Susan,

You can read the messages chronologically or threaded on the group site. Click on individual messages, input the number you want to start from, and hit next to read.

Hope that helps!

Brenda

Hi Susan!

Glad you're here! I just finished reading the entire archives of this Beta group, (yes, 600+ messages), and I'm trying to learn all I can. But I'm asking Mods & Members people to give me all the help they can, because as you know, my elderly parents seem to command a lot of my attention these days. ;)

What I would ideally LOVE someone to do, is to compare this list below from the Blog post of "If You Code it we will come"  to the list of what is available here. Then I could give MM more information about what is already implemented, or will be implemented here, so that they would have more to consider when thinking of moving their groups.

So anyone who wants to help in that way, have at it! The list is below!

Thanks!

Brenda

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modsandmembersblog.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/if-you-code-it-we-will-come/

CREATE FOR US A NEW CLASSIC FORMAT.

Here is what we need for our Groups Platform:

• An interface that is accessible through both mail and website.
• Customizable home pages where we can choose colors, fonts, photos, and sizes for the group pages.
• The ability to have all messages appear in a single list, not in individual forums.
• Message archives that are stored and always available through page view.
• Messages ordered chronologically (newest or oldest first) or by threads as desired.
• Messages that have post #’s and are searchable.
• Controls that are readily visible and don’t require mouse-over.
• Full moderation tools for Group owners for members, messages, attachments, etc.
• A My Groups page where moderators can see all their groups and whatever moderation tasks are needed for each one.
• Ability to access member lists by page view and export the whole list into a PDF file, Excel, database, etc.
• Capability to handle a large number of members (don’t know the limit for Yahoo’s Groups).
• A section to store links.
• A section to store files.
• A working interactive database.
• An event calendar accessible to all.
• Ability to invite members
• Ability to add members.
• Ability to import an existing member list from another group.
• Ability to ban or preban members.
• Ability to have the member’s real name associated with their e-mail on the member’s list for Owner/Mod view only.
• Hosting for photos, with lots of storage, customizable photo organization and sorting options.

Regarding deleted items - in a group here, we would not want members
editing or deleting their own posts and would not even want it if
proposed edits and deletes had to go to moderators for approval first.

We would like all posts to go to a Pending area as they do on Yahoo, and
to be able to approve, edit or reject the messages (reject with or
without an explanation).

We would like all Files to be in alphabetical order,

and since we are in the U..S. we want dates to be written Month, Day,
Year - and not European style.

I would prefer to see the word "Archives" on the left changed to
"Message Board." To me, archives implies old stuff ("the dusty archives
of the library"), not curent messages.

I am unable to find a place to change email preferences.

I am getting all emails as the messages post, which is fine with me, but
all are coming in plain text and links are unclickable. I am using
Windows Mail on Windows 7.

Most messages from other sources come to me in HTML with clickable
links. These seem to be coming in plain text. I am hoping there's an
option for html emails.

I would like to see an option to read messages threaded or flat (as they
come in, chronologically). There are good uses for both, and sometimes
you want one, and sometimes the other.

Searching: Should be able to search using any word you choose. Hashtags
don't matter in that case.

Hmm, ok. So should I just get rid of the 'This message has been deleted'
and any message deletion action (from the member or from the moderator)
results in the message completely disappearing?