What's new at NationBuilder

Tips on using browser shortcuts with NationBuilder

When you're building that thing you were meant to build, every keystroke counts. Luckily, NationBuilder and your browser can work together beautifully to make sure you're able to focus on getting work done, rather than sea...

The intricacies of processing donations

Using NationBuilder, you can create personal fundraising pages, accept one-time donations, allow people to make installment payments, and even give the same amount on a monthly basis. Do you know how those donations are pr...

Architect Interview: Ian Patrick Hines

One of our veteran Architects, Ian Patrick Hines has been working with NationBuilder for a number of years. A former staff member of the company, he is a consummate pro and has deep experience with organizations of all siz...

Helping O2 build a social movement using ‘Obama style’ digital organising

Today's guest post was written by Sam Lockwood of the UK based studio and NationBuilder architect, Brand Response. It was originally published on their company blog. How do you build a movement empowering your employees ...

Architect Video Intro: Made By Pumpkin

Check out this intro video via Pamela Campbell from Made By Pumpkin who was certified back in May. Her rapid journey from certification to busy freelancer is inspiring. We'd love to see more videos like Pamela's so plea...

Membership directories come to NationBuilder

This is such a requested feature that word leaked out on Twitter as soon as we put it live late last week. Yes, directory pages are here! It’s very simple right now – we wanted to get it out to you as quickly as possible ...

You can now update primary address

A person's profile contains a plethora of information. You can include up to seven types of physical addresses in a single profile. Since a person can only be at one place at a time, a single address is used to place the p...

Introducing #GivingTuesday Office Hours

Drop in to NationBuilder’s office hours every weekday from 12-3 p.m. ET (9-12 p.m. PT) between now and Dec 2, 2014 for tips and free one on one advice in preparation for this year’s #GivingTuesday campaign (or end of year ...

Texting for Election Day turnout efforts

Right now, inboxes across America are bombarded with political emails and phone lines are flooded in battle ground races. One simple method of communication can cut through the clutter: a text message. There are many ways...

Why I left my dream job to work at NationBuilder

Friday, September 19th was my last day as Pivot Legal Society’s Executive Director. I turned off my email, canceled my voicemail, and said goodbye to the team of amazing lawyers, storytellers, and organizers that I had be...

How to set up a vote pledge page in NationBuilder

More people have internet than land line telephones. So, while you're identifying supportive voters by phone and by door, you can also do it online with the NationBuilder Vote Pledge page. A Vote Pledge page will give web...

NationBuilder Ruby client and more code examples

The NationBuilder Services Team regularly works with new customers to help them migrate people data, contact histories, webpages, and more from existing systems into their nation. One recent project leveraged the NationBui...

Early voter data in NationBuilder

Voters across the U.S. are receiving their early ballots, and we know this is super critical data you need to organize in the final weeks before the election. Want to know who requested an absentee ballot in your area? Or ...

NationBuilder API and SSLv3

We are disabling support for SSL v3 because of a vulnerability identified earlier today. This means that if you are using SSL v3 in your code ie: curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, 3) in PHP then you will need to stop. ...

Expanded permission sets: manage control panel users

Our customizable permission sets are designed to provide complete control over access to your nation. Control panel user profiles are treated differently from other profiles for security reasons. In the past, only admins c...