{"id":2655,"date":"2025-10-13T07:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T05:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/?p=2655"},"modified":"2025-10-13T07:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T05:34:12","slug":"v3-125-appointment-tags-group-status-in-the-contact-list-and-new-email-senders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/v3-125-appointment-tags-group-status-in-the-contact-list-and-new-email-senders\/","title":{"rendered":"v3.125: Appointment tags, group status in the contact list, and new email senders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Autumn is here \u2013 the leaves are falling \ud83c\udf42, and at ChurchTools, new features are rolling in! In this update, you can tag your calendar events, see group statuses directly in person details, and benefit from clearer email senders. Here\u2019s a quick overview of all the highlights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tag your calendar appointments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From now on, you can tag your appointments in the calendar \u2013 perfect for quickly distinguishing between \u201cYouth Ministry,\u201d \u201cWorship Service,\u201d or \u201cLeadership Team.\u201d In the calendar view, you can then filter specifically by these tags. This helps you stay organized, even when your schedule is packed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Group status visible in person details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In the person details, the statuses of each group membership are now displayed. This allows you to see at a glance whether a group is active, ended, archived, or still in draft mode \u2013 no need to open the group first to find out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Reply-To adjusted for group sign-ups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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When someone signs up for a group, the notification email to the leaders now automatically sets the registrant\u2019s email address as the Reply-To<\/em>. This way, you can respond directly to the request \u2013 no need to look up the address first.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Membership fields now protected by permissions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The fields Entry date<\/em> and Registered by<\/em> are now tied to permissions. This means only authorized users can view or edit this sensitive information. That ensures better data protection and clarity in your member lists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Finances: canceled transactions now visible in filters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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When filtering donors, canceled donation transactions are now also included. This gives you a more complete picture of your financial data and helps you track transactions more accurately.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Invitation statuses clearer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The status indicators showing when a person was invited is now clearer. This helps you see the current status at a glance \u2013 especially useful when managing many users who might need to be \u201cre-invited.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you carry out a collection campaign to invite many people, you will then be informed how many people have already been invited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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System emails now show church name as sender<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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System emails now automatically display the church name as the sender. This way, your recipients immediately know who the message is from \u2013 making your communication look more trustworthy and professional.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Further changes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If this is not enough for you, you will find all changes of this and earlier versions in our\u00a0Changelog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hope you like the new version as much as we do. As always, you may leave praise and constructive feedback in our forum.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Autumn is here \u2013 the leaves are falling \ud83c\udf42, and at ChurchTools, new features are rolling in! In this update, you can tag your calendar events, see group statuses directly in person details, and benefit from clearer email senders. Here\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-changelog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2655"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2668,"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2655\/revisions\/2668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}