Groups.io: Changelog

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September 25, 2026

Group Settings
  • CHANGE: When deleting a group, subgroup, account, or wiki page, the Delete button could be clicked before I understand had been entered, or with text that didn't match (such as I understand: with the colon copied from the prompt). The page then reloaded without deleting anything or explaining why. The Delete button now stays disabled until I understand is entered; capitalization and extra spaces don't matter. The prompt now reads "enter I understand below:", which keeps the colon away from the phrase. Also, pressing Enter in the I understand box on the account deletion page could switch your subscriptions to HTML Digest; it now presses the Delete button, and only once that button is enabled. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41270
  • BUGFIX: On the create group and create subgroup pages, choosing private messages opened a confirmation dialog that differed from the one on a group's settings page: the Yes button had a minus icon, and the titles and wording varied. Clicking Yes also submitted the form immediately, which on the create subgroup page could create the subgroup before you'd finished filling it in. The dialogs now match the settings page, with a check mark on Yes, and clicking Yes only confirms your choice. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41285
Subgroups
  • CHANGE: The Create A Subgroup introduction at the top of the create subgroup page was a plain grey box. It is now the same light-blue box as the notes on other pages. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41285
  • BUGFIX: On a group's subgroup categories, adding a category without a name took you to the group's home page without saving anything or explaining why. The form now stays open with "You must enter a name." and keeps what you entered. If saving, updating, or deleting a category fails, you now return to the subgroup categories page with an error message instead of the group's home page.
Calendar
  • NEW: Adding a calendar event to Google Calendar required downloading an ICS file and importing it by hand. The Add to Calendar button on an event's page is now a menu with two choices: Google Calendar, which opens Google Calendar with the event already filled in so you can review it and save it, and Download ICS file, which works as before. For repeating events, the Google option adds the occurrence you're viewing and the ICS file still contains the entire series. Event notification emails for events that don't repeat now include an Add to Google Calendar link too, and their calendar link is now labeled Download ICS file. Events you add this way are separate copies that don't receive later changes. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41223
  • CHANGE: Event pages now include a Subscribe to group calendar button for members who can subscribe, so you can follow all of a group's events, including later changes, without going back to the calendar page. The subscription dialog on both pages now includes step-by-step instructions for Google Calendar.
  • BUGFIX: When adding or editing a calendar event, typing a time with a space before AM or PM, such as 4:15 PM, saved it as 4:15 AM. Typed times are now read correctly, with or without the space.
Photos
  • BUGFIX: On the edit photo and edit album pages, the Cancel button came before the Update button, the reverse of the Database pages and the rest of the site. The update button now comes first, followed by Cancel. Also, on a database's settings page, the Delete Table button sat between Update and Cancel; it now sits on the right side, like the Delete button when editing a row. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41236
  • CHANGE: Sub-albums were hard to tell apart from top-level photo albums. The album list in the Move dialog on a photo's page showed every album by its title alone, in one alphabetical list. It now shows each sub-album's full path, such as Trips › Scotland, listed directly under its parent album. Notifications for a new sub-album now say it is a sub-album and link to the album that contains it. The album summaries on the Photos pages now say 1 sub-album instead of 1 album. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41261
Wiki
  • BUGFIX: In the wiki, clicking Add after choosing an image in the Add New image dialog submitted the whole page, which cleared the page title, and the image was never inserted. Add now uploads the image and inserts it into the page, and the rest of the page is left alone.
Databases
  • BUGFIX: Changing a database table's structure, such as adding, editing, or deleting a column, changed the Updated date of every row in the table to the date of the change. A row's Updated date now changes only when that row's values are edited. Rows whose dates were already changed can't be restored. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41242
Subscription
  • CHANGE: Your subscription settings page now has the same Set All To menu at the top of the Moderator Notifications section as a member's page, so moderators and owners can set all of their own moderator notifications (email and web/app, email only, web/app only, or none) at once. You can still adjust individual settings afterward, and nothing is saved until you click Save. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41265
Account & Login
  • BUGFIX: The Actions menu on Your Groups could open behind the top navigation bar when only a few groups were listed, hiding some options. It now opens downward by default and flips upward when needed. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41237
  • BUGFIX: In your feed, hashtags in Active Topics were shown as link-colored text on a colored background, which was hard to read in light mode, and long hashtag names could break across lines. They are now shown as colored hashtag badges, as in the rest of the site. The badge for members whose first messages are moderated read NuM; it now reads NMM with the tooltip New Member Moderated, as on the members pages. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41276
  • BUGFIX: The note at the top of your profile settings is now shown in the same light-blue box as the notes on your other settings pages. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41276
  • CHANGE: On Your Groups, the badges showing your posting status in each group (P, M, NP, NMM, MF, and MT) were orange, red, or green, which could make an ordinary setting look like a warning. They are now light blue, like the Mod and Owner badges and the badges in your feed. The members pages that moderators and owners use keep their warning colors. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41278
  • BUGFIX: On the login page, clicking Log In without entering an email address just reloaded the page, with no explanation. The email field is now marked with "You must enter an email address." When the email address doesn't have an account, the email field now says so, and it keeps what you typed. A wrong password was shown as a missing password; it now says "Your email address or password is incorrect." with the link to get a login link or set a password.
  • BUGFIX: Registering with an email address that already had an account could also show a "wrong password" notice left over from the login attempt. Only the "already registered" message on the email field is shown now.
Enterprise
  • BUGFIX: The Enterprise Settings page didn't highlight Enterprise Settings in the sidebar.
Design & Accessibility
  • CHANGE: Changed the fourth and final batch of web pages from Bootstrap 3 to Bootstrap 5: the Messages pages (topics, messages, threads, search, hashtag pages, polls, drafts, posting and editing), the mute and follow pages, subscription settings and member notices, your home page and feed, your groups list, your calendar, account settings, login, registration and two-factor pages, profiles, the help center and API documentation, and the site chrome shared by every page (header, menus, sidebars, dialogs). This is plumbing, not a redesign; the pages should look and behave as before. With this batch the whole site is on Bootstrap 5 and the old framework is gone.

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