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Rotating show images in Patron Edge Online
My colleague, Matt Cook, recently showed off a cool Image cube he put together for Patron Edge Online. Take a look at the information below, it would be cool to see this put to work. The really cool thing about this is that each side of the cube can link...
3.401 and 3.41 update released!
We are happy to announce that we have released new versions of The Patron Edge and The Patron Edge Online. Here are a few things to get excited for: Patron Edge 3.401: Coupon codes: You can now use Alphanumeric codes for Coupons! They no longer need to...
PE and PEO Updates Demystified
Being the type who always wants to use technology to take things to the next level, I've done some more experimenting with screencasting. This video will take you through an update for Patron Edge 3.401 and Patron Edge Online 3.4.1. The video is about...
Patron Edge Update Webinar FAQs
Thanks to everyone who was on the update webinar today. Amie did a great job of explaining the process and showing the new features, and we heard some really good questions. With that in mind, I wanted to go ahead and post the information so those of...
Add A Facebook Fan Box To Your Site
My colleague Chad recently wrote about 6 Dogooding Webby Things Your Nonprofit Should Check Out , and I wanted to show how quick and easy it is to implement one of those webby things, the Facebook Fan Box. It's not a fit for every organization, but...
The 20-Minute Test Environment, Part II
Last week you set up a Patron Edge test environment , and now you're ready to get going with the web side of things. Here is how to get your Patron Edge Online test environment up and running in 20 minutes. Restore some data We're switching this...
Customizing the behavior of links in Patron Edge Online
I was working through some advanced Patron Edge Online questions this week and was asked if there are any special parameters that you can add when loading a page to make it behave a certain way. To make life easy I've put together a comprehensive...
Top 8 of 2008
A new year has arrived and The Spotlight is now back in full swing. I wanted to start off right, with a round-up of the most popular posts of 2008. Go ahead and make a 2009 resolution to implement one of these ideas or features. PEO Donation Round-Up...
PEO Donation Round-Up, v2
The PEO Labs series brings you information or advice on items that are geared towards users who can take high-level concepts or sample code and run with them. Please note that many of the things discussed are not supported. That doesn't mean that...
Selling out is a beautiful thing
The PEO Labs series brings you information or advice on items that are geared towards users who can take high-level concepts or sample code and run with them. Please note that many of the things discussed are not supported. That doesn't mean that...
Save time on the Administration site with Favorites
Sorry for not posting anything last week; I'll give you two great posts this week to make up for it! Patron Edge Online version 3.3.3 introduced a completely new, redesigned Administration site to organize things better and make running the site easier...
Validate form fields in Patron Edge Online
Patron Edge Online can be a double-edged sword when it comes to data entry. A user has the ability to enter his own address and phone information so that you don't have to try to track it down elsewhere later on, but when you don't enforce any...
Six tweaks to improve performance
So you've loaded the latest SQL patches and Windows service packs, updated Patron Edge and PEO to the latest version and trimmed down transaction times , but your database just can't keep up with you. Before going out and buying a brand new, top...
Firefox 3 has been released!
Firefox , the greatest of the modern browsers, released version 3 of their product just about four hours ago and it has already been downloaded nearly 3 million (million!) times. It's more secure, prettier, faster and smarter than anything else out...
What do your patrons think about your PEO site?
The PEO Labs series brings you information or advice on items that are geared towards users who can take high-level concepts or sample code and run with them. Please note that many of the things discussed are not supported. That doesn't mean that...
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