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I’ve just created a web page on our club site with a link to a sign up spreadsheet in Google Drive. It is editable from my PC, but not my iPad or iPhone. Based upon my perusal (go ahead, use it as a “Word of The Day) of this site, it appears that our FTH platform is not mobile friendly. And I’m not sure about iOS. (For example when I open the spread sheet where the members are listed in the admin console, I cannot scroll within the sheet. And yea, I’ve used Chrome as well as Safari.)

What’s the best practice for online sign ups and agenda management. I vaguely recall something, but we’ve never used it in our club. If the club adopts it, how easy is it to install?

Thanks.

I use FTH on my phone all the time with Chrome and ever have issues.

Your members can sign up directly on the web site, they don't need an editable signup sheet.

If you are using a third party with FTH please go to the third party and ask your questions.

Brian, Thanks for the prompt response. However, it doesn’t address my question which is, “What’s the best practice for online sign ups?

As for you using Chrome on your phone, were you trying to click through an FTH web page to a Google Doc that is editable? If so, I’d love to know how it was set up because it ain’t happen’ on my iPhone or iPad.

I’m not an IT professional. I’m just a club member who took on this role because no one else would. So plain English is appreciated.

Do you have an example?

Are you sure the link you are using is public editable?

Today I volunteered a group of members to beta test the sheet. Some are current officers who would have editable rights within the Google Docs group. Others are members who don’t. I can’t reach the club secretary who created the docs so I don’t know if public access is an issue or not. I can tell you that I can edit from my PC but not from my mobile iOS devices. As I mentioned, I cannot scroll using mobile iOS either.

But I’m not really concerned about that right now. I need to have others try to edit (for example on a MacBook) to see what issues we have. From reading this forum, it could be because FTH is not yet mobile friendly. If so, we can deal with that. I can always put a notice on the web page above the link telling them to copy and paste it into a browser, as a work around.

I am more interested in being pointed to the best practice for online sign up. I seem to recall one, but I cannot remember the name. This, of course, would be a change management issue with our club, but we can deal with that.

I asked to check what you have done, since you will not provide the information, I cannot assist you any further.

Okay. Thanks for taking time to talk to me. I’ll see what the beta test shows, then if that’s the best way to do online sign ups, I may come back here to iron out any problems. In the meantime, I’ll reach out to my district folks and use the Facebook group to find out about best practices.

You should expect some degradation of functionality when working on mobile devices, regardless of what you are trying to access with the device. The reason is that usually mobile browsers and operating systems are dumbed down a bit for performance and smaller screen dimensions. (although this is improving) In most cases, you will not notice much of a difference, but in some cases where a web application tries to approximate a desktop application with a lot of features (e.g. Google Sheets) you will see a difference when accessing them via mobile browsers. This is why there are frequently apps for Google Drive applications... they attempt to make the Google Drive apps work better in a mobile environment. If you search in the iTunes or Google Play stores, you should be able to find the associated Google Drive apps.

My recommendation is to email agendas using the Response Links option. Then the agenda emails support signing up from the received email.

I don’t mind some degradation, but when I can’t edit a spread sheet or scroll, that’s where I draw the line.

I am not familiar with emailing agendas or response links.

That.Guy wrote:

I don’t mind some degradation, but when I can’t edit a spread sheet or scroll, that’s where I draw the line.

I am not familiar with emailing agendas or response links.

Well, maybe it is time to get familiar?
support.toastmastersclubs.org/doc/item/p...and-emailing-agendas
support.toastmastersclubs.org/doc/item/r...g-to-emailed-agendas

Frankly, though, I think you are expecting too much from us if you are using Google Sheets and expecting us to tell you why you cannot scroll when using them on a mobile device. That is where we have to draw the line. Google Sheets is not our system and while we can point you to how to set up an iframe in a page to act as a window to your Google sheet, we cannot guarantee how well that will work out because we do not control the content you would be putting in the iframe.

Thanks. This is what I’m looking for. The issue with scrolling is separate and unrelated to Google Drive. It has to do with the list of members spread sheet in the admin console. I mentioned it in passing and didn’t mean to cloud my original question.

I use my phone with chrome to update and manage the club members. I have no problems scrolling or selecting. Try holding your phone landscape so you have a wide screen.