Category: Tendenci software updates

Just released – the Tendenci Polls module with up to 10 answer options (instead of 5).  We also took the time to clean up the individual pages a bit.  No worries, the existing polls with less than 10 answers still work exactly as they did before. 

Thanks,
J

Hi everyone!

We posted a Tendenci update this morning that includes a major revision for the newsletters.  It now processes pending newsletters in batches.  No more real-time send.  Why is this good?  It eliminates the web based limitations of session time outs and memory allocation.

1. Generate the newsletter as normal
2. After agreeing to step 5, instead of seeing the scrolling list of names the newsletter is sent to you will instead see a message saying
   "Your newsletter has been scheduled to send within 10 minutes. You will receive an email notification when it’s done. Please note that it may take several hours to complete the process depending on the size of your group."
3. The server will check for new newsletters to send every 10 minutes – if it finds one, then it will send each email accordingly.
4. Once the emails are sent the creator of the newsletter will receive a confirmation email indicating that everything sent successfully, who it was sent to, and a total count.

• Open – still in build and has not yet been finally submitted (has not yet agreed to step 5)
• Submitted – agreed to step 5 and is awaiting being processes
• In Progress – the batch process has begun but is not yet complete
• Closed – the batch process has completed and all emails have been sent
• Cancelled – the email was deleted (cancelled)

New help files will be added soon, https://www.tendenci.com/en/help/.  If you can’t find the answers you’re looking for there, feel free to call us at 281.497.6567 or email your regular contact.

Thanks,
J

Two new Tendenci modules were recently released – Course Programs and Course Credits – both are an extension of the existing Courses Module.

Course Programs
Course Programs allows the admin to designate requirements to complete a certain program or certification such as total credits to complete the program and expiration of the credits.

When adding or editing a course you can designate which program to attach the course to.

Course Credits
Course Credits allows the user to submit for credit for the course, without actually taking the course online.  This works well for credits that need to be captured that don’t necessarily lend itself to an online exam such as whether or not the user has attended a seminar.

Thanks!
Kathryn

Tendenci updates went out on 04-May-2006 – the most notable updates:

1. Job
   Notifications
   • users can now
     subscribe to notifications for job categories (or just jobs in
     general).
   • once subscribed they
     will receive email notifications on jobs that were added since the last
     notification (the user can define the frequency of the emails, and the category
     to receive them on)
2. QuickBooks Export of
   Accounting Entries
   • Tendenci now exports
     accounting entries in iif format that is compatible with
     QuickBooks
3. Careers
   Module
   • users can now track
     their career history through Tendenci
4. New Reports in
   Memberships
   • some of these were
     rolled out some time ago but are worth mentioning
     
     • Pending Memberships
       
     • Current Member Roster
     • Export by Join/Renew
       Date
     • Export by Expiration
       Date

Thanks!
Kathryn

Tendenci sites were updated with minor revisions throughout all modules on April 25, 2006.

The most noteable change is richer RSS feeds with more content and photos.

Thanks,
J