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Cross-browser compatibility has long been a frustration for website designers. What looks fine in one browser may be more or less “broken” in another, with sidebars shifted and elements overlapping... But does it really matter, how your website looks in different browsers, in the big picture of what your organization is trying to accomplish with ...
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We all know that the Internet is a very public space -- but do we always act that way? The separate compartments of social networking sites, once isolated in their own little boxes, have created an illusion of privacy where none may exist -- and now those boxes are opening wide.
Consider this: Rapleaf alone has created over 50 million ...
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On June 26th, we released our regular update — Wild Apricot version 2.34.The biggest enhancement is what we refer to as the Integrated credit card payment option — yes, we have been working on that one for a while!PayPal is still the payment processor, but now people will be able to pay right on our servers without having to go through PayPal's ...
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So you've signed up your nonprofit group for a Facebook Page -- now
what? It can be challenging to know what to put on your Page
to make the best use of the space, especially if you're setting out to build a new page from scratch. And if you're new to Facebook, it may seem there's a bewildering array of applications
to choose from,
Michelle ...
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Most of the search engines and web-based feed reading services will check for updates to your blog from time to time, but what if you have breaking news that you want to get out fast? You can notify (''ping'') each feed reading service separately whenever you update with new content, but there's a much faster and easier way.
Publish your ...
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New features and other enhancements have been added to Facebook since Wild Apricot's Beginner's Guide to Facebook for Non-Profits, and nonprofits are learning more about making the best use of the popular social networking site. We've talked about setting up a Facebook account and Profile, and a bit about Groups. Let's take a quick look now at ...
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''Welcome to the age of the crowd,'' wrote Jeff Howe in The Rise of Crowdsourcing (2006). In coining the term crowdsourcing, Howe pointed to the rise of the open-source software movement; to the success of user-created Wikipedia; and to profitable businesses like MySpace and eBay ''that couldn't exist without the contribution of users.''
Howe put ...
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In response to our Top 10 round-up of tools for online polls and surveys, some readers asked about the best web-based tools to create custom quizzes and tests. Many of us think first of quizzes in a classroom context, so it's no
surprise that some of the best free or low-cost quiz-making
applications are found in the online educational sector. ...
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Imagine a Web 2.0 tool that combines your images and music to create a flashy video presentation. It's quick and easy to use, and the results can make the standard digital slideshow look like something from the last decade. That's Animoto.
To learn about Animoto, take a look at the company's 60-second video introduction.
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Recent updatesOn May 22nd, we released our longest update ever — Wild Apricot version 2.33. It included two really big chunks of work:Redesign of payment workflows for events, donations and membership payments. In our next release, around the end of June or early July, we will complete all the testing and polishing and finally launch our ...
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