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Re: Emergency downtime
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.... and we're back. To be clear, I'm not aware of any actual corruption in the database, but we had a corruption warning on a query, and the recommendation was to restart the database. Thanks, Mark
On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 2:58 PM Mark Fletcher via Groups.Io <markf=corp.groups.io@groups.io> wrote:
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Re: Deleting photos
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On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 05:16 PM, DeniseD wrote:
I need to delete older photos on a regular basis in my Group.I agree that this behavior is annoying, and retaining the existing query string upon page refresh doesn't seem like it would be too difficult to implement. Also being able to delete a batch of say 10 photos at a time would be most helpful.This might take a little more work. :-) Shal once made a suggestion to the effect that there be a page that displays all group photos in table format and have them sortable by their metadata entries (owner/uploaded/taken/containing folder/etc), along with a row of checkboxes on the left and an Actions menu of some kind so bulk actions could easily be performed. I'm struggling to find that post now but I really thought it was a good idea at the time. Bruce
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Emergency downtime
#downtime
Hi All, I need to restart the database because of a potential corruption issue, and it cannot wait. I will take the site down in 5 minutes. It should only be down for one minute. Thanks, Mark
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Re: Activity Log summary for owner/mods
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On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 05:28 PM, Duane wrote:
How about another option under Notifications for owner/mods that would send a summary of the previous 24 hours (since last summary) of the Activity Log?I like this idea, if made optional...perhaps as a new checkbox in the existing Notifications section of a Mod/Owner subscription. It seems like an expedient way to achieve most of the goals of the long-awaited "notifications overhaul" without attempting to create a separate notification for each and every group activity (which could quickly get out of hand). Bruce
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Activity Log summary for owner/mods
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On GMF we've noticed recently that there have been a fair number of questions where the answer could be found by checking the Activity Log for the group. How about another option under Notifications for owner/mods that would send a summary of the previous 24 hours (since last summary) of the Activity Log? It wouldn't need to contain details, just a summary of what's happened, but might be a clue to check the details of the log. It would only need to have a line for any actions that occurred, not for all possibilities (though that's a remote possibility.) An example:
Activity Log summary for xyz group: 27 members "sent message" 12 messages were "approved" 2 messages were "rejected" 1 person "changed their display name" 1 person "left" 2 people "joined" 1 "added wiki page" 6 "updated wiki page" 3 people "added photo" and so on. Thanks, Duane
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On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 9:28 AM Bill Hazel <william.j.hazel@...> wrote: Situation: This should be fixed now. Thanks, Mark
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Deleting photos
#suggestion
DeniseD <denisedavidson98@...>
I need to delete older photos on a regular basis in my Group.
Now when I delete one photo from say page 9 it reverts back to Page 1 which is most annoying. Also being able to delete a batch of say 10 photos at a time would be most helpful. It would make our lives so much easier.
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Situation:
I was looking for information on GMF's wiki for information on how to make a group's home page look like this group's, with "Active Topics", "New Sub-Groups", "Top Has Tags" A search for "home +page" yielded 29 results When I click on the link to page 2 or the next page arrow, I get a blank page. I have had this happen to me before, at least a couple times. I did not document if it only happens when there are only 2 pages of results but if memory serves (and I'd be skeptical of my memory), I don't recall it happening when there was more than 2 pages of results. BTW - If someone with access to the code for this group's home page could reply to me privately with a text file of it, or send me a link to the wikipage with the information on how to do it, I'd appreciate it. Bill
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Re: "Pending Message" notification that could be clicked on to delete it.
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The user has no access to their pending message if sent via web. That’s my point.
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On Feb 21, 2020, at 8:33 AM, Chris Jones via Groups.Io <chrisjones12@...> wrote:
-- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: "Pending Message" notification that could be clicked on to delete it.
#suggestion
Chris Jones
On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 04:10 PM, Bill Hazel wrote:
"Which group did I post that to?"The answers are easy enough to find by looking at the web UI after a suitable delay where moderation is in force*. And if you posted by email then look in your Sent Items folder. :) The last one actually comes up more often than you might think because not all Moderators are as Johnny-on-the-spot as the Moderators of this group.In the group only the first post in any topic is moderated anyway, unless something has changed. * Living on a different continent one gets used to moderation delays. Patience is (I am told) a virtue. Chris
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Re: "Pending Message" notification that could be clicked on to delete it.
#suggestion
The banner is helpful but I think the sender should really get a copy of, or access to viewing, their sent message.
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On Feb 21, 2020, at 8:26 AM, J_Catlady via Groups.Io <j.olivia.catlady@...> wrote:
-- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: Infinite Scroll on Databases
On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 01:52 AM, Duane wrote:
On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 06:09 PM, Maria McGrath wrote: I know this was brought up here in January, but I just noticed that when searching for something in the files of our group, this applies to files as well: Infinite scroll is not possible. If you choose "infinite scroll" you are set back to 20. We have many folders with some hundred files and databases and it´s quite tedious to have a choice up to 100 but not to be able to scroll infinitely. If this was brought up in beta I suppose it got lost again like so many proposals.
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Re: Remove the ID column in databases
#suggestion
Michelle Lucas
For our dog rescue group, we find the ID number very useful in that it provides integrity for our information, and it gives us an automatic count of the number of dogs that we rescue each year. I would really prefer giving people the option of hiding the ID column and also having the ability to choose a default 'sort-by' column.
Thank you! Michelle
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Re: "Pending Message" notification that could be clicked on to delete it.
#suggestion
Add to that: did my post reach the system? It’s an acknowledgment of receipt, and I think it is sorely lacking.
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On Feb 21, 2020, at 8:23 AM, J_Catlady via Groups.Io <j.olivia.catlady@...> wrote:
-- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: "Pending Message" notification that could be clicked on to delete it.
#suggestion
Exactly. Those are all great reasons!
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On Feb 21, 2020, at 8:10 AM, Bill Hazel <william.j.hazel@...> wrote:
-- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: "Pending Message" notification that could be clicked on to delete it.
#suggestion
If I might add another reason to have a "Pending Message" notification:
I am currently a member of 6 groups, 3 that fall into the general subset that this one does. Now, granted, most people's memory is probably much better than mine, but: "Which group did I post that to?" "Did I post to the right one?" "Did I post? are all questions i have asked myself. The last one actually comes up more often than you might think because not all Moderators are as Johnny-on-the-spot as the Moderators of this group. Bill
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Re: "Pending Message" notification that could be clicked on to delete it.
#suggestion
Yes, that would need to be added. And that’s the feature that I requested originally, and which I think would be the most useful, since currently, web posters have no record of a pending message. I requested that feature nearly a year ago. All of which, combined, is why I said at nearly the top of this thread that the feature would require fairly massive changes to the UI, just in the service of letting the sender change their mind.
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I would still press for giving senders a copy (either via web or email) of their web-posted pending messages. The rest seems to have diminishing returns, but I certainly wouldn’t object to any of it.
On Feb 21, 2020, at 6:49 AM, JohnF via Groups.Io <johnf1686=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 03:04 AM, J_Catlady wrote:As part of the change, a feature would need to be added to show a web-using member the list of posts pending approval to which moderation comments could be attached. (Moderators could even use this feature to attach comments for other moderators to pending messages.) --
J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. - Desmond Tutu
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Re: "Pending Message" notification that could be clicked on to delete it.
#suggestion
On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 03:04 AM, J_Catlady wrote:
How is that possible if the member has posted via the web, since the senderAs part of the change, a feature would need to be added to show a web-using member the list of posts pending approval to which moderation comments could be attached. (Moderators could even use this feature to attach comments for other moderators to pending messages.) For members using mail, they couldn't just reply to their own mail out of the sent box, as Groups.io couldn't tell the difference between that being a moderation comment or a new message reply. So, there'd either need to be a "Your message is being moderated" notice sent that could be replied to to add comments, or we could decide that this feature is little-used enough that a mail user could just send a generic to-the-moderators email not attached to a specific message (which can be done now). JohnF
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Re: Remove the ID column in databases
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I would be fine with hiding it but, as you know, activity in a database references the row id and, as another has pointed out, uniquely identifies an individual row which is often necessary and very helpful.
What I would rather dearly appreciate is the ability to click directly to an id number from the activity log to see exactly what change has been made. Jim
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Re: "Pending Message" notification that could be clicked on to delete it.
#suggestion
On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 12:05 AM, Shal Farley wrote:
In particular I wouldn't want a moderator's claim to prevent a member from making a deletion request. That's because I sometimes leave a claimed message in the queue for hours (or a day) while I consider it or ask another moderator about it. If the member meanwhile decides to withdraw the message I'd like to know about that, and not have them prevented from making the request.That is a good point. But there still seem to be the other issues/problems. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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