News & Information
2011 - A Fantastic Year at NetRaising!
eighty percent of websites launched during 2011 were built for existing clients
Many of our clients have retained our services for a second- or third-generation website during the last year. This has offered us a great opportunity to provide those clients with both a new look for their websites, and a chance to update the ExpressionEngine CMS software in which their sites are built.
NetRaising launches a new or renewed website about every 10 business days. You are invited to visit the sites we’ve launched in 2011 and learn more about our wonderful clients.
Nonprofits
The Cattery - Texas
North Country Garden Club of Long Island - New York
Oregon State Council of Perioperative Nurses - Oregon
Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Oregon
REACH Community Development - Oregon (2 websites)
MIKE Program - Oregon
Oregon Patient Safety Commission - Oregon (2 websites)
Friends of Chamber Music - Oregon
SCRAP - Oregon
Cat Adoption Team Thrift Store - Oregon
Falls Creek Retreat & Conference Center - Washington
GRANTMAKERS of Oregon and Southwest Washington
Schools
San José High School - California
Student Services - San José Unified Schools - California
Bachrodt Academy - California
Terrell Elementary - California
Horace Mann Elementary - California
Canoas Elementary - California
Reed Elementary - California
Learning Options - California
Burnett Middle School - California
Hammer Montessori - California
Ernesto Galarza Elementary - California
Business
Holtz Communication + Technology - California
Joel Preston Smith - Oregon
End-of-Life Announced for EE 1.0
it may be time to have NetRaising update your website's software
All of NetRaising’s clients’ websites run on the Content Management System called ExpressionEngine (EE). ExpressionEngine version (v)1.0 was originally released in April 2004 and NetRaising was one of the very first companies in the world to use it for nonprofit and education websites.
EllisLab, the company that makes EE, recently announced the end-of-life date for EE v1.0. EllisLab will end support of EE v1.0 in April of next year (2012).
A newer version of EE, version 2.0, was first released in December 2009 and NetRaising launched its first site using the new version in May of 2010. Since then, all our websites have been built on EE v2.0, and NetRaising has already updated many of our clients’ existing websites to the newer EE v2.0.
If your website was launched prior to May of 2010, then we recommend you get in touch with us this winter so we can make arrangements with you to update your website to the newer EE v2.0 during the first half of 2012. Making the transition from EE v1.0 to v2.0 will be a different situation for each of our clients. For some, it may only involve a couple hours of work; for others, it will be more involved, which is why we recommend you contact us soon so we can get a plan in place for you.
How to find out what version of EE your website currently uses
Log into the Control Panel of EE (where you edit and update your website) and look at the information at the very bottom of any page. There you’ll find the version number and copyright information. If your version starts with the number one (example: v1.7.1), then you have an older version of the software. If your version starts with a number two (example: v.2.3.1) then you are in the newer version already.
It’s very important that all our clients’ websites make the transition over to EE v2.0 within the next year, so if your site is running on EE v1.0, please get in touch.