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New Group Charter 16 #admin

Hi All, This is the new charter for the main beta group. This message outlines how I've changed the set up and would like to run the group going forward. This group now requires topics to be tagged wi

Hi All, This is the new charter for the main beta group. This message outlines how I've changed the set up and would like to run the group going forward. This group now requires topics to be tagged with a hashtag. These are the currently available hashtags for users: #bug #meta #misc #suggestion You can see their descriptions by going to the Hashtags page. There are additional hashtags, but they are set for moderator use only. If you want to post something and are not sure which hashtag to use or there isn't an appropriate hashtag, use #misc, and I will fix it. But please try to use the existing hashtags whenever possible, as I will be limiting the total number of hashtags. #meta is the tag to use when making suggestions about this group. During cleanup, I combined some of old hashtags into the new hashtags, but mostly I deleted them as they didn't directly fit into the new scheme. This group is now set so that all new topics are moderated. Therefore, expect a delay before your post shows up if it creates a new topic. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Mark

By Mark Fletcher ·

Ability to add hashtags in replies 8 #suggestion

Hi All, Currently, if you change the subject in a reply, to add an additional hashtag, that hashtag is just ignored. What do you all think about changing that, so that replies to topics can add hashta

By Mark Fletcher ·

#bug First attachment doesn't show up in new topic 22 #bug

start a new topic. Press the paper clip (attachment). browse for the file on your laptop and select one. I've tried jpg and pdf file types. Then Add the attachment to the topic. The file information i

By Joanie ·

Group Sponsorships 35 #update

Hi All, I have just pushed a new group sponsorship feature, based on Shal's and Samuel's proposals. Here are the details: - In Group Settings, there's a new `Allow Sponsorships` checkbox, with the hel

By Mark Fletcher ·

#bug Bouncing members! sympatico and bell.net 2 #bug

Many many of my members are bouncing since Jan 18th. Looks like all the @sympatico and @bell.net ones. The message for the bouncing reason is: mxmta.owm.bell.net: read tcp4 66.175.222.12:36686->184.15

By Niman H ·

#bug Folder Photos, "emailed photos" search function, no results ????? 2 #bug

Hi Mark, In the title. How does it work? Because nothing as result.... I have searched "IMSTP" , I was waiting all the small pictures table. Blank page... I have supposed that for many returns in the

By Alain Mionnet ·

#bug event times in /feed are all 8 hours out 28 #bug

I think I have covered all possible option settings and searched adequately for past [beta] reports ... Events show in the calendar display just fine but in the /feed display, they all show eight hour

By Malcolm Austen ·

Include info blurb & link to the upon account creation 12 #suggestion

J brought up a good point in the sub settings topic: > No group members I know of read the manual or even know that it exists. This may have fallen through the cracks ever since the Help Center was cr

By Christos G. Psarras ·

Weird display date on two groups 3 #bug

Hi Mark, On two of the groups I own the group started date on the home page displays weirdly; it's almost as if the format for it was MM-DD-YYYY at one time then it got changed to the ISO YYYY-MM-DD f

By Christos G. Psarras ·

#bug in Advanced Preferences on member page 2 #bug

While looking over some things for another topic, I noticed that in the Advanced Preferences panel of a member page, the blue box says, "Note: The preferences below do not apply if you select either S

By Duane ·

Disallow concurrent "special notices" and "following only" 51 #suggestion #bug

I'm calling this a bug because I consider it a bug (an unintended consequence) in the UI. It is currently possible for members of a group to have email delivery set to Special Notices and advanced pre

By J_Catlady ·

Use of 'done' hashtag in Beta #misc

Hi Mark, there have been no #suggestions marked as #done on this group since mid-September last year but several have been implemented. Have you abandoned that policy or has it been overlooked? Regard

By Andy Wedge ·

Retain search results Tools until toggled off by user #suggestion

Hi Mark, The search results Tools options get hidden when changed back to the default 'Any Time' and Collapse Topics & Exclude Signatures unchecked. When testing different combinations it's a bit frus

By Andy Wedge ·

Open Help Centre in new window 2 #suggestion

Hi Mark, if you're working on the Groups.io site and want to refer to the manuals, clicking Help defaults to opening the help centre in the current browser window/tab meaning you lose focus on what yo

By Andy Wedge ·

Site updates #changelog

Changes to the site this week: APP: More work on the new version of the app. INTERNAL: More work on converting templates to quicktemplate. DOCS: Updates from Nina. NEW: Added RES: to the list of subje

By Mark Fletcher ·

Italian reply to message by email uses preface RES, not "Re," creating new topic 4 #bug

I'm not sure what kind of bug this is, but it seems that at least in the one case attached here, a reply via email by someone in Italy attached the preface "RES", instead of "Re:," which caused lack o

By J_Catlady ·

#bug No auto-subject line in message to member about pending post 2 #bug

Hi, I don't know if this is a bug or change, but now when clicking "Send message" from a pending post, nothing appears in the subject line of the new email that pops up. It used to be the original sub

By Niman H ·

Poll participation by non-account holders 22 #suggestion

We recently posted a poll to our group but response was limited by the fact that many don't have group.io accounts and don't want to bother creating one. One off my winning arguments for using a maili

By Tom U ·

Allow creation of links in files area even when storage is full #suggestion

When a group is at its storage limit, naturally you can’t upload new files or folders of files. However, you can create new folders. This makes sense because folders don’t really take up much space an

By Gilbert Coville ·

Owner box in photos being changed by members 10 #bug

Hi Mark, sometime ago a bug notice was submitted for this issue. Maybe it got lost in the shuffle. Here's what is happening. This is on the Sew It's For Sale group. When members are posting photos and

By Judy F. ·