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VERSION
CHANGES
The
information below describes only major
functional changes to each
version. Aesthetic changes (colors,
layout...etc) are not listed.
Full
details about the changes to
Faithworks are on a document which can
be viewed
here.
"If
you have ideas you would like to see
incorporated in the next version of
Faithworks, I
would love to hear about them."
- Angelo
Release Date: November 2008
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You can now send SMS to the
parents of children.
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The Training section now has a
"due date" field, which can be
used in People Search.
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In the People Search results,
you can now see the fields from
other areas that may have been
used in the query (ie. Training,
A-Groups...etc). You can use
these fields in your email
merge.
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The Important Events section now
records at what church the event
took place. The Statistics
section also includes whether
events took place at your
church.
Release Date: 25 May 2008
Release Date: 1 Jan 2008 (Current evaluation version)
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Completely refreshed the front
end of Faithworks giving it a
new, easy to use, look and feel.
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Incorporated lifecycles
(spiritual journey) into the
Important Events, and added
automatic reporting on the the
lifecycles.
Release Date: 6 Oct 2007
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Bug Fix - In People
Search if Between Dates was used
in the criteria of a search, the
day and month would be reversed
if a day between 1 and 12 was
used.
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Bug Fix - In People
Search, if the LIKE operator was
used to search text, it would
not produce the expected result
(the code lacked the required
"*").
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Added the ability to easily
setup read only users (without
having to use the complicated MS
Access workgroups model)
Release Date: 3 Jul 2006
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Added the ability for same sex
relationships (and defacto
relationships) to have a postage
label of (for example) “Mr A
Smith and Mr B Jones” for the
postage label in People Searched.
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Added the 'Connections' feature.
This allows users to 'connect'
individuals with other
individuals, and categorize the
relationship. An example of how
this would be used is to record
an emergency contact list for
individuals.
Release Date: 1 Apr 2006
Release Date: 3 Sept 2005
Release
Date: 27 Oct 2004
Release
Date: 26 Feb 2004
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Enhanced
People Search to enable you to
merge the selected people into
their family units. This more
accurately sends mail to just
those people selected, compared to
using the 'Spouses Together' or
'Family Unit' buttons. (See the
manual for more information on
this feature). Also added extra
fields to the People Search
window.
Release
Date: Oct 2003
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Enhanced
People Search to enable you to
select a group of people excluding
other people. For example, you can
now easily arrange a mail out to
all 'Members' except those in
Group A, or in Leadership Area B.
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Added
a new screen (Church Involvement) enabling you to
easily add/remove/tag people in
areas (groups, leadership...etc)
in Faithworks.
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Modified
the Emailing feature to bypass the
Outlook security message (only
applies to Outlook 2000 or greater
with the Security Update
installed, and only to PC's with
Windows NT, 2000, or XP).
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Added
an extra field of "Preferred
Name" (while maintaining
"First Name").
Release
Date: Sept 2003
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When
duplicating details for family
members, you can now choose what
fields you want copied.
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Added
a fantastic new group absenteeism
reporting feature. You can now
view who has been absent more than
X times from the last Y meetings
from group Z (you can set X, Y and
Z). You can easily arrange mail
merges (or emails) to these
people. This is a great tool for
following up those people who
haven't been attending meetings.
Release
Date: Jan 2003
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Faithworks
stores procedures for suburbs you
enter in. This means you only have
to enter in the post code for a
suburb once, and the next time you
enter that suburb, the post code
will automatically be entered.
(Thanks Jan from Beachway Vineyard
Christian Fellowship in Perth, for
the suggestion).
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2
new customisable fields have been introduced, allowing you to
re-label these fields for what
ever purpose you need. These
fields have also been incorporated
in the People Search feature.
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Accountability
feature has been modified to
display a 'explorer' like
interface.
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Added
a fields called 'Last User' which
records the User ID of the last
person that edited an individual
profile. .The User ID will only be
valid if workgroups and user id's
have been set up.
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Added
the following new fields to
individual profiles:
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Entry
Reason - records how the person
was introduced to the church
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Exit
Reason - records why the person
decided to leave the church
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Entry
Date - records when the individual
first entered the church
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Exit
Date - records when the individual
exited the church
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Silent
Number - Yes/No field recording
whether the person would like to
maintain silent contact phone
numbers.
Release
Date: July 2002
Groups
and Meetings
A
new "Groups and Meetings"
window consolidates 3 sections of the
previous version of Faithworks –
Small Groups, Meeting Attendance /
Tagging, and Special Purpose Groups
– and includes the addition of more
features.
The
extra features include:
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The
ability to classify a group into 2
categories (Group Category 1,
Group Category 2).
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The
ability to store quantative
statistics of group meetings such
as Attendance numbers, and other
customized activities to suit your
church (eg. Healings, Collection,
Salvations...etc). This let’s
you know what’s happening in
your groups.
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The
ability to have cell group leaders
relay the details of a group
meeting to the church, by using
the Internet. You can experience
the feedback page by clicking
here.
Statistics
You
can now gain statistical information
on activity in cell groups, and have
choices of categories, grouping on
months or days.
It
is also possible to store Faithworks
statistics on more than 4 status’s.
Improved
Data Integrity
The
drop down lists used in Faithworks
(ie. Those viewable through the
Utilities screen) have now been linked
to the tables that use them. This
means that it is not possible to
delete a word from a drop down list,
that is currently in use. In previous
versions of Faithworks, deleting a
word could be possible by entering the
tables directly.
Also,
it is now possible to update related
records if a change is made to the
spelling of a word. For example, if 30
people had been given a status of “Memmber”,
and then you realized there was a
spelling mistake, no problem. By using
the Utilities, and selecting the
‘Status’ list, you only need to
change the spelling of the word
“Memmber” to “Member” and all
30 people will have the new spelling.
This
does not happen in earlier versions of
Faithworks.
People
Search
This
section has been modified to
incorporate the new Groups section.
You are able to choose individual
Groups, or filter by Group Categories.
MS
Outlook Integration
Expanded
the features in transferring people to
MS Outlook 2000: (Thanks Scott from
Whitford Church of Christ (Perth) for
the feedback regarding this change)
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Choose
whether to transfer the Date of
Births into the Outlook Calendar.
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Choose
to transfer the people into the
Contacts folder or a
Contacts\Faithworks folder.
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Updates
any existing contacts already in
MS Outlook
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Remove
Faithworks Outlook contacts that
are no longer in the Faithworks
database.
Release
Date: Mar 2002
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Added
a new "Frequency" field
to the details of the groups (ie.
choose from "Daily, Weekly,
Fortnightly...etc").
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In
the personal details screen,
choosing a "Suburb" is
now performed through a 'drop down
list'. This helps prevent spelling
inconsistencies when entering
data.
Release
Date: Feb 2002
Release
Date: Nov 2001
Release
Date: Sept 2001
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Modified
the Statistics screen to allow for
a blank 'Congregation' field.
Applies to churches who do not
have more than one congregation.
Prior to this change, users must
have selected a 'congregation',
and if individual profiles had a
blank congregation, then they
would not be included in the
statistics.
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Also
modified the 'Age Threshold' field
in the Statistics window, to allow
the user to change its value,
without going into design mode.
Release
Date: Aug 2001
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A
list of reports to choose from
after selecting your People Search
criteria - ie. Birthdays (lists
birthdays of people selected),
Directory, Contact Tracking,
Individual Profile
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You
now have the ability to set your
own 'Age Range' from within
People Search.
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Contact
Tracking
now has another field noting who
entered the record.
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Mail
Merging no longer starts another
instance of Faithworks (a known
Microsoft Access bug).
Version
2.06.07
(Date released: June 2000)
Version
2.05.10
(Date released: May 2000)
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New
fields include 'Envelope Number',
'Work Email', 'Known As' (i.e.
name).
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'Date
stamp' recording the date and time
an individual profile was last
modified.
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A
separate window has been created
for 'Custom Reports'.
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A
button in 'Individual Profiles'
allowing the user to easily
completely erase an individual
from within Faithworks.
Version
1.12.16
(Date released: Feb 2000)
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The
report displaying the results of
'People Search' now allows the
user to type in their own report
heading, and select how they want
the list sorted.
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Renamed
the labels for 'postage details'
in the Individual Profile form.
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Help
file including manual has been
incorporated into Faithworks.
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Family
Units: When changing the family
unit of an individual, Faithworks
will ask you if you wish to change
the family unit of all those with
the original family unit.
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A
utility button has been added
which deletes any unused family
units.
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The
ability to easily change the names
of Small Groups.
Version
1.11.15
(Date released: November 1999)
The
first "internet available"
version.
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