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I would like to host subscriptions to exclusive content within subgroups in our group (). Specifically, in order for a user to get access to specific content, they would have to be a member of the subgroup containing that content, and membership in the subgroup would be provided in fixed-term increments.

I realize that we cannot manage time-limited subscriptions in . Therefore, I would manage the subscriptions in a separate spreadsheet. However, I need a way to update the subgroup member list in a reliable and straightfoward way.

The File Sync option is the perfect solution to this... except for one big problem: File Sync doesn't work at the subgroup level.?So I need to find a workaround.

I’m supposing that I might update subscriptions once a week and I see that I can bulk delete every member from a subgroup. So perhaps every Sunday morning, I could delete everyone in the subgroup and then add back everyone whose subscription is still valid. But is there no way to upload a .csv file back to the subgroup to fill out the updated membership again? The Direct Add option would not be automated enough.

As an alternative, I see that I can upload a CSV file of people to remove in bulk. So I could do that periodically as well. But is there no way to add people in bulk to a subgroup?

Thanks,
Steven

On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 07:32 PM, William WC2L wrote:

BOTH had the full menu.

Does the affected group have another owner or moderator? All the missing items might have been disabled in Settings; I suggest going to Settings and checking whether or not the missing items (to be found in the Features section) have been disabled.?

Chris?

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Both were create about the same time. BOTH had the full menu.
I see the other message with a list of features Wiki.

Only reason I know it had the files,? another user has posted them and I had downloaded them.
I went to modify a file in that portion. Not a great bid deal.
Will be curious on interest and etc..

Will

On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 04:20 PM, William WC2L wrote:

I am the owner of two groups.
Why does one have it and the other lost it?

If you're the owner, the only difference will be that you get the blue Owner badge and the Admin menu. A recently created free group doesn't have Files or Calendar etc. so you won't see a menu with those options. See the features page for a list of what's included for the different plans now.? Older (legacy) free groups have more features so you get more menu options.

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Andy

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This GMF wiki page lists the timelines and features for free groups.
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/25069

You can also go to Admin, Upgrade on your groups to see what features you should have.?

Frances

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Could it be that one was created before the features of free groups were reduced, and the other after?

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On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 04:20 PM, William WC2L wrote:

I am the owner of two groups.
Why does one have it and the other lost it?

If you're the owner, the only difference will be that you get the blue Owner badge and the Admin menu. A recently created free group doesn't have Files or Calendar etc. so you won't see a menu with those options. See the features page for a list of what's included for the different plans now.? Older (legacy) free groups have more features so you get more menu options.

Regards
Andy

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I am the owner of two groups.
Why does one have it and the other lost it?

On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 03:23 PM, William WC2L wrote:

One looks truncated:

That's all you'll get on a free group.

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Andy

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On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 04:12 PM, Andy Wedge wrote:

That's all you'll get on a free group.

To clarify, that's all you'll get on a free group created recently. A legacy free group will have more features and so more options on the left side menu.

Andy

On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 03:23 PM, William WC2L wrote:

One looks truncated:

That's all you'll get on a free group.

Regards
Andy

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Same browser. I checked with another browser.

I grabbed the wrong screen. The one that I grabbed, I'm just a member.
Here is the actual group!

I thought of using one of my other email accounts and creating/joining to see if it has the same issue.

Will WC2L

Well, Admin is missing on the second.

The first one is for a group where you are logged in as owner or moderator.
Second one is for a group where you are logged in simply as a regular member.?

However, if the first stops at New Topic:
Are you also sure you aren't logged into the test version?
Are they different browsers?

Frances

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Well, Admin is missing on the second.

The first one is for a group where you are logged in as owner or moderator.
Second one is for a group where you are logged in simply as a regular member.?

However, if the first stops at New Topic:
Are you also sure you aren't logged into the test version?
Are they different browsers?

Frances

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Hi Folks,
First posting. I tried to search, but not quite the same issue I'm seeing.
I'm a member of many groups and owner of two groups.

One looks truncated:

One group looks normal:

Last time I went in to the administration, It was all normal. I KNOW there were files and etc..
I have two accounts and both show the same thing. Just sort of lost on where to look!!

TNX Will

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On 1 Mar 2024, at 17:01, Marlene <marlene@...> wrote:

Hello,

I want to change the photo on my group. Can anyone explain how to do that?
Thank you in advance,
Marlene

Sure. Just go to Admin > Settings > Cover Photo.

Otto

While I am sure that Bruce's advice is the best way forward for you, I just wanted to point out that you can require hashtags and you can make it so only the owner / moderator creates hashtags. That might get closer to what you want if you stayed with Groups.io

Mark does this in Beta group.

See also: ?/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/managing-hashtags

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Hello,

I want to change the photo on my group. Can anyone explain how to do that?
Thank you in advance,
Marlene??

On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 11:26 AM, JSA wrote:

Our eternity.io group runs like our old Yahoo group with emails in 'threads' which are archived, so that one can search the archive and pull up messages relating to a topic.? However on the internet there are also groups which have a structure to their forum and members can post messages to a pre-established general topic? or to established sub-topics below.? ? ?There are pluses and minuses? ?and I don't pretend to know all the pros and cons but the structured approach more easily allows one to visualize all the topics which have been discussed and to put a new topic into the right "bucket".? ? ? ?Does eternity.io have that capability??

JSA -- People have previously argued for both web-only and email-only groups. Neither is an available feature. As you've surmised, much difficulty arises when trying to assign an incoming email to the right "bucket;" especially when nondescript subject lines like "Help" are involved.

Such ambiguity does not exist in your classic web forum. If that's what you really want, groups.io may not be your best option. Consider a dedicated forum provider, such as ProBoards (proboards.com). It is ad-supported, but you can remove the ads for a fee. If you're savvy enough to set it up, you could also use something like PHPBB on your own web site (phpbb.com). It is free and open-source.

Hope this helps,
Bruce

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Check out the groups.io Help Center?and?groups.io Owners Manual

Hello,? I don't think this is possible with eternity.io but I wanted to check.

The "search" capability for messages is really great and the archiving of messages is great.?

Our eternity.io group runs like our old Yahoo group with emails in 'threads' which are archived, so that one can search the archive and pull up messages relating to a topic.? However on the internet there are also groups which have a structure to their forum and members can post messages to a pre-established general topic? or to established sub-topics below.? ? ?There are pluses and minuses? ?and I don't pretend to know all the pros and cons but the structured approach more easily allows one to visualize all the topics which have been discussed and to put a new topic into the right "bucket".? ? ? ?Does eternity.io have that capability?? ? ?

Our group started as conversational but is gradually evolving towards repeated discussion of some topics.? ?

I think that within the structure we now have we can make something like an index with the wiki, putting links to messages, but looking for something easier.

Thank you for any suggestions!

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Hello everyone

There are lots of things that could be improved but I think we have to consider that GroupsIO is primarily a platform for online communities and the price we pay for it.

It also has a Chat feature but do we expect that to be as powerful as Zoom?

Just my take on it

My take, as a software developer, is that no system is ever complete (or ever bug free), it is an asymptotic approach to perfection. Taking the route suggested above leads to just freezing the codebase and only doing the occasional bug fix. That way lies a slow death. So, the more of a "one stop shop" GIO is, the better, in my book.

Best,

Glenn
P.S. I don't consider Zoom's chat features to be particularly powerful, especially as compared to something like Slack or even Discord.