Posts written by Richard Saffell
Updates coming February 11, 2014
We’ve been working on a few updates, and we’re planning to release them on Tuesday morning, between 6-9 AM Eastern. We are not expecting any significant downtime because of the release. Here’s what is included in these updates: Datatable Usability We are updating the datatables… Continue reading
Three things we’re especially thankful for this Thanksgiving
I know this post is a little late, since it’s already the week after Thanksgiving now. I had written it, but with our upgrades and typical holiday madness, I didn’t get a chance to post it. So here are a few things we’re especially grateful… Continue reading
System upgrades scheduled this coming week
RescueGroups.org has a couple system upgrades scheduled for this coming week, including over Thanksgiving. First, on Saturday 11/23 from 8-10 AM, the RescueGroups.org FTP server will be unavailable. This will affect any data uploads (to RescueGroups.org) or bulk export functions. Exports to the adoption listing… Continue reading
Upgrades & New Features – Please Donate!
As you probably already know, RescueGroups.org is supported by our low service fees and by your donations. We believe it’s better for the community that we are a non-profit organization, and not have corporate sponsors — it means we are able to do things in… Continue reading
Free Online Forms Service coming soon!
We’re excited to announce that we are bringing a free version of our wildly popular Online Forms service to all organizations, for free! The free Online Forms service will include features like:* Built-in adoption application with detailed static questions Contacts/adopter tracking Per-user and per-form alerting… Continue reading
Coming Soon — AllPaws.com
We’re excited about an adoption listing website that is “coming soon.” It’s called AllPaws.com, and has been started by DCL Ventures. DCL Ventures was founded by Internet entrepreneur and online dating/matchmaking expert Darrell Lerner. The team plans to use some of the things he learned… Continue reading
Service updates to support automatic microchip registrations
UPDATE: Microchip Registrations are now live and active as of July 27, 2013. We’re getting close to releasing our microchip registration integration. Here are the changes that you’ll notice after our updates: Under Animals > Settings you’ll see a new section for Microchip Registrations. You’ll… Continue reading
RescueGroups.org Newsletter 6/24/2013
There’s so much going on right now! We are very excited about the growth and positive feedback we’ve been receiving recently! Please read carefully below because everything included is very important. Feel free to contact us via Support, the Requests page, or Facebook if you… Continue reading
We’re improving our user permissions and roles!
We’re working on some changes to the user permissions in our Data Management and Website services. There are several reasons why we’re working on this, but the major reasons are: We want the Volunteer role to provide only the most basic access and functionality, and… Continue reading
Custom contact groups and improved animal save buttons
This week we’ll be adding two improvements that our partners have been asking for. These updates are for our Manage interface. We expect to release these new features, along with additional minor updates and fixes, on May 9, 2013. Read below for more information! Custom… Continue reading