At the end of June, we announced the release of Tendenci 5.0 – the newest version of the Tendenci CMS platform that helps businesses, non-profit organizations, and associations manage memberships and events on their websites. We have made some big improvements in the core membership module between Tendenci 4.0 and Tendenci 5.0 (T5 as we like to call it here at Schipul) and we think you are going to love them!
T5 Memberships are Customizable
Our membership management tools enable you to customize the membership titles, membership applications, reminders and renewal notices. Once you have set-up membership types and imported and approved members then you can also customize your membership directory (listing pages). The T5 membership module enables your organization to easily create and update the levels of memberships, your communications to your members, and more!
T5 Memberships are Flexible
You now have the ability to set-up a variety of different membership types/levels, different prices for the membership levels and for renewals, length of memberships, management of expirations, grace periods and renewals. A few examples of how we have increased flexibility in Tendenci Membership Management:
- You can create a student membership level that costs $25 and is good for 1 year, and also create a corporate membership that costs $150 that lasts 2 years.
- You can set-up a membership to expire in any number of days, months, or years that you would like.
- You can have a membership expire with a 30-day grace period, a discount for renewing before the expiration date, and more!
T5 Memberships are Selective
Want corporate members to receive discounts on job board postings and regular members to be able to apply for free? With the new Tendenci membership module – you control what content your members can access, can update, and what price they pay for things like events and job board postings. Members can pay a reduced fee to register for an event and you can control who is allowed to update event photos to a gallery or view and contribute to content on the website. Having more control over what members can and cannot access allows you to offer more members-only benefits to increase sales of memberships.
T5 Memberships are Unlimited
The different ways you can customize and manage memberships for your organization on your website are virtually limitless and best of all – Tendenci 5 allows for you to have an unlimited number of membership types.
We also make it easy for you to import membership from your Tendenci 4 website when you call us to migrate or if you are not on Tendenci – we can import your members and memberships from a CSV file.
Beginning in August, we will be holding free online webinar training on how to use Tendenci 5.0’s membership management tools and if you would like to find out more about upgrading to Tendenci 5.0 – give us a call and we’ll schedule a live demo just for you.
The big challenge for me is budget. What is the cost of migration and is their a change in the monthly fee?
The cost of migration will vary from client to client depending on redesign costs and the specific modules and number of members your organization has.
Our monthly hosting fees have actually been reduced in the new version for the majority of our clients when you signup for recurring credit card billing. You can find out more about our monthly software fees, which include hosting and service fees, on our website: https://www.tendenci.com/pricing/.