Wild Apricot is switching cloud platforms, moving to Amazon Web Services (AWS) on July 4th, 2017, beginning at 2:00 AM (ET). We chose AWS based on their worldwide reputation for being the fastest and most reliable cloud platform available.

The migration will begin at 2AM (ET) on July 4th. We anticipate only 15 minutes of downtime but there could be brief interruptions during the hours that follow.

Apart from improved performance, this move will have no effect on your Wild Apricot site. Your site should appear just as it did before.

If you’re using a custom domain name for your Wild Apricot site, you’ll need to get the DNS settings for your custom domain updated to point to our new IP address. You can’t do this before the migration on July 4th, but you can get prepared to make the change. We’ll be keeping our old IP address for 2 months (until September 4th) to give clients with custom domains plenty of time to contact their domain name provider and make the change.

Around July 5th or 6th, we will email all full administrators our new IP address, and instructions on switching IP addresses. You can then ask your domain name provider to update your DNS settings to point to our new IP address, or do it yourself.

For a list of frequently asked questions about Wild Apricot's migration to AWS, see https://support.wildapricot.com/hc/en-us/articles/115007880728-Wild-Apricot-s-move-to-AWS-clients-with-custom-domains

Sincerely,

The Wild Apricot Team

Version 5.11 of Wild Apricot is scheduled to be published on Monday, May 15th, beginning at 2:00 am (ET). The publication process will take up to 4 hours, but Wild Apricot sites will still be accessible during this time. The import service may be down for approximately 5 minutes.

This update includes new features and enhancements to existing features, as well as a number of bug fixes. The changes include:

* The ability to offer discounts for membership renewals and level changes
* Control over which fields appear on donation forms
* Admins can add contacts to event waitlists
* Fewer required fields when creating events
* An opt-in mechanicsm for CASL (Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation)
* The ability to hide the Member ID field from member profiles
* Bundle admin names appear in alphabetical order when adding to a bundle

For more information on the new features, enhancements, and bug fixes, see help.wildapricot.com/display/DOC/Release+5.11

We hope you enjoy the new features.

The Wild Apricot Team

Version 5.10 of of Wild Apricot is scheduled to be published on Monday, March 13th, beginning at 2:00 am (EST). The publication process will take the entire day but Wild Apricot sites will still be accessible during this time.

This update includes new features and enhancements to existing features, as well as a number of bug fixes. The changes include:

* Ability to schedule email blasts for future delivery
* Option to display a *Not attending* button in event announcement emails
* New members cannot register for events using member-only registration types until their membership is activated
* Option to automatically suspend overdue members
* Recurring members can update their own credit card details
* Free and Variable event labels no longer displayed
* Each area in admin view now identified by unique URL, allowing you to bookmark or link to each area

Among the bug fixes are various importing and email issues.

For more information on the new features, enhancements, and bug fixes, see help.wildapricot.com/display/DOC/Release+5.10

We hope you enjoy the new features.

Sincerely,

Wild Apricot Support

An update of Wild Apricot to version 5.8.3 is scheduled for Tuesday, November 1st, beginning at 3:30 am (EDT). Wild Apricot sites may be inaccessible for up to 15 minutes.

This update includes some small changes, as well as a number of bug fixes. The changes include:
-ability to filter event list by date
-ability to filter event list to display only upcoming events, past events, or admin-only events
-ability to suspend or archive all the members of a bundle by suspending or archiving the bundle administrator
-ability to archive a bundle administrator from their contact record
-the Archive button has been renamed to Archive contacts (to avoid confusion regarding its function).
-banners now appear instead of Google ads on free account sites that use Whiteboard themes

Note: The event filters feature is being rolled out gradually to measure its impact. If it does not appear on your account, you can contact our support department and ask for it to be enabled.

For more information, and a partial list of bug fixes, see https://help.wildapricot.com/display/DOC/Update+5.8.3.

Please save your work and log out in advance, and warn your contacts about possible connectivity issues.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sincerely,

The Wild Apricot Team