https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/favicon.ico2014-01-26T18:13:10ZCUNY Graduate Center - Project Tracking SystemCUNY Academic Commons - Feature #2978: Revise Invite Anyone Workflowhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/2978?journal_id=139972014-01-26T18:13:10ZBoone Gorgesboone@gorg.es
<ul><li><strong>Target version</strong> set to <i>1.5.15</i></li></ul><blockquote>
<p>embed an anchor at the point where one can enter info to invite people and have the link from "send invitations by email" take people directly there so that one doesn't see the large header at the top of the page</p>
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<p>Yes, this is straightforward.</p>
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<p>Long term: move this invitation interface back to the group interface itself so that one never leaves the group one is inviting people to when sending invites.</p>
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<p>It wouldn't be moving "back", as the invite-by-email feature was never located inside of groups. My concern about moving this feature to inside of the group interface is that it's not really <strong>part of</strong> a group. The invitations are to <strong>the site</strong>, with group invitations being optional, secondary information associated with the invitation. Removing it from profiles is a mistake, if only because it should be possible to send an invitation to the site without also inviting people to groups (and without having to navigate to a group first). I suppose it could be OK to have a second interface for inviting people to the site, or to put it in a modal overlay or something like that, but in either of these cases I'd like to have UX input.</p>
<p>I'll put this ticket in the next release for the short-term fix.</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #2978: Revise Invite Anyone Workflowhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/2978?journal_id=139982014-01-26T18:23:27ZMatt Goldmattgold@gmail.com
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<p>My concern about moving this feature to inside of the group interface is that it's not really part of a group.</p>
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<p>Maybe that's true from a technical standpoint, but the fact is that people get to the invite anyone interface from the group interface, so suddenly moving them out of that space is confusing. I'd say that if people get to the Invite Anyone interface from the group interface, the resulting action should either remain within the group interface itself OR result in the kind of modal overlay you suggest. That way, we don't wind up moving people out of the interface from which they started.</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #2978: Revise Invite Anyone Workflowhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/2978?journal_id=140002014-01-26T18:29:54ZBoone Gorgesboone@gorg.es
<ul></ul><p>I agree that it's jarring to move to a different space, but my claim that "it's not part of a group" is more than just technical. By-email site invitations are conceptually independent from groups. You can invite someone to the site via email without inviting them to a group at all. Forcing this interface into groups would thus be a confusion, and it'd limit people who want to use it without reference to a group. I agree that an improved workflow is needed, but my point was that moving inside of a group will IMO create more conceptual problems than it solves</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #2978: Revise Invite Anyone Workflowhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/2978?journal_id=140012014-01-26T18:35:27ZMatt Goldmattgold@gmail.com
<ul></ul><p>Is there a way to get to the Invite Anyone interface aside from the group admin menu options?</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #2978: Revise Invite Anyone Workflowhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/2978?journal_id=140022014-01-26T18:37:33ZMatt Goldmattgold@gmail.com
<ul></ul><p>(answering my own question): yes, you can get to it from the Commons profile tab, which is currently pretty hidden.</p>
<p>I'd say that one should stay within the space one is, generally, so I'd go with a modal overlay <strong>at least</strong> for people who click "invite by email" from within the group interface.</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #2978: Revise Invite Anyone Workflowhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/2978?journal_id=140662014-01-29T20:56:22ZBoone Gorgesboone@gorg.es
<ul><li><strong>Target version</strong> changed from <i>1.5.15</i> to <i>1.5.16</i></li></ul><p>Sorry, this should've been put in 1.5.16 (1.5.15 was already past).</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #2978: Revise Invite Anyone Workflowhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/2978?journal_id=141232014-02-01T20:08:28ZBoone Gorgesboone@gorg.es
<ul></ul><p>Anchor added in <a class="external" href="https://github.com/castiron/cac/commit/bb1c30045c814bfe6f9efe2c2028e8a3c2f69cdf">https://github.com/castiron/cac/commit/bb1c30045c814bfe6f9efe2c2028e8a3c2f69cdf</a></p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #2978: Revise Invite Anyone Workflowhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/2978?journal_id=141242014-02-01T20:08:47ZBoone Gorgesboone@gorg.es
<ul><li><strong>Target version</strong> changed from <i>1.5.16</i> to <i>Future release</i></li></ul><p>Moving to Future Release for the other issues.</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #2978: Revise Invite Anyone Workflowhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/2978?journal_id=141252014-02-01T20:13:31ZMatt Goldmattgold@gmail.com
<ul></ul><p>Thanks, Boone. I'd strongly prefer to move it into 1.7 so that we don't lose track of it (which is my fear about the "future release"category -- unless you make regular sweeps through tickets in that category.</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #2978: Revise Invite Anyone Workflowhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/2978?journal_id=141262014-02-01T20:21:36ZBoone Gorgesboone@gorg.es
<ul><li><strong>Target version</strong> changed from <i>Future release</i> to <i>1.7</i></li></ul> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #2978: Revise Invite Anyone Workflowhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/2978?journal_id=158102014-07-12T00:21:24ZBoone Gorgesboone@gorg.es
<ul></ul><p>A number of bugs and inconsistencies have arisen around the group invitation workflow. I think it may be time to address it in a broader manner. Can we return to this discussion and see if we have any new ideas about how to implement? If we could come up with a general enough solution, this might be something we could fix in BuddyPress itself (where the workflow is just as lousy).</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #2978: Revise Invite Anyone Workflowhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/2978?journal_id=166062014-09-17T13:46:55ZBoone Gorgesboone@gorg.es
<ul><li><strong>Assignee</strong> changed from <i>Boone Gorges</i> to <i>Chris Stein</i></li><li><strong>Target version</strong> changed from <i>1.7</i> to <i>1.8</i></li></ul><p>Moving to 1.8 and reassigning to Chris for further discussion.</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #2978: Revise Invite Anyone Workflowhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/2978?journal_id=188732015-04-02T00:54:36ZBoone Gorgesboone@gorg.es
<ul><li><strong>Status</strong> changed from <i>Assigned</i> to <i>Deferred</i></li><li><strong>Target version</strong> deleted (<del><i>1.8</i></del>)</li></ul><p>The group invitation workflow is getting an overhaul in the next few versions of BuddyPress. Seeing as we've made no specific progress on this ticket, I'm going to close it in anticipation of upstream changes.</p>