Tendenci Blog

Holiday Spam getting you down?

If you are noticing increased amounts of SPAM on your Tendenci site, there are a few things you can do about it.

Here are a few:

1. Enable CAPTCHA on custom CMS forms - Visit the help file on how to do this: http://www.tendenci.com/en/helpfiles/v/467
2. To enable CAPTCHA on your contact form you just need to activate this command in the site XML. Visit the help file on how to do this: http://www.tendenci.com/en/helpfiles/v/468
3. Lastly, you can block email addresses from submitting forms from your site. - Visit the help file on how to do this: http://www.tendenci.com/en/helpfiles/v/466

If you need assistance, please contact support@schipul.com or call 281.497.6567 ext. 411.

Idea on how your Organization could use the Tendenci Photo Gallery Module!

Hey All Tendenci lovers!

I hope your holiday was great!  Most of you have heard of the Tendenci Photo Gallery Module. If you have not, it is module that allows users/admins to upload and organize photos on your Tendenci site.

Visit the help file that shows you how to add a photo gallery to your site.  It is super easy and fun!

If you are wondering how you can use the photo galleries module to assist you with your marketing efforts.  Here is one idea...

1. If you host or attend an event that is relevant to your industry, take photos!
2. Upload the photos to your Tendenci site using the photo albums module.
3. Link the album from the home page of your site or within the navigation.
4. If you take photos of people within your organization at the event, send a newsletter to your members with a link to the gallery. People love to see pictures of themselves!

This should help to promote your organization for other events you may host. Don't forget to tag your photos in the gallery so that when people search the internet for event photos that will find your gallery!

Get creative and have fun!  Happy New Year!

What Captcha?

Happy holidays Tendenci users! Before the new year begins we would like you to hear about an update on form captcha. Captcha is an image with a special code in it that appears on web forms in Tendenci and is used to prevent spam. It looks like this:

It can be very pesky to fill out for administrators and users so we have changed it to only show for anonymous users. This update will go live soon so keep those eyelids peeled.

Have a wonderful holiday and a happy new year!

Tendenci Membership Reports Update

We have updated a couple of membership reports recently. Not only do they have the new look and feel now, they also include the total active members. Under the Member Trends on the membership console page, click on Active Members YTD and Active Members YTD by Type, it will bring you to the updated reports. Certainly you have to be an admin to do so.

The active members YTD gives you a good visual of the trend of your membership growth at a glance.

You can also exclude the total active members and take a close look at the new members and renewing members.

This update can be found in the tendenci help file: How Can I View Members Over Time by Month?

Tendenci modifications that are pending financial resources

Good morning Tendenci lovers!  You should be aware of our vapor ware page that contains awesome core ideas for modification to the Tendenci software.

Here you will find lots of good ideas that are pending financial resources. If you are interested in funding in conjunction with another client. Please let us know.

You can email us at support@schipul.com or call at 281.497.6567 ext. 411. Ask for Kim. 

Seasons Greeting from your Team at Schipul.