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Site updates #changelog

Changes to the site this week: NEW: Member search now also searches moderator notes. BUGFIX: In some cases when we do a reverse DNS lookup on the IP address of a server sending us email, the Go DNS

By Mark Fletcher · #24320 ·

Add Comments to Photos of Other Members #suggestion

On my doll & sewing groups the most requested change from members during the past few year is being able to add Comments to other members' posted photos. When introduced by y***o, how quickly became

By JenniferEverSews · #24319 ·

Re: Deleting photos #suggestion

Yes, this feature would be welcome & helpful for my groups as well. Thank you Denise for posting it. Thank you to Mark for considering the possibility. Jennifer ===============================

By JenniferEverSews · #24318 ·

Re: Remove the ID column in databases #suggestion

In a perfect world, I would love to have it there but able to be hidden - and that toggle be "sticky", so that the moderator (or table owner) could toggle it as needed, but the last choice would hold

By Ginny T. · #24317 ·

Re: Deleting photos #suggestion

Thanks Bruce for the support. I am sure there are a lot of members who would appreciate a much more easier way of dealing with this issue.

By DeniseD · #24316 ·

Re: Emergency downtime #downtime

.... 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

By Mark Fletcher · #24315 ·

Re: Deleting photos #suggestion

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. This might take a little more work. :-) Shal

By Bruce Bowman · #24314 ·

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

By Mark Fletcher · #24313 ·

Re: Activity Log summary for owner/mods #suggestion

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

By Bruce Bowman · #24312 ·

Activity Log summary for owner/mods #suggestion

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

By Duane · #24311 ·

Re: Search Results Show Multiple Pages But 2nd Page is Empty #bug #fixed

This should be fixed now. Thanks, Mark

By Mark Fletcher · #24310 ·

Deleting photos #suggestion

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

By DeniseD · #24309 ·

Search Results Show Multiple Pages But 2nd Page is Empty #bug #fixed

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

By Bill Hazel · #24308 ·

Re: "Pending Message" notification that could be clicked on to delete it. #suggestion

The user has no access to their pending message if sent via web. That’s my point. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. My humanity is bound up in yours,

By J_Catlady · #24307 ·

Re: "Pending Message" notification that could be clicked on to delete it. #suggestion

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. :) In the group only

By Chris Jones · #24306 ·

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. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. My

By J_Catlady · #24305 ·

Re: Infinite Scroll on Databases

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

By Victoria · #24304 ·

Re: Remove the ID column in databases #suggestion

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

By Michelle Lucas · #24303 ·

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. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. My

By J_Catlady · #24302 ·

Re: "Pending Message" notification that could be clicked on to delete it. #suggestion

Exactly. Those are all great reasons! -- 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

By J_Catlady · #24301 ·