Q. WHEN AND HOW WILL CLUBS USERS BE NOTIFIED ABOUT THE CONVERSION TO
YAHOO! GROUPS?
A. Clubs users will be notified as soon as we firm up the date for
the conversion to Groups. We will link notifications to all
individual Club pages, as well as the main page of Yahoo!Clubs. This
notification will detail all the things people should be aware of in
regards to the conversion process -- new features, new functionality,
and what changes to expect in the conversion.
Q. WILL MY YAHOO! GROUP HAVE A "PHOTOS" SECTION SIMILAR TO MY YAHOO!
CLUB?
A. Yes. Yahoo! Groups will have a photos section which will be an
enhanced version as compared to the current Clubs photo feature. Not
only will you be able to store photos and view them in thumbnail
form, but you will also be able to order prints, send photos as
Yahoo! Greetings and much, much more.
Q. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO CURRENT FOUNDERS OF CLUBS? WILL THEY CONTINUE
TO HAVE FOUNDER CAPABILITIES ON GROUPS?
A. Absolutely. All current Club founders will continue to have
moderator privileges on Groups.
Q. WILL THERE BE A "MY GROUPS" MODULE ON MY YAHOO!?
A. Yes, as I mentioned once before, we fully plan to add a "My
Groups" module on My Yahoo!, similar to the Clubs module that exists
there now. We plan to have this occur within the next couple months.
Q. MY CLUB IS BEING SPAMMED. WILL THERE BE STRONGER SPAM CONTROLS ON
YAHOO! GROUPS?
A. Yes. Yahoo! Groups allows you to moderate both new messages and
new members. So if you find that your group is being spammed, you
can switch your group to moderated and weed out any offensive posts
or members. Once you've got things under control, just switch the
feature back off, and your group will run just as your club does now.
Q. CAN A CLUB THAT IS UNLISTED BE MADE LISTED AGAIN ONCE THE GROUPS
CONVERSION IS COMPLETED?
A. No. Unlisted clubs will remain unlisted after the merge.
Q. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO CURRENT CLUB MEMBERS? WILL THEY NEED TO
REJOIN ONCE THE GROUP IS CONVERTED?
A. All of your current Club members will carry over to your Group.
They will not have to rejoin. This will all happen automatically.
Q. WILL MY OLD CLUB URL STILL WORK?
A. Don't worry, all your Yahoo! Clubs web addresses and URLs will
continue to work, all data and event ownership will be maintained.
Q. WILL I NEED TO RE-REGISTER WITH YAHOO! IN ORDER TO USE MY GROUPS?
A. No. There's no need to register again to access your group. The
Yahoo! ID you currently use for Yahoo! Clubs will log you in on both
the Yahoo! Groups homepage, and within your individual group.
Q. WHAT NEW FEATURES WILL I HAVE IN YAHOO! GROUPS AS OPPOSED TO
YAHOO! CLUBS?
Group members will be able to:
- Post messages to your group by email -- and stay in touch with your
group from anywhere, without having to log into the Web
- Search the message archive in your group by keyword
- Create your own polls
- Create and maintain databases to store information
- Choose from thousands more groups that fit your interests
- Choose from more descriptive search results to help you locate the
right group for your needs
Additionally, Group owners (known as founders on Yahoo! Clubs) will
be able to:
- Moderate messages before they are posted
- Moderate members to decide who is allowed to join your group
- Turn certain features on and off whenever you like
- Offer members custom levels of access to group features
- Customize moderator abilities
- Add HTML to your Group Description (known as the Founder's Message
in Yahoo! Clubs)
