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Do Jamroom sites use cookies?

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The Privacy Statement at Jamroom does not go into detail about how private information is collected. It only comments on how private information is used.

This may be related to the question above - do Jamroom sites use cookies?

If they do, where can we control them, as administrators?

And if they do, would it be possible for JR sites to have anything like a "CookieConsent" module used by Drupal?

https://www.drupal.org/project/cookieconsent
updated by @researchcooperative: 04/18/17 04:49:51PM

Off-topic: Cultural "geneaologies'?

Genosis

Thanks, I was wondering whether Genosis could be adapted in this way. The interest might be in generating geographical maps of first-author/second-author relationships over time and space, in literature from a given research field.

This might be a way of detecting, through author relationships, the authors who have really influenced a research field over time through their writing efforts, and could be contrasted with the so-called 'impact factor' approach which is focused more on who cites who in what journals.

There are many possible approaches to the question of how knowledge is generated in a particular discipline over time.

Family genaeologies are also interesting for cultural reasons - we think we are interested in the genetic relationships, but what is really interesting is seeing how family stories and knowledge are transmitted along with the physical geneaology. Which can be through the records of the occupations of our ancestors, for example. Mapping family occupations over time and space is what many family historians like to do. The puzzling over incomplete and scattered records is also a kind of science.

Off-topic: Cultural "geneaologies'?

Genosis

This is just a thought.... I wonder to what extent an existing geneaology mapping program could be used to map the relationships or connections between senior authors and junior authors over time (assuming that the coauthors can be regarded as the 'children' of lead authors)?

Or between generations of teachers and their students, and the students' students?

I am not actively planning to attempt such approaches, and understand that others are already analyzing the authors and citations of published scientific research articles in order to map scientific and disciplinary networks and their interconnections (i.e. the genesis of scientific knowledge).
updated by @researchcooperative: 04/06/17 01:43:45PM

In form designer, does a default setting for a field have any effect if the field is optional?

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Thanks... yes, this helps.

If my understanding is correct, this means that there are four basic ways to set up a field:

1. a "hard" required field that has to be noticed and filled by the account holder (and which may generate annoying, "you failed" alerts when not satisfied; I need to think about the default wording here... something apologetic might help).

2. a "semi-hard" way with a required field that will be filled with a default setting, so that the user does not experience a warning display, but ensuring that they do simply delete the default if they do not like it - they should replace it with something.

3. a "semi-soft" optional field that has to be filled by the user if it is to be filled at all, and

4. a "soft" optional field that will be filled by a default setting (and which can be deleted if it does not suit).

In brief:

1. Hard = required, with no default
2. Semi-hard = required, with a default provided
3. Semi-soft = optional, with no default
4. Soft = optional, with a default provided

In form designer, does a default setting for a field have any effect if the field is optional?

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I am revising my form-designer form for profile settings, and notice that an default option can be designated, whether or not the field is optional or required.

1. Does a default setting have any effect if the field is optional? I suppose that it won't, but am not sure.

2. If the field is "required", will a default option ensure that the field is filled, regardless of whether or not the user has thought about the field content? I suppose that it will, but am not sure.
updated by @researchcooperative: 04/07/17 07:55:24PM

User profile created but no user account can be found, after signup

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Greetings,

I sent screen grabs of this as a private support ticket request.

Thanks.

Does the "normal user" group category include "power users"?

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Thanks.

So in effect, "Power users" can be thought of as "Normal Plus" users...

This leads to a further question....

When we are setting up field display options for the Account setup form, when seeking new members openly from the world, which is better as a display option: "All users (including logged-out)", "Logged out users", or "Normal users"?

My first guess is that "Normal users" would not work because they have to be logged in to see anything, in which case they don't see a signup form, since they must be already signed up to have login access. This leaves either "All users (including logged-out)", or "Logged out users".

Since anyone who is not logged in is essentially invisible, how do these two "logged out" groups differ?
updated by @researchcooperative: 12/30/16 09:08:29PM

Does the "normal user" group category include "power users"?

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When selecting which group of users to display a form field to, does selecting only "normal user" exclude or include "power user"?

I ask because the default display setting for password fields in the user account form is "normal user", and we are warned not to change the password settings. But does this mean that "power users" will not be able to reset their passwords?
updated by @researchcooperative: 04/08/17 03:45:49AM

User profile created but no user account can be found, after signup

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Today I had a new member join. The following message was sent to me automatically from the site:

A new user has just signed up on yoursite.org:

user name: XYZ
email address: XYZ
ip address: XYZ

You can view the new User Profile here:

https://yoursite.org/XYZ

Pending User Dashboard:

https://your site.org/core/dashboard/pending

************
Note: A profile exists at https://yoursite.org/XYZ but there is no Account attached to this profile, despite this being a new signup.

How is this possible?
updated by @researchcooperative: 03/31/17 11:02:08AM

Default font settings and default font size options in drop down list

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1. Currently on my network, with a NingJa skin, the default font seems to be something around 10 or 11. What I really want for a target audience that includes many older netizens is a default font of 12 (which I use with the Arial font style, for plain sailing, so to speak).

Where in the world (and JR is a world) do we find the settings to control the default font, and other default text editor settings?

2. Another curious thing is that the default font size options (shown in a drop down list) are different in different modules.

The font size series that I see in various modules form two sets (A and B):

(Set A) 8. 9, 10, 11, 12, 26, 36 -> Ning Notes, Group discussions, Group pages, Profile pages, Forum, FAQ, Documentation, Blog (a list with seven choices)

(Set B) 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 24, 36 --> Site Builder widget (HTML editor) (a list with seven choices)

The Site Builder series looks much better to me, if it could become a standard for all modules.

I can't imagine many situations where very tiny or very large fonts would be needed for a text shown on screens.

For user readability purposes, I think around 12 may be ideal for most fonts for most devices. The actual ideal range must be something that is well known in the website design industry. I am not an expert!

Here is my guess for an ideal default range of font size options (Set C):

10, 11, 12, 14, 18, 24, 32 (seven choices again, with extremes removed, and more choice in the zone of readability).

What do other JR users prefer?

Set A, B, C, or something else?



updated by @researchcooperative: 03/28/17 10:55:38PM