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THINGS you wish GenealogyWise could do
How about this to help out the programmers. There are many more options using the Ning platform, and the WVR programmers will never know which we prefer unless we ask.
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Permalink Reply by John Newmark on -
Yes, you can add as many links as you want in the Text Box of your profile - you can also use this text box as a place to write an 'about me' section.
Kirsty F Wilkinson said:I'd like to be able to add a link to more than one of my websites on My Page. Is there a way to do this that I am missing?
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Permalink Reply by John Newmark on
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A really easy way for the user to switch between "Most Recent Comment First" and "Oldest Comment First" in discussion threads. Otherwise, individuals are likely to respond to comments that have already been responded to. (like I did a few minutes ago)
As someone else suggested - threaded comments would also fix this.
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Permalink Reply by Sandra Johnson on -
I have read and reread this comment several times -- it feels like the solution is missing or am I missing something. How do you switch between "most recent" and "oldest comment".
thanks, Sandra
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Permalink Reply by Debbie Kennett on -
John
I did manage to solve the problem in the end by using the text box. I gave the text box the title Links and was then able to add clickable hyperlinks. I hadn't thought about doing it as a discussion but that would work just as well. The only thing you can't seem to do with the groups is add apps so that you can add the app to get extra text boxes.
Debbie
John Newmark said:In one group I created a discussion titled: Useful Links for all group members to contribute suggestions. Which would be equivalent to a links section in a Facebook group. A links tab on the main page would be equivalent to a place for everyone on Facebook to add links which could quickly become chaotic I think.
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Permalink Reply by Johnny on -
Awww, yeah, found the spot... Advanced Member Search.
John Newmark said:You can search the whole network for a surname, and appearances in that field will be caught. However, this doesn't work well for surnames that would also appear elsewhere (such as DENVER or MAIN). So it would be helpful to be able to search on the surname fields alone.
Johnny said:On our "My Page" we have field to fill in for the surnames we are interested in; but then (as far as I can tell) there is no way to search that field so that we can easily find others who are interested in the same surname.
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Permalink Reply by Melody Lassalle on -
I'd like the ability to put my friends into categories so I can keep them organized.
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Permalink Reply by Cindy Johnston Sorley on -
I didn't think I would need this but now I do
My wish
When you go to groups, now I wished I could SORT ALPHABETICALLY... after someone made a thousand groups it makes it hard to go through them.. I almost wished they could be separated to Family names in one sort and other in another.. not to difficult I would hope
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Permalink Reply by DearMYRTLE on -
Have you noticed the GW email has a BUG? After you click the SEND button you get an ERROR MESSAGE?
This happens 8 out of 10 times for me.
During the first day of two I used GW, I thought it was just because I'd done something wrong, or perhaps that the server was overloaded. However, every single time Ol' Myrt here attempts to use the GW Email, I have the same problem.
I actually DID have the email go through one time despite the error message, because I was shocked to receive a response from the addressee.
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Permalink Reply by tami osmer glatz on -
I already mentioned my ditto to wishing that the auto-generated e-mails would include the posting itself. But today I realized something else thats annoying the heck out of me, regarding the auto-gen e-mails. When you click on the link, it takes you to the group page, but not to the actual new entry. So if a group has dozens of postings, I'm supposed to figure out where the newest one is that I'm supposed to be looking for to read? I don't think so.
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Permalink Reply by James Ezell on -
I noticed that as well Tami. Another reason to put full text in the e-mail. Social networks are filtered at work, by the time I get home I have 30+ emails that link back to the site. Very hard to keep up with the conversations. I can get on my G-mail account at work so this approach would take care of both the problems.
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Permalink Reply by Jenna on -
I have already turned off the email notifications when someone posts a comment to a group I've joined. I received 50 emails in 3 hours! That is way too much information. I would rather scroll through my groups and see which have new activity.
How about a Mobile App??? In my opinion there is no way GW can compete with FB without it.
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