Shal,

On 2/17/2018 1:36 AM, Shal Farley wrote:

Stan,

Also, when I was exploring what all the options were for the uploaded
cover image (by right clicking on the mouse) one of the options I
clicked on wiped out the customized Windows background color.

Oops.

As far as I know Groups.io never overrides the right-mouse menu, so whatever menu you saw there was provided by SeaMonkey or your operating system. So nearly anything's possible at that point.

When I right clicked I had seen a set of choices I had never seen before and so it seemed to me these were choice provided by groups.io. From what you are saying they are not. If I get the ambition I can create a test group, do a right click and then get a screen print to display what they are.
Stan

On Feb 17, 2018, at 4:26 AM, Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote:

Speculation on my part, but maybe it wasn't an attachment.

cid: - a traditional attached image file
http: - a "remote" image hosted somewhere on the internet
data: - an inline image file

Thank you, Shal, for explaining this. With viruses still spread in email attachments, none of my public lists allow attachments. And for simplicity I have resisted HTML vigorously. (The colors and fonts people choose are horrendous.) A few years ago I relented on HTML for about 2 weeks because there were so many people who wanted to format their messages.

Suddenly “attachments” appeared. I couldn’t figure out how people had gotten them attached. Huge pictures, etc. I dropped the HTML and got no arguments, but I’ve never understood what happened.

The same thing is true in Apple Mail. I often search messages for an attachment and suddenly, not all messages with “attachments” are marked with the paperclip. It’s now undependable.

Sharon
----
Sharon Villines
TakomaTime, a neighborhood timebank
takomatime.timebanks.org

Given the impending shutdown of Wikispaces.com and the paucity of info and discussion about migrating a Wikispaces wiki to another site, IvI' created the group as a potentially helpful forum for Wikispaces Organizers.

Don,

I've read many posts that state attachments are the one thing that is
not included in the transfer of a group from YG, but I found one in
our recently transferred group's Emailed Photos album.

Cool! I've been wondering about this.

Clicking on the blue Messages button under the picture, took me to a
2012 post associated with the picture. If one attachment made the
transfer I wonder why all the attachments can't?

Speculation on my part, but maybe it wasn't an attachment.

You don't say what you mean by "associated with", but if the photo was an image inline in the HTML message body there are at least three forms it could take:

cid: - a traditional attached image file
http: - a "remote" image hosted somewhere on the internet
data: - an inline image file

If you can still access that message in the Y!Group it came from, looking at the View Source there may tell you what type this was. You'd be looking for something of the form <img src="cid:....">

"cid" means content identifier, and that's used when the image file is located in an attachment to the message. This type of image I would expect not to have been copied over, because it is an attachment.

"http" means a web file - the image isn't attached to the message but is instead loaded from some web server somewhere. This type of image I would expect to come through fine, but not end up in the Emailed Photos Album - I'd be amused to know if it did.

"data" means that the file is encoded right there, inline in the HTML of the message body. This is the case I think might be in your message. In which case if you look at the view source you'll see a large (or large-ish) block of base64 encoded data in the message body. Because this was not an attached file, but data in the message body itself I would expect it to copy over intact.

Looking at the View Source at Groups.io might not answer the question. I think images get special treatment when posted or transferred in and that would likely invalidate the evidence.

Shal


--
Help: /static/help
More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki
Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list

I've read many posts that state attachments are the one thing that is not included in the transfer of a group from YG, but I found one in our recently transferred group's Emailed Photos album. Clicking on the blue Messages button under the picture, took me to a 2012 post associated with the picture. If one attachment made the transfer I wonder why all the attachments can't?

Don

Bob,

If I enter a recurring calendar event, then go back and edit it and
use the UPDATE ALL option, only the event I am updating gets updated.

Is it fixed now? There were or are apparently some problems with recurring events...


If you're still having a problem with it you may want to report the specifics in your own message to [email protected]

Shal


--
Help: /static/help
More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki
Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list

Stan,

When I re-uploaded it again, it would not display in SeaMonkey. I now
have to go to FireFox to see it as well as all the images I uploaded
for the subgroups I created. What did I do that caused it not to
display in SeaMonkey?

I've never used SeaMonkey, so I really don't have a clue, but could the page simply need to be refreshed?

Or might you have somehow blocked SeaMonkey from loading images from AWS (Amazon Web Services) - the "cloud" service Groups.io uses for photo and file storage? The cover image on GMF comes from an address that begins:
...
So you would want to check that servers in the domain amazonaws.com aren't blocked.

Diagnostic question: in SeaMonkey do you see GMF's cover photo, or that of any other Groups.io group? If not, you've probably blocked AWS.

As an aside, how can I make a cover image the same size as the
Elephants image?

Use a photo editing tool to crop it to a 3:1 aspect ratio, and make sure it is saved at 900 x 300 resolution or larger.

Also, when I was exploring what all the options were for the uploaded
cover image (by right clicking on the mouse) one of the options I
clicked on wiped out the customized Windows background color.

Oops.

As far as I know Groups.io never overrides the right-mouse menu, so whatever menu you saw there was provided by SeaMonkey or your operating system. So nearly anything's possible at that point. Best to keep the finger-guards on when playing with power tools.

That menu may well have provided the means to block images from Amazon...

Shal
--
Help: /static/help
More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki
Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list

Anne,

When you visit groups.io for the first time, you will be prompted by a
link that will ask you to set up a password.

One of the factors that is often left unsaid is how the person got to groups.io. If they just typed in that address, or followed a plain link to Groups.io nothing special happens. There's just a page describing the service and links in the upper right to Log In or Sign Up.

Clicking through a link in an email notice from Groups.io is different. Those messages that arrive because you were transferred in, Invited, asked for an email log in, or you sent a +Subscribe command, etc. often have special links. Such links often have landing pages tailored to the purpose of the notification.

But to answer the member's question:

Do I need to login/sign up as an individual to access Freecycle via
this new platform?

To access members-only content of the group, yes. To just receive and post messages by email no (but then there would have been no need for you to click on a link either).

Shal


--
Help: /static/help
More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki
Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list

Looks like those are two different plans with differing storage.? Sometimes Mark will make changes to things, but grandfather in existing groups, too.

Duane
--
Help: /static/help
GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki
Search button at the top of Messages list

Only Mark knows what the priority is on projects and he usually doesn't say anything (on beta@) until he's ready to try something out.? There are items that may be implemented shown on the TODO list, such as

Duane
--
Help: /static/help
GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki
Search button at the top of Messages list

The pricing link on the bottom of each page shows a different amount than the pricing when I click the Upgrade link in my group menu under Admin.
Please help me with which price is correct.
Enterprise Yearly
$1100/Year
100GB Attachment Storage
or

Thanks. I will.
I've got nothing checked in the subgroup message settings, but the main group has hashtag required, disable no emails, and only moderators can create hashtag.
--
Norm

I tried 'Invite' and it works good. I also got a message telling me the person joined.

I tried joining myself using my yahoo email address. It also worked flawlessly, and I also got a message telling me someone needs to be approved. This is good also.

Question. If I enter an email address in "Bulk Remove" can the person rejoin? I assume the Bulk Remove is not banning the person. I'm asking this because I want to remove my test subscription using my yahoo email address, but may want to re-join later to test something else out.
Stan

Hi,

There seems to be no way to search photo albums or sort them by most
recent. Alphabetical sort is the only option (default). It be nice to
have a view with just the albums I have created.

Are there any suggestions for improvement being worked on?

Regards
John Russell
Refugee from Yahoo!

You should be able to set it independently under the Message Policies section of each group/sub.? If you can't, you should report it to [email protected] with as many details as you have.

Duane
--
Help: /static/help
GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki
Search button at the top of Messages list

开云体育

Post in beta. Doesn’t yet exist.

Hi Anne,
I just checked it on my iPhone and on my Mac laptop. It seems to be working.
Here's the screen when I click on Email me a link. And I received the email almost instantaneously. (Please note, I did not click through on the link in the email - didn't want to reset my password!)
Frances

I would add a +1 for a global search.? One that hit messages, files, wiki and potentially database files.?