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How to Change the Host on a Preregistered Program in Altru

How to Change the Host on a Preregistered Program in Altru

By socialgoodsoftware · October 31, 2026

A parent books a birthday party package, a teacher reserves a workshop, a scout leader signs up a troop. Two weeks later the call comes in: “Actually, my sister is hosting,” or “I’m leaving the school, please put it under my colleague.” On a preregistered program in Altru, that sounds like a one-field edit. Often

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Turning Preregistration On and Off for an Altru Program

Turning Preregistration On and Off for an Altru Program

By socialgoodsoftware · October 31, 2026

Here’s the short version: in many Altru setups, whether a program collects registrant details is decided when the program is built, and there’s no simple switch to flip it back and forth once tickets are on sale. If you need a program to require registration in some seasons and not in others, you’ll usually manage

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How to See Which Discount Was Applied to an Order in Altru

How to See Which Discount Was Applied to an Order in Altru

By socialgoodsoftware · October 31, 2026

A guest calls to ask why they paid $38 for two adult tickets when the website says $24 each. You open their order in Altru, see the line items and the total, and still can’t say which discount was applied, or whether one was applied at all. The math tells you something came off. The

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How to Embed Altru Web Forms on Your Website: Links, Iframes, and Limits

How to Embed Altru Web Forms on Your Website: Links, Iframes, and Limits

By socialgoodsoftware · October 31, 2026

You’ve built a membership or donation form in Altru, it works, and now the web team wants it to sit inside your own site instead of sending visitors off to a page that looks nothing like the rest of it. The question sounds simple: where’s the embed code? The honest answer is that it depends

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How to Set Ticket Fees by Program and Sales Method in Altru

How to Set Ticket Fees by Program and Sales Method in Altru

By socialgoodsoftware · October 31, 2026

A convenience fee that makes sense on a Saturday general admission ticket can feel wrong on a free member preview, a school field trip, or a sold-out fundraiser. Fee policy at most cultural organizations isn’t one rule. It’s a set of rules that vary by what’s being sold and how it’s being sold. The challenge

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How to Print Altru Membership Cards and Letters in the Same Order

How to Print Altru Membership Cards and Letters in the Same Order

By socialgoodsoftware · October 31, 2026

The cards come off the printer in one order and the letters come off in another. Now someone is standing at a folding table, matching “Alvarez, M.” on a card to “Alvarez, M.” on a letter, two hundred times, and hoping nobody’s card ends up in a stranger’s envelope. That’s the mailing day this article

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How to Split One Payment Across Multiple Group Reservations in Altru

How to Split One Payment Across Multiple Group Reservations in Altru

By socialgoodsoftware · October 31, 2026

A school district mails one check for six field trips. A tour operator wires a single deposit to cover three dates next spring. In group sales the money and the reservations rarely line up one to one. Getting that one payment recorded correctly against several reservations in Altru takes some planning, and moving a payment

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How to See Where a Query Is Used in Altru Before You Change It

How to See Where a Query Is Used in Altru Before You Change It

By socialgoodsoftware · October 31, 2026

You open the query list to tidy up and find something called “Members copy 2 FINAL (use this one).” Nobody remembers who built it. It might feed the monthly renewal mailing, or it might be dead weight from three development directors ago. Before you edit or delete it, you want to know one thing: what

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How to Collect Custom Registration Info on Altru Special Event Forms

How to Collect Custom Registration Info on Altru Special Event Forms

By socialgoodsoftware · October 31, 2026

You’re setting up the spring gala, a members’ preview night, or a behind-the-scenes tour. The guest list is the easy part. What you really need is a meal choice, a dietary note, the name of each guest in the party, whether someone uses a wheelchair, or which session they want to attend. Then you open

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How to Delete or Retire Old Event Locations in Altru

How to Delete or Retire Old Event Locations in Altru

By socialgoodsoftware · October 31, 2026

The old classroom became a gift shop three years ago, yet “Education Room B” still shows up in the location list every time someone sets up an event. A staff member picks it by mistake, the confirmation email sends families to a room that no longer exists, and someone spends the morning making phone calls.

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Where to See Membership Auto-Renewal Status in Altru (and Make It Obvious)

Where to See Membership Auto-Renewal Status in Altru (and Make It Obvious)

By socialgoodsoftware · October 31, 2026

A member calls to ask whether their card will be charged next month. The person who answers opens the constituent record, sees an active membership and an expiration date, and still can’t say for sure whether that membership is set to renew on its own. They put the caller on hold and go digging. That’s

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How to Let Members Upgrade Mid-Term Online in Altru

How to Let Members Upgrade Mid-Term Online in Altru

By socialgoodsoftware · October 31, 2026

A family buys an Individual membership in January. By May they have a new baby, a grandparent who wants to come along, and a strong opinion that they should have bought the Family level. They want to pay the difference from home on a Sunday night. Whether they can depends less on the payment page

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