Miscellaneous

vTools.WebInABox version 2.3 was released today

We are happy to announce that vTools.WebInAbox version 2.3 will be released today.
New features and usability enhancements

Corrected Help link to tutorial
Provide a simple and convenient way for MGA Staff and OU administrative staff to create and manage OU websites for the Organizational Units they support

vTools.Meetings version 4.3 released

We are happy to announce that vTools.Meetings version 4.3 was released today.
vTools.Meetings introduces a number of new features and usability enhancements as well bug fixes:
New features and usability enhancements
1. Meetings – Event sub-category has been added to Meetings and L31 reports.
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Upgrade announcement

Upgrade announcement
IEEE is upgrading a number of Web sites and systems to bring you enhanced capabilities and an improved experience. Starting Friday, 12 April through Saturday, 13 April, the following functions will not be available: IEEE Shop, join and renew IEEE and IEEE societies, myIEEE, …

IEEE has resumed normal operations.

Hurricane Sandy Update: IEEE has resumed normal operations. All vTools are available again. We thank our members and employees for their support and patience.

Disruptions in service

The effects of Hurricane Sandy are profound throughout the eastern seaboard of the United States, including the New York City metro area and vast portions of New Jersey. Our thoughts and prayers are with our members and employees affected by this calamity.
IEEE is experiencing significant …

System downtime

System downtime
IEEE will be upgrading enterprise wide applications on today, 27 September, from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT.
Please note that due to this upgrade parts of the vTools might be inaccessible:
vTools.Meetings
– there might be no ability to validate member numbers for discounted price levels
vTools.WebInABox
– …

New tutorials posted today

Today we posted two new tutorials:
“Using feeds in vTools.Events” and “Schedule a meeting Doodle“.  The first tutorial goes in detail over HTML, RSS, iCal, and XML feeds available in the Events  for integration with web pages, RSS readers, calendars, and custom software. The second tutorial …

System maintenance

Upgrade announcement
IEEE is upgrading a number of Web sites and systems to bring you enhanced capabilities and an improved experience. Starting Thursday, 29 March through Monday, 1 April, the following functions will not be available: IEEE Shop, join and renew IEEE and IEEE societies, myIEEE, …

Adding tracking to your e-mail communications such as newsletters

If you want to add tracking to your newsletters, you can use Google Analytics for that.
Did you know that you can use free tools from Google to add tracking including open rate?
Here is how:
For tracking links:
https://www.google.com/support/analytics/bin/answer.py?answer=55578
For tracking open rate:
https://email-tracking-with-google-analytics.com/
Please note …