What's new at NationBuilder

You can now drag and drop files into the 'Files' tab of pages

Good news! When adding files to a page you can now drag and drop instead of selecting the files from your computer. You can open your pictures folder or finder or drag right from your desktop right into your files tab!

New political variations of Verve and Publish themes

It's not uncommon for us to receive requests around specific design tweaks to a given stock theme. Often times these tweaks are relative to a customer's industry - colors that convey a more serious tone, for example. Base...

Membership documentation updated

I originally wrote the membership documentation when the feature was released in 2014. At the time, I had two primary concerns: making sure people understood that membership could be assigned for any action taken on a webs...

Today's DDoS attack

NationBuilder experienced a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack today, resulting in a full service outage from 11:54am to 2:07pm PT. These attacks did not compromise any of your data or financial information. The a...

Apply political campaign strategies to build brands

At NationBuilder, we offer leadership solutions for political campaigns and political candidates as well as nonprofits, companies, higher education and associations. We have been helping political parties and candidates ru...

Better page caching means you should always use preview mode when developing themes

If you work on NationBuilder themes often, you may have noticed your changes have been taking a tiny bit longer to appear on your sites when you're not logged in. We've made some changes to the way that we cache public pag...

NationBuilder staff summit - No tech support via phone

NationBuilder staff will be in a company-wide summit from Wednesday, June 15th through Saturday, June 18th. We will regularly be checking and responding to tech support emails during this time, but phone support will not b...

Text messaging strategies

Looking to learn more about strategic use of texting? Check out our recorded webinar on setting up text blasts, text keywords and conversation trees.

Promote themes for sale on Blueprints

There's no doubt that designing and building a custom, world-class theme on NationBuilder can often be expensive. However, not every customer needs nor can afford a tailor-made solution. They might also want a design or la...

Leave or Remain - UK to decide

In just two weeks time, the UK will be voting on whether to leave the EU or remain a member. It is the first time the UK has voted on it’s membership of the EU in a generation. In 1975, the UK voted to remain a member of w...

NationBuilder Masterclass in London is approaching fast!

Have you ever wondered what leadership means in the 21st century context? And have you ever wondered how technology can be used to define it and empower communities? These are some of the many questions our NationBuilder M...

An open-source guide to designing on NationBuilder

The wonderful folks at Radish Lab put together a mini NationBuilder guide, specifically around building familiarity with the theming framework. It is, in their words, "chock-full of useful tips and tricks to get you start...

Authorize.net recurring donations will now generate an email receipt

Do you have recurring donations coming into your nation via Authorize.net? Good news - going forward all recurring donations will generate an email receipt to the donor! Receipts for past donations will not go out retroact...

Philadelphia: Now Live on RunForOffice.org

(Best. Film. Ever.) Philadelphians, Pennsylvanians, Flyers, and Penguins: Now hear this! We now have every single one of Philadelphia’s 5,083 publicly elected positions address searchable and live on our RunForOffice.org ...

Building an Engaged Email List

This is the second installment in a 5-part series on best email practices. Last week we gave a bird’s eye view of building a winning email program with two important concepts for growing an email list. This week we’ll buil...