GMF's wiki is a place where we can collect reference material about Groups.io, stuff that goes beyond what's available through Groups.io's help page. It is an adjunct to the discussions in this group, and a place to collaborate.
You can help by writing or correcting articles, or just by commenting in a message to the group.
Hopefully this wiki will become a useful peer-to-peer collection of reference documents for group moderators and owners. The same idea as YahooGroupedia, but hosted in Groups.io's native Wiki format.
And don't forget about the official Help page (see the Help link in the top and bottom bars on every page).
Quick-Start Guide for Members
If you're new to Groups.io, or just thinking about joining a group on the Groups.io service, here's some info to help you get started.
- How to Log In to your groups
- Reading messages on the group's web pages
- Reading messages by email - Your friend, the Footer
- Replying to messages - by email or the group homepage
- Replying privately (or off-group)
Advice to Group Members
How-to guides and other helpful pages for users of Groups.io groups.
Accounts
- All about Logging In and Setting a Password
- Profile and Email Address - Identity, changing email address, adding an email alias, merging accounts.
Group Subscriptions
- Getting a "Help" email
- Removed for Marking Messages as spam
- Email Message Delivery Options
- Use Muting and Following to reduce Inbox overload.
- To manage, go to Your Groups, Manage My Subscriptions on Groups.io to see, delete topics or hashtags you are following. See link for more info.
Topics and Messages
- Using the Search Engine
- How To Stop Getting Two Copies Of Emails You Send
- Message composition - tips and tricks
- Message drafts and how they work
- Starting new threads and the threading algorithm
- Complaints About Messages
Web Features
- Help! I Can't Find Any Group Content!
- Directory and Members list
- How to make a photo album
- Photo Search
- Bulk File Upload
- Setting up a Database
- How RSVPs Work
- Chat Overview
- Wikis - How to Create a Wiki: Guide for Users and Editors
- Adding Calendar Events by Email
- Locking a Group (or Subgroup)
Best Practices for Group Management
Topics of interest to group owners and moderators.
Group Formation
- Transferring from a Yahoo Group
- Direct Add members from a Yahoo Group (or other list)
- Inviting New Members - for basic (free) plans
- The 20-Invitation Limit
- Renaming a Group
- Why use a Subgroup
- Subgroups
Member Management
- Message Moderation - Setting it up for your group
- Status Badges in the Members List
- Group Rules, Guidelines, and Codes of Conduct
- Member Notices
- Screening New Members - Pending Subscription Notice
- Member List Download
- Dealing with Bouncing
- Banned Domains
Moderator Management
Topics and Messages
- Message Approval - using the Pending list and Message Approval Needed notices
- How To Merge Threads
- How to Split Threads
- Creating HashTags
- Editing a message or topic
Web Features
- Management of Attachments, Files and Photos
Part 2: Settings and How They Appear (In Preparation) - Deleting attachments, files and photos
- Polls
Integrations
Help write Help
If you've read the official Groups.io help pages and found a typo, or an awkward or unclear phrase, or even a mistake, here's your chance to make it better: visit the Groups.io Help page Mock-up and make it better. No promises, but there's a good chance that Groups.io will adopt good ideas into the official help page.
The official Groups.io user documentation is in the Groups.io Help Center.