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We are please to announce the release of the latest version, which is available as a minor upgrade to all CMS users with a current subscription.

To download this version, please login to http://support.chabadms.com/ and click Downloads.

New in this version 15.5.5: Delete Google Contact now works as expected. We previously nothing would happen. Please see details on this feature in general, in this KB Article.

15.5.6: Payments/Bills filtered by Date Due produced...

CMS announces the release of CMS, which is available as a minor version upgrade to all CMS users with a current subscription.

New in the version

15.1: Bug Fix: When entering Event Reservations in batches, the Attendee Type was not being entered. This has been corrected.

15.2: Bug Fix: Auto-calculation of salutation for addresses now correctly calculates both His and Her salutations.

15.4: New Feature:

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We are excited to announce a new partner in...

If you haven't done so yet, now is the time to set up your Pesach site with Online Forms to integrate directly with your CMS database. Seder Reservations online are automatically entered into CMS. Flexible options. Unique design with CMS Connected. Option for Guest Name Details, or just Summary (number of guests) Auto-calculate amounts. Optional Donation Option for automatically charging credit card online. Matzah Orders. Here is an example of such forms ...

UPDATE 5/1/2015 We have completed integration with TEC Mailing. Please see this KB article for details.

---------------------------------------- We regret to inform you that the integration that CMS had in place with Satori since 2008 is coming to an end. The is due to an executive decision within the Satori corporation.

Below is a draft of a letter (may not be the final revision) that existing Satori customers who used the integration will be receiving.

If you renew your...

1/1/2015: Reservation Form: Donation Text now shows correctly above the donation fields. If you have been using the new Reservation form (version 2.0), you should know that the Donation Text field (which you can configure to display customized text about making a donation) will now appear correctly right above the Donation field. You do not have to update anything on your end for this fix. If you have been using the Donation Text field, the change is automatically applied to your...

Mark as Sent Options (CMS Version 15.1.5) Based on user feedback, we have implemented an option for how the batch of letters get automatically marked as 'Sent' or whether this happens altogether. To benefit from these options, make sure you are using CMS Version 15.1.5 or later).

To access this option, click Program Setup > Options > Letters/Receipts tab. There are 4 options for the new Mark Sent feature. None Choosing this option will not mark as 'Sent' at all. You won't even...

Version 14.11.5: New: Manage Programs and Contact Report. There is now an option for "Last" amount (in addition to Total Amount and High Amount). Bug Fix: Online Reservations downloaded from previous version of the Reservation forms do not fill in Quantity and Extended Price. Running this update will correct this even for submissions already downloaded.

This version comes with a completely new CMS CONNECTED Form Designer 2.0. The new features it offers truly take the form design and flexibility to a new level. We have worked hard on implementing these features and we appreciate the feedback of so many of you in this area.

Documentation on the new CMS CONNECTED Form Designer is being presently being compiled. Here are the new KB Articles that cover some of the details. Please check back to the CMS CONNECTED 2.0 section of the Knowledge...

This new release of CMS fixes several bugs and enhances security as listed below. If any of these affect you, you should install this version ASAP. Version 14.9.1: Fixed: Date fields in merges appear in US format regardless of the regional settings on the computer. If you are in France or other countries and were having trouble with the Date merge field coming up in US format (mm/dd/yyyy), then this fix is for you! Version 14.9.3: Fixed: When making a contact report based on...

Bug Description: When generating a multiple-payment thank-you letter, it is not being filtered by "Not Sent" and "Get Receipts". The result being that (unless a date range is specified) the letter includes all payments.

This bug only applies to CMS Version 14 and has been corrected in version 14.6.10.

There is no workaround at this time and we are working hard on making the above version available for download as soon as possible.