Something new from GroupSwim

We rolled a new release of GroupSwim on Friday!  You may have noticed a few changes here and there - like  crossed out discussions disappearing for good (we got the message).  While our primary focus was tuning and maintenance, we did slip a few extras in for good measure.    See below for an overview of the latest and greatest, and, as always please keep the feedback coming.  

Oh, I almost forgot to mention, we have some great stuff coming soon.   We've been listening to all the feedback and you will soon see an improved search, revised home pages,  visual browsing of members plus, of course, a few surprises.

Enjoy, Mike and the GroupSwim Team.

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• New insert image capability in the post form.  Next to the link button on the post form tool bar is a new feature that allows you to insert any image from the web as long as it's URL addressable.  For example:

This GroupSwim logo was inserted from Flickr.  Note: to add images from Flickr you need to right click on the image and copy the image address.  Also, note: you can not insert copyrighted images.

• Delete discussions:  We got the message!  When you delete a discussion now it disappears, gone, kaput, no more.  The only place you will ever see a crossed out discussion:  Your history, or when you watchlisted a deleted discussion.  

• Select All in member management:  We now provide a select all action in the side bar.  This is most effective for the invitation requests and open invitations sections.

• Updated permissions:  We added a new option in privacy and access permissions (subgroups and main group).  If you use the custom option within privacy and access permissions, you can now control who is allowed to reply.   This allows you to setup groups that are read only (only managers can post and reply) or anyone can post or reply. 

• Improved rendering on uploaded images: We improved our image uploader - newly uploaded thumbnails and images you should be a lot clearer.

• HTML is now allowed in the group description field (see about page) and announcement field.