At 3:00 p.m. today, Lambda Chi Alpha’s 10-year old membership management software was switched to read-only. No longer will our staff use Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge to update our membership database. Starting next week, they will begin using iMIS by Advanced Solutions International. This is a big change for Lambda Chi Alpha. The transition is occurring …
Category Archives: Fraternity
Windows, IE, Admin Only Please
Lambda Chi Alpha uses several third-party web-based services. One of which is RegOnline, a service that enables our office to process event registrations and credit card payments online. In many cases, RegOnline works as expected. Users visit their site to register for an event and our staff is able to manage their registration. When it …
Google Maps API
Earlier this week Google released Google Maps API, a tool that lets developers embed Google Maps in their own web pages with JavaScript, adding extra features and functionality. casualty-maps.com is one of the first sites I’ve seen to take advantage of these tools. Their map shows the progression of US military casualties from the Iraq …
Dell support is slipping
In the past month, I’ve had a lot of problems with Dell products and the level of support pertaining to those products. When ordering a new server, Dell created a new credit account for us instead of using our existing account — and didn’t tell us. We assumed the order was placed, not knowing Dell …
cfea.org redesign
On Sunday morning, I managed to crank out a redesign of CFEA‘s website, an association that I serve as a volunteer and board member. Their old site, archived here, was also my creation but became too large to manage. This new site is powered by WordPress, a great open-source blog/CMS. Though I’d like to give …