Hi Folks,
If you are thinking about starting a new site, it pays to think a bit
about how you will name groups on your site, before you start the site.
With other online groups sites, like Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/
and Yahoo! Groups,
http://groups.yahoo.com/
you have to start your groups at their site. With OnlineGroups.Net,
first you start an online groups site of you own, then you start your
groups.
This works better for organisations, and others who wish to start
multiple groups, and group those groups on a dedicated site. On the
downside, this makes it a little harder to start your groups.
I recommend that you plan the names of your site and groups, before you
start. While you can change the name of your site or group at any time,
you can not change the "id" of a site or group. Because it is best to
choose an ID that matches the name you plan to use, it is useful to
decide the names for your site and group, before you start them.
I have prepared a couple of templates to help you with that.
The easy way to start a site is to use a subdomain of onlinegroups.net.
Our Demo site is an example.
http://demosite.onlinegroups.net/
With a subdomain site, your groups will have an email address ending in
'@onlinegroups.net'.
If you are starting a site at a subdomain of onlinegroups.net, use the
following template to choose the site id, and your group ids (add
groups, if you want more than two, of course).
http://site_id.onlinegroups.net/groups/group_id0
<email obscured>
http://site_id.onlinegroups.net/groups/group_id1
<email obscured>
If you prefer, you can also set up a site using a custom domain.
http://onlinegroups.net/sites/features/index.html#custom_domain
Here is an example.
http://dataversity.org.nz
With a custom domain your groups have email addresses ending in your
custom domain.
If you are starting a site with a custom domain, use the following
template to choose the site id, and your group ids (add groups, if you
want more than two, of course).
http://custom_domain/groups/group_id0
group_id0@custom_domain
http://custom_domain/groups/group_id1
group_id1@custom_domain
