We're constantly updating and enhancing ChurchSuite, often building directly upon customer feedback to guide our development. The following lists some changes that were made to ChurchSuite between 29th March - 25th May 2018.
ChurchSuite
25-May-2018 - Child check-in visitor changes logs
We've added a changes log to the Visitors report in the Children module so that you can now more easily see the changes made to a child visitor's details within that report if you need to.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/280-managing-visitor-information-from-child-check-in24-May-2018 - Batch delete actions for the Archived Contacts/Children reports
We've added batch delete actions to the Archived Contacts report in the Address Book reports section, and also to the Archived Children report in the Children module. You can now easily filter archived people within a range of dates that they were archived (e.g. archived more than 1 year ago) and bulk delete them in one go.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/470-using-batch-actions-to-perform-bulk-updates-to-data21-May-2018 - Communication Options report for Children
We've added a Communication Options report to the Children module, so that you can more easily manage and update the communication settings for groups of children, or even all children in the module. You can also edit the settings for parents of children who aren't linked to contacts in the address book.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/78-managing-your-my-churchsuite-communication-options-for-large-groups-of-contacts15-May-2018 - Keeping parent details when deleting a linked parent
When deleting a linked parent from the Address Book, we now save the parent contact details against the unlinked child/children, meaning you won't lose important parent contact information if the adult parent invokes the right to erasure.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/81-how-to-link-a-child-to-their-parent15-May-2018 - ChurchSuite now fully supports emoji
ChurchSuite now fully supports the use of emoji. So you can now use emoji in a message subject or body content. You can even use emoji in ChurchSuite features like tag names, site names, rota roles or even module names if you wish! In a browser, pressing Ctrl+Cmd+Space brings up the emoji selector.
13-May-2018 - AWS Migration
We've completed the migration of all of ChurchSuite's digital infrastructure from UK Fast to Amazon Web Services, with data stored on AWS's UK servers. The migration brings to an end 20 months of planning and sets ChurchSuite up for at least the next decade of development.
03-May-2018 - Logging tag changes on archive
When you archive a contact, child or giver, any tags that had previously been applied to them are removed. We now add an entry into the Changes log so that you can see which tags were removed when someone is archived.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/49-what-happens-when-i-archive-a-contact01-May-2018 - Download Batch Actions
When viewing the index pages for; contacts, children, givers, customers, and smallgroups you can now do a CSV download of your selection.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/470-using-batch-actions-to-perform-bulk-updates-to-data01-May-2018 - Smallgroups Communication
We've updated the smallgroup communication page to be consistent with other modules and make it easier to communicate with people in groups, clusters, tags and roles.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/425-communicating-to-individuals-and-groups-through-churchsuite#sg01-May-2018 - Batch delete notes
We've updated the Notes reports throughout all modules so that you can now batch delete old notes.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/470-using-batch-actions-to-perform-bulk-updates-to-data26-Apr-2018 - New Smart Tags for Children Module
We have added 3 new Smart Tags for the Children's module, as follows:
Email - this is the child's email
Parent Email - this will be the parent email, if the child is not linked to a parent in the address book or the parent email of the linked parent
Additional Email
All of the above provide text comparison conditions
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/37-smart-tags25-Apr-2018 - Address Book Full Details report
We've added more flexibility to the Full Details report so that you can choose exactly which fields of information are included (and which aren't).
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/159-data-cleansing-duplicates-missing-data-potential-couples-gender-check23-Apr-2018 - MailChimp merge fields
We've updated our MailChimp integration so that you can now choose which sync fields are sent over to MailChimp, giving you complete control over what data you share with them. To remove certain fields, simply click through to your integration and change the "Sync fields" options.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/64-how-to-integrate-mailchimp23-Apr-2018 - Ongoing consent
As a significant part of our GDPR development work, we've introduced new functionality to help churches with their compliance by gaining ongoing consent from those in their database. Easily send consent requests to contacts and children and then track and manage responses, with all the changes and consent evidenced in ChurchSuite.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/474-ongoing-consent20-Apr-2018 - Reviewing the Communication log
When viewing either a contact, child or giver's profile, if you choose to view an entry in the Communication log, you'll now see the email exactly as the recipient received it with any merge fields replaced.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/425-communicating-to-individuals-and-groups-through-churchsuite18-Apr-2018 - Approvals option for new small group members
We've added an "approvals" option for new small group members who sign up or are added to the group by a User. For each small group you can set whether new members are added as a "active" member of the group or as a "pending" member. Pending members need approval from a group leader (i.e. those with "Edit Group Details" role permissions) before they're accepted. Until 'activated' a pending status group member is unable to view the group member list in My ChurchSuite, if the list is available.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/53-adding-people-to-small-groups#Manage18-Apr-2018 - Small group member batch actions
We've added batch actions to the group member table for small groups. You can now remove multiple group members at once when viewing any group in the Small Groups module.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/470-using-batch-actions-to-perform-bulk-updates-to-data18-Apr-2018 - Rotas communication
We've updated the rota communication page to be consistent with other modules and make it easier to communicate with people in ministries, roles and teams.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/425-communicating-to-individuals-and-groups-through-churchsuite#ro16-Apr-2018 - Unsubscribe in emails
We've added an unsubscribe link to the footer of emails sent from within ChurchSuite. When a recipient clicks the link they can easily manage their opt in/out communication preferences or select the "forget me" right to be forgotten option. Changes logs are added back in ChurchSuite and key dates added accordingly.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/475-managing-communication-preferences16-Apr-2018 - Group sign-up notifications
We've added a module option to determine whether a sign-ups contact details should be partially obfuscated/masked when displayed in sign-up notification emails.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/333-enabling-small-group-sign-up-through-your-website11-Apr-2018 - Smart Tag support for new communication options
Smart Tags now support conditions for the new "Receive phone calls" and "Receive post" communication options in both the Address Book and the Children modules.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/37-smart-tags09-Apr-2018 - Event batch actions
You can now perform batch actions against events on the event index page. The following can be edited: category, site, sign up via My ChurchSuite and/or Embed, visibility in My ChurchSuite, Embed, Connect and/or as a featured event. If you want to delete the selected events, you can choose to delete the linked bookings.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/470-using-batch-actions-to-perform-bulk-updates-to-data06-Apr-2018 - New communication options for receiving post and phone calls
In the Address Book and Children module options we've added two new communication option fields for "Receive post?" and "Receive phone calls?". If enabled, the options are included wherever the Communication section is displayed.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/475-managing-communication-preferences
Connect
05-Apr-2018 - Connect Android app
We have released our Connect Android app, found at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.churchsuite.connect. The app allows you to print Child Check-in labels to supported Brother label printers via WiFi and Bluetooth, using continuous or die cut labels.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/472-churchsuite-connect-app
Support
08-May-2018 - New terms of service
Our new Terms of Service are effective from today. These have been produced in accordance with the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR), ahead of the 25th May 2018.
https://churchsuite.com/terms-of-service11-Apr-2018 - Support access
As part of our own Data Protection Impact Assessment for GDPR compliance, we've implemented new internal processes for our support team, meaning that we can only access your account when you, the data controller, enable support access. Access can be enabled and disabled by Administrators as required. When disabled, we may only be able to provide general support responses and support article links.
https://support.churchsuite.com/article/476-enabling-and-disabling-churchsuite-support-team-access10-Apr-2018 - Acceptable use policy
As part of our GDPR compliance preparations, we've written a new policy (found in the footer links in ChurchSuite) called "Acceptable Use Policy". This is essentially a helpful list of "do's and don'ts" for users who are otherwise only indirectly bound by the Terms of Service between us and the data controller. The acceptable use policy provides data controllers and their users some basic "ground rules" of acceptable use of the service.
https://churchsuite.com/terms-of-service---acceptable-use10-Apr-2018 - Updated privacy policy
As part of our own Data Protection Impact Assessment for GDPR, we've updated our privacy policy, which can be found on our website and through the link in the footer of every page in ChurchSuite.
https://churchsuite.com/privacy-policy08-Apr-2018 - Updated GDPR-ready Terms of Service
We've updated our Terms of Service, which will be changing from May 8, 2018 in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR) coming into effect on 25th May 2018. They are available to preview now.
https://churchsuite.com/terms-of-service-gdpr
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