SOAR

With only one user added to a unit website, the message "You must add members to your unit website" was still showing and would not allow you to add members to an email list.

This error has been fixed.

The Administration menu has been upgraded based upon customer feedback for improved usability. The new interface groups like functions together and adds icons for easier function recognition.

There are now five menu items under the Administration menu to select from. Which ones you see depend upon your access level

1. Content - Add and Manage unit website content
2. Content Panel - Manage unit website site settings, users, and acess to other administrative functions
3. Email - Add and Manage email aliases and lists
4. Online Help
5. Report Problem - Enter a request to fix and issue with your unit website into the SOAR support system
   

The Email Alias and Lists features have been released and available to units that purchased the Advanced package.

Further documentation is available in the Online Help

Email Lists are an easy and effective method for communicating with your unit members.

Email Lists can be used to create a single email address such that will forward email to multiple unit members at the same time. You can create lists to communicate with all unit members at once and also create lists to communicate with subgroups within your unit. Examples are:

• announce@troop123.com
• leaders@pack456.mypack.us
• den7@pack456.org
• otter@troop123.mytroop.us - for the Otter Patrol

Email Lists protect unit members from SPAM by only allowing authorized unit members to send email to the list. A variety of options are availablefor determining who is authorized to send email to an Email List.

An Email Alias will create an email address on for your unit that will forward email to another email address.

Examples of email aliases are 'cubmaster', 'troopmaster', and 'treasurer'.

Email aliases can be used to setup generic email addresses for unit leadership that will remain constant while actual unit leaders change over time. When a unit leader changes, just change the email alias forward-to address!

Here is an example to further describe the Email Alias feature.

Lets say you are part of Pack 111 from Nortfield, Illinois and your SOAR unit website is http://northfield111.mypack.us. Your Cubmaster is John Jones and his email address is jjones@yahoo.com. You can create an email alias cubmaster@nortfield111.mypack.us. When email is sent to this address, it will be automatically forwarded to jjones@yahoo.com. Two years from now, John Jones moves on with his son to Troop 111 and Cindy Knowles becomes the new Cubmaster. You can change the Cubmaster@ alias to her email address of cindy_k@yahoo.com and all email will now be forwarded to her.