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PWXZEE1 |
I want a site where I do not INVITE people, I just add them.
Mar 31 2008, 6:44 AM EDT
For a known limited group - all the franchisees in our business - I want to just be able to add them from the start, with known identities, known emails, even initally set passwords.Is that possible ? will it be possible ? 3 out of 6 found this valuable. Do you? |
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PWXZEE1 |
1. RE: I want a site where I do not INVITE people, I just add them.
Apr 10 2008, 8:33 AM EDT
Any chance of a reply ?
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Leo- |
2. RE: I want a site where I do not INVITE people, I just add them.
Apr 10 2008, 8:39 AM EDT
I think E-mails are safer but good idea.
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PWXZEE1 |
3. RE: I want a site where I do not INVITE people, I just add them.
Apr 10 2008, 9:02 AM EDT
Think I just found a more active thread discussing the same topic - http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/thread/567940/Private+Sites/post/3742677/Private+Siteswith a pretty good entry by budde. Hope that gets up. Far as I'm concerned you could delete this thread now. Do you find this valuable? |
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4. RE: I want a site where I do not INVITE people, I just add them.
May 9 2008, 3:01 PM EDT
then this is the place
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Jason_wetpaint |
5. RE: I want a site where I do not INVITE people, I just add them.
May 9 2008, 3:33 PM EDT
That thread has to do with private sites and the invitation process to private sites. I'd prefer to keep it about that.Wetpaint is an opt-in service. What you're requesting would change the nature of how people can join Wetpaint wikis in a fundamental way. I'm not saying that it's impossible, but there would be a lot of issues to work out for such a large change. Off the top of my head, we'd need a user-management feature for Administrators, another join/invitation path for people that got added, a temporary role designation for people who were added, but haven't accepted, and then make changes to all of our notifications to make sure that people who haven't accepted don't get email they never wanted. Do you find this valuable? |
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PWXZEE1 |
6. RE: I want a site where I do not INVITE people, I just add them.
May 31 2008, 9:38 PM EDT
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. Do you find this valuable? |
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Jason_wetpaint |
7. RE: I want a site where I do not INVITE people, I just add them.
Jun 1 2008, 1:52 AM EDT
What you're asking for is not simple and would change a great deal about Wetpaint. Personal information (Name, email address, date of birth) would need to be entered by the Creator, and the user would still need to aggree to our Terms of Use. What if you wanted to take your wiki public? Would you lose the ability to add people? What if a public wiki went private? Would the creator then have access to the personal information of the users? I think if you ask and try to answer these questions for yourself, you'll see why yours is such a difficult suggestion.As I've said in other threads, we're re-working the invitation process to make it more immediate and even less work. Do you find this valuable? |
S117 |
8. RE: I want a site where I do not INVITE people, I just add them.
Jun 1 2008, 6:08 AM EDT
For private sites i think you should be able to send the invites to profiles through wetpaint so they can just click on it in wetpaint. A lot of email servers block wetpaint invites.
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Mr_KP |
9. RE: I want a site where I do not INVITE people, I just add them.
Jun 1 2008, 7:04 AM EDT
He was talking about sending invites to people who don't have a Wetpaint account.
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