In order to introduce a new substitution {if: subscribed LIST NAME} (and its inverse), the mechanism for selecting a substitution based on something you can create in cameo (like lists, contact types etc) has changed a little. Read More…
Omit a few individuals when subscribing all to a list
It’s now possible to subscribe everyone selected to a list EXCEPT one or more individuals. Previously you had to subscribe them all and then unsubscribe individuals, or do them individually. Read More…
Map in political area search
The Political Area Search section now includes a map on which the search results are plotted. This map also shows the boundary of the ward, council or whatever that you are searching, as you select it. Automatic zoom and pan to the results on this and the general map search are also improved. Read More…
About substitution in templates servicing forms
A flexible mechanism now allows Cameo forms to substitute multiple bits of text, images, URLs etc in any emails they may generate. (Contains some technical information). Read More…
About dates in Cameo
Pretty much everywhere you can enter a date in Cameo you can use more or less anything that makes sense, including some date arithmetic. Having said that, it’s not trying to process natural language, so there will always be some idioms that it won’t recognise. And there is always an ambiguity over US/European style dates as in 3/4/2019 – is that 4 March or 3 April?
Newly added for dates are “ago” as in “2 weeks ago” and digits spelled as words (“two” for 2 etc as in “two weeks ago”). All date fields are now treated the same. Read More…
Refine moves to the search results list
The Refine section has moved to be an integral part of the search results list rather than a section in its own right — a lot less clicking when doing complex searches. You can also drop entries from the list as you process them. Read More…
Sorting the search results list
You can now sort the search results list by clicking the column headings. Read More…
Reload membership record
Just a small thing: you can now reload a membership record using the icon to the right of the membership number. Read More…
Changes to Add Membership, Welcome Contacts and Recently Added in the New Members area
Add Membership now combines what were Add Member and Add Contact. Welcome Contacts now works on the visible list of memberships and has a subsection listing those recently welcomed. A new section, Recently Added lists new memberships introduced into Cameo (shown in batches). Read More…
Contact update privileges abolished
Cameo no longer has separate privilege settings to allow users to update either members or contacts. There is now only a single edit privilege, controlling whether a Cameo user can change (or if not set, just view) a membership record whether contact or member. Read More…