Micki - Perhaps you could have me send an invite to someone that you know that doesn't work for neighborgoods and not familiar with the logging into groups. You could then watch them and see if they are able to join a group. Let me know if you have any other suggestions. I really want to help you make NG successful.
Micki - I really really want this to work. Here is a summary from another very experience person on our tech committee after I invited them to join the group: ------------------------------ Craig,
I’m both excited about NeighborGoods and disappointed. They seem to offer exactly what we are looking for, so I think we should continue looking into this, but the site might be prohibitively difficult for many of our members.
I think their user interface is poor. But, it appears to be a new company, so maybe they’ll still improve it. At the bottom of the box below I clicked on the link that says, “Click below to accept the invitation”. I signed in and was merely on the home page. I scrolled below the fold so I could click on Groups, and from there I searched for EUUC then clicked on your group page. No go.
So, I thought maybe I should log in first. After being logged in, I clicked on the link to accept the invitation. Same results.
Here’s what’s wrong with their interface: 1. Obviously, it’s difficult to invite people to join a group. But, maybe members won’t need to know how to do that. Maybe only our NeighborGoods volunteer will invite people. 2. The box I received to accept the invitation places the action you want them to take (and presumably they want to take) at the bottom—the 3rd link. 3. The Groups button is below the fold. Many, many people won’t find it. 4. The search button at the top doesn’t find groups, so you have to find the Groups button first. 5. To get to the EUUC page, you go through these pages: • Login • Home page where you scroll below the fold to click on Groups • On the Groups page, you enter EUUC in the search box • On the search results page you click on the EUUC Group • Then I presume I’d be in
Maybe once I’m a member I could go directly to the page where a login box would appear before I could access the page. That would be ideal.
Unless they improve their interface, a lot of our members won’t use it. However, this site seems to offer exactly what we want, so I think we should pursue it.
Micki - I've set up a group called 'EUUC', or Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church. I've sent invitations to others on our technology committee. But they are unable to accept the invitation allowing them to join the group. To summarize, no matter what they do, they do not show up as members. What can I do to help you test this problem and resolve it.
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Micki - Perhaps you could have me send an invite to someone that you know that doesn't work for neighborgoods and not familiar with the logging into groups. You could then watch them and see if they are able to join a group. Let me know if you have any other suggestions. I really want to help you make NG successful.
Craig
Micki - I really really want this to work. Here is a summary from another very experience person on our tech committee after I invited them to join the group:
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Craig,
I’m both excited about NeighborGoods and disappointed. They seem to offer exactly what we are looking for, so I think we should continue looking into this, but the site might be prohibitively difficult for many of our members.
I think their user interface is poor. But, it appears to be a new company, so maybe they’ll still improve it. At the bottom of the box below I clicked on the link that says, “Click below to accept the invitation”. I signed in and was merely on the home page. I scrolled below the fold so I could click on Groups, and from there I searched for EUUC then clicked on your group page. No go.
So, I thought maybe I should log in first. After being logged in, I clicked on the link to accept the invitation. Same results.
Here’s what’s wrong with their interface:
1. Obviously, it’s difficult to invite people to join a group. But, maybe members won’t need to know how to do that. Maybe only our NeighborGoods volunteer will invite people.
2. The box I received to accept the invitation places the action you want them to take (and presumably they want to take) at the bottom—the 3rd link.
3. The Groups button is below the fold. Many, many people won’t find it.
4. The search button at the top doesn’t find groups, so you have to find the Groups button first.
5. To get to the EUUC page, you go through these pages:
• Login
• Home page where you scroll below the fold to click on Groups
• On the Groups page, you enter EUUC in the search box
• On the search results page you click on the EUUC Group
• Then I presume I’d be in
Maybe once I’m a member I could go directly to the page where a login box would appear before I could access the page. That would be ideal.
Unless they improve their interface, a lot of our members won’t use it.
However, this site seems to offer exactly what we want, so I think we should pursue it.
Regards,
Nancy
Micki - I've set up a group called 'EUUC', or Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church. I've sent invitations to others on our technology committee. But they are unable to accept the invitation allowing them to join the group. To summarize, no matter what they do, they do not show up as members. What can I do to help you test this problem and resolve it.
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