ModTools

Background

In the middle of 2013, Yahoo decided to change the way Groups worked (Neo), which removed the ability of Edward's Mod Plug-in to interact with them and thus render it unusable.

Edward suggested on Central that he could write a new tool that would offer the same range of facilities. It was unanimously welcomed as we had confidence that Edward would be able to do it and do it well.

The new Modtools has been funded by a crowdfunding appeal - http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/yahoo-groups-moderation-tools?

Message from Edward on the Indiegogo site:

In the early hours of this morning we reached the $10K target which will allow me to develop and support the replacement for the modplugin, to work with the Neo interface changes.

This is excellent news and I am very grateful to all of you who have supported this, financially and otherwise. I will try to build something that reflects the trust and generosity you've shown.

If you've donated and chosen a perk, I will be in touch shortly to organise it. The donation which tipped us over the target was from Andrew Trusty, founder of trash nothing! (Trash Nothing), and because he doesn't use the tool, he would like to donate free use of the tool for a year to 200 groups. If you would like to take advantage of this, then please fill in your details here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11G_iJOR9a5uhBESD55fvZYkcxWcB5RA5_khArH2Di4c/viewform

If we get more than 200 groups, I will pick them at random.

Indiegogo will continue to accept donations. I am not actively seeking further donations, though if any were made then I would be able to take the new tool even further. Thanks again for your support,

Edward''

Where to find it

The wiki explaining what Modtools can offer Freegle groups can be found here - http://wiki.modtools.org/

The Modtools tool itself can be accessed here - http://modtools.org/

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