Social Media Manager News

Hello all,

I'm writing today to let you all know that as of today, November 7th 2017, I will no longer be handling the SacVCOA social media responsibilities.

I took on the position with the anticipation that I would be able to easily keep up but frankly, with the amount of responsibilities and events in my personal life, it is difficult to find time to dedicate to SacVCOA. As such, and as some of you may have already noticed, there has been little to no activity on the SacVCOA social media accounts. I feel the position would be better handled by somebody who can dedicate more time to it.

Thank you all for the opportunity to let me help out in what way I have. Moving forward, I do still wholly intend to attend events and provide photography for SacVCOA as my scheduling permits.

Thanks,
Michael Baker

Thank You Mike Baker

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Sac Volvo Club Websites: New Google Sites Announcement

Migration tools In Q4 2017, we’ll launch features in the classic Sites that will help site owners migrate their content to the new Sites. In 2018, we’ll provide tools that will enable G Suite admins to effectively manage the migration process. Stay tuned for more details on these features and tools later this year. 

Deprecation timeline We plan to take your feedback on these migration tools into account when scheduling the deprecation and shutdown of the classic Sites. With that mind, we’ll only announce a firm timeline after the migration process is underway for many customers. A few things to note:

• Once announced, the deprecation schedule will include at least one year of unchanged operation followed by three months of read-only operation. Migration will be possible throughout, including during the read-only phase.
• When the read-only phase ends, all unmigrated sites will be preserved as a takeout archive.
• Before deprecating the classic Sites, we’ll ensure that the new Sites includes several features necessary for team sites, portals, knowledge bases, and intranets. These will include at least the following:
• Search a site
• Restrict access to published sites
• More granular access to different sections of sites
• Embed URLs and code in sites
• Notifications of site updates
• Create larger sites, including deeper hierarchy
• Corporate themes
• More text formatting options
• Custom web addresses
• API capabilities

• About This Forum
• New and updated Help Topics added
• Sac Volvo Club
• Events
• Classifieds / Marketplace
• This is the place to post For Sale and Wanted Ads!
• Check out the New Classified Ads Format Test and share your thoughts!

• In 2017, we’ll provide and recommend options to migrate your sites from the classic Sites to the new Sites.
• Beginning in 2018, we’ll send a timeline and instructions regarding the gradual process to shut down the classic Sites. The specific date for the shutdown of the classic Sites has yet to be set, but we’ll inform you at least one year in advance of that shutdown."

SacVCOA Changes

Policies

Social Media

Next Steps

2017 Davis Meet Weekend

Date Set

Website Remodel Reveal

Sponsors and Volunteers Needed

Share your Thoughts

Sac Volvo Club Photo Hosting Changes Coming

What does this mean for Sac Volvo Club Photos?

• Google is creating an archive for Picasa Web Album data, so links to photos, photo albums, and slideshows should all still work during and after the transition.
• Sac Volvo Club photos that were uploaded to Picasa Web Albums are currently also visible at Google Photos (one photo host, two different photo interfaces).
• In case of any issues during or after the transition period, the Sac Volvo Club created an archive and back-up of the photos currently uploaded to Picasa Web Albums as well as the website.
• There are a number of questions that remain unanswered at this time, and the Sac Volvo Club will continue to monitor this transition closely…

What about the Sac Volvo Club Website / Slideshows?

• Google is also phasing out flash support, which means the current embedded slideshows will no longer function: https://developers.google.com/picasa-web/
• Google Photos currently does not have the ability to create and embed slideshows, so this feature may be missing from the website for a while (if we chose to stick with Google Photos).
• The Sac Volvo Club has been investigating slideshow alternatives that are easy to create, work across multiple platforms, can be embedded in Google Sites, and (preferably) allow for “unlisted” sharing.
• These tests can be seen below.
• If you are aware of any other alternatives, please let us know in the Comment / Feedback Form below.

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SacVCOA Slideshow Test Feedback Form:

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