WiserEarth Group Support

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This is a place for admins of WiserEarth groups to gather and help each other in our work managing and growing one or more groups. Share tips, problems and success stories. Learn what it takes to successfully grow and manage your WiserEarth group. View examples of effective groups. (Group logo courtesy of flickr / faungg) …learn more

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Created: Feb 20, 2008

Updated: May 16, 2010

Membership: Open

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Welcome!

This is probably your first time starting a WiserEarth group, or maybe you’re a veteran who has created and successfully managed one or more groups.

Either way, this is a place for us to share questions, problems, tips and successes in growing a WiserEarth group from humble beginnings to a thriving community. Thank you for sharing!

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Managing Groups

“Hey CQ, Terribly sorry for the loooong delay in response. Been a hectic couple of weeks or so. To your Qs: 1. To customize module name, just hover your mouse over the title and click it. 2. I” …more

bowo commented about 1 month ago

how do i post a RSS feed on a group page

“Hi Michael, Go to the blue Admin Tools and click “Add a new module”, then select the News module. It will then show up on the group page. Next, click on the “Add a subscription” link there or vi” …more

bowo commented about 1 month ago

Relating Groups

“@angus: good news indeed! Thanks for the prompt reply. I’m creating Maps Music Memes and Much More for use in educational programs that link google maps, music and other media from the wikimedia c” …more

yeoman commented 3 months ago

Log In / Sign In Options

“Thanks Angus. Good to know. We’re planning on implementing Gigya on our site but I’m going to check out RPX now. Not familiar with it.”

sh0wn commented 3 months ago

sharing stuff between groups

“Perhaps useful to mention that discussions cannot be shared among groups so they’re ideal for ‘internal’ topics. All other content pages can be shared. Great trick for a discussion that you know migh” …more

blindspotter commented 3 months ago

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