Version 1.2.13 Released
At long last version 1.2.13 has been released. This version is primarily focused on compatibility with the newer versions of PHP and MySQL. It also includes many bug fixes and a few feature improvements. The changes in this version include:
1. Improvements to the Fund Raiser features including batch entry of winning bids.
2. Improvements to the Google congregation map, updated for the latest Google maps API
3. Bulk email from the cart can not have a file attached.
4. Newer versions of the fpdf and phpmailer libraries
5. Several new and updated translations are now included. These language codes are available now: de_DE, en_AU, en_GB, es_ES, fr_FR, hu_HU, it_IT, nb_NO, nl_NL, pt_BR, sv_SE, zh_CN, zh_TW
6. MRBS and WebCalendar integration now supports whatever version you are running (there is no longer an MRBS fork in ChurchInfo.
7. Auto-completion of the family choice in the payment entry screen. Type a few letters from the desired family name and the matching choices appear.
Important note to anyone upgrading from a previous version: when you first log in after the upgrade type your password using only lower-case letters. This new version is case-sensitive but the stored passwords for matching in the older version are all lower-case. Once you log in you can change your password and the new password will be case-sensitive.
Read Before Downloading
ChurchInfo is a web server application, which is nice because you can use it from anywhere with a browser but it isn't your typical download/install application. If you just want to run stand-alone on a PC please read the article below "Simple Installation on Windows". You can get the server infrastructure from xampp and then browse to localhost. The general instructions for installing on any server are in the distribution file Documentation/Readme.txt. There is a shared demo running on our web site; see article below "Try our demo". You can also register for a private demo that will run for a few weeks. See the article below "Private Demos Now Available". Your experience running a demo on our web site will be exactly the same as running your own installation.
Demonstration Videos
Introduction Video
This is a very quick demonstration video showing operation of our demo installation. You can use the demo any time starting from the link near the bottom of this page. If the shared demo gets too messed up please send me a message and I will reset it.
Financial Features Video
A lot of people have been watching the quick introduction video so I decided to make another one focusing on the deposit slip. I get a lot of questions about the financial features of ChurchInfo and this video answers many of the most common questions. If you would like to see more videos for other subjects please use the contact link to send me email.
Installation Demonstration
These two videos take you through the entire process of installing on a commercial server.
Private Demos Now Available
We can now host private demo installations to facilitate your evaluation process. These demo installations are created in randomly named directories. The purpose of these private demos is to give you a chance to experiment in your own space. You can enter a little data, show your minister and your treasurer how it works, without having to worry about someone changing the admin password or deleting half the menu options. Your demo space will be private but not particularly secure or permanent. Please don't put a lot of work into it as it will be deleted in about a week unless you ask for more time. Assuming your evaluation goes well please plan to download and install in your own world as soon as possible.
Please don't put nonsense for contact information. Your contact information will only be used to communicate about ChurchInfo and will not be shared or sold for any other purpose. If you put nonsense in the Private Demo Form your demo will probably be recycled soon and you will get Error 404 page not found while trying to use your private demo.
To get started with your private demo use this link: Private Demo Form
To our international users
You can set the language by changing sLanguage in Admin->Edit General Settings. ChurchInfo currently supports the following settings: de_DE (German), en_AU (Australian English), fr_FR (French, not updated recently), it_IT (Italian, not updated recently), nl_NL (Dutch), pt_BR (Brazilian Portuguese), sv_SE (Swedish). If you would like to develop a new translation please let me know!
Try our Demo
We have a demo installation of the latest version 1.2.13 available here
Feel free to play with this database to see if ChurchInfo will work for your church. The passwords for this demo database are: “demoadmin” for Admin, “seemoney” for JohnFinancial, and “nomoney” for SuzieNotFinancial. This new version connects to the Google geocoder, which has better international support than the previous geocoder. There are many bug fixes and minor enhancements. See the links below if you find a bug or want to discuss an issue.
The demo sites includes a simple connection to schedule group meetings in WebCalendar, available here: http://www.churchdb.org/WebCalendar-1.2.6.
Help Test The Very Latest from the Development Team
There is an automatically updated installation directly from our CVS source control server here. Please play with this version and report any issues in the bug trackers. Log in with user name admin, password demoadmin. No other logins are configured automatically. If you prefer to take the very latest to your own playground this installation archive .tar.gz file is updated nightly: churchinfo-latest.tar.gz.
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