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Importing new private notes
For organizations trying to transfer their databases over to NationBuilder from other platforms this would be a very useful tool. Many databases have extra note fields that organizations populate with important info. When it comes time to move to NationBuilder there is nowhere to put this info other than the background note field, which is usually the first to go. For additional notes you are out of luck.
Being able to import note columns as a new private note would eliminate this issue, and since private notes are unlimited in NB you could import as many different note fields as you'd like.
Clone a page
It would be nice to be able to clone a page. It would be useful in keeping the same format for other pages
Ability to create new types of template pages
It would be nice to be able to create new types of custom template pages. For example, a photos or videos page, etc.
Éric, you can customize the master template for existing pages such as basic and reuse that. However, a cool feature would be if you have multiple default "basic" templates that could be customized and then easily reused as new pages - thanks for getting us thinking about this.
You may also be interested in our new Liquid tips and tricks documentation.
Sharing event calendar across multiple sites
I have an organization as a client who has a 501(c)3 on NationBuilder and their 501(c)4 as a subNation.
They have asked if it's possible to have both sites use the same calendar of events. If one calendar of events could be shared across two sites, then they wouldn't have to enter the same event info twice (once on each site) or maintain two lists of attendees; one for the people who have RSVP'd on one site and another list for those who've RSVP'd on the other.
Terminate NB email server option; lack of spam filter leads to deluge of spam supporters/people
NB's email server (as opposed to gmail) appears to have NO SPAM FILTERING. So our NB site has been deluged with spam supporters, spam people, and spam prospects. They would be most of our "people" if we didn't delete them daily. It has rendered NB almost useless. If NB can't put a really good spam filter on it's email server, then it should not offer the option. Apparently even NB's own support folks don't user NB email; they use gmail. We choose NB's email because it was "one stop shopping" and should have been seemless with NB. But we can't tolerate this anymore!
Choosing Fields for Export
This is an important functionality, especially for the fundraising teams out there. This goes along with the ability to print more detailed reports. The idea here is that before we go to export a particular list we have the ability to select which fields are included in that export.
Import contact log
It would be nice to be able to import via CSV files contact logs. Sometimes, we use external ways to contact supporters and we could then import it into our NationBuilder database.
Multiple answers in survey
It would be nice and very useful to be able to have a multiple answers option in surveys. At the moment, the multiple choice option allows only one answer.
Thank you for your suggestion, Éric. In the immediate term, you might consider using the "text" question to review open ended answers or lists of responses.
Spam Filter on NB email server
We've just started, but are getting many spam emails to our NB-hosted email (with our domain name). These incoming emails show up as "supporters" somehow and must be manually deleted; very annoying and time consuming. It appears that NB served email does NOT have a good spam filter--you should; you must!
Please look at our official response to this FAQ about incoming spam.
Need a Donate By Check template/page
This template would be in addition to the credit card donation page. It would have instructions for donation AND it would have field for the required information: first name, middle name, last name, street address1, street address2, city, state, occupation (conditional), employer (conditional), email (optional), phone (optional). And a print button to print a form to mail in. It would be even better if it captured this information as a sort of "pledge" that could be matched up when the check came in, so there would be no data entry! Then have a screen enter the checks and match against pledge and automatically send a thankyou email or print a form to snailmail.
Option for New Donations to generate a email receipt
We need a button under NEW DONATIONS that would generate an email receipt when cash/check donations are entered. There should also be an option to generate (regenerate) an email receipt for uploaded donation. I would think EVERY campaign would want this, as receipts are required by law.
Restore event types dropdown to event settings
Just as we started to work w/ a couple of clients who do a lot of events, the event type setting was retired. For a nation w/ many events, event_type would be very helpful for filtering/sorting/listing events. Is there any way we can have it back?
Ron, the event type drop-down was removed several months ago in favor of page tags, which provided more flexibility for nations to name and then filter on their own unique event types.
Make the NB site show as "trusted" (green) in web browser
Can you arrange so NB and our NB sites show up in web browsers as "trusted"; that is "green" color in the Firefox/Chrome address bar. That gives our users assurance that we're legit.
Richard, we support SSL (which generates the trust symbols you're referring to) on donation pages but not on non-financial portions of the site. You can see a secure page example in action here.
Press release archive
It would be good to be able to display a list of press releases, like a blog entry list. Without this, I'm not sure what the point is of having a press release page type...?
Adding fields to the event export CSV
I'm trying to export the event urls along with the rest of the data using the "export" feature for events, but URLs are not included.
I'd be great to include the URLs to each event along with the nb ID and the external IDs in the creators.
Thanks!
Snapshot before data changes by NationBuilder Support
We've had a number of data quality issues with the Election Center imports, and both times the imports done by the NationBuilder Support personnel were executed without first taking a precautionary Snapshot. Please consider adopting a support practice of doing that Snapshot before making large scale changes to a customer's database. While rolling back to a previous snapshot is never ideal, it might be the best option in some cases, instead of leaving the customer with a lot of investigation and cleanup work.
Thanks.
Endorsement Highlights
I find it completely useless to highlight someones name but not their endorsement when you select "highlight endorsement".
I suggest that highlighted endorsements show the actual endorsements and not just the names above all other endorsements and with a light yellow coloured background to show they are special/highlighted.
Workflow for mporting events
Nations with lots of events would benefit form having a bulk import tool.
Integrating the ICICI Bank payment processor
I suggest for Indian client/ audience the payment gateway processor need to integrate in donate page. The rupee symbol need to replace the dollar symbol.
