Fresh Vine Status Updates

We have fixed a few bugs that came up since our release a few weeks ago. These bugs were all minor and the fixes have gone live over the past 3 days.

• The member lists (Church wide and group) were not correctly filtering by the date they were created.
• New members without birthdays were showing up as 2000 years old. This has been corrected, and the bug the caused it has been fixed.
• Service Templates now correctly respect the end-date that is set
• From the primary dashboard, the links for the roster member types now correctly link to a filtered roster.
• Business names were not always correctly displaying on the Giving date overview/reconciliation pages.
• Page load time further optimized along with several of the giving pages to shorten load times.

The Check-In App has also received a few updates to make the user experience more intuitive and to allow you to re-print labels incase you experience printer issues. The app should prompt you to update, or you can re-download the App from within Fresh Vine (when you go to install the app you will be prompted to update the current installed version).

This is our second major release of 2011 and focuses on improving your ability to understand and track your weekly services. You can now create Groups that are specified by type (basic, or class) to clarify their purpose. Class groups will also automatically create events to coincide with the services they are related to for attendance tracking and follow-up. Our much anticipated Check-In system is here, and utilizes our brand new API for seamless integration with Fresh Vine.

The API is currently in a private Beta but we are open to reviewing requests for free app accounts before we make the API open with version 2.2. At that point anyone who desires to build upon Fresh Vine through our API will be able to. Please note that you will still need to explicitly connect these applications to your account with your username and password for them to be able to access your Fresh Vine data.

In response to the rapidly growing interest in Fresh Vine we have also unified and upgraded our address system to handle addresses from everywhere on earth. We also are able to supply the same mapping and address correction for 71 of the 249 countries/districts.

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Features

Major Features:

• Child Check-in System
• Further integration of the Multi-site system
• Set for Members and Groups
• Member Address Syncing will now also sync campuses.
• International Address support added with members, groups, events, and campuses.
• Address support for 71 countries (listed below) means that our address correction and mapping features should work as expected.
• Partial Address support for remaining 178 countries allows you to indicate the country but with out mapping or address correction.
• New layouts for item pages (Members, Groups, Events, Etc) to further unify the user experience
• Addition of Classroom Module [for groups meeting during services]

Minor Features:

• Introduction of the API for use with the Check-In system. Full public rollout with version 2.2
• Addition of a ‘Special Instructions’ member field for use with the check-in system. Set through the member profile
• Filtering of Member and Group Member rosters improved with inclusion of custom fields
• Profile Photos now also available for Groups and Events in addition to Members
• Updated Removal process for many of the element within Fresh Vine (including the ability to remove related events).
• Default State and Country now set for new addresses
• You can now use Fresh Vine through a secure connection and are able to force all users over a secure connection
• Added social networking to Members, Groups and Events
• Added Google Plus and Table Project to our supported social networks for linking out.
• Media Embedding added (for audio and video) and links to media items now apparent

Other Fixes:

• Up to a 6 time speed improvement on page response times
• Caching and Compression of CSS and Javascript components to speed load times
• New Configuration Setting for your organizations URL
• Remapped all public content (emails, media, notes, etc) to link through your leader site

Other Changes:

• Updated the redirect system for when you are linked to a page without being logged in, or get logged out in mid session.
• Addition of ‘Committed’ and ‘Partner’ as an available relationship status to reflect broader cultural shifts
• Campuses receive the new, more descriptive, icon
• Content Management System formally removed from Fresh Vine (functionally removed in v2.0)

Countries with Address Support in Alphabetical Order (Address Correction and Mapping):

This is the second minor update to the 2.0 release that came out in late July. This update addresses two improvements to the email system. The first update to the way emails are generated to make sure they continue to be show up in your members in-boxes and not their spam folders. We implemented two features to further improve our system.

The second makes it more clear when you are not able to preview emails (because your member profile does not have an email address).

Features

Minor Features

• Two improve email headers added.
• First: helps to correctly identify our email server as a valid sending agent for generating the email
  (like ensuring the return address on a letter is valid)
• Second: helps to more confidently make sure we are the sender through an encrypted code. Also checks the message contents to ensure it has not been altered en route.
  (like placing a wax seal over the opening of the envelope to ensure its contents are not altered)
• Added visual cues and blocked preview button from functioning if member profile not correctly set.
• Simply add an email address to your member profile and you will be able to send messages.

Additional Note

This is a minor update to the 2.0 release that came out in late July. There are only a handful of changes that are focused mainly on streamlining our client setup process and improving the integration with our client management system. Some of the latter improvements were needed to move closer towards our API and version 2.1 release.

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Features

Minor Features

• Improved the account setup process on the log in page (not noticeable for those currently using the system).
• Added more Contextual links to improved the connect between the giving and service modules
• These links will only appear if there is correct access
• Only will show up on the giving input page when it is entered by service
• Fixed the client stat tracking for our internal tracking
• Used to understand how clients have implemented the system
• Also used to help us understand how heavily the various modules are used
• Stats are global and generalized (ex: there are 185 events in your system)
• Removal of the Video Tutorials link from the home menu. This will be replaced with our new community site in version 2.1

This release is major step for us. Not only does it signify the first release on our new 4-6 week release cycle, but it also is includes the last major building block modules we need to really start having a lot of fun in the coming year. These last two pieces are the Campus system (for multi-site support), and the Services module. They allow you to understand the trends and attendance for your weekly worship services. After setting up the services you will be able to attach giving to a particular service, and will automatically update the attendance as you log the giving information. These elements will continue to integrate more deeply into the system with future releases.

These pieces, along with the rest of the system, will allow us to have more fun pushing the limits of what a web based church management system can do. So read on, and enjoy all the details below.

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Features

Major Features:

• Service Management
  • You are now able to create and manage services
  • Enter Attendance, Giving, Salivations, and up to 8 other customizable data points
  • Track Giving by Services/Campuses
• New Lists for Member Roster, Group Roster, and Service List
  • Improved Filtering
  • Map functionality for the Rosters (not for Services List)
  • New Batch functions for the Group Roster
    You can now create subgroups directly from the batch menu
• Member Roster Updates
  • Addition of new date fields for Baptism, Confirmation, Membership and Background check dates.
• User Experience Improvements
  • New page titles help clearly communicate where you are in the system
  • Sections are branded by color for more quick recognition of where you are in the system
  • Contextual menus beneath the page titles (links that are pertinent to what you are doing right now)
  • New custom Icons to more clearly communicate purpose and function of the modules

Minor Features:

• Giving Input Page has been upgraded
  • Giving can now be tracked by services
  • Live Countdown has been replaced by the service giving total
• Email management system now resides at http://YourSite.freshvine.co/email/
  • Also tracking when messages are opened
• New Access Type ['Church:Services'] and Group [Services]
  • This access is required to view and edit the services module
  • This access type has been automatically added to the administrator group
• Settings Page Updated
  • Added the Multi-Site campus setup. Include all the campuses you have.
  • Settings for the Service Record Keeping added.
  • Added the toggles for the new Member Date fields on the roster tab
  • Website and Media is now Content and Media in preparation for future updates
• Migration System Developed for importing data from external systems (for use during account creation)

Other Fixes:

• Dynamic totals on the giving input and editing pages now work as expected
• Logo in the email footer now represents fresh vine
• Corrected some iOS (iPad and iPhone) display issues with the navigation system (icons overlapping)
• Modified the persistent header to function in IE8 and newer (though we recommend other browsers: firefox, chrome)
• Other minor Bug Fixes and Interface tweaks

Other Changes:

• The Content Management System has now been officially depreciated except for two clients who are in the process of developing their new websites. This module will be completely removed in September, 2011.

This release is major step for us. Not only does it signify the first release on our new 4-6 week release cycle, but it also is includes the last building block modules we need to really start having a lot of fun in the coming year. These last two pieces are the Notification system, and the inclusion of sites and services.

These pieces, along with the rest of the system, will allow us to have more fun pushing the limits of what a web based church management system can do. So read on, and enjoy all the details below.

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Features

Major Features:

• Updated Layout
  • Slimmer profile lets you get to your content faster
  • More feedback as you interact with the interface
  • Main header follows you around as you use the site
  • Member Quick search now in the header
  • Notifications now in the header
• Notification System (new)
  • First phase of this system will notify two types of users
  • Administrators when a user account is requested/created
  • Users when their account is requested and also when it is approved or has a status/access change
  • Group leaders when their events take place to remind them to enter attendance
  • Includes an automatic email and a new menu drop down in the header to remind you of these notices
• Updated Address Management
  • Addresses can now be synced between family members (on by default for all spouses, and children under 18)
  • Addresses will now be completed of their missing city/state/postal code if adequate information is provided

Minor Features:

• Creating a new Member from Relationships updated
  • New members will now share: Home Address, Member Type, and spouses will be the opposing Gender by default.

Other Fixes:

• Two bugs fixed in the giving section: Merging now works as expected, and you can now removed all giving information (there was a bug not allowing the very last field to be removed)
• Every page should now print correctly. We were experiencing some problems with some content being clipped upon printing.

This update has been a long time coming. A fresh look has been given to nearly every page within the site and there where some sizable updates as well. The email system is more useful with it’s single opt-in model. Making sure that your settings are correctly configured is now even easier with our unified settings page.

From here forward our intentions are to release new versions every 4-6 weeks. The next release will be version 1.7 near the New Year.

Features

Major Features:

• Updated Member Profile Pages
  • These pages have been completely retooled to provide information more clearly and quickly
  • Added an member Email archive page to see what messages they’ve received and which ones they have sent
• Email System Migrated to a single opt-in approach
  • New Composition and Template design
  • Rosters now show broken email addresses
  • New email footer includes church addresses, phone, and email management links
• Church Settings Page (new)
  • Format and set your church address and hours
  • Determine who is a primary contact between your church and nineteen05
  • Upload a logo to use within the system

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  Quick View – Member Profiles (new)

  • Hover over a member name with a light blue underline to see member details
  • Instantly access to link to view or edit their member profile
  • Instantly download their address card
• Update/Closed Screens
  • New screens will be displayed whenever your site is deactivated or while updates are being processed.
  • Screens will immediately disappear when the update completes successfully or once late payments are received.
• New Client Management system (internal)
  • Mostly an internal development but this system will stream-line our update system, version management, and communication with our customers
  • You’ll now receive emails when the software is updated with details about the update.

Minor Features:

• Redesigned User profile pages, now includes options to manage your nineteen05 email subscriptions and shows you which automatic notifications you will receive from nineteen05
• Event pages now include a ‘remove’ button
• Added a school grade option to the member profiles (works for k-12 and also includes college and graduate levels)
• Updated subscription management page for your members to more easily manage the email lists they are subscribed to

Other Fixes:

• Event Tracking has been renamed Event Follow-up
• Event pages now include a ‘remove’ button that was accidentally removed in a previous version.
• Bug fixed in the address synchronization for family members (Home Addresses only)
• Changed the giving method ‘Online’ to now read ‘Card’

This version has been in Beta release for a couple months and has proven stable. Therefore we are marking it released.

Major Features:

• Brand new landing page – General Dashboard
  • Includes the same access styling as before
  • Get direct links to the areas of the site you use most
  • Quick search for members from the home page
  • Helpful graphs illustrate the realities of your church
  • New graph – Ages in your church
• Podcast with Feed Burner
  • Feed Burner is a great visitor tracking tool for your podcast, you can now set your play-list’s burned URL on the play-list management page.

Minor Features:

• Graphs throughout the site now print as expected
• New styling when printing a page should improve usability of the site, and reports

Other Fixes:

• The create page system has a few bugs fixed, text item now spans full width, and menu now builds correctly.
• Fixed a broken link on public websites which disabled jQuery UI from loading correctly
• Updated a script that caused some page functionality to not exist

Roster you can custom sort, and export from

The main portion of this update involves a preliminary update to the main dashboard page, and an update to the member lists within the site.

Major Feature:

• Member rosters have been updated to a new format built to increase usability
  • On list filtering by many different and combination options.
  • Export spread sheets based on the current list filtering.
  • Batch actions for selected or all members on the group roster.
• Email Subscription management page got a make over
  • You can now also subscribe to your personal calendar feeds from this page
    • A feed holds all public church events
    • One holds all your events (public and private) for the church and groups you are in
    • There are also feeds for each individual group

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There are both some minor and major changes from version 1.6.1.1 to version 1.6.2

The best way to think about this update is major under the hood work. There isn’t a lot of noticeable interface changes, or new/improved features. What there is, however, are a whole slew of changes designed to streamline and integrate the system further together. This will mean that your overall experience with the leading Integrated Church Solution will be even better.

There are many more under the hood changes that will make your website and the software run more smoothly. You’ll notice the biggest update to the multi-media web module that displays the podcast. There have been some major usability updates allowing navigation of the podcast list, selecting a skin from a list of 10+.

The Major Changes

• Updated Multimedia Play list web module
  • Includes Unique item links
  • Paginated Play List
  • Social Media sharing options
  • Embed able media content
• Improved main page to help users get where they want to go
• New log in page design
• New Soft Data type – Multi-Select
• Rosters now include the option to show member photos

The Minor Changes

• Member Relationships have an improved management interface
• Giving export speed improvement.
• User Management layout improvements
• Links in web content now dynamically update for your mapped domain and for local web pages
  • Change a page’s permalink and links to it on your website update
• Now can quick search member with any parts of names
• Can now upload new thumbnails to audio and video media items
• Renamed the Media Collections to Playlists