I'm testing a new feature for group activities such as swaps.
It's not meant to replace the topics/posts used for swaps, but instead it can be used to help swap coordinators keep track of who is in the swap and who is supposed to mail what and to whom.
Here is an example I set up:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/group_a....jsp?gracnum=1
This is how it would look to other users. Coordinators will have means of editing that information.
You can create your own test swap here:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/group_activity_create.jsp
After that, you can add some users to your swap (by using the "Add user" filed visible only to the person coordinating the swap) and play around a bit with comments.
I just added a few users off the top of the user list for my test swap. Feel free to do the same.
I'll erase all test swaps later on.
The group activity pages are structured as a grid listing all users who have been added to the swap.
Each user has three corresponding columns which can carry information set by the coordinator.
Private comments are only visible to the coordinator of the swap. This column can be used to keep track of who did what and other user-specific reminders.
Protected column is visible to the coordinator and to the respective user. So coordinators can use it to specify addresses for mailing partners or other information which shouldn't be publicly available.
Public column is visible to everyone. So you can use it for user-specific comments which are meant for everyone else to read.
The complete listing of all swaps will be available here:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/group_activity_list.jsp
Please give it a try and let me know if anything needs to be added or changed.
Hopefully, this will make coordinating swaps easier.