[FM Discuss] how to add collaborators?

[helen varley jamieson]

thanks for this edward :) i've un-hidden the book for my collaborator to 
join.

i wonder what groups are actually for, if not for 
discussing/collaborating on a book? the manual suggests that it is for 
this kind of collaboration 
(http://en.flossmanuals.net/booktype/joining-a-group/).

i see that we can start editing the booktype manual, if we're logged in 
to FM then find it via "all manuals". so i will start to think about 
that as i work ...

h : )

On 6/01/13 3:37 AM, Edward Mokurai Cherlin wrote:
> On Sat, January 5, 2013 12:34 pm, helen varley jamieson wrote:
>> hi,
>> this might not be the right place to ask this question, as it's about
>> booktype rather than FM ... but i'm not sure where else to ask it & also
>> it is about the booktype manual.
>>
>> i want to add a collaborator to a book i've started at booki.cc, but i
>> can't find a way to do this. i thought perhaps the solution would be to
>> create a group, so i've done that & my collaborator has joined the group
>> & i added the book to the group ... but the book doesn't show up in the
>> group.
> I am not aware of such a function. I thought that the way to add
> yourself to a project was to start editing.
>
>> i went to the booktype manual on FM & the steps it described for adding
>> a book were exactly what i'd done - i repeated them & it still didn't
>> work. now i'm guessing this is because i have the book set to be hidden
>> from others, since it is a work in progress at the moment so we don't
>> want it to be public.
> This suggests that you give your would-be collaborator an explicit
> URL, or that you
>
> 1) Unhide the project
> 2) Have the person join
> 3) Rehide the project
>
>> i was surprised that the booktype manual didn't have a chapter more
>> specifically about adding collaborators - is creating a group the only
>> way to do this?
> Groups are not for collaboration on a book. Books do not need to be
> attached to groups. Attaching a book to a group does not make the
> group collaborators. Collaboration means only editing the same book at
> the same time, and having methods of communication, including the live
> chat for all active editors.
>
>> it seems that the booktype manual is fairly light in general; if i can
>> be added to the collaborators on that, i can try to add things to it as
>> i want the info myself.
> I would like to join, too.
>
>> thanks,
>> h : )
>>
>>

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