I thought I would try posting my questions here as a comment - that way the answers would be available to all. Or is there a better way to do this?
I'm playing a bit on the website...
- I created a Proverbial Players group and invited Bruce. So far, so good!
- when I look at the "groups" page, however, it does not list PP. Is that because I made it "private"?
- when I look at the right hand side of the screen under my user name, only Proverbial Players is listed as a group. Why is the Webmaster Group not listed because as far as I understand it, I'm a member of that group.
- I might to talk this through on the phone - I think I was loading Firefox when you were explaining about this. I created Drama as a "subgroup" (or whatever the official term is) under Arts. I see how I can edit the "Proverbial Players" part but not how to add other categories under Drama (like info about Children's Drama or Tapestry Theatre for example.)
- Just for fun, I linked the words Evengelical Covenant Church (under Congregation) to the national website. Works great!
- Also just for fun, I changed the times on the Annual Meeting.
- If on the arts page, I want to create a link to the Proverbial Players page, how would I do that?
- is there a way to email individuals from this site?
Q: When I look at the right hand side of the screen under my user name,
only Proverbial Players is listed as a group. Why is the Webmaster
Group not listed because as far as I understand it, I'm a member of
that group.
A: It is listed there just because you added it to the menu. The things under your name are all part of the navigation menu. You added the PP group to the groups section of the navigatio menu when you created it. The menu tab in the create content screen is there as a covienence when you want to create something and a link to it in the menu structure at the same time. You don't have to create a link in the menu. Since this is a private group though, without that menu link, no one will know it's there unless you invite them.
As far as the rest of the groups you belong to, if you click on the word "Groups" in the menu it will show you a screen with 3 tabs, one of which is "My groups." This one will show you all of your groups. You can also edit your membership settnigs there.
If you ever want to change the group settings, just go back to the group and click on the title and you'll be right back at the create content group screen for that group and you can make changes. I'd suggest removing it from the menu and have the group public but with moderated membership.
Groups is an advanced feature so you have to cut yourself some slack when learning to use it.
Q: I
created Drama as a "subgroup" (or whatever the official term is) under
Arts. I see how I can edit the "Proverbial Players" part but not how
to add other categories under Drama (like info about Children's Drama
or Tapestry Theatre for example.)
A: Yes, you created a link called drama under the arts menu. You can create nested links in any of the menus and nest as deep as you like. I'm not a big fan of nested menus. I like to have all the good stuff right out front rather than make folks look for stuff. When you talk about adding categories, we have to be sure we understand the terms we use.
Story or page is actual content. You can link to a story, have a menu that holds a link to a story. If yo u just create the menu item, it's not going to go anywhere. I always create the content first and then make links to it.
The other term you used was category. A category is part of the taxonomy system where stories are filed or grouped together. If I created a category called dog owners, then when I created content, I'd have an option of filing or grouping my new content with that category and then my new story would show up with all the other dog stories. This is convenient because then I can create a link to a category and it's then easy to go directly to those stories.
Q: If on the arts page, I want to create a link to the Proverbial Players page, how would I do that?
A: Yes, you can link anything. Just highlight the word and use the link icon in the tools menu. See, I just linked this to Nike.
Q: Email? A: Users can set their group settings to receive email when a new message is posted to a group. Event owners can send messages to everyone signed up for events. There are other ways to make the system send mail but I don't have them installed as that can be abused. One example of how might use the groups tool is to invite people to sign up to a group called prayer chain. They could click on the option to receive an email when a post was made to the group. Then if you had a prayer request, just post to the group and the system sends it out by email. People can get overwhelmed with email so I think this should be used sparingly.
Q - when I look at the "groups" page, however, it does not list PP. Is that because I made it "private"?
A: Yes, making a private group means it won't show up in the menus or lists.
BUT... you also added it to the menu when you created it. So, on one hand you told the group to be private but on the other hand you told the menu to list it.
Paul -
I thought I would try posting my questions here as a comment - that way the answers would be available to all. Or is there a better way to do this?
I'm playing a bit on the website...
Judy
Q: When I look at the right hand side of the screen under my user name,
only Proverbial Players is listed as a group. Why is the Webmaster
Group not listed because as far as I understand it, I'm a member of
that group.
A: It is listed there just because you added it to the menu. The things under your name are all part of the navigation menu. You added the PP group to the groups section of the navigatio menu when you created it. The menu tab in the create content screen is there as a covienence when you want to create something and a link to it in the menu structure at the same time. You don't have to create a link in the menu. Since this is a private group though, without that menu link, no one will know it's there unless you invite them.
As far as the rest of the groups you belong to, if you click on the word "Groups" in the menu it will show you a screen with 3 tabs, one of which is "My groups." This one will show you all of your groups. You can also edit your membership settnigs there.
If you ever want to change the group settings, just go back to the group and click on the title and you'll be right back at the create content group screen for that group and you can make changes. I'd suggest removing it from the menu and have the group public but with moderated membership.
Groups is an advanced feature so you have to cut yourself some slack when learning to use it.
Q: I
created Drama as a "subgroup" (or whatever the official term is) under
Arts. I see how I can edit the "Proverbial Players" part but not how
to add other categories under Drama (like info about Children's Drama
or Tapestry Theatre for example.)
A: Yes, you created a link called drama under the arts menu. You can create nested links in any of the menus and nest as deep as you like. I'm not a big fan of nested menus. I like to have all the good stuff right out front rather than make folks look for stuff. When you talk about adding categories, we have to be sure we understand the terms we use.
Story or page is actual content. You can link to a story, have a menu that holds a link to a story. If yo u just create the menu item, it's not going to go anywhere. I always create the content first and then make links to it.
The other term you used was category. A category is part of the taxonomy system where stories are filed or grouped together. If I created a category called dog owners, then when I created content, I'd have an option of filing or grouping my new content with that category and then my new story would show up with all the other dog stories. This is convenient because then I can create a link to a category and it's then easy to go directly to those stories.
Q: If on the arts page, I want to create a link to the Proverbial Players page, how would I do that?
A: Yes, you can link anything. Just highlight the word and use the link icon in the tools menu. See, I just linked this to Nike.
Q: Email? A: Users can set their group settings to receive email when a new message is posted to a group. Event owners can send messages to everyone signed up for events. There are other ways to make the system send mail but I don't have them installed as that can be abused. One example of how might use the groups tool is to invite people to sign up to a group called prayer chain. They could click on the option to receive an email when a post was made to the group. Then if you had a prayer request, just post to the group and the system sends it out by email. People can get overwhelmed with email so I think this should be used sparingly.
Q - when I look at the "groups" page, however, it does not list PP. Is that because I made it "private"?
A: Yes, making a private group means it won't show up in the menus or lists.
BUT... you also added it to the menu when you created it. So, on one hand you told the group to be private but on the other hand you told the menu to list it.
More later after work...
;-) Paul