Archive for the ‘Messages’ Category

Block someone from sending you messages

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

When you join Volentia you’ll automatically be able to exchange messages with the Network Creator and Administrators. Anyone else must be added as your friend in order to exchange private messages with you.

If you’d like to prevent someone from sending you private messages and invitations, you can block messages from any member on the social network. To block a sender, go to your inbox and locate a message they’ve sent you. Open the message and click the “Block messages” link.

You can also block messages via a member’s profile page. Below the member’s profile photo, click the “Block Messages” link.

If you think you’re being spammed/harassed, please contact us. Spamming/harassment is clearly against our Terms of Service and we take it very seriously.

Please use the “Report An Issue” link at the bottom of Volentia to report spam, harassment, abuse or any other issue that you think we should be aware of.

Volentia is a self regulated community and Volentia members are the “eyes and ears” of the community. We appreciate all feedback!

Follow an event on Volentia

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

If you find an interesting event you’d like to keep track of, you can use the built-in follow an event feature to follow it.

When you follow an event, you’ll receive an email whenever there is a new comment made about the event. This email notification will contain a link to the new comment.

By default, you’ll automatically follow all events you create or comment on. This is a great way to stay on top of the event and make sure you see all comments.

To follow an event, click on the name of the event, click the link to “Follow – Email me when people comment”

If you’re already following an event and would like to stop doing so, this link will appear as “Stop Following”. Click that to stop receiving email notifications about new comments on the event.

You can also control the emails you receive by clicking on “Settings” on the right side of any page and clicking “Email”.

Send a message to the guests of your event

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

You can easily send messages to guests of your event by following these steps:

On the event detail page, look for the “Admin Options” box. Click on “Send Message to Guests.”

Choose which guests you’d like to send your message to and write your message below. Click “Send” and you’re all set!

Control your email settings and messages

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Control your email settings and messages

Your Volentia Account comes with many types of notifications to allow you to receive emails about new activity on a Volentia Account. You can receive email notifications such as when you have new private messages, new friend requests, when the Network Creator or group creator sends a broadcast message, when your content is being featured or when a new member joins a Volentia group. You can follow any blog post or forum discussion or category, and by default you’ll follow those you participate in. You can choose whether you want to receive any, all, or none of these notifications from you “Email settings” page. You also have full control over who can send you a private message, and can block any member from doing so at any time. Read on for more information on controlling your email settings and messages.

* Private messages
* Volentia Account notifications
* Turn off all notifications

Private messages

When you create a Volentia Account, you’ll automatically be able to exchange messages with the Account Creator and Administrators. In order to exchange messages with any other member, you’ll need to first become friends with that member. When accepting friend requests, keep this in mind. You might not want to accept a person if you wouldn’t feel comfortable if they contacted you privately.

If you’d like to prevent someone from sending you personal messages, you can block messages from any member. To block a sender, go to your inbox and locate a message they’ve sent you. Open the message and click the “Block messages” link.

There are a number of different types of notifications you’ll receive by default. This includes messages sent to only you, to groups you belong to, to your events, to the whole Volentia Network, or messages people sent to all of their friends, and the notifications you receive when you have new friend requests, when people you’ve invited to join, and when you have new comments to approve.

You can turn off any or all email notifications coming from your Email Settings page.

To get to your Email Settings page, click on the “Settings” link in the right column of the page.

Next, click the “Email” tab. This page displays all of the different types of notifications you’ll receive.

In the “Volentia Account Messages” section, you can control the email notifications you receive when messages are sent on your Volentia Account.

In the “Requests & Invitations” section, you can control email notifications generated by friend requests, group or event invitations.

In the “Content & Members” section, you can choose whether or not you like to receive email messages when your content is approved or featured, when a member you’ve invited joined or when new members join.

In the “Moderation” section, if you have turned on moderation for comments on your comment wall or blog post, you can choose to receive email notifications when someone makes a comment.

In the “Activity” section, if you have added new items, you can choose whether or not you like to receive email messages when there is activity on them. You will automatically follow discussions or blog posts you add and those you reply to. You will also automatically follow a photo you’ve added, an event or a page you’ve created. You can choose to receive email notifications when there is activity on a group you’re a member of and when a new member joins that group. If you’re already following these items, you can stop following all at once by clicking the “Stop Following All” link.

Turn off all notifications

Finally, if you don’t want to receive any email notifications, you can check the box next to “I don’t want to receive emails from my Volentia Account at the bottom of the page. Keep in mind this means you will not know when you’ve been sent email notifications like personal messages until you sign in and you won’t also receive broadcast messages from the Network Creator and Admins. If you decide to receive notifications again, uncheck this box to bring back your previous email settings