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Re: Transferring Owner to Moderator
Ullman Garrett
Ref, a path to help for orphaned groups
1. Start your own group 2. Post to the old group that it is being discontinued due to lack of an owner. Tell them how to join the new group. 3.If they are interested they will respond, if they are not interested they will not respond. 4. "Priceless" archives can be cut and pasted. Am I missing something? I think what we have is a specific solution looking for a problem. There are other possible solutions. Ullmang
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Re: Format Bar absent when editing Wiki page
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 09:32 AM, David C. Partridge wrote:
Could I suggest an option on add page to specify the format please?I know that at one time there was a drop down box to choose the format for messages, possibly also wiki pages. I suspect it was changed to the way it is now because it would be unusual for someone to not use the same for everything (as in your case.) I used to use plain text for messages until I realized it doesn't really make any difference on most groups. If the group is 'plain text only', you can only compose a plain text message online and any emailed in will be converted. Now I've got my account preference set to HTML and all groups work as they should. Duane -- The official Groups.io user documentation is in the Groups.io Help Center. GMF's Unofficial Help Wiki: https://groups.io/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki
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Re: Format Bar absent when editing Wiki page
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 10:32 AM, David C. Partridge wrote:
Yes, but not here. You'll have to do that in the beta group (https://beta.groups.io/g/main). Regards, Bruce Check out the groups.io Help Center and groups.io Owners Manual
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Re: Format Bar absent when editing Wiki page
Expect that I want all my message posts to be plain text but my Wiki entries to be HTML !!!
Having to change the User Preferences every time seems “less than ideal”.
Could I suggest an option on add page to specify the format please?
David
From: GroupManagersForum@groups.io [mailto:GroupManagersForum@groups.io] On Behalf Of Duane
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 09:08 AM, Bill Hazel wrote: BTW - I searched the https://groups.io/helpcenter/ownersmanual for the term HTML and the only results concerned email preferences. I couldn't find any documentation on setting up My Account. It's in the Members manual since it applies to everyone, not just owners, https://groups.io/helpcenter/membersmanual/1/understanding-groups-io-accounts/setting-account-preferences-and-viewing-account-information?single=true
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Changing name of email sender for Calendar invites
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Re: Transferring Owner to Moderator
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 08:48 AM, Ken Cameron wrote:
The unfortunate part here is that an orphan group can't be a paid groupThat's one of the places where having multiple owners works (and the situation doesn't arise.) Duane -- The official Groups.io user documentation is in the Groups.io Help Center. GMF's Unofficial Help Wiki: https://groups.io/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki
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Re: Format Bar absent when editing Wiki page
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 09:08 AM, Bill Hazel wrote:
BTW - I searched the https://groups.io/helpcenter/ownersmanual for the term HTML and the only results concerned email preferences. I couldn't find any documentation on setting up My Account.It's in the Members manual since it applies to everyone, not just owners, https://groups.io/helpcenter/membersmanual/1/understanding-groups-io-accounts/setting-account-preferences-and-viewing-account-information?single=true Duane -- The official Groups.io user documentation is in the Groups.io Help Center. GMF's Unofficial Help Wiki: https://groups.io/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki
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Re: Format Bar absent when editing Wiki page
On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 01:03 PM, David C. Partridge wrote:
How do I do that? When I click on Add Page in the Wiki it just opens an edit box with no format bar ...https://groups.io/account?page=prefs select HTML in Editor Preference. To get to the linked page click on your name in the top right-hand corner, select account. Select Preferences from the left-hand sidebar menu BTW - I searched the https://groups.io/helpcenter/ownersmanual for the term HTML and the only results concerned email preferences. I couldn't find any documentation on setting up My Account. If I remember correctly (iffy these days), these settings are done the 1st time a new subscriber touches groups.io when they have absolutely no idea what they're getting into, I know I didn't. After tinkering around a while and they start figuring out what a great platform this is, those settings can become a distant memory. -- Bill Hazel Snohomish, WA
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Re: Transferring Owner to Moderator
The unfortunate part here is that an orphan group can't be a paid group
since nobody has the rights to pay. The current way still doesn't give this group a path for help. That would seem to leave them stuck with no option forward. -Ken Cameron, Member JMRI Dev Team www.jmri.org www.fingerlakeslivesteamers.org www.cnymod.org www.syracusemodelrr.org
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why are membership applicants called "member" before even admitted?
why are membership applicants called "member" before even admitted?
This is the case in my groups before an applicant even has confirmed his/her email-address.... And I thought I had read in Beta that the terminology had been changed in such a way that an interested party applying for membership is not called a member but a candidate for membership... -- Victoria https://groups.io/g/hundevital https://groups.io/g/siebenkatzenleben
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Re: Transferring Owner to Moderator
On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 08:20 PM, Stuart McCarthy wrote:
to be ignored by the Owner of Groups.io is discracefulNot everyone is ignored, only those that don't own a paid group, from which Mark earns his living. By my most recent estimate, there are almost 4.9 million user accounts on groups.io, so it makes sense to me that Mark can't be expected to interact with each one individually. IMO, I'd rather be ignored completely than get a canned response, as Yahoo usually sent, that has nothing to do with my concern/question. One of my favorite quotes when I was working was "Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part." Duane -- The official Groups.io user documentation is in the Groups.io Help Center. GMF's Unofficial Help Wiki: https://groups.io/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki
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Re: Password?
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 08:15 AM, Nivard Ovington wrote:
receiving a digest or summary of posts? so then needs to visit the site to read the message in full?for clarification, a Digest contains the message text so there's no need to go to the Groups.io site. A Daily Summary just contains a list of topics with links to the message text on the Groups.io site. Andy
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Re: Password?
Hi Karin
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I see you have been informed of how to log in etc Would I be right in thinking the subscriber you mention is receiving a digest or summary of posts? so then needs to visit the site to read the message in full? If so, if she changes to individual messages she will receive them all with no need to log in and visit the site unless changes to settings were required Its then just a matter of deleting those of no interest Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)
On 26/07/2020 21:48, Karin Beil via groups.io wrote:
One of our members set a password when she signed up. She does not want to type a password each time she wants to read a message. Can we delete the password for her? If not how does she change it to no password needed?
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Re: Transferring Owner to Moderator
Stuart McCarthy <perthspotter@...>
Thankyou to all who replied, I find it unacceptable that there is no way to add another Owner, and to be ignored by the Owner of Groups.io is discraceful.
I'm pretty sure our Owner has passed away, no one has seen or heard from him in 18 months It looks like a return to Google Groups is the only way, I never had a problem there.
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Re: Password?
If I haven't gone to the io site in a while, I get a message requesting my password. However, it also allows the option to get a link sent to my email address of record, which bypasses the need to enter a password, or create a new password. I am logged in again until they decide I need to re-enter my password...then, I request the lind again! It is also possible to Save a password in your browser, so that you don't need to sign in every time. Just depends how accessible you want things to be on your computer (or device?) Jenny 
On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 2:40 PM Duane <txpigeon@...> wrote: On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 04:29 PM, Karin Beil wrote:
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Re: Password?
On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 04:29 PM, Karin Beil wrote:
Can we delete the password for her? If not how does she change it to no password needed?No and No. It's possible to log in without a password, but it involves multiple steps, https://groups.io/helpcenter/membersmanual/1/understanding-groups-io-accounts/logging-in-to-your-account?single=true If you don't log out when you're done AND your browser remembers cookies, the site will keep you logged in for 30 days (which is renewed every time you visit the site) on each device. Some browsers default to deleting cookies when closed, so that may be her problem. Duane -- The official Groups.io user documentation is in the Groups.io Help Center. GMF's Unofficial Help Wiki: https://groups.io/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki
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Re: Format Bar absent when editing Wiki page
On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 03:03 PM, David C. Partridge wrote:
How do I do that?The editor that will open when creating a new wiki page depends on your preference in your account settings. Duane -- The official Groups.io user documentation is in the Groups.io Help Center. GMF's Unofficial Help Wiki: https://groups.io/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki
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Password?
One of our members set a password when she signed up. She does not want to type a password each time she wants to read a message. Can we delete the password for her? If not how does she change it to no password needed?
Thank you, Karin Buddydogs
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Re: Format Bar absent when editing Wiki page
How do I do that? When I click on Add Page in the Wiki it just opens an edit box with no format bar ...
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Re: How do you have people fill out an application first before adding them?
Hi Dawn
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The answer to that and most other questions can be found in the wiki on GMF If you go to the home page and bottom left you will find the wiki Search will take you to :- <https://groups.io/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/8155> It works very well Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)
On 26/07/2020 18:31, Dawn Hawkins wrote:
We want to only add people to our Group.io who are approved first with an application. Are any of you doing that? Can you share how? It seems like too much work to use another application to collect that data and then to transfer and upload the people who are approved. Looking for a better way to do it.
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