Byte Technology

JUNE 7, 2016

It takes only a brief look at the impressive statistics surrounding website builder WordPress to realize what an online juggernaut it really is: Currently, nearly 75 million sites are built on the platform and half of all those accounts are hosted directly on the company’s site. registered domain names run exclusively on the platform.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 14, 2017

In the world of WordPress, customization rules the roost. Unfortunately, for many WordPress newbies customizing can be tricky. WordPress plugin developers have thankfully embraced the ease of drag and drop, and have built some wonderful programs that utilize it for page customizing.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 26, 2017

Here are a handful of simple actions the WordPress layman can initiate to help in the aftermath of hack. Then scan your site completely for any and all hacks using a free plugin such as Sucuri WordPress Auditing or Theme Authenticity Checker. It’s a sad and unfortunate reality that any website—large or small—can get hacked.

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Double the Donation

JUNE 15, 2021

Simply navigate to your FlexFormz dashboard to download the Double the Donation add-on, then install the plugin to your WordPress website. FlexFormz make it easy – even for non-technical users – to create a new form or campaign via simplified WordPress dashboard tools. Learn more by requesting a demo at: [link].

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John Kenyon

MAY 1, 2019

Website management tools like WordPress leave your nonprofit’s website vulnerable to attack, hacking or being held hostage. The way these command-line options work is that one downloads the package (usually via the package manager in the language one is using) and then uses a quick-start to create the basic site and framework.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

My pet peeve: a form for downloading software that requires you to put in your email address. There are several WordPress shopping cart plug-ins that seem worth looking at, if you are wedded to WordPress. PrestaShop – Also LAMP. More like Magento in business model. Most add-ons for PrestaShop cost money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

1) Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. Writing and Blogging: I’ve been writing Beth’s blog since 2004 and on this updated wordpress blog since 2010. Here they are: Rituals.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

These groups have raised over $100 million annually using Givebutter’s modern forms, campaign pages, and event technology. This means a bit of a lift for donors, who will need to download the app and sync it with their bank account. Platform Fee : Free Transaction Fee : 2.9% + $.30 Free and public API available for custom integrations.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2016

While this isn't a technology option, it should go hand in hand with the other three options below in order to ease out of the bulletin-creating cycle. If your site is running on WordPress, WP Touch is a great free plugin to make your site more mobile-friendly (ChurchTechToday uses this plugin, FYI). Back in April 2013, Thom S.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #12: Miro February 26, 2008 Miro used to be called “Democracy Player&#. Miro is basically a video player, which can recognize RSS feeds, and automatically download videos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Idealware has been called the “Consumer Reports” for nonprofit software, and their analysis and testing in their reports has always been top notch. If you are shopping for a low cost CMS for your nonprofit, read this post and go download the report. Download it for free at [LINK: [link] ] to learn more.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Chrome September 4, 2008 The hiatus is over with a short entry about Google Chrome , the new browser from Google that I learned about on the twitterverse while I was stopped at one rest stop or another.

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Judi Sohn

AUGUST 1, 2011

Took time to search, download and play with different downloads to find a screenshot app that was free, didn’t require a rooted phone and actually worked on my device. Download, enter site credentials and pick up right where I left off. Only downside is lack of an iTunes store means download only – no streaming.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Look at the “download&# page (or “releases&# ). These are almost always free to download and try out – this is easier for some projects than others. See if they have good documentation. Check out the forums of email list archives of that project. How busy is it? When was the last release?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and Open Source Tool #11: Azureus February 15, 2008 Azureus (now called Azureus Vuze) is the best bittorrent client I have ever used. It’s quite amazing. It’s got a lot under the hood.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Some helpful features are: Plugins – Serving platforms like Wix, WordPress, Weebly, and Squarespace. Instantly downloadable. Avoid this by using software that provides a simple and secure donation process — enabling you to raise funds from anywhere while collecting your donor’s information and increasing your online presence.

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

However, most people don’t consider an equally startling fact: WordPress sites are some of those most commonly attacked. Why are WordPress sites so attractive to the malicious individuals lurking in the virtual world? And given these statistics, it’s little wonder why website security is such a booming business around the globe.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology OpenOffice.org to get a boost September 13, 2007 I’ve been spending a lot of time with OpenOffice.org lately.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology News from NTC ‘08 March 20, 2008 I’ve been having a great time here at NTC – running into lots of folks I’m happy to see again, and meet, learning about new things, being involved.

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

When it comes to WordPress sites, designers and admins—when asked what is one of the most confusing aspects of the platform—will most likely put “plugins” somewhere on their list. Indeed, plugins are fantastic and, in many cases, a must-have when working on a WordPress site. Q: Can WordPress plugins really affect my sites load time?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Goodbye Microsoft… March 29, 2007 Just today, I received in the mail some Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops, courtesy of Gavin’s regular potlatch program.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Welcome to TechSoup's September 2014 nonprofit technology news. Several prominent nonprofits participated, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, WordPress, Mozilla Foundation, Public Knowledge, Greenpeace USA, Sierra Club, Common Cause, and MoveOn.org. Download the app here. It's pretty easy to use.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 5, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Satellite Broadband, Day 1 March 5, 2007 Dial up just wasn’t going to cut it. As someone I talked with today said, “with dial up, the internet feels broken.&# It didn’t start out bad.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

I popped in my Fiesty Fawn (Kubuntu 7.04) CD that I’d burned from a downloaded ISO, and rebooted. We’ll see how that works once I am able to download some of the good wireless GUI tools out there (like NetworkManager, which I hear is good.) My first step was to make sure the laptop booted. It booted fine.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Why sometimes eating your own dogfood makes you want to throw up! I downloaded the brand-spanking new nvidia drivers, so that I’d be ready to deal with such a high resolution.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #15: MPower Open CRM April 14, 2008 I am so far behind, it’s not funny. I’ve got to catch up. 3 Josiah Ritchie 04.16.08

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

How to add a sitemap on Google and WordPress. I’d recommend using the free Google (XML) Sitemaps plugin if your site is built on WordPress. Just download the plugin and activate it and you’re all set. I’d also recommend checking out any of these free page speed WordPress Plugins: W3 Total Cache.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. I absolutely agree with your call for more openness.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

The nonprofit technology community is a robust knowledge sharing network widely dispersed across many blogs, tweets, discussion boards, Facebook walls, etc. Marnie Webb introduced the nptech tag to help aggregate nonprofit technology content. Same answer as for all of your nonprofit technology questions: be strategic.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal, Joomla and Plone! I set up a mysql database in my standard generic virtual hosting setup, copied the downloaded and unzipped Joomla folder into my webspace by FTP, and fired up my browser.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 Their natural follow-ons, podcasting and vlogging are not as ubiquitous, or as frequently used in the nonprofit technology space. Such is life. It’s worth a read. Or whatever.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Care2

JULY 16, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. The company also donates $1 to the partner nonprofit for each download. It is a must download!

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2017

Whether you use Drupal, WordPress or Joomla, you can use your two favorite software seamlessly and in conjunction to make your life easier and more organized. You can start using their services as fast as you can download the program. CiviCRM is totally free!

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