Fresh Vine Status Updates

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.

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

There are several minor improvements in version 1.6.1 from 1.6.

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.

The Changes

• Member Search revamped for improved speed, and added Avatars to the results
• Member Roster was revamped for improved speed
• Instant Address Exporting for members (via Vcard format)
• Email system updated for faster sending, and wider emails (from 550px to 700px)
• Several database queries were re-written for speed improvements

Change Log:

• Corrected a glitch that was causing some website pages to not render correctly
• Corrected a glitch that caused all the giving data saved to not appear in the
• Improved the Member Search speed and the way indexing takes place
• Widened the Email system from 550 pixels to 700 pixels wide
• Consolidation of Data tables removed 12 tables, resulting in increased speed and performance
• Reworking of Giving Overview page to include all data entered (bug fix)