We create your Web Site as soon as your account is approved, often the same business day. That means you immediately have a fully functional web site, just waiting for your customization, colors, pictures and information!

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None of our services require a commitment of any kind. You can cancel your service at any time. You are not required to make any purchases or keep any account active with us. We do not require you to purchase microchips or any other product or service regardless of what service you are using (free or paid).

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When your sign-up for our Web Site service you can choose a URL on the RescueGroups.org domain (like doglovers.rescuegroups.org). That URL is free for your use. You can, at any time, configure an existing domain name or register a new domain name for use with your RescueGroups.org Web Site service (like doglovers.org). If you choose to purchase a domain name, please contain us first. We can register the domain for you, saving you time and money!

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We do not limit or restrict on the number of web pages, animal updates, amount of storage or amount of bandwidth you use.

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By using the RescueGroups.org Web Site service we put the control of your web site directly in your hands. You have complete control of the web site, which means you don't have to wait for a webmaster to update your web site for you.

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All web site updates are done with your web browser. You don't need any special software (like Dreamweaver or Frontpage) to update your web pages -- everything is done with our easy-to-use editor. You don't need to learn HTML to update any of your web pages!

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We never require you to place advertisements on your web site or in your animals' descriptions. We don't require you to put a pet list scroller on your web site, or put microchip or health insurance advertisements in your animals' descriptions.

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Most of the features of the Web Site service can be enabled or disabled as desired. For example, if you don't want to use the Guestbook, you can disable it with one click, and it disappears.

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Each major job function has a role in the RescueGroups.org Web Site service. That means that you can grant only the access that a volunteer or staff member needs in order to do their job. For more information on the roles, click here.

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Each of your staff members will receive their own login account. We recommend against sharing accounts because it prevents you from controlling access (using security roles) and from determining who made certain changes via the security audit log.

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With our Web Site service you don't need to give your staff and volunteers your password for the adoption listing web sites (Pets911, Adopt-a-Pet.com, etc). That means that you can be sure that all of your pet updates will come from your web site. You can be sure that your pets will never be lost if all updates are made on your web site.

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Everything your staff does is recorded so you can look back to see to see who made which changes and when.

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Animals and contacts are never actually deleted from your Web Site service, so you can always retreive them if you need to bring them back.

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Our service is designed with those who do not have any experience with HTML or web page design in mind. When you update a web page you use our What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) tool, which is very similar to word processors you might be familiar with.
You do not need to know HTML to add and update your web pages, insert pictures, and link to files and other web pages. But if you do, you can take advantage of the editor to paste in HTML and code.

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Everything you need to do with the Web Site service can be done with your web browser. You don't need to purchase or use any special software.
If you are already have software for web site design, you can still use it to build the content, then paste it into our built-in editor.

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You can easily upload an unlimit number of files and images to use on your web pages. You can link to files (like PDFs) for your visitors to download. You can upload images and insert them into your web pages. [more info]

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Does your organization have a logo? It's easy to upload a logo and put it on your web site, on the sidebar or banner. Most of our layouts support a logo.

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If you are familiar with web site design, you can use the custom styles of our Web Site service to adjust the styles for almost every part of the web site.

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Our Site Menus feature gives you complete control over the menu on your web site, including the text and links.

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If you have a Petfinder account, your web site can automatically upload a web page to your Petfinder account. This feature DOES NOT update animals, but instead updates the "Home Page" on Petfinder so that web page is always up-to-date.

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You can track over 60 fields of animal data, including private fields that are available to only your volunteers. If you can't find a specific data field to store your information, you can use the animal journal. [more info]

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If you add a lot of the same kinds of pets, you would benefit from our advanced templates. The templates can hold any combination of data from the animal fields, and all fields are supported in the templates. For example, if you have a foster who only fosters female Beagles, you could create a template with Dog, Beagle, Female, and the Foster and Location selected. To use the template you would simple click it when adding a pet, and the selected values would automatically be loaded onto the page.

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The RescueGroups.org Web Site service uploads your animal data to dozens of adoption listing web sites, including Pets 911, Adopt-a-Pet.com, DogTime.com and PetBond.com and many others, including ALL of the major ones. [more info]

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Each animal has a dedicated journal, which can store any kind of information. Although it was designed for medical information, the journal can store any information. [more info]

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The Web Site service includes "Special Lists" which are managed automatically by the system. For example, the Puppies special list is automatically updated when you had a dog within the age range you have defined as a puppy. The special needs list is automatically updated when you add an animal as a special needs pet.

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If a volunteer is granted the Foster web site permission they will be able to keep their own foster pets up-to-date, including updating information and description, and uploading pictures.

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If you have adoptable pets on your web site, along with events, you can use the animal attendance feature of the Web Site service. The attendance feature helps you communicate with your community concerning which pets will be attending certain events. Instead of the public needing to contact you to find out if a specific pet will be attending an event (like an adoption event), they can find out directly from your web site. Meet Requests allow them to request to meet a pet at a specific event. These two features can quickly increase your adoptions, and keep your potential adoptions informed!

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Your your animal adoptions, including the adoption application, owner, fee, donation, and thank you letter.

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Adopted pets are automatically listed on the Successes page. The Web Site service also has a Success Stories feature where you can enter additional information concerning the pet's new home.

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Success Stories is an extension of your successes list (adopted pets list). Success Stories allows you to post additional information about the pet and their forever home.

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Animal sponsorships serve several purposes. Not only a fundraiser, but also a tool to raise awareness of special needs and long-term foster pets in your care.

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Our Contacts feature helps you track all of your organization's contacts including volunteers, adopters, donors, fosters, sponsors and web site visitors.

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Keep track of your volunteers directly on your web site. Volunteer hours, skills, training, inventory loaners and other volunteer related information can be tracked.

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Record your donations, in-kind, purpose and if a letter has been sent.

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Your online forms are connected with your contacts, as well as your adoptions.

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Need to remember to reach out to a contact on a certain day? Use the reminders for follow-up!

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Our Online Forms feature allows your web site visitors to complete your applications (like adoption, foster, volunteer, etc) directly on your web site. The completed application stays on your web site so that your volunteers and staff can view, comment and update the application in one place (on your web site).

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Since your staff can view and update your completed online forms, you can distribute the workload.

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A consolidated place to work on your online applications means that all of your staff can pitch-in to manage the online forms.

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Your web site visitors can donate to you through PayPal by using either their PayPal account or a credit card. A PayPal Donate button is added by simplying adding your PayPal email address to your Affiliates.

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Easily collect animal sponsorship donations to help with medical costs and special needs animals.

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Paid memorials is one way to use your web site to raise money.

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You can sell items (T-shirts, etc) directly from your web site by using the Online Store feature. You can also encourage visitors to pay for other things, like adoptions, events, etc. online through your store.

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Various contests and online events can bring in real donations. Contests with entry fees or voting fees are perfect in combination with the online store, photo gallery and web pages on your web site.

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Sending email campaigns can really keep people in touch with your organization, bringing back donors, volunteers and adopters.

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Any kind of animal related information can be stored in the animal journal.

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Contacts, along with dozens of related information like adoptions, donations, volunteer hours, campaigns, inventory loaners can be tracked.

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The Calls feature of the Web Site service helps you track your incoming calls. If you have a voice mail service, you probably have a volunteer can retrieves the messages from the voice mail service, and then informs various individuals of the calls they need to return. With the Calls feature, you would enter the call information on your web site, assign the call to a volunteer, and they can manage the call directly from your web site.

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Donors and donations can be tracked, including in-kind donations, and if a thank you letter has been sent.

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The Web Site service has a feral colony tracking feature that helps manage pets, locations and caretakers.

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The My Rescue feature of the Web Site service gives your visitors a personalized section on your web site where they can set their email alerts (news, events), favorite breeds and favorite animals, along with other preferences.

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The News and Events features are an easy way to keep your visitors informed -- news articles can be added in sections. Events are integrated with your animals for event attendance, and an Event Calendar shows all of your events on an monthly calendar.

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Our Rainbow Bridge (memorials) feature combines a memorial story with a picture. "In memory of" memorials can be used to raise money.

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Your web site visitors can sign your guestbook to let you know they visited!

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You can upload pictures into photo galleries for display on your web site.

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Waiting Lists can be created for just about everthing. You can assign any of your contacts to various waiting lists.

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The Inventory feature helps you manage your physical inventory including location, condition and disposition. You can also use Inventory Loaners to track who is borrowing equipment and items from your inventory.

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Campaigns are directly related to your contacts, so you can easily launch a campaign directly from your Web Site service.

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Contracts and other forms can be created dynamically using data from your web site, including animal, adopter and medical journals.

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Various reports are available, including custom animal reports, journal and cost reports, contacts and mailing lists. We also have web site graphs that show the number of visitors, most popular web pages, most popular animals, and trending.

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We have volunteers and staff available to help you with practically everything related to getting your web site setup and running.

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We can add your animals for you from any web site on the Internet, or from a data file (like an Excel spreadsheet).

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We can help you get your site looking just right... from minor tweaks and adjustments, to our full layout design service.

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We support your end users. That means that if someone browsing your web site has a problem, we will help them resolve the issue.

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We have a large knowledge base, documentation, support web site and support forums to help you if you have a question.

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