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Re: Link checking app or software for wiki

J_Olivia Catlady
 

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Thanks. Interesting, I don't do all of that. turns my text - any text beginning with https etc- into a link if I just hit 'enter'. This successfully created the link, whether or not it is the last text on the page. The weirdness happens after I save the page, exit the wiki, and re-enter it. Upon re-entering, any link that's the last thing on the page has been turned back into plain text.

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On May 1, 2016, at 8:50 PM, Frances <travel@...> wrote:

No, no problem at all. Just to make sure that we are talking about the same process, here's how I do it.

I type the name of the link or page, then select that. Click on the little "add url" icon - second line, left.?


Paste the URL from the website that you want to link into the second box - "To what URL should this link go?" Tick the box for the launch of a new page if you want that. (I do - people can navigate the links page easier.) Then click on Insert Link.

I also put in any brief description beside the link.

I just double-checked to see if there is a problem with it, but none. I don't tend to leave an extra space after that last link in the list because there is enough white space anyway.

Cheers,

Frances
Re: Link checking app or software for wiki

 

No, no problem at all. Just to make sure that we are talking about the same process, here's how I do it.

I type the name of the link or page, then select that. Click on the little "add url" icon - second line, left.?


Paste the URL from the website that you want to link into the second box - "To what URL should this link go?" Tick the box for the launch of a new page if you want that. (I do - people can navigate the links page easier.) Then click on Insert Link.

I also put in any brief description beside the link.

I just double-checked to see if there is a problem with it, but none. I don't tend to leave an extra space after that last link in the list because there is enough white space anyway.

Cheers,

Frances
Re: Link checking app or software for wiki

J_Olivia Catlady
 

Frances,

I was just wondering: have you had any trouble when a link is the last line in a wiki page? In my group, links that happen to be the last line in a wiki page have been reverting to plain text when I reenter the page. Mark has been unable to reproduce it. Since you're using your wiki in a similar way to mine (as a links library), I've been wondering whether you or anyone else have been having the problem.

I am using URL's gleaned from visiting a page and copying/pasting the URL (then hitting "enter" so that turns it into a link). I am not pasting links from Word documents, which I know can be problematic.

J

On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 5:47 PM, Frances <travel@...> wrote:

Hi, In our travel group, we have a links library in the wiki. I just clicked through all the links to ensure that they were accurate. It would be great if there was link checking software or the ability to add a free service for link checking. I have one for my housing co-op website on Wordpress. I know this is a bit different, but boy, I think it would be useful! Anyone else think this?

Or any suggestions on how to do it with Groups.io wikis as is?

Frances
Link checking app or software for wiki

 

Hi, In our travel group, we have a links library in the wiki. I just clicked through all the links to ensure that they were accurate. It would be great if there was link checking software or the ability to add a free service for link checking. I have one for my housing co-op website on Wordpress. I know this is a bit different, but boy, I think it would be useful! Anyone else think this?

Or any suggestions on how to do it with Groups.io wikis as is?

Frances
Re: group question

 

Marvin,

Hi. How do I take over a group, does the current group owner, give me
the ability for him or her to transfer the ownership, ...
Only a current owner of the group can change your role to Owner.

Note: the owner doesn't have to give up ownership to do that, the group may have more than one owner (and all of them are equal).

and also I just ask friends, to be co-admins or co-moderators.
How do I go about this?
If you are a moderator in the group with the permission to Set Moderator Privileges, or if you are an owner in the group, then you can go to the Members list in the group, click on the person you wish to promote, then select Moderator in the Role option. When you do that a list of permissions will appear below their new role, and you can decide what abilities this new moderator should have.

Shal
Re: group question

J_Olivia Catlady
 

The current group owner changes your "role" to "owner." Then the current member, if they want to hand it over to you and bow out, changes their role back to "member" (or quits the group or whatever you all plan to do).



On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 5:04 AM, marvin hunkin <startrekcafe@...> wrote:

Hi. How do I take over a group, does the current group owner, give me the ability for him or her to transfer the ownership, and also I just ask friends, to be co-admins or co-moderators.

How do I go about this?

Thanks.

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group question

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Hi. How do I take over a group, does the current group owner, give me the ability for him or her to transfer the ownership, and also I just ask friends, to be co-admins or co-moderators.

How do I go about this?

Thanks.

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Re: some digests going into 'promotions'

J_Olivia Catlady
 

Of course, the bigger issue is that this is a miscategorizaton. The only other things in gmails promotions category are outright advertisements. Is there anything that could be don't on the groups.io side to lessen the chances of the miscategorizaton, and is there anything users can do yo teach gmail (as with the 'not spam' feature)?
K

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On Apr 26, 2016, at 7:45 AM, Duane <txpigeon@...> wrote:

It looks like that would be a setting in gmail. I have all the tabs turned off and don't see it.


Duane
Re: some digests going into 'promotions'

J_Olivia Catlady
 

Thanks. Unfortunately, using the tabs now seems to be the default. They're relatively new and you evidently have to opt out rather than opt in. I suppose the solution is to notify group members of this issue. It seems like a lot of trouble they would have to go to (and in some cases, may be incapable of going to) for a problem they probably don't even realize exists (i.e., missing a digest sometimes). It's insidious. Bad, bad gmail! ;)
J

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On Apr 26, 2016, at 7:45 AM, Duane <txpigeon@...> wrote:

It looks like that would be a setting in gmail. I have all the tabs turned off and don't see it.


Duane
Re: some digests going into 'promotions'

 

It looks like that would be a setting in gmail. I have all the tabs turned off and don't see it.


Duane
some digests going into 'promotions'

J_Olivia Catlady
 

I'm not sure whether anything can be done about this, or whether it's a subject for beta that Mark could do anything about: recently, the digests for several of the groups I'm in, including my own group sometimes (but not always), are not showing up in my gmail inboxes. Instead, I have to notice the little number next to the word 'Promotions' at the top and click on it to get to them. All the other so-called 'promotions' (aka spam) then appear as well. This seems to be separate from the spam file. I'm concerned that digest members of my group are not seeing this and not getting the digest because they wouldn't look there. Any suggestions as to why and what can be done?

J

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How to add a ToC to your wiki pages

 

Hi all,

Prompted by a conversation in beta@, I've put together a rough guide to how to use the Table of Contents ("ToC") feature in our groups' wiki pages.

How to put a Table of Contents on a Wiki page
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/How-to-put-a-Table-of-Contents-on-a-Wiki-page

Comments and improvements are welcome.

Shal
Re: valid email address

 
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Terry,

Is this: < terrys = yahoo.com @ groups.io >
a valid email address?
Yes and no. It is syntactically valid (as required for it to be used in a From field) but messages sent to that address will go nowhere. That is, if you send a message to that address groups.io will reject it ("bounce" it back at you).

Groups.io uses this format for messages from email services (such as Yahoo Mail) that would otherwise attempt to prevent delivery of the message to other group members.

It is a work-around to the anti-spoofing technology (DMARC) deployed by Yahoo Mail and some others. That technology has the unfortunate side effect of breaking mailing lists - unless the mailing list takes countermeasures like masking the original From address.

Shal
valid email address

Terry S
 

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Is this:? <terrys@...>

a valid email address?

Terry S
--
"God wants spiritual fruits, not religious nuts" - sign observed outside a Methodist Church


On 4/20/2016 11:59 AM, J_catlady wrote:
I would contact [email protected] immediately. It's possible someone is trying to hack your account. Or there's a bug. Either way, I would report it.

J



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Re: Keep getting sent link for log in to io

 

Louise,

I did not knowingly request a login link so if I didn't request it does
that mean someone else did?
Possibly. I'm at a loss to imagine how you might unknowingly request one, but maybe if you were trying to sign in or join a group at the time.

It could be an innocent mistake, such as someone with a very similar email address and a tendency to typo. But in any case I concur with J's suggestion that you bring this up with [email protected] to see if they can determine the cause.

A feature that Groups.io does not have yet is a way to list your recent logins and login attempts.


Shal
Re: Keep getting sent link for log in to io

 

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Thanks, Catlady. I have now reported it.

Louise

On 20 Apr 2016, at 16:59, J_catlady <j.olivia.catlady@...> wrote:

I would contact [email protected] immediately. It's possible someone is trying to hack your account. Or there's a bug. Either way, I would report it.

J
Re: Keep getting sent link for log in to io

J_Olivia Catlady
 

I would contact [email protected] immediately. It's possible someone is trying to hack your account. Or there's a bug. Either way, I would report it.

J

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 4:10 AM, Louise via Groups.io <knitlou@...> wrote:
3 times over the last couple of days!
The message ends:

"If you did not ask for a login link to be sent to you, please ignore this email."

The problem is that the above suggestion to ignore the email does not reassure me!

I did not knowingly request a login link so if I didn't request it does that mean someone else did?

Louise
Keep getting sent link for log in to io

 

3 times over the last couple of days!
The message ends:

"If you did not ask for a login link to be sent to you, please ignore this email."

The problem is that the above suggestion to ignore the email does not reassure me!

I did not knowingly request a login link so if I didn't request it does that mean someone else did?

Louise

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On 14 Apr 2016, at 06:55, Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote:

J,

How do you edit a row of a database?
Click on the row (anywhere but the checkbox) and an Update Row page opens.

Same sort of affordance as opening a member's page in the Members list: click on it to open (and optionally edit).

Shal
Re: Deleting email addresses

 

Frances,

Groups.io wouldn't allow me to change the email address since it said
that I already have that "proposed" email address in use.
Yup. Managing multiple email addresses is one of the weak spots in Groups.io. That's on the radar, but not promised on any schedule.


So, how do I delete a couple of email addresses that I had used for
testing or as email aliases - there are no subscriptions assigned to
these addresses.
Log in to each address and use the /deleteuser page:
/deleteuser
There isn't a link to that page anywhere.
/g/beta/message/7300

Make sure you've logged out of your main email address, you don't want to accidentally delete the wrong address.

The easy way to log in to these test addresses is to use Email a link to log in. That saves the effort of establishing a password only to delete it.

I don't seem to be able to do that even though I am owner of the sites.
Your ownership of some groups has no bearing on deleting a user account. That can only be done by the owner of the account (which you prove by logging in).

Shal
Deleting email addresses

 

I thought I would use another email address for a group I own since my primary email address was giving problems - I missed a few messages the other day, although they did arrive in the group website.

Groups.io wouldn¡¯t allow me to change the email address since it said that I already have that ¡°proposed¡± email address in use.

So, how do I delete a couple of email addresses that I had used for testing or as email aliases - there are no subscriptions assigned to these addresses. I don¡¯t seem to be able to do that even though I am owner of the sites.

Thanks,

Frances
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