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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 ·

search results /members page shows stale data after user edit #bug

Under certain circumstances, after editing a user's data and then clicking Save, the previous versions of the user data will display on the /members page. To reproduce: 1. Go to the /members page of a

By Dan Halbert ·

custom colors don't work in direct add custom message 3 #bug

When constructing a custom message as part of a direct add, one can change the color of the font or font background using this widget: Selecting a pre-selected color from the upper part of the widget

By Glenn Glazer ·

#suggestion Moderators should be able to Reply to or Forward a message of 'importance' and tag it "Special Interest" in the process 5 #suggestion

A message created by anyone but a Moderator cannot be sent as "Special Notice". And, in many Groups, some members only want to receive/know about Special Notices - they aren't really interested in dai

By Dan Tucker - FireTuck ·

Owner box in photos being changed by members 8 #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. ·

Samuel's Paid User Proposal 218 #suggestion

Hi All, Thank you all for the vigorous but respectful discussion on the planned pricing changes. I'd like to discuss Samuel's proposal for paid users, as outlined here: https://beta.groups.io/g/main/m

By Mark Fletcher ·

Site updates #changelog

Changes to the site this week: INTERNAL: Work on stopping spam accounts and spam groups as well as deletion of many existing spam accounts and groups. DOCS: Updates from Nina. CHANGE: Ensure that if a

By Mark Fletcher ·

Moderator control for sponsorship notifications 2 #suggestion

Hi Mark, Can we get an extra option in the Moderator Notifications panel to control the sponsorship notifications in the same manner as others please? [Note: I did mention this previously but it may h

By Andy Wedge ·

Include group subject tag on sponsorship notification emails #suggestion

Hi Mark, Can we get the group subject tag included as a prefix to the sponsorship notification emails so that it matches other notifications please? [Note: I did mention this previously but it may hav

By Andy Wedge ·

#bug event times in /feed are all 8 hours out 22 #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 ·

banned spamming email address attempted message logged as coming from "unconfirmed member" 3 #bug

A couple of days ago, my group logged an obviously spam attempted message from nonmember email address X. I immediately banned the address. This morning there was another log entry from the same addre

By J_Catlady ·

Filter Activity Log by Sent Special Notice 2 #suggestion

Hi Mark, the Actions drop-down field to filter the Activity Log allows 'Sent message' and 'Sent message requiring approval'. Could we add 'Sent special notice' to that list please? Thanks Andy

By Andy Wedge ·

Mobile/desktop menu flip 10 #bug

I've noticed today that my display flips to the mobile "hamburger" menus at a screen width below around 1237 pixels (100% zoom). Could have sworn that number was considerably lower not too long ago. I

By Bruce Bowman ·

Group Sponsorships 34 #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 ·

Special Notice/Special Message - consistent terminology 2 #suggestion

Hi Mark, Owners and Mods have an optional check-box to send a message as a Special Notice and Hashtags also have a Special check-box that uses the term 'special notice'. Any use of these though shows

By Andy Wedge ·

Pricing change date change 5 #update

Hi All, With all the various discussions about the upcoming pricing change, along with me taking time to implement the new group sponsorship feature, as well as all the craziness going on in the USA r

By Mark Fletcher ·

Typing slow/delayed in all groups.io entry screens #misc #bug

Not sure whether this is a bug or something with my own computer. As of last night, whenever I type into any groups.io screen the typing is delayed, even within individual words. It stops accepting en

By J_Catlady ·

Sponsorship on subgroups not show on main group billing page 2 #bug

Hi Mark, the sponsorship facility is available on subgroups so I tested it with a $5 amount. An entry appears in the activity log and I received a notification email. There is no Billing page for subg

By Andy Wedge ·

Subscribers leaving before pricing change 9 #misc

Ever since the Jan18th pricing increases were announced, one, two, three subscribers leave the list each day. Prior to the announcement of the price increases, one or two subscribers would leave each

By SP4149 ·

Member Page is Blank for Moderators? 5 #bug

Hi, Sometime yesterday, when a moderator clicks on a members name in the membership listing, pending members or past members, they are directed to a blank page. There is no information on membership,

By Sandra ·