Re: Do invited members of a subgroup need a Groups.io account
On 2025-05-29 00:33, Graham Rae via
groups.io wrote:
Is it a requirement that an invitee to a subgroup must
have their own Groups.IO account before they can accept the
invite?
No, if they accept the invitation then their groups.io account is
automatically created for them, for either a regular main group or a
subgroup.
Cheers,
Christos
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Do invited members of a subgroup need a Groups.io account
Is it a requirement that an invitee to a subgroup must have their own Groups.IO account before they can accept the invite?
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File format for bulk member invites
Can you confirm the only supported format is .txt? I have tried csv and .xlsx and both result in "invalid email format" error
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Re: "New Topic" not showing on sidebar
Karl
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Suggestion - when members have issues, its helpful to ask whether they are using a
PC (web browser interface) or
An App (and iOS or Android)
A browser (like Chrome or Safari) on a mobile device
And, whether the device is a phone or tablet/pad (and iOS or Android)
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The displays can be different and there could be acbug in one and not all interfaces)
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Re: "New Topic" not showing on sidebar
On Mon, May 26, 2025 at 02:54 PM, Karl Johnson wrote:
I have a group member - his side menu bar does not have the "new topic" option visible.?
On a narrow screen (like a phone or tablet) New Topic will be at the bottom of the page.
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Failing that, he could just be logged in with the wrong email address (or not logged in at all).
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Hope this helps,
Bruce
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"New Topic" not showing on sidebar
I am the moderator of a group.? I have a group member - his side menu bar does not have the "new topic" option visible.? I can't figure it out.? Anyone else encountered this issue?
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Hey Merle
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It MATTERS because your complaint about Groups.io revolves around your perception of lack of support.
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I.e., you said, ¡°I never got replies to my questions when I sent to the folks. After googling I found this help from other users email.? So what is incomprehensible? I¡¯m confused.¡±
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If you had just followed the resources on the help page then the issue would have been resolved and you wouldn't have had to ¡°f[ind] this help from other users email¡± you could have gone straight here.?
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So, I¡¯ll ask again... ?Did you not read the entire page? ?Missed the explanation /links to GMF and here? ?If we don't know why yiu missed it then we can't help Mark make the Help more useful. Additionally we can't help gio/Nina update Help documents if you won't cooperate and explain what ¡°support¡± or info is lacking. ?Gio is very good at reacting to user input but Mark is not a mind reader.?
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Re: Member directory permissions
Thanks, everyone, issue resolved.
Merle
On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 9:31?AM Merle Slyhoff via <merle.slyhoff= [email protected]> wrote: Thanks for this tip. I¡¯ve asked my non-owner tester to check for the more option. I created a non-owner membership for myself and I can see the left column with directory and member. I¡¯ve also asked my tester to make sure her setting is to allow members to see their profile.?
Merle
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Thanks, everyone, for your help. Issue Resolved.?
Merle
On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 7:13?PM Merle Slyhoff via <merle.slyhoff= [email protected]> wrote: I just spent time going thru my junk folder and found quite a few messages from this help group in there, including the one with the info on the change. I marked the email address ¡°safe¡± so hopefully won¡¯t have that issue going forward.
Merle Merle
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You are obviously receiving emails from this group because you respond to them.?
did you not receive this message?
On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 09:49 AM, Merle Slyhoff wrote:
I searched all my emails and don¡¯t have one with the info that the option was added.
On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 03:37 PM, Merle Slyhoff wrote:
What change are you referring to? I made a text change to the info on our main page after spending days reading thru the manual 3 times. And someone here told me that I can¡¯t delete certain info because it¡¯s not a feature.? I never got replies to my questions when I sent to the folks. After googling I found this help from other users email.? So what is incomprehensible? I¡¯m confused.
It wasn't a feature when you asked, it is now.? If you had read, and followed, the information that has been included in the replies to your topic, you'd have seen /g/Group_Help/message/7775, which tells you that a change was made to the site to allow you to remove the Join button, just as you wanted.? It was actually a member here that made on the beta group because of your, and others, similar requests.
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Duane
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I just spent time going thru my junk folder and found quite a few messages from this help group in there, including the one with the info on the change. I marked the email address ¡°safe¡± so hopefully won¡¯t have that issue going forward.
Merle
Merle
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You are obviously receiving emails from this group because you respond to them.?
did you not receive this message?
On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 09:49 AM, Merle Slyhoff wrote:
I searched all my emails and don¡¯t have one with the info that the option was added.
On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 03:37 PM, Merle Slyhoff wrote:
What change are you referring to? I made a text change to the info on our main page after spending days reading thru the manual 3 times. And someone here told me that I can¡¯t delete certain info because it¡¯s not a feature.? I never got replies to my questions when I sent to the folks. After googling I found this help from other users email.? So what is incomprehensible? I¡¯m confused.
It wasn't a feature when you asked, it is now.? If you had read, and followed, the information that has been included in the replies to your topic, you'd have seen /g/Group_Help/message/7775, which tells you that a change was made to the site to allow you to remove the Join button, just as you wanted.? It was actually a member here that made on the beta group because of your, and others, similar requests.
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Duane
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Because after I spend time looking thru manuals etc from the company I do a Google search.? Did that my entire career as a librarian and we taught the grad students to do the same. What does it matter how I found the info? I immediately found a link that took me to the page in the manual. ?
Merle
I?understand that you read the manual - you stated that before.? I asked about why you relied on an email from your group to find this help forum.? That seems to be one of the bugs in your bonnet about gio.?
THIS help forum AND the GMF help forum are listed right on the Help Page.?
Did you read the entire page? ?
Miss seeing those two resources?
Perhaps they need to be ¡°highlighted¡± better on the Help page.?
Thx
On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 09:32 AM, Merle Slyhoff wrote:
I read the entire manual many times and did searches in the help and still couldn¡¯t find it and I did researching as my job. The Google question immediately took me to the reply I needed.
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Merle
I?understand that you read the manual - you stated that before. ?I asked about why you relied on an email from your group to find this help forum. ?That seems to be one of the bugs in your bonnet about gio.?
THIS help forum AND the GMF help forum are listed right on the Help Page.?
Did you read the entire page? ?
Miss seeing those two resources?
Perhaps they need to be ¡°highlighted¡± better on the Help page.?
Thx
On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 09:32 AM, Merle Slyhoff wrote:
I read the entire manual many times and did searches in the help and still couldn¡¯t find it and I did researching as my job. The Google question immediately took me to the reply I needed.
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Merle
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You are obviously receiving emails from this group because you respond to them.?
did you not receive this message?
On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 09:49 AM, Merle Slyhoff wrote:
I searched all my emails and don¡¯t have one with the info that the option was added.
On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 03:37 PM, Merle Slyhoff wrote:
What change are you referring to? I made a text change to the info on our main page after spending days reading thru the manual 3 times. And someone here told me that I can¡¯t delete certain info because it¡¯s not a feature.? I never got replies to my questions when I sent to the folks. After googling I found this help from other users email.? So what is incomprehensible? I¡¯m confused.
It wasn't a feature when you asked, it is now.? If you had read, and followed, the information that has been included in the replies to your topic, you'd have seen /g/Group_Help/message/7775, which tells you that a change was made to the site to allow you to remove the Join button, just as you wanted.? It was actually a member here that made on the beta group because of your, and others, similar requests.
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Duane
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On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 08:49 AM, Merle Slyhoff wrote:
I searched all my emails and don¡¯t have one with the info that the option was added.
Have you checked your Email Delivery History?? It's possible that it bounced.? Also possible that it was put in another folder.? Gmail loves to be 'helpful' that way.
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Duane
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I searched all my emails and don¡¯t have one with the info that the option was added.
On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 03:37 PM, Merle Slyhoff wrote:
What change are you referring to? I made a text change to the info on our main page after spending days reading thru the manual 3 times. And someone here told me that I can¡¯t delete certain info because it¡¯s not a feature.? I never got replies to my questions when I sent to the folks. After googling I found this help from other users email.? So what is incomprehensible? I¡¯m confused.
It wasn't a feature when you asked, it is now.? If you had read, and followed, the information that has been included in the replies to your topic, you'd have seen /g/Group_Help/message/7775, which tells you that a change was made to the site to allow you to remove the Join button, just as you wanted.? It was actually a member here that made on the beta group because of your, and others, similar requests. ?
Duane
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I read the entire manual many times and did searches in the help and still couldn¡¯t find it and I did researching as my job. The Google question immediately took me to the reply I needed.
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Re: Member directory permissions
Thanks for this tip. I¡¯ve asked my non-owner tester to check for the more option. I created a non-owner membership for myself and I can see the left column with directory and member. I¡¯ve also asked my tester to make sure her setting is to allow members to see their profile.?
Merle
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Re: Member directory permissions
On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 06:36 PM, Merle Slyhoff wrote:
It said created and I figured it meant created in .
If it has a date of 2002 for created, then it was transferred from another site, probably Yahoo Groups.? Unless another member knows when the transfer was made, you'll need to go back and read some previous messages in your group.? I'd probably search for 'transfer' or 'groups.io' (without quotes) initially.? If you tell us the name of the group, we might be able to assist.
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Duane
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Merle Slyhoff:
What change are you referring to? I made a text change to the info on our main page after spending days reading thru the manual 3 times. And someone here told me that I can¡¯t delete certain info because it¡¯s not a feature.? I never got replies to my questions when I sent to the folks. After googling I found this help from other users email.? So what is incomprehensible? I¡¯m confused.
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You asked about being able to turn off being able to self-join and being able to join only by invitation.?
That was not an option.?
The change is - that is now an option.?
Tell us if you get that sort of response/support from another forum platform? ?And if so, which?
Wondering why you would Google about this help forum or rely on picking it up ftom others¡¯ emails - GIo has a help page and the GMF and Help forums are linked right there.?
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Re: Member directory permissions
On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 06:36 PM, Merle Slyhoff wrote:
members don¡¯t have access to either
Have them look at the User Manual for the Directory, especially if they're using the app. ?
Duane
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