Re: Google+ Custom URL

Hm, interesting. Maybe pages are treated differently than people then in
what they are allowed to do. Let me see if I can find a Google Group for G+
and post there or see if anyone else has brought it up.


On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 4:38 AM, Nic da Costa <njr.dacosta@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Garbee
>
> I got the email yesterday morning, and the modal that comes up is the same
> one if you manage the page and select to accept it.
>
> The modal has an option to "change URL" but this changes your existing url
> ( *the one with all the numbers *) to the pre allocated one. There used
> to be an option that would allow you to request a new name, but this seems
> to have been removed.
>
> If we could get a contact on the team, that would be rather useful.
>
> // Nic
>
>
> On 31 October 2013 10:24, Jonathan Garbee <jonathan.garbee@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I got an email from the Google+ Team saying I was able to get a custom
>> URL. From clicking the link in the email it brought up a modal that had a
>> link to let me chose something other than the reserved name. So perhaps
>> whomever got the email (Doug I'd assume is the original owner) will have
>> the ability to request a custom URL.
>>
>> However, if we already have a custom URL assigned, then we may need to
>> figure out if there is some way we could get a contact in the G+ Team to
>> get a manual change.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 2:07 AM, Nic da Costa <njr.dacosta@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Just logged in to try and change it, it seems that we can not change the
>>> custom URL that has been preassigned to us. The option of requesting a new
>>> URL has been removed.
>>>
>>> I am busy going through the support page [1] to see if there is any
>>> mention of how to do this, but it doesn't seem to be.
>>>
>>> I will keep digging around but if anyone knows anything about this or
>>> might be able to help, it would be much appreciated.
>>>
>>> [1] https://support.google.com/plus/answer/2676340?hl=en
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> // Nic
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 31 October 2013 07:44, Peter Lubbers <peterlubbers@google.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sounds good to me.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:38 PM, Nic da Costa <njr.dacosta@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Awesome, thanks Doug. I do think that would be the better choice.
>>>>>
>>>>> So can i go ahead and try and get +WebPlatform for our custom URL? Any
>>>>> objections?
>>>>>
>>>>> // Nic
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 30 October 2013 08:06, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey, Nic–
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 10/30/13 1:48 AM, Nic da Costa wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hey Everyone
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As most of you may already know, last night Google rolled out some
>>>>>>> updates to Google+, one of which is Custom URLS for all Accounts.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Which means that our Web Platform page can now get a custom URL for
>>>>>>> ease
>>>>>>> of navigation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The current suggestion based on the page name is +WebPlatformOrg (
>>>>>>> google.com/+WebplatformOrg <http://google.com/+**WebplatformOrg<http://google.com/+WebplatformOrg>>
>>>>>>> ) but
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> this can be changed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What should the URL be? Just +WebPlatform? or +WebPlatformDocs?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any and all suggestions and thoughts welcome.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I like +WebPlatform.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards-
>>>>>> -Doug
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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