PowerBase Tips

Welcome to the Progressive Technology Project's Network site. Below is our list of PowerBase Tips (which are designed for PowerBase but may be useful for anyone using CiviCRM). You may also be interested in our trainings or archive of non-powerbase tips.

Setting Up and Using Twilio in PowerBase

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1112
Category: PowerBase - General

How do I do data entry or lookup contacts using my cell phone or tablet

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1111
Category: Collecting and Managing Contact Information

How can I take advantage of the mobile-friendly features of PowerBase?

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1110

How to Setup and Use Phonebanking in PowerBase

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1109
Category: Admin Tasks, Campaigns, Customizing PowerBase

Spreadsheet Tips for Importing

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1108
Category: Collecting and Managing Contact Information

How can I get a custom theme for my contribution or event pages?

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1107
Category: Customizing PowerBase

How do I use DKIM to digitally sign my PowerBase Email messages?

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1106
Category: Email and Postal Mailings

How do I create or edit an SPF record for PowerBase?

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1105
Category: Email and Postal Mailings

Steps for groups to take when you get on PowerBase

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1104
Category: PowerBase - General

Case Study: Purging useless contacts from your Database

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1103
Category: Collecting and Managing Contact Information

How do I Enable a CiviCRM Extension

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1101
Category: Admin Tasks

Normalizing (or standardizing) Phone Numbers

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1100
Category: Collecting and Managing Contact Information

Events with Group Sponsorships or Tables of participants

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1099
Category: Contributions, Events

Eliminate blank lines for empty tokens

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1098
Category: Email and Postal Mailings

Adding mobile friendly contribution pages using Simple Donate

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1097
Category: Contributions, Customizing PowerBase

Managing Multiple Family Members (spouses, households, etc)

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1096
Category: Collecting and Managing Contact Information

Adding new records in a batch

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1095
Category: Collecting and Managing Contact Information, Contributions

How to Make Groups with Good and Bad Mailing Addresses

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1094
Category: Collecting and Managing Contact Information

How To Copy A Mailing To A New Template

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1093
Category: Email and Postal Mailings

Exporting Contribution Records

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1092
Category: Contributions

How can I ensure that my PowerBase email does not end up in the Spam folder?

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1090
Category: Email and Postal Mailings

Using Default Tokens in Email

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1089
Category: Email and Postal Mailings

Create An Individual Contact

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1088
Category: Collecting and Managing Contact Information

Securely Uploading Files for PTP to Import or Examine

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1085
Category: PowerBase - General

Our Contribution Receipts are coming from the wrong email, how do I change that?

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1081
Category: Contributions

Importing Event Participants from a Spreadsheet: Import participants separately method

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1079
Category: Events

Automatically fill in Date Started for web signups

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1077
Category: Collecting and Managing Contact Information

How do I find every person in the database who has donated between 2013-2015 and their total contribution?

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1076
Category: Search

PowerBase Tip - Setting End Dates for Events

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1074
Category: Events

How to Record "offline" Event Registrations and Payments

http://network.progressivetech.org/node/1073
Category: Events