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What! You’ve never even seen it?

We realised this month that we've not even given you a glimpse of v7. Here are a few screen shots of the new system, enjoy.

Above: New member registration allows members to sign up and create their own profiles or non members to register for events (if required).

Above: Viewing a member profile provides the most critical information first such as contact methods and prefferences. (This is scrambled data, I actually don't mind being called or emailed ;)

Above: Viewing a group will present various levels of detail. Non administrators will only see the location and contact info so that they can find a suitable group. Leaders will be able to edit and assign roles to members.

Above: Events will now cater for timed ticket-types. e.g. Seniors Tickets or Early Bird discounts etc. Venues can be re-used from previous events saving admin time by avoiding duplicate entries. 

Above: Group attendance reports are easier to digest, use a consistent layout with other reports and allow editing by leaders if appplicable.

ChurchWorks v6 - Code Freeze

We'll be freezing our codebase for ChurchWorks version 6 in about a week, to make as much room in our schedule for the completion of version 7. The date for this is the 3rd of July 2011.

ChurchWorks Today

With all the talk around ChurchWorks v7 we're being very careful to maintain the necessary attention on our current version.

Thanks to all of you who have brought ideas, feature requests and suggestions over the last few months. We've nearly spoken to each of you individually and been encouraged by your feedback. Some very common themes have developed for improvement and we're aiming squarely at those while keeping the bigger picture in mind. Behind the scenes we're putting the finishing touches on our design and development workflows which will provide a solid foundation for fast and efficient build.

Both the creative team and technical guys have been problem solving a lot and are working hard to make the (very) flexible new features even easier to use. We don't see the point in amazing new features and functionality if it's impossible to use. In fact if you can use version 7 without training, then we've done our job! (may just a teeny bit of training ;) 

It's almost time to announce our development schedule. Watch your inboxes for that one and subscribe to our newsletter if you want the latest news.

2011 - A Big Year for ChurchWorks

ChurchWorks is now owned by By The People Ltd. Director Matt Pavid is excited about what 2011 will bring for both the application and more importantly, each of you as loyal clients.

"In the next few months everything from the user-interface, functionality and back end efficiency will be under the microscope. We'll see our clients and their volunteer teams helping to build their churches more efficiently than ever before."

Our team has a proven history in design and user interface development and are 100% committed to maintaining ChurchWorks market leading position as a tool for churches and charities around the world.

No Training Required

Improving the way you and your team interact with ChurchWorks is going to help you and your team members spend your time more productively as you will never need to be shown how it works. For your admin team this means that anyone who'd like to help you administer your congregation, finances, small groups etc, will be able to sit down and get on with their tasks very quickly.

ChurchWorks is facing an overhaul on many levels, we're going to run a fine-tooth comb through just about every aspect of the application and make it faster and easier to use, giving you the info, stats, data and reports that you need when you need them - as you log-in.

We'll be using a new framework, which will be faster, more efficient and allow us to add requested features far more easily in future.

If you have any suggestions, we're listeing. Log into your ChurchWorks account and click the little Feedback tab or use this link.

Presenting our new website

Welcome to the new look ChurchWorks web site!

We hope you like the new design.  We have designed the site to give you all of the information you may need on all of our services at the touch of a button.

Here you will find details on our pricing, special offers and frequently asked questions.  There's even a section detailing the technical specifications of the application.

In addition to all this you can request a subscription to our newsletters, find out about our training courses and find details on becoming a ChurchWorks reseller.

Here at ChurchWorks, we are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to help streamline your administration so you can focus on the more important things.

This blog will keep you up to date with the different services we are looking to develop. If you would like to get involved and give your ideas on how our product could improve, we would love to hear from you.

Please complete the form on the 'Contact Us' page and we will ensure your views are taken in to consideration.

Make sure you visit this blog again soon to see details on all the exciting developments at ChurchWorks.