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A sign-up sheet ext

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On my forum we have monthly group activities that require people to sign up. Up to now, the only way to do that is to open a topic for "June Sign-up" and people reply with "I'm in" or whatever.

You have to go through it and pick out all the names and it's just a bit messy.

An extension that would allow a neat option to easily create the sign-up sheet (like you do a poll) and allow people to just add their name to it would be great.
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Possible idea....

Make a group which has membership by request (or make it open so once they're in that's it)
Anyone who wants in can request to join the group
You just approve everyone.
Give that group access to a forum which has all the topics for the activity (if that's how it works)

When it's over you just bin the group and do the next one.
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Re: A sign-up sheet ext

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KevC wrote: Fri May 11, 2018 8:33 pm Possible idea....

Make a group which has membership by request (or make it open so once they're in that's it)
Anyone who wants in can request to join the group
You just approve everyone.
Give that group access to a forum which has all the topics for the activity (if that's how it works)

When it's over you just bin the group and do the next one.
Thanks for the idea. I'm sure it would work for some things, but unfortunately I still think a simple sign-up sheet kind of thing is still needed. Something a group leader could create, like a poll would be perfect.
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Maybe this extension will light a candle Date Topic Event Calendar?
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Re: A sign-up sheet ext

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GanstaZ wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 1:06 pm Maybe this extension will light a candle Date Topic Event Calendar?
hmm. It's really hard to tell from the description. It looks more like a meeting planner kind of thing.

What we do are month-long activities where the people who sign up are paired and work together on a kind of assignment.

I'm just looking for something simple, to collect names of people who want to participate that month. Really that's all it has to do. Just a list of names.

Right now, someone opens up signup with a topic like: "Sign up Now for the June Activity". People reply to that topic so there are many replies, but sometimes they are questions or people comment "glad you're joining" or whatever and it becomes a long unweildy thing that you have to go back and figure out who is actually signing up. There may be 30 replies and only 5 are people saying "I'm in". So no one can tell at a glance what's going on.

And this is how it goes for about 6 or 8 activities per month.

I'm thinking of something like the polling feature, only there is a username attached to the reply. You click, "sign me up" and the username goes on a list.

Actually that would be great to have it like polling then people we could put all the activities on one polling thing, and users could select the activity they want to join in on.

That would exactly fit the bill.
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I don't remember how current poll works, haven't used it for awhile, but wasn't there a future that shows who has voted (create 1 topic add a poll, when event has ended, close/change a poll)? Seems that you can't see the ones who have voted. Well.. in that case, if above extension doesn't fit, then you have to wait for another solution.
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GanstaZ wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 4:56 pm I don't remember how current poll works, haven't used it for awhile, but wasn't there a future that shows who has voted (create 1 topic add a poll, when event has ended, close/change a poll)? Seems that you can't see the ones who have voted. Well.. in that case, if above extension doesn't fit, then you have to wait for another solution.
I think at the end all you get is a total number of responses. There is no option when setting up a poll to collect names.
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lavalamp213 wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 5:13 pm
GanstaZ wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 4:56 pm I don't remember how current poll works, haven't used it for awhile, but wasn't there a future that shows who has voted (create 1 topic add a poll, when event has ended, close/change a poll)? Seems that you can't see the ones who have voted. Well.. in that case, if above extension doesn't fit, then you have to wait for another solution.
I think at the end all you get is a total number of responses. There is no option when setting up a poll to collect names.
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Maybe this is what you are searching for Participate
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John P wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 7:14 pm Maybe this is what you are searching for Participate
That looks like it might be it. But what about this:

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lavalamp213 wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 5:13 pm
GanstaZ wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 4:56 pm .. <snip>.. in that case, if above extension doesn't fit, then you have to wait for another solution.
I think at the end all you get is a total number of responses. There is no option when setting up a poll to collect names.
The extension GanstaZ linked you to does, at the present stage, what you want but the final option you are looking for - That's under development as well with a lot more btw. Those extras haven't been published, yet. :)
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3Di wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 9:16 pm
lavalamp213 wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 5:13 pm
GanstaZ wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 4:56 pm .. <snip>.. in that case, if above extension doesn't fit, then you have to wait for another solution.
I think at the end all you get is a total number of responses. There is no option when setting up a poll to collect names.
The extension GanstaZ linked you to does, at the present stage, what you want but the final option you are looking for - That's under development as well with a lot more btw. Those extras haven't been published, yet. :)
Thanks. I'm looking forward to those. Any idea how soon they might be published and approved? Weeks, Months?
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lavalamp213 wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 9:20 pm Thanks. I'm looking forward to those. Any idea how soon they might be published and approved? Weeks, Months?
Just subscribe to the topic and follow the development, published should be a question of 1/2 months approx.

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lavalamp213 wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 5:13 pmThere is no option when setting up a poll to collect names
Nor should there be, what you’re suggesting is data gathering. A poll should be a poll, yes or no, not about who votes for what imo. GDPR may be interested in that idea.
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Mick wrote: Sun May 13, 2018 7:39 am
lavalamp213 wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 5:13 pmThere is no option when setting up a poll to collect names
Nor should there be, what you’re suggesting is data gathering. A poll should be a poll, yes or no, not about who votes for what imo. GDPR may be interested in that idea.
Right. I'm not suggesting there should be. I was just acknowledging the difference between a poll and what I'm looking for (a sign-up sheet) and maybe offering the idea that the polling feature could be adjusted to suit that, however it would no longer be a poll of course. People would be fully aware they were signing up for something and their names (or more likely, usernames) were being collected.

The cool thing about the polling feature is anyone with the correct permission can make one without a bottleneck of requiring an admin to do it. Being able to create a sign-up sheet for activities the same way would be great.
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