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Condo Administration

• Log In
• Print a notice
• Configure settings
• Add images; set a default condo image
• Add board members
• Add administrators
• Upload documents
• Upload newsletters, news items & events

Log In

1. Enter your email address and password and click "Login" to continue.  (You may alternatively use your Username instead of your email address.)
   
   
    

2. Once logged in, locate the condo you want to admin and click "Login"
   
   
    

Print a Notice

1. Print notice by clicking the print notice button from your condos dashboard.
   
   
    

2. Click "Print" to print directly to your printer, or "PDF" to save as a pdf and print later.  Note: PDF will usually print better.
   
   
    

Configure Settings

You may not want to use all of the features of Condo-Communities, you can toggle the features you would like with the following steps:

1. From the top navigation, click "Settings".  Choose the items you would like enabled and also whether or not you want them to be public or to require a login and click "Save" to save your changes.
   
   
    

Upload Images

Grab your digital camera and take some pictures of your condo.  Inside and out, get the building, the grounds, the lobby, rec center, guest suite, parking garage, etc.  The more pics the better; a lot of people will be viewing your site, both residents and potential buyers who will have found your condo's site through search engines.

1. From the top navigation, click "Modules" then choose "Gallery".  Click "New" to add a new image.
   
   
    

2. Enter the image title and then choose a file from your hard drive.
   
   
    

3. When your image has finished uploading, you will need to mark it as "Active".  Also you will have the option of displaying it on your websites home page (in the slideshow).  Finally, you should categorize the image and optionally crop it if it is not displaying properly.
   
   
    

Add Board Members

1. From the top navigation, click "Users".  Click "New" to add a new resident/board member.
   
   
    

2. Enter the Board Members info as completely as possible.
   
   
    

3. Be sure to designate this resident as a board member by clicking the radio button labeled "Board Member".  Once you have saved this change, you can enter their board member title as well.
   
   
    

Add Administrators

1. From the top navigation, click "Users", then click "Administrators".  Click "New" to add a new administrator.
   
   
    

2. Enter the Administrator's info as completely as possible.  Also, you must choose a role for this admin.  Note: forum admin and rec. center admin have limited rights and can only view/edit their respective modules.  Property Manager has full admin rights and can make any changes to the website.
   
   
    

3. You can edit the administrators profile and make any necessary changes.  You can also downgrade a administrator account to a resident account if necessary.
   
   
    

Upload Documents

1. From the top navigation, click "Modules", then click "Documents".  Click "New" to add a new document..
   
   
    

2. Enter the document title and choose whether or not you want the document to be publicly viewable or private so only administrators and board members can view it.
   
   
    

3. Enter any further details and click save to save your changes.
   
   

Upload Newsletters, News, Notices & Events

The following applies to all of the following modules: newsletters, news, notices, events.

1. From the top navigation, click "Modules", then click "Newsletters".  Click "New" to add a new newsletter.
   
   
    

2. Enter a title for this newsletter and click next.
   
   
    

3. You have 2 options for publishing newsletters: a) you can enter the newsletter test in the body field. b) the more popular option, you can just upload an existing newsletter in Word, PDF, or any other popular text format.  Be sure to mark the newsletter as "Active" otherwise it will not be visible to residents.
   
   
    

4. Events follow the same process, however, you must also choose a "Date" and "Time" for the event listing.