looked at both messages and they both have the ¡°wrong¡± e-mail address listed. But I¡¯m pretty sure that I don¡¯t have a Groups.io account under that e-mail.
Ginger -- I'm pretty sure that you do; otherwise no groups.io messages would have been delivered there. Is it possible that you have set something up to forward them?

Could I have accidentally created an alias for that group?
Messages are never sent to alias addresses. Aliases are post-only.

Bruce


Re: Translation for Groups.io? #translation #wiki

 

I can create a wiki start page in GMF for this if you wish.
If you haven't done a wiki, it is just like word processing - or like writing a post online here at Groups.io
Any member of GMF can edit it. Anyone can read it.

Frances
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Re: file and folder organization #files #folders

 


so, a folder structure would look like this with prefix number ...

10? Green widgets

20? Red widgets

30? Yellow widgets

40 Orange widgets

Thus, the 2-digit number can organize this


Re: Translation for Groups.io? #translation #wiki

 

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Hi, George,

if you want to, become a transisient member of my group and you can copy all you want.

I?m happy to share it.

/g/cushinghundevital

you find the German translations in the hashtag section (lefthand), and in ¡°messages¡± you find a sticky one on top which gives orientation to the members about the funktionality of the group.

Victoria

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Re: Multiple e-mail problem

 

Hi Shal,
I looked at both messages and they both have the ¡°wrong¡± e-mail address listed. But I¡¯m pretty sure that I don¡¯t have a Groups.io account under that e-mail. Could I have accidentally created an alias for that group? And if so, how do I delete it?
Thanks for your help.
Ginger

On Nov 16, 2019, at 3:11 PM, Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote:

?Ginger,

I am now getting messages from the former Yahoo group at both e-mail
addresses.
The first diagnostic is to determine the subscription address for messages arriving at each address. To do this look at the bottom of the footer of the message, next to the Unsubscribe link.
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Footers

If the duplicate messages shows the same subscribed address then the duplication is happening somewhere within you email setup. Perhaps by means of a filter set to forward or something like that.

If the duplicate messages show different subscribed address that would indicate that you have two subscriptions to that group, one under each of those addresses. It sounds like you already know how to sign in to the "wrong" address, do so and unsubscribe from the group. In this case you probably don't want to merge the wrong address into the right one, as you already have a subscription in the right address.

One caveat: if the "wrong" address is the same address that you previously merged into your "right" address that might indicate that the merge didn't complete, at least for this group. I don't know how that could happen, but if it did then it probably merits further investigation before taking action.

When I click on Subscription in the affected group, it only shows my
hotmail address.
Naturally. A subscription is tied to a single address. If you have more than one subscription in the group, that other subscription is owned by a different account. Which as far as Groups.io is concerned may be a different person.

Shal


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Re: Multiple e-mail problem

 

Ginger,

I am now getting messages from the former Yahoo group at both e-mail
addresses.
The first diagnostic is to determine the subscription address for messages arriving at each address. To do this look at the bottom of the footer of the message, next to the Unsubscribe link.
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Footers

If the duplicate messages shows the same subscribed address then the duplication is happening somewhere within you email setup. Perhaps by means of a filter set to forward or something like that.

If the duplicate messages show different subscribed address that would indicate that you have two subscriptions to that group, one under each of those addresses. It sounds like you already know how to sign in to the "wrong" address, do so and unsubscribe from the group. In this case you probably don't want to merge the wrong address into the right one, as you already have a subscription in the right address.

One caveat: if the "wrong" address is the same address that you previously merged into your "right" address that might indicate that the merge didn't complete, at least for this group. I don't know how that could happen, but if it did then it probably merits further investigation before taking action.

When I click on Subscription in the affected group, it only shows my
hotmail address.
Naturally. A subscription is tied to a single address. If you have more than one subscription in the group, that other subscription is owned by a different account. Which as far as Groups.io is concerned may be a different person.

Shal


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Question about Deleting photos in the Emailed photo album plus another question

 

I belong to more than 3 groups in groupsio.? In one I'm the owner and in two I'm the Moderator.? In the owner and one Moderator site when I go to Settings, I can find it.? With one that I'm Moderator, Settings won't come up.? I'm assuming something is set wrong by the owner maybe?? What setting would that be?? What should it be?

And regarding the Deleting of photos in the Emailed photo album, the one I'm Moderator for and can't get to settings doesn't have a "delete" for the photos.? On the second one that I'm Moderator for and can see Settings, I can see the delete for the photos but the owner can't.? On the one that I'm owner, I can see the delete and the Settings.

Help!!


Re: Translation for Groups.io? #translation #wiki

 

On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 09:24 AM, Victoria wrote:
I already translated all the main terms that appear in the surface structure of groups.io into German and explain precisely what they mean. They are easily retrievable for everyone who is a member of the group.
Victoria, which group does contain your German informations? I am in a similar situation with my groups. Can we share the translations, can I contribute to them?

Best regards
Georg Klein, Wien