Forum Activity for @strumelia

email from Soundcloud... anything to worry about?

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Hi, I got the below email from Soundcloud (I only use SC for my JR sites).
Is this anything I need to do something about?:
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"Dear partner / API user,
If you are not calling `api.soundcloud.com` you can stop reading right here. Otherwise, there are a number of updates that might require actions from your side.

At the beginning of July, we announced security updates to our API, mainly how we deal with auth. Please read a blog post to know more about the changes.
We understand that it’s a lot and might require some time on your side to update the systems. We would appreciate it if you could start working on it ASAP, as some of the changes are live already.

Deprecation of `client_id` and the requirement to provide an `Authorization` header for each request is the biggest update. We are planning to start slowly rolling it out in September. Meaning that some percentage of requests will start failing if the header is not present.
If you have no capacity to update your systems in the following 1-2 months please let us know. We will try to find a solution. We definitely do not want to create a bad experience for users.

For any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us. You can comment on this thread, or create a new ticket.
Best,
Soundcloud Team"
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updated by @strumelia: 01/03/22 02:59:49PM

What are your best practices, tips, tricks regarding validation/approval of new members?

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Can you elaborate a bit on what those issues might be that are making your signup questions ineffectual? Like a couple examples maybe? Maybe i can suggest improvements, because mine work pretty well in discouraging spammers.

...a couple of ideas I use here: https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/forum/my_posts/39195/how-to-deal-with-human-spammers/search_string=signup+questions

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Follow Me Groups Module Support

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I wouldn't know, I'm from New York. Bagels maybe. ;D

Follow Me Groups Module Support

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Pepperoni rolls? Um, ok. Better than dogwood and road kill I guess. LOL

Follow Me Groups Module Support

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Yes go have a look at my site which has 60 + Groups (most of which were created by and are controlled by me the master admin):
https://fotmd.com/
It has about 3000 members. I don't send out many mass emailings to my members, though of course they do get site notifications for various things which they can also turn off if they choose.
BTW you can have Private Groups as well, where only the group members can see any group content. I use one private group for me and my site moderators to discuss site issues or problems with members.
updated by @strumelia: 04/20/21 04:35:28PM

past Events showing not working right for me on home page widget

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Paul, i did some tests and what you did seems to be working great! You can release the hounds now... oops I mean module. :D
I set my FOTMD site to show events for 10 days past their start date- that enables event participants to continue exchanging info and discussion both during and also for a few days after a week-long music camp or festival.
This is a real useful improvement. Marking this 'solved'.
Thanks so much!

past Events showing not working right for me on home page widget

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Super cool- i will test it this evening and let you know here Paul. :D

past Events showing not working right for me on home page widget

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Really?! You are a real champ Paul! Yaaaaaayyyy!
Yeah I think the module was set up with 1 night concerts in mind, not week-long festivals.
This is actually a big improvement for my site, even though it may not seem like anything important.
Thank you!!

past Events showing not working right for me on home page widget

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Thanks, I will do the same on my other site then.

I do have another question about this 'showing' function in the Events module. I may have brought this up a few years ago, but am hoping it can be adjusted fairly easily-
In my attached image, our choices for keeping Events visible for "x" amount of time after their START date are not very practical or useable in my typical site situations...
I get choices of 30 min, 45 min, 1, 2, 3 hours, 1 day, up to at most 5 days after START date of an event.
On my dulcimer musician site, most of our Events are music festivals or music camps- many of which are big events with hundreds of people attending workshops and or camping for a weekend and often a whole week. Lots of our members hold discussions in the event about accommodations, what classes to take, sharing rides, who's going, what to bring, etc etc. They also like to follow up after the event for a few days about what a good time they had. As it is now, if a festival lasts a week, it will simply DISAPPEAR 5 days into it, taking all its discussions with it... which is not good at all on my site.
My choice then comes down to having ALL events past and present showing for all time (always a disaster for my sites), OR having many of the longer events mysteriously disappear before they are even over.

Frankly, I don't need all those gazillion choices there now for 3 hrs, 4 hrs, 5 hrs,... What I really would find useful is a choice to show the event for x days after its END date... but I seem to recall this was asked for by me and another person a while back and it was not easily do-able.
Sooooo.... maybe instead I can get a LONGER span that would be sure to enable a week long festival to keeping showing on the home page events widget for up to 5 days after it ends- which in the case of a week festival, would be 12 days.
I would love to be able to have much more useful choices of something like the following instead of what's there now:
Show past events for ____ time after start date... with the choices being:
1 hour
3 hrs
8 hrs
12 hrs
1 day
2 days
4 days
6 days
9 days
12 days
15 days.
That would be something i could really use!

Is there a quick template location where I can edit these time choices myself, or does it need doing by a universal module change? Or is it too much trouble? I realize not everyone needs the same thing, but this seems to me kinda logical since so many events are longer than a day and get talked about for a few days after they are over as well.
Thanks for taking the time to consider this.