It's the Holiday

With Thanksgiving being yesterday. Remember your favorite non-profit organization this time of year an make a donation to save a tree, feed the homeless, save the planet, find a home for a pet - whatever you can think of. Posts will resume after the holiday.

Sharing: Debunking Five Myths of Online Fundraising

Thon Morse is the President of Kimbia and he has written an article about online fundraising and some myths about it. Some things he addresses are:

Myth #1: Online fundraising isn't as effective as offline techniques
Myth #2: People won't give online
Myth #3: Online fundraising means raising money through my organization's website
Myth #4: Technology is not the problem
Myth #5: Raising 10 percent of all gifts online is a great goal

To read the entire article and his responses to these myths, check out Kimbia: Inside Out.

Joomla 1.5.8 has been released

For those of you using Joomla as your CMS, they just released the latest version - 1.5.8. As always recommended you should upgrade your version to the latest. The reason being is mainly for the security issues they fix from previous versions or because they received new light about a potential issue. Also, as there are releases, there are always bugs so when you report a bug, they generally put it in their list of fixes for the next release. It's very easy to upgrade your current website with the latest release. When you go to the Joomla site, you want to click on the option for finding an update package. From there you can select what version you are currently in and save the zip or gz file. You then have to have access to your server. On some servers, they will allow you to upload a zip file and extract the package but in other cases they don't. So in that case, you have the unfortunate task of unzipping the file on your local computer and uploading it to the server. As a safety percaution, you should always do a back-up of the database. I have never had any issue but you never know. Once it's unzipped, you can tell your version by logging into the administrator panel and checking the top right corner. It will show you the version you are currently using. Go to www.joomla.org for the latest release download.