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membracid on "Google Group Sign up via WP form"

membracid — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:59:04 +0000

Hello! I am working on making some custom forms for a nature center that I'm helping with a new website. (BTW, <3 <3 how easy it is to make forms!)

We have run into a bit of a snag with one form, though.

They run a Google Group, and I know that you can sign up by sending an email to [Group Name][email redacted]. So it seemed like a logical thing to set up a form with one field--email address--and have it email to the appropriate google group address.
(and yes, I did substitute the group name :)

Unfortunately, that doesn't work. Anyone know what I might be leaving out that would make that work? I can just tell people to email it with a linked address, but a form seems nicer.

timethief on "Using Google Groups to send blog digest"

timethief — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:17:34 +0000

*** head desk *** I meant "catch" lol :D

timethief on "Using Google Groups to send blog digest"

timethief — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:16:10 +0000

Good catach! :)

auxclass on "Using Google Groups to send blog digest"

auxclass — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0000

Could you subscribe to your own blog (yes) but then send the email you get from your own blog to the Google groups subscription account?

Yes ugly I know and not automatic unless your email system has the ability to automatically forward a specific email (some do)

timethief on "Using Google Groups to send blog digest"

timethief — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:06:44 +0000

OOPS! Let mye post that again please.

Hello there,
Unfortunately you will NOT to be able to use the WordPress built in subscription form for this and I do not know of a workaround.

timethief on "Using Google Groups to send blog digest"

timethief — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:05:58 +0000

Heelo there,
Unfortunately you will to be able to use the WordPress built in subscription form for this and I do not know of a workaround.

spatialanalytics on "Using Google Groups to send blog digest"

spatialanalytics — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:32:00 +0000

Hi,
When my blog was on Worpress.org, I had a widget that would allow me to send one e-mail to my Google Groups distribution list, which would then forward the digest on to the members of the group. I've moved my blog to a WordPress.com site and now, as far as I can tell, in order for me to use the internal subscription capability, WordPress needs to get a response from the subscribing e-mail account before it will allow the subscription. Problem is, the goggle groups e-mail account is a receive only account. It simply redirects e-mails that it receives to the members of the group. If I try to create an e-mail account for the group to both receive and send e-mails, the group name will have to be changes from the current domain to a gmail.com domain. (not desirable.) Does anyone have ideas on how to set up a subscription to google groups or am I doing something wrong? Thanks

t3ck on "Automatic Facebook and Google Group update"

t3ck — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:16:02 +0000

@scorpiz46 Please do not hijack or spam the forums with non sense

scorpiz46 on "Automatic Facebook and Google Group update"

scorpiz46 — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:51:14 +0000

Comment removed by Moderator (T3CK) for not having any value to the subject.

timethief on "Automatic Facebook and Google Group update"

timethief — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:01 +0000

@raincoaster

Got it!

http://getsociallive.com will do exactly what you want.

raincoaster on "Automatic Facebook and Google Group update"

raincoaster — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:49:09 +0000

1) posting a link to FB does not count as duplicate content; it's a snippet and link, not the entire article. Yes, it WOULD be idiotic to post the entire article into Facebook, and would result in grave consequences for your blog here.

4) is nobody reading what I wrote in this thread?

timethief on "Automatic Facebook and Google Group update"

timethief — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:05:37 +0000

"I just copy and past the URL of the article into Facebook and it is there in an instant."

(1) I do NOT comprehend why anyone would wish to create "duplicate content" and risk a Google PageRank penalty for doing so. Presumably, your Facebook readers are capable of clicking a link and arriving in your blog or simply subscribing directly to the posts, aren't they?
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=66359

(2) I likewise do NOT comprehend why anyone would take the position that we need multiple means of flooding the internet with duplicated content is a good thing for us all. Good for whom? And how is "good" defined?

(She scratches her head because she just does not get it.)

richardmitnick on "Automatic Facebook and Google Group update"

richardmitnick — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:38:40 +0000

I see what my (the) problem with this is, and it is a Facebook problem, not a WordPress problem, but it is still unsatisfactory:

I did two WordPress posts around 11:00AM Saturday past. Facebook did not pick them up until 8:00 PM.

Thank is really pretty poor.

If we had a Facebook application available to our themes, the thing woiuld be immediate. I know that you guys have complicated ways for us to get Facebook into our weblogs, but that stuff is beyond me.

Many sites I use, just as free as Facebook, supply either a Facebook application or a whole Share block full of choices. With Google Reader, and probably any other RSS aggregator, I just copy and past the URL of the article into Facebook and it is there in an instant. I tried this and it worked, but poorly, just text and not very inviting.

So, WordPress, how about it? Make it simple. We will love you for it.

richardmitnick on "Automatic Facebook and Google Group update"

richardmitnick — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:33:16 +0000

I have tried that procedure outlined in the video suggested by t3ck. With all due respect, it just plain does not work for me. If one of my posts does get to Facebook, it is after too many hours. With sites with the Facebook application "F", it is instantaneous. I use them all the time to promote my issues. (I am not a twitterer. Twitter, in my estimation, is for twits.)

Why can we not have a "Share" box, like I find at so many other sites, or even just the Facebook application "F"? Instead, reading this thread and so many others, we are lead to complex procedures which are just to technical for non-technical writers. My interests are Classical music, Jazz, and Public Radio, not how to deal with html code or any other technical stuff.

Why can we not have at WordPress what so many of us are finding on other sites?

raincoaster on "Automatic Facebook and Google Group update"

raincoaster — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:01:21 +0000

Like I said, GetSocial does this. If you're getting an RSS page instead, you're inserting the RSS link, not the actual post URL.

marvalar on "Automatic Facebook and Google Group update"

marvalar — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:28:36 +0000

Honestly what bothers me with the facebook notes is that, when a friend clicks on the message that appears on the profile he's not directed to the wordpress page, but to kind of Facebook RSS reader.

Honestly, I think that wordpress should offer this function to the users.

raincoaster on "Automatic Facebook and Google Group update"

raincoaster — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:56:15 +0000

http://getsociallive.com will do exactly what you want.

As for Facebook, it's main purpose as far as I can see is to spew information nobody wants to as wide an audience as possible. It's not about what you want to read; it's about what your friends want to wave under your nose.

richardmitnick on "Automatic Facebook and Google Group update"

richardmitnick — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:44:14 +0000

I am concerned about the import utility WordPress allows us to use for getting our weblog content into Facebook.

I watched the video t3ck suggests above. I followed the procedure and sure enough, my WordPress posts started showing up in my Live News feed.

But, when I looked to see the link, it is exactly my RSS link for my weblog.

This means that anyone can load any RSS feed into their Facebook registration and then regardless of content it is spewed all over the place to their "friends" and there friends' friends.

Believe me, there is a lot of "stuff" on the internet with RSS feed links that I would like not to see from my "friends".

It would be much better if we simply had the Facebook little bitty blue "F" and whatever is behind it on WordPress, regardless of the theme we use. It should be, whatever you call it, a thing that a WordPress writer can load in or attach to his or her weblog.

I will be entering this plea at Facebook also.

thesacredpath on "Automatic Facebook and Google Group update"

thesacredpath — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:40:47 +0000

Support doc on email subscriptions via feedburner: http://en.support.wordpress.com/email-subscriptions/ .

kazoo on "Automatic Facebook and Google Group update"

kazoo — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:33:24 +0000

for the email update, try Feedburner, which offers a "subscribe by email" thing that you can paste the code into a text widget in the sidebar.

t3ck on "Automatic Facebook and Google Group update"

t3ck — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:18:25 +0000

Here you go this article should help you there's also a video tutorial with the article
http://teckline.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/how-to-import-your-blog-content-on-your-facebook-profile-video-tutorial/

bradj47 on "Automatic Facebook and Google Group update"

bradj47 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:37:17 +0000

I'm looking for a way to have a Facebook page have its status change automatically whenever I make a new blog entry. I'm using a Facebook to Twitter app on Facebook that updates Twitter whenever the Facebook status is changed so I'm set on Twitter as long as I can get Facebook to automatically update.

I'm also looking for a way to let users be updated by email whenever a new post is made. I'm thinking about using Google Groups for that but I'm flexible. I really want it to be automatic though.

ellaella on "Looking for a website to upload and store pdf files"

ellaella — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:54:01 +0000

You're welcome. I have my share of those days too. :)

agent503 on "Looking for a website to upload and store pdf files"

agent503 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:45:16 +0000

Thanks ellaella! Sometimes things are just too simple. It's been a long day...

ellaella on "Looking for a website to upload and store pdf files"

ellaella — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:29:14 +0000

You upload them to the same space here and in the same way that you upload images. I see from your forum history you've asked questions about images, so I'm assuming they're here and not at, say, flickr.

agent503 on "Looking for a website to upload and store pdf files"

agent503 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:23:38 +0000

When you say "space here", are you referring to a specific area where I can upload files to other than a post i.e. do I have a file storage space on wordpress?

ellaella on "Looking for a website to upload and store pdf files"

ellaella — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:16:56 +0000

Why not just upload them to your space here?

agent503 on "Looking for a website to upload and store pdf files"

agent503 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:11:34 +0000

I have a couple of pdf files that I want to link to from various posts. I have used goodle groups, but when I click on the link in my post, it does not directly access the pdf file. Instead I get a results page, requiring an additional click. Has anyone encountered this problem with google groups? Is there something better out there?