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let email bounces for constituent lists be reflected in RE
For constituent lists, any email that bounces should be referred back to the RE constituent record as a solicit code and/or the do not email check box
302 votesstarted ·
AdminChrisCl
(Admin, Blackbaud NetCommunity Idea Bank) responded
We’re currently working on surfacing more bounce data in BBNC. We are not going to be pushing it to RE, but will make it available for export. Stay tuned for details on what specific data will be available.
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Blog posts should have their own page
Blog posts should each have their own unique page with comments, etc, so that a person could be directed to a specific post, and not the whole blog
238 votesBlackbaud is currently reviewing this feature suggestion. We will update this website with any additional information as it becomes available.
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prevent signup if email address already in NetCommunity
multiple users can signup with the same email address. this results in signup requests from user's that already have BBNC accounts. I'm proposing an option in the editor that allows only one signup per email address. the user would be prompted to have their user info sent to their email if they try to signup with an email address that's already in bbnc.
235 votesunder review ·
AdminChrisCl
(Admin, Blackbaud NetCommunity Idea Bank) responded
We are reviewing this suggestion. We may not prevent the signup entirely, but rather elegantly handle duplicate sign ups.
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Allow organizations to receive Netcommunity emails
We have emails for several organizations but no contact person. Instead of creating duplicate individual records for each organization, we would like to simply send information to the organization's email address directly.
210 votes -
"Forward to a Friend" link in email
This is basic viral marketing that other tools like Echomail and Constant Contact support. There is a link at the bottom of the email that says "Forward to a Friend." clicking the link takes you to a webpage on the organization's website and you enter one or more emails you'd like to forward the message to
206 votes -
Include a 'comments' part in NetCommunity
much of the content on our website is in the form of news articles. we'd like the ability to put a 'comments' part on any page (or template) no matter the content and allow users to post comments to the page. probably include some management capabilities and report abuse feature.
167 votesplanned ·
AdminRyan Frere
(Admin, Blackbaud NetCommunity Idea Bank) responded
This functionality is planned for a future release of BBNC.
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complimentary event registration
It's important to have the ability to allow different price points for event registration, including complimentary registration for event. But currently you either display ALL Registration Units prices (which doesn't makes sense) or you'd have to create a seperate event registration page for different prices - and even if you allow just the 'free' ($0) price, BBNC still prompts the registrant for a page for $0... which should just be bypassed.
159 votesplanned ·
AdminChrisCl
(Admin, Blackbaud NetCommunity Idea Bank) responded
Planned for release in Q2 2012.
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create an image gallery rather than a slideshow
we want to be able to upload images into a gallery, so that users can see the photos and click on them rather than waiting for a slideshow. this is going to be particularlyl helpful after an event where people want to see all the images and select the ones they want to view.
146 votesstarted ·
AdminSteve MacLaughlin
(Director, Internet Solutions, Blackbaud NetCommunity Idea Bank) responded
This functionality is planned for a future release of BBNC.
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Allow organizations to sign up on NetCommunity
We have several organizations that have funds at the Foundation and would love it if they could have one login and password for the organization instead of creating an individual record for a contact at the organization.
142 votes -
wordpress connector (external blogging software integration)
Recreating the vehicle is hardly efficient nor recommended in any scenario - there are plenty of great blogging platforms out there - What would be amazing is to create a native integration with some of the popular platforms - e.g.: Stream top blog posts into a BBNC page, bring in comments, social bookmarking etc.
141 votesunder review ·
AdminChrisCl
(Admin, Blackbaud NetCommunity Idea Bank) responded
We agree that this is an interesting idea and are evaluating it.
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Email notifications
We are looking for a system that when an online donation is made, an automatic email is sent to a specific individual or individuals in our office stating that the donation has been made at that time. It would not have to have all of the donation specifics, but maybe name and total amount. The restof the information could then be pulled from NetDonors when the notification was received.
114 votesstarted ·
AdminChrisCl
(Admin, Blackbaud NetCommunity Idea Bank) responded
The donation notification capability is shipping in the 6.41 release of BBNC, which will be available on November 21st, 2011. In Q1 of 2012, notifications for events, memberships, and form submissions will also ship. Woohoo!
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Modernize membership processing plugin and form
The membership form and the process module in BBNC plugin is pathetically behind the times compared to Donations, events reg, etc.
Need to update to be more like donations form: more than one staff can process membership trans in plugin; form needs to support appeal codes; allow to add trans into existing batch, so we can create our own batches; modernize UI--get rid of the grid and use of F7, but make it like donations plugin; support different fund codes for new mem, renew mem, new gift mem, renew gift mem; on and on, but basically needs a COMPLETE overhaul… more95 votesplanned ·
AdminRyan Frere
(Admin, Blackbaud NetCommunity Idea Bank) responded
This functionality is planned for a future release of BBNC.
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auto email responder once constitunet is linked/created
It would be nice for the system to automatically send out a system message to inform someone who has registered onto the website that they now are fully activated onto the system ie once their BBNC login has been connected to an RE constituent record.
89 votesplanned ·
AdminSteve MacLaughlin
(Director, Internet Solutions, Blackbaud NetCommunity Idea Bank) responded
This functionality is planned for a future release of BBNC.
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Ability to link event guest to a constituent record
Create a way to link an "event guest" to a constituent record, or at least make it a searchable field before importing a batch over form NC into RE. As of right now if a person registers for an event with a guest who is already in the RE database a NEW duplicate record is being created for that "guest" even if that person is already in RE. The ability to link an event guest to a constituent record would help prevent some of the RE constituent duplicates that arise from NC registrations for "event guests."
84 votes -
allow user to reset their own password
instead of having to get the system administrator to reset the password, users should be able to reset their own password if their reminder phrase is not helpful.
76 votesplanned ·
AdminChrisCl
(Admin, Blackbaud NetCommunity Idea Bank) responded
This is planned for release in spring 2012
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To get an accure registration count, have Raiser's Edge count the # of units not the # registrations
We have had an event where the individual has gone in and put their name multiple times or they do not know the names of their guests which throws off our register count and makes it impossible for us to use the sold out feature. We need the number of register to be count off the # of Units sold not the number of registered names.
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Allow internal links to use friendly urls
Friendly urls are great, but it would be nice to have the option of using those friendly names when linking within the site, so that people can better use the friendly urls, and to help with SEO
70 votesstarted ·
AdminChrisCl
(Admin, Blackbaud NetCommunity Idea Bank) responded
This will be released April, 2012.
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Allow organizations to register for events; sponsorships, registrants, guests, etc
Currently if a company registers for an event, you have no choice to link it to their personal account even though their company is paying and should recieve the benefit. If a company can donate - why can't they register? Companies sponsor events and it's important to keep know it was their company who gave should the contact of that company ever move on. This is especially important for those who pay by company check and use bill me later. If we only have the individuals names, we can't arrange sponsorship signs, promotions, etc.
66 votes -
Previewing BBNC Messages
When we create a new message to go to a large list, we would like to be able to preview that message from within the message editing screen, and test any imbedded links.
63 votes -
include a sort by Fund ID facility in the plug-in
As we are creating multiple donation parts and fundraising pages, each needing to be processed in different ways or by different departments, it would be really useful to have some way of sorting the donations transactions by Fund ID. Also, being able to sort by gift amount seems to add no value to the plug-in.
63 votes