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From: Gary Schnabl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon 26 May 2008 00:42:47 EST
Dave Barton wrote:
I joined the authors project, with a view to contributing in some
small way.
My first thought was to see if there was anything I might be able to
help with, in regard to the Base Guide. However, when I log in and
select the link
http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/database/outline_rev to
the "Draft outline", I am redirected to
http://oooauthors.org/insufficient_privileges
<ttp://oooauthors.org/insufficient_privileges%22>
It would seem that as a member of the project I am precluded from any
link, whereby I can access any of these "secret ;)" ODF files. PDF
does not appear to be a problem.
Can anyone please explain why this is?
Dave
Did you ever sign up for any level of membership? I just ran your email
address through a search and came up with nothing. I would assume that
being on the e-mail list would mean that you're a basic member, at least.
The next higher level would be an author-status member. Have you ever
requested having an author status? BTW, if I or somebody else accesses
the OOoAuthors Web site without signing in, many files/folders will be
inaccessible/invisible.
Gary
Before "signing up" I read this page
http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/resources/howto_author
From the link in the section "How to get the author role" I went to:
http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/resources/howto_join
From the "Mailto:" [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sent a
subscribe email and received a reply, with the subject line "Portal
Membership Information", stating:
<Q>
You have been registered as a member of OOoAuthors.org, which
allows you to personalize your view of the website and participate in
the community.
Visit us at http://oooauthors.org
Your login name and password are:
</Q>
Other than a somewhat vague statement on the "howto_author" page there
is nothing to suggest differing levels of membership, or any need to
apply for such status.
If I am not registered as a member, why does the site allow me to log in
and have my browser (Firefox 2.0.014) display a message to say that I am
logged in and displays http://oooauthors.org/logged_out when I select
"Log Out"?
After logging in I appear to be able to almost everything the site has
to offer, with the exception of most (not all) ODF files.
As for not not finding me in a search I have just logged in and changed
"My Preferences" to be "Listed in searches". So you should now find my
membership under User Name: dbarton plus my real name and this email
address.
I signed up to this mailing list separately, because I received no reply
to a similar message I posted a few days ago. I had expected to be
automatically subscribed to this list as part of becoming a member, at
whatever level.
Dave
