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Re: Changes to new basic groups
#update
On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 9:35 AM Linda Prain via groups.io <ShaktiSystemsDirector=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
The Files and Photos sections for new Basic groups are disabled. Attachments sent to Basic groups work as they always have. Because the Photos section is disabled, there is no 'Emailed Photos' album where you can view photo attachments. Hope this helps. Mark
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On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 8:08 AM Andy Wedge <andy_wedge@...> wrote:
This should be fixed now. Thanks, Mark
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Re: Changes to new basic groups
#update
Wow. I can't believe I have a need for a new group and am now just seeing I just missed this change by 1 day. I really wish you would have emailed all your group Admins and owners for those of us that don't come to this beta. group site on a regular basis. This is an important enough change that it seems prudent to make sure that your groups owners knew about it in advance.
Outside of that frustration, can you give me some guidelines as to how files, photos or attachments will be handled in a new basic (i.e. free) group? Are they simply not allowed? Are they retained for a short period of time and then deleted? I'd like to understand where I can find more about the new basic functionality to ascertain if this is going to work for us. A premium service is simply something we can't afford on an ongoing basis. Kind regards, Linda Prain
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Re: show descriptions in databaes overview
#suggestion
On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 10:08 AM, Victoria wrote:
in the databases overview it would be nice to see the descriptions of the databasesIf you put something in the Short Description when creating/editing the database, that will show on the listing of available databases. Duane
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show descriptions in databaes overview
#suggestion
in the databases overview it would be nice to see the descriptions of the databases
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Hi Mark,
the calendar RSVPed button to only show events that you have RSVPed to does not work for Month, Week and Day views. It seems fine in List view though. Regards, Andy
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Re: Direct Add to subgroup: stay on Direct Add page after adding; allow bulk searches
#suggestion
#done
Dan Halbert
On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 08:49 AM, Andy Wedge wrote:
On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 09:48 PM, Mark Fletcher wrote:Thank you, Mark! Andy, I do not see what you mean. I added myself to a test list, and it went back to the Direct Add page, showing the first page of all the members of the parent group, as it did originally. This was on desktop, not mobile, and it was in a subgroup.
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Re: Direct Add to subgroup: stay on Direct Add page after adding; allow bulk searches
#suggestion
#done
On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 09:48 PM, Mark Fletcher wrote:
The flash notice is displayed at the top of an effectively blank page so you still need to click the Direct Add option from the left side menu to redisplay the input fields. Regards, Andy
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Re: Direct Add to subgroup: stay on Direct Add page after adding; allow bulk searches
#suggestion
#done
On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 1:47 PM Dan Halbert <halbert@...> wrote:
This is now done. Also, it will now display a flash notice indicating success.
This member search uses a different mechanism than the `normal` Members search, which is why it doesn't currently support booleans. I hope to switch it over, but I'm not sure when it will happen. Thanks, Mark
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Re: Make Sticky Topic show at top of Messages view
#suggestion
Hi All, I am in favor of this change, but it will require a decent amount of work to implement. (Nerdy details: efficiently paging through a very large database table, like the messages table with its 164M rows), is difficult as is. Add in the fact that the sticky bit is set on a different table. That means for me to make this work at scale will require some sort of caching or materialized view which doesn't exist right now). So unfortunately it may be awhile before it's done. Thanks, Mark
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Re: Message Approval
#suggestion
#done
On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 8:03 AM Duane <txpigeon@...> wrote: I normally read and approve pending messages one at a time. Now and then I select all pending messages and click Approve. Most of the time it doesn't make any difference, but I noticed an anomaly this morning. It appears that the messages are actually processed for approval in the order listed on the pending page. In my case, it shows as newest first. This can lead to a follow up reply being posted to the group before the initial reply. I believe it would be more appropriate for messages to be processed in the order received when multiple messages are being approved. When approving multiple messages at once on the website, we now start to process them in order that we originally received them. Because of the nature of the queuing system used to process messages, it's not 100% guaranteed that the messages will always be added to the archives in that order, but most likely they will. Thanks, Mark
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Re: Cannot reply from +owner address
#suggestion
Chris Jones
On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 03:49 PM, Bruce Bowman wrote:
This post was prompted by a question that was recently asked in GMF.I made the same request in April 2018; see #16576. Chris
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Re: Special Notice vs Special Message inconsistency
#bug
On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 10:49 AM, Andy Wedge wrote:
Also, we can currently search the activity log for 'sent message' and 'sent message requiring approval' but there's no search for 'sent special notice'. I am not sure why messages with a 'special' attribute are referred to as a 'notice' when those without are just 'messages'. Perhaps using two terms to distinguish them ('Special' and 'Notice') is overkill and the current term 'special message' as seen in the activity log is a better description.As best I can tell, there is no way to isolate messages sent as special notices via a search of the activity log. You can enter "sent special message" in the search box but it still turns up nothing. In addition, there are some ways that a special notice can be sent to the group without generating a log entry at all (e.g.: a #cal-reminder). One option would be to have the [Special] subject tag -- currently added to special-notice emails -- retained in the message archive as well. But my actual preference to identify special notices would be to include a "Special" filter in the pull-down menu at upper left (i.e.: analogous to what is currently available for Polls). Regards, Bruce
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Cannot reply from +owner address
#suggestion
When starting a New Topic, a pull-down menu for the From address allows me to select whether I'm posting from my home address or the +owner address. This option is missing when replying to an existing topic. The reason for this difference in behavior is not apparent to me.
This post was prompted by a question that was recently asked in GMF. Thanks for your consideration, Bruce
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Special Notice vs Special Message inconsistency
#bug
Hi Mark,
picking up on a GMF topic about searching for special notices that have been sent it has highlighted the fact that the documentation and web dialogue pages refer to sending Special Notices but these get referred to in the activity log as Special Messages. Can we get some consistency for these terms please? Also, we can currently search the activity log for 'sent message' and 'sent message requiring approval' but there's no search for 'sent special notice'. I am not sure why messages with a 'special' attribute are referred to as a 'notice' when those without are just 'messages'. Perhaps using two terms to distinguish them ('Special' and 'Notice') is overkill and the current term 'special message' as seen in the activity log is a better description. Regards, Andy
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Message Approval
#suggestion
#done
I normally read and approve pending messages one at a time. Now and then I select all pending messages and click Approve. Most of the time it doesn't make any difference, but I noticed an anomaly this morning. It appears that the messages are actually processed for approval in the order listed on the pending page. In my case, it shows as newest first. This can lead to a follow up reply being posted to the group before the initial reply. I believe it would be more appropriate for messages to be processed in the order received when multiple messages are being approved.
Thank you, Duane
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Re: Retroactive Topic Locking?
#misc
#suggestion
I don't know about the email commands, but the suggestion for the website strikes me as the height of simplicity.
Something needs to be done to remedy this. Yes, it's really broken. Clearly if you're asking whether it's broken you have not yet experienced it. It's one thing to intellectually argue that "it does what it says it does," and that "locking the topic again the next evening seems logical." It's another to experience being completely unable to resurrect a topic simply because it was locked due to group time-out, and before even realizing that, to experience a manually unlocked topic coming back as locked over and over again. It is completely unintuitive and (I would argue) unexpected. At least, it was highly unexpected by me, and I have been aware and appreciative of the auto-lock and auto-moderate feature since the day it was implemented. Only later did I start to experience this issue. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: Retroactive Topic Locking?
#misc
#suggestion
On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 08:00 PM, JohnF wrote:
Here's my suggestion. If a moderator is actively unlocking a topic that follows the auto-lock rules (via the web), pop up a message indicating that the topic was locked per the rules, and does the moderator wish to exclude the topic from the rules, Yes/No? If No, then it will lock again later that evening. If Yes, it will be excluded from the auto-lock.I'm not aware of any way to lock/unlock a topic via email commands. If this is being done by API, there could be an optional setting to make it permanent or not as part of the request. If not specified, it defaults to No.This strikes me as really complicated. Backing up, I have to ask...is this really broken? If so, it seems to me that the fix is worse than the problem. Regards, Bruce
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Re: Retroactive Topic Locking?
#misc
#suggestion
And do the same for auto-moderation when the group is set to auto-moderate.
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On Aug 19, 2020, at 5:14 PM, J_Catlady via groups.io <j.olivia.catlady=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote: --
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: Retroactive Topic Locking?
#misc
#suggestion
Sounds 100% good to me.
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On Aug 19, 2020, at 5:00 PM, JohnF via groups.io <johnf1686=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote: --
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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