Our Programmers are hard at work re-inventing Tendenci and the only thing missing is your ideas! What is your dream feature? If you haven't suggested anything yet, then we can't integrate it! Head on over to our Tendenci Forums and leave a comment.
We've already gotten some great feedback from our users and things to look forward to include….
(drumroll please!)
Super Social Network Intergration like Facebook Connect
Software will be even MORE effective in the Search Engines
Are you an administrator? The control panel is going to be more beautiful than ever!
If you are in Houston, please join us this Friday, October 3rd from 5-10pm at Open City (2416 Brazos, Suite A). We’ll have food, drinks and great people there – so plan on a great evening of celebration!
A tough decision, most definitely! The entire Schipul team was really looking forward to meeting some new Tendenci users, catching up with the seasoned Tendenci veterans and filling our brains with your stories and suggestions.
We will definitely be holding a Tendenci User Conference in 2009 and will be sending out details on the date, time and location. Keep an eye on our Conference page at www.tendenci.com/conference for up-to-date info!
Things are about the same in Houston (from what I’m told – I evacuated). More rain came through this morning with lots of thunder and lightning. The water is rising down south again. We’re getting reports of store openings throughout Houston and surrounding areas. Still a lot of debris and flooded streets.
Most employees are still without power. Our office *DOES* have power. Our co-lo facility (where sites are hosted) also has city power with generators on stand by. All websites and email accounts are still up and running. Cell phone coverage is limited. We will get a core crew into the office as soon as possible. Please contact us for website related emergencies. 281.497.6567.
Thank you all for your understanding and patience.
This sure would be a great time to register for the Tendenci User Conference 2008 on October 2nd – 3rd! It’s free, it’s fun and you’ll be even more brilliant and Social Media savvy by the time you leave 🙂
If you have pals, family or colleagues that are not Tendenci users, but are interested in learning more about Social Media (and want a hands on time to create profiles with a pro) and Search Engine Marketing for their organizations – we have sessions for them too! As long as you’ve got a curious brain and a desire to fill it, all are welcome!
Here are some of our more recent additions to our Tendenci User Conference 2008 updates:
We have added a lot of excited new dynamics for our second year and think it’s going to be a blast. Don’t forget… if you can’t make it out for the whole two day affair, you’re more than welcome to drop by for just a day or even just a session!
So without furthur ado…
Day One:
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Come see us in the Tendenci Lounge! Members of the Programming and Support teams will be available for questions all day! The Lounge will be a great place for you to network with other Tendenci users, Schipul staff, or just drop in and check your email.
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.: Registration (a necessary evil)
8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.: State of the Union Address with Ed Schipul, CEO… Lets talk about where Tendenci is going and how far we’ve come together (because we just couldn’t do it without you)!
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.: Breakout Sessions Room One: Tendenci Toddlers – Intro to Tendenci – A Quick Boot Camp Room Two: Tendenci Titans – Advanced Tendenci – Improve Your User’s Experience On Your Site
11:00 a.m – 11:45 a.m.: Understanding Site Analytics – From DeepMetrix to Google… We promise we’ll try to keep this as fun and as painless as possible! Rumor has it our SEM Director, Jason McElweenie has something cool up his sleeve (don’t tell!).
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.: LUNCH (WOOHOO!)
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Fireside Chat with Programming & Support Teams… You’ll have all morning to submit questions and get them answered. This will be a great opportunity to hear other people’s Tendenci experiences and use them yourself!
2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Breakout Sessions Room One: Organizing Your People Through Tendenci… How are you keeping track of your users?? Room Two: Maximizing the Calendar Events Module… Everyone loves a good event. How do you tell your members about yours?
3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.: Fireside Chat with the Partners of Schipul–The Web Marketing Company. This will be a great opportunity to talk with the Partners and hear the real deal on Schipul and what we’re about.
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Day Two:
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Come see us in the Tendenci Lounge! Members of the Programming and Support teams will be available for questions all day! The Lounge will be a great place for you to network with other Tendenci users, Schipul staff, or just drop in and check your email.
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 am: Registration (in case you could only come for one day!)
8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.: Keynote Speaker – How Tendenci Makes Companies Soar… This talk will focus on an extra special Tendenci superstar. Announcement soon!
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.: Breakout Sessions Room One: Tendenci Toddlers – Keep Your Members in the Know With Newsletters Room Two: Tendenci Titans – Driving Campaign Strategies Through Your Newsletters
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.: Breakout Sessions Room One: What’s the Point of Social Media Anyway? Room Two: Little Known Facts About Tendenci – What Are You Missing?
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.: LUNCH
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Breakout Sessions Room One: Fireside Chat About Billing/Accounting Room Two: Hands-On Social Media Profile Creation… This will be a chance to really get your claws into the meat of Social Media. Schipulites and other Tendenci friends will be on hand to help!
2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Interactive Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Session… Another Jason McElweenie trick is expected for this panel. Lets make SEM fun! 3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.: Closing Comments with Ed Schipul, CEO 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.: Closing Reception; Location TBD PAAAAAAAAAAAAARTY!
As you can see, it’s all about communication and enabling you to better address your communities!
Don’t forget:
1. Bring your laptop! University of Houston has free wireless and sessions will be interactive! 2. No spare change needed for parking – University of Houston has you covered! 3. Need a detailed list of presentations? You’ll find them here soon!
With a few exceptions, the Schipul email is up and running again (thanks to our awesome IT people!). Unfortunately we had to restore our email exchange server so any mail sent or received by a Schipul.com email address between Tuesday morning, May 6, and Friday morning, May 9, is lost. This means if you sent anything to a Schipul employee, they may not have received it and you will need to resend it.
We are working hard to make sure that we don’t miss any correspondence from you but some of us our still having email issues. Please feel free to call us at 281.497.6567 if you need anything at all!
Searching for jobs on your Tendenci jobs board is about to get easier. Soon, we will be updating the current jobs search to use a new 1-line search much like our Tendenci Help Files. Instead of choosing what specific field you want to search (which can be tedious and unhelpful), the new 1-line search will look for your text in all of the relevant jobs fields.
We have even updated the look of jobs in the search by removing some of the clutter to make it easier to find what you’re looking for.
Here is a sneak peek at the new look:
But I need to be able to search by Location!
Don’t worry, with our Advanced Search option, you can search by Company, Location, Category, or specify jobs that do not require travel. You can do an Advanced Search by clicking the text link just underneath the search bar. Remember, your Advanced Search will also include your search text (if you type anything in) and use the advanced fields to narrow down your results.
The new jobs search should be launching next week!
Some small photo updates we think you’ll enjoy. First and foremost we’ve taken care to bake
in some more SEO goodness on your photos. Making sure that all of your photos and related links have relevant alt
and or title attributes on their tags. So make sure to title those photos
appropriately.
An RSS link has also
been made readily available on the albums page so that others can easily
subscribe to your feed.
Pagination has received
a bit of a face lift as well, giving off a crisp display of where you’re at and
where you’re going – making it that much easier to navigate.
