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Sites That Require Invitation
Permissions on a site that requires invitation to edit (includes private sites) Anonymous Registered Writer Moderator
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Apr 14 2011, 8:13 PM EDT by
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Invites and Private Sites - not working
I've talked to our team about this issue and it is unlikely that support for invitations on private sites will be returned. It's looking like the option to send invites from private sites will be completely removed in the near future. There are a few reasons for this:
First, there have been ongoing problems with users being able to successfully join sites using an invitation that was sent to them. With the last release we decided to simplify things. The old system required a lot of functionality to pass roles and permissions through with them, and verify that the user clicking through was the user who was invited. Now invitations are basically just links back to the site. This allowed us to re-build the login system in the simplest way possible.
For the majority of users on Wetpaint, the process of joining and signing in to a site is much simpler, and we think this is a good thing. We recognize that this was at the expense of convenience for private site users, and we’re bummed about that, but it has a broader benefit for users of our network of sites.
Another reason that Wetpaint has disabled support for invitations on private sites is that supporting private site features vastly increases the workload when it comes to QA testing new features that are in development.
Last, but certainly not least, is the fact that private sites are extremely difficult to monetize because advertisers don't want to waste their money on sites when they can't tell what kind of content or activity is on them. Granted, this does not apply to ad-free sites, but those are only a tiny percentage of sites on the Wetpaint network.
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Not sending Invite emails
"Do you have a eta on the when this may be working, I am needing to have the invitations sent out by Monday of next week, for our company challenge.
Thank you" As of now, they are still looking into it, as far as I know, so I have no clue when this will be fixed. It may not be fixed until Monday if they don't get it fixed today. (They don't work on weekends.) But, they are working hard to fix it so, please, be patient.
If you need to send out invites, I would send an email to everyone you're inviting and in it, include the link and set a time on there of when the site is Public. (If you do as CryingDove said above.)
An example:
http://www.yoursitehere.wetpaint.com
Please join when site is public between the times: 4:00 - 5:00 PM.
Something like that above.
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Mar 26 2010, 4:07 PM EDT by
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Viewable by all, editing by invite only?
Is it possible to have a site be publicly viewable, but only allow editing, profile creation, etc. by those you invite? We don't mind if others see and read our site, but we only want our core group to be able to add to and change it.
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Feb 22 2008, 12:31 AM EST by Anonymous
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I want a site where I do not INVITE people, I just add them.
All you said would be relevant for PUBLIC Wikis. But for a Wiki between a group of colleagues , at work or in a volunteer organisation, the requirement is for one person to quickly set up the work space, and all the users.. No "handshake/confirmation" process at all is required. These guys are on the committee, on the project, whatever. They HAVE to be users of the Wiki, no choice. Or get fired!
As it is, I seem to be having a very bad run of luck even trying to use the invitation process. Many of the invitations get lost, or when received they can't sign on.
I've checked the process by sending invitations to one of my alternative email addresses, and the invitations often don't arrive! Even at the best it can take hours for an invitation to arrive, yet people need to start using it straight away, right after the decision to set it up.
I think that with the present system you are greatly reducing the chances of Wiki being used for this type of workspace sharing.
In case you are worried someone would use it to sign up people who don't want or need the Wiki. What would be the point ? If I sign up Fred, but never send him an invite, he'd never know about the site, unless I just met him at the watercooler and told him he is now signed up.
Getting very frustrated about the lack of this faciltity, and the lack of understanding for the need for a different process for different uses.
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May 31 2008, 9:38 PM EDT by
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"This is my 3rd Wiki on Wetpaint.
I have 7 other people very eager to join my site.
How long will this patch take???
" Bugs can not always be fixed like (insert snap here) that. These things take time. If your site is Public, you don't even have to use the Invites. Just send them an email w/ the site's URL and your done.
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Apr 13 2010, 10:54 PM EDT by
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Sites That Don't Require Registration
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Apr 14 2011, 8:12 PM EDT by
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Sites That Require Registration
change a user's permissions role? Sites that don't require registration (to edit) Sites that require invitation (to edit) top
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Apr 14 2011, 8:12 PM EDT by
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Private sites
Thanks for the suggestions and requests everyone. You can restricted editing currently, but not viewing. Fully private sites that require an invitation to read is on our feature wish list, but not actively being worked on.
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Nov 12 2006, 8:24 PM EST by
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Educator site ad removal
Yes it is unfortunate for companies in these economic times to cut back on some programs. Many are forced to do it to stay afloat. You may be correct with other hosts such as those you have mentioned, requiring ads to support free services. Then there are the restrictions your institution, may have placed on certain social networking sites, or collaborative communities.
The Ad-Free Educational program has come to an end at Wetpaint. Efforts to keep your wiki ad free, may be better served by laying out a plan and presenting it to the board of your institution for funds to cover the cost of having a premium Ad-Free wiki site. You may be met with the same response from the board as Wetpaint's posture; "We don't have the money to do that."
And I agree with the teeth ad...yuk But then again, some advertising agency probably made money on that ad.
I apologize for taking a counter-point position in this thread.
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Aug 19 2009, 4:48 PM EDT by
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Pornography everywhere on my wetpaint site
Hey guys,
In the past 48 hours, I have had 10 separate users make accounts on my wetpaint site, all with their profile page consisting of links to pornography. This is annoying for many reasons, but it can be solved with one simple change.
For site permissions, there are two rather draconian options:
1. Make the entire site private, in which case, no one can see the site unless they have already been invited.
2. Allow anyone to join the site (you can require them to be promoted to writers to contribute, but anyone can join and post a profile full of porn).
If there were a third option, to require that a user must request (and be approved) to join the site, this would be solved.
Is anyone else having this issue? If so, what are you doing about it?
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Aug 4 2010, 7:37 PM EDT by
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FanTapper app on wikis by Wetpaint sites
It is true, yes, but Wetpaint has something ridiculous like a 40 million dollar budget. And you think they can't earn sufficient revenue from TWO very successful platforms? As much as I dislike the Entertainment, I don't really care about it as long as this service still works.
I just don't understand Wetpaint's nature of 'drop the grenade and run.' "Droplets don't work, BANG they're gone, instead of getting a new provider, invites too hard to maintain for private sites, BANG they're gone, instead of fixing them, wikis not making enough money, BANG they're practically dead, instead of looking after them properly, oh I know let's take a dump on the dead body."
BANG! And the Wetpaint is gone.
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Jun 6 2011, 3:14 PM EDT by
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Invitatations
Sep 2009 Wetpaint explains the private site invitation feature removal.
"Invite support for private sites is being dropped. Users will only be able to join a site while it is set as publicly accessible.
The development team was talking about completely pulling the plug on supporting private sites, but I convinced them it would be better to just drop the invite support since that was the part that was causing a lot of trouble and extra work.
The option to have a private site has already been removed from the site creation process, and dropping invitation support went into effect last week. The reasons for phasing out support for private sites are twofold:
1) We can't monetize private sites. Ad networks don't want to advertise on sites when they don't know what's there.
2) Supporting private sites requires a lot more time and effort for quality assurance testing since we have to make sure all new features work on both sets permissions schemes. Basically private sites require double the work for something that doesn't provide much in return.
I don't know of any plans to completely pull the plug on private sites, but it is very unlikely that any new features will be developed specifically for private sites."
Hope this sheds some light on the Private Site Invitation process.
See this page for changing the settings of your site.
http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/page/Invite+Others
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Jul 12 2010, 12:06 PM EDT by
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Talk to me like I'm a two yr old................
That might require that I use a high squeaky voice, but fortunately that does not translate to writing. If you don't see the EasyEdit button on the page it probably means you just need to sign in to the site with your username and password. Some sites are set up so that only registered or invited users can edit, so it depends on the site's permissions scheme.
http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/page/EasyEdit
http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/page/Permissions
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Feb 7 2008, 6:59 PM EST by
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Registering new members - problem
As replied in other threads. Here is Wetpaint's (jeremy_wetpaint) response:
"'I've talked to our team about this issue and it is unlikely that support for invitations on private sites will be returned. It's looking like the option to send invites from private sites will be completely removed in the near future. There are a few reasons for this:
First, there have been ongoing problems with users being able to successfully join sites using an invitation that was sent to them. With the last release we decided to simplify things. The old system required a lot of functionality to pass roles and permissions through with them, and verify that the user clicking through was the user who was invited. Now invitations are basically just links back to the site. This allowed us to re-build the login system in the simplest way possible.
For the majority of users on Wetpaint, the process of joining and signing in to a site is much simpler, and we think this is a good thing. We recognize that this was at the expense of convenience for private site users, and we’re bummed about that, but it has a broader benefit for users of our network of sites.
Another reason that Wetpaint has disabled support for invitations on private sites is that supporting private site features vastly increases the workload when it comes to QA testing new features that are in development.
Last, but certainly not least, is the fact that private sites are extremely difficult to monetize because advertisers don't want to waste their money on sites when they can't tell what kind of content or activity is on them. Granted, this does not apply to ad-free sites, but those are only a tiny percentage of sites on the Wetpaint network."
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Feb 9 2010, 9:05 AM EST by
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HELP!!!!! =(
Your site is set to "only people who sign up can edit pages." This means that all registered users are already "writers." http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/page/sites+that+don't+require+invitation/ If you only want people you promote to "writer" to be able to edit, change the permissions in the site settings. http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/page/permissions/
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Jun 7 2009, 7:48 AM EDT by
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Writers
The site doesn't have to be private. The "Writer" role is only needed on sites that require invitation in order to edit pages. On sites that don't require invitation these people are called "Registered Users" and the "Writer" role does not exist. See: http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/page/User+Permissions
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