Community Ally has written 23 articles

The Stripe Dashboard

The Stripe dashboard is almost too powerful. You can get yourself into some trouble if you start clicking around and adding and editing users and adding editing payments. It’s your account and you can use it how you please, but our suggestion is that you should really only go into the Stripe Dashboard to add…

Resident Sign-up with Stripe to Make Payments

Thankfully, signing-up to make payments to your association via Stripe is pretty straightforward. The only gotcha is if Plaid (Stripe’s banking integration partner) is not connected with your bank, which can happen with smaller banks. Search for your bank and, if it’s listed, selected it, then follow Plaid’s sign-up instructions. If you can’t find your…

Why Can’t I Use Multiple Group Email Addresses or Cc/Bcc?

Did you get the “we cannot send to group addresses in the CC field” or the “cannot send to multiple group addresses” auto-reply to one of your emails? Well, we’re sorry because it’s probably irritating, but there’s good reason, so please forgive us. One more the most complicated features of Community Ally’s software is the…

Custom Pages

The “Custom Pages” features is used to create pages containing whatever content you’d like. These pages can be accessed by both residents and the general public, unlike the rest of your site which requires users be registered and logged-in. A good use of custom pages is to provide a nicer welcome experience to your site…

Board Role Basics

Need a quick overview of board role responsibilities? Here you go! These can obviously vary from organization to organization. Find what’s required by law where you live and choose what works best for your association. All Positions ● Enforcement of rules defined in the bylaws President Acts as Chief Executive Officer of the organization Presides…