This video will give you an overview of managing & using custom fields in your Church Membership Online account.

Church Membership Online has been updated with a huge amount of new features & enhancements. As always, the updates & enhancements are free and available immediately for all of our churches.

Custom Fields

"Custom Fields" have been added to Church Membership Online, allowing you to add an unlimited number of custom data fields to track your church specific information about individuals & households in Church Membership Online. You may have noticed a new Custom Fields Tab in your individuals and Households page. To input your own "Custom" text, date or value field, simply go to the Admin" page (Administrative access only) and look for the "Custom Fields" feature. The directions are simple and allows you to individualize the type of data you want to collect for your church.

Households Directory

A new Households Directory feature has been added to Church Membership Online allowing you to quickly view and search the households in your congregation.

Households Directory Website Plug In

The new Households Directory is available as a website plug in, allowing you to publish your church directory directly on your website. This enables your congregation to view and search your up to date directory online and eliminates the need for you to publish periodic paper directories. Individuals can also save your households directory to PDF format should they wish to save or print it.

Session Timeout Notification

A new session timeout notification feature has been added. When using Church Membership Online you will now be notified of your session ending five minutes before it expires. If you do not respond to the notification you will be automatically logged out of your current session for security purposes.

Enhancements & Fixes

• Birthdays report now shows birthdays with a year of 0001
• Progress bars added for login and congregation map creation to improve user interaction
• All website plug ins now feature a "PlugIn Preview" allowing you to preview each plug in
• Contributions by Date Range Report can be categorized by Contribution Category now

Aaron
Church Office Online
http://www.churchofficeonline.com

Software can be really expensive and add up quickly. If you want to be legal and licensed (and you do, you are a church after all :) the different licenses & upgrades can add up quickly and become a multi-thousand dollar per year expenditure for even small churches. There is a lot of free software available that can cut down on your software costs by thousands of dollars per year while at the same time providing the same ease of use as their expensive counterparts.

Average Software & Expenses

• Microsoft Office Professional (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) ~$300
• Microsoft Outlook (Email, included in Microsoft Office Pro)
• Norton Security Suite (Anti-Virus, Firewall, Anti-Spyware) ~$100
• Bible reference program ~$100 

Total Expenses Per Computer: ~$500

Alternative Software & Expenses

• OpenOffice (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) - $0.00
• Mozilla Thunderbird (Email) - $.0.00
• AVG Free (Anti-Virus), Windows XP SP2 (Firewall), Windows Defender (Anti-Spyware) - $0.00
• E-Sword Bible Reference - $0.00

Total Expenses Per Computer: $0

List of free software resources for churches: http://www.churchofficeonline.com/FreeResources/FreeResources.aspx

Aaron
Church Office Online
http://www.churchofficeonline.com