[Fwd: Yahoo! Groups - improved photos experience]

November 18, 2005

I don't know what all this is going to mean for our group, but once I

can learn more, I'll be sure to pass it on. For those who may have

their pictures not in folders, I may sort them to an album before the

changes hopefully take place.

--- Yahoo! Groups - improved photos experience

Date: 18 Nov 2005 21:44:16 -0000

To: teresam@...

Dear Moderators,

Starting the week of November 21st, we will be upgrading Yahoo! Groups

photos. Not all groups will be affected immediately; the changes will

take place gradually over a 4-6 week period.

The upgrade will:

* allow for moderation of the photos uploads (in the same way you

currently can moderate messages);

* alert users on the web site when new photos are uploaded;

* display all recently posted photos on a special " new photos page " ;

* offer a larger display option for photos.

In addition, thanks to some help from the Yahoo! Photos team, photos

will now be stored in " albums " rather than folders. The good news is

that albums will now display the first photo in the album as a cover

photo, and the owners of an album will have the ability to sort the photos.

However, the change also means you will no longer be able to place a

photo album in another photo album, nor add photos to a group without

putting them in an album. For existing groups that are using these

features, folders in your group's photo area that are currently stored

in other folders will be brought to the top level; while photos that are

currently not in any folder will be automatically added to a new album

called " Miscellaneous " .

If you want to preview the new Yahoo! Groups photos functionality, you

can test drive it at the special photo upgrade beta group

o.com%2Flocal%2Fphotosupgrade.html>

we have created. Please feel free to jump into the group and tell us

what you think or simply email your feedback to

groups-feedback@...

Thank you,

Gordon Strause

Yahoo! Groups

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