Hi Dave, Am Mon, 26 May 2008 02:51:43 +1000 schrieb Dave Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> -------- Original Message -------- > 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"? You were known as a member, I just checked the member-list on oooauthors. > 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. For seeing and being able to edit the odt-files, you'll need to have the author role. We changed this some time ago, because we had lots of trouble with spam. I just gave you the author role. If you're currently logged in, please log off and log in again, so that you can see the changes. > 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'm not sure, if Gary meant your login name on the oooauthors website or if he did a search on this mailing list. If he did a search on the mailing list, the setting you mentioned above would not have made any difference. > 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. If there are any more questions, that are not addressed yet, please don't hesitate to ask. Sigrid
