ShelterConnection Features

Unlimited number of adoptable and adopted animals with up to three photos each Featured pet on your home page Adoption information ties in with your mailing list and stores dates, donations, and contact information for placed animals Success Stories Export of adoptable-animals data to Petfinder and Pets911 Unlimited Web pages with your own content—no knowledge of HTML required Up to three adoptable-pet categories (e.g., Cats/Kittens or Dogs/Puppies) and corresponding numeric totals displayed on every screen Color Palettes program lets you make an instant change to the appearance of your Web site by applying color themes User-definable key words, description, and tag line to assist search engines in cataloging your site User-configurable navigation menus and menu items About Us page tells visitors about your group and includes optional directions to your facility Mailing list program and export (for mailing labels) On-line donations using PayPal Donations area with ability to track income by date range Your adoption application on-line Your adoption contract form (to put on-line or have staff members complete) Veterinary visits and services Multiple layout styles for your public Web pages* Web-based image editor (resize, crop, brighten, darken, increase/decrease contrast, sharpen, flip, rotate) Printable kennel cards License, rabies tag, and microchip information Multiple featured pets on your home page and/or public pages Ability to add your own color-palette combinations to change the look and feel of your Web site Inclusion of your organization's logo in your public Web pages Ability to include links to external Web sites (such as petco.com or hsus.org) in your navigation menus Organization/staff directory includes names, departments, phone numbers, and e-mails for your employees and/or volunteers; you choose the contacts that are displayed to your site's visitors Additional private "rolodex" contains complete information for volunteers, veterinarians, foster homes, and other contacts Calendar of events (e.g., adoption days or fund-raisers) are displayed in chronological order or in calendar form; you choose which events are displayed to your site's visitors Fully configurable user-access levels Mass e-mailing program lets you broadcast HTML and plain-text e-mail messages to the people and companies in your mailing list Batch-delete of outdated or invalid mailing-list entries Animal Journal: a complete record of everything that happens to the animal while it is with your organization; vet visits, adoption, arrival, status changes, foster placements and returns, applications and contracts received, and deaths are automatically recorded; users can also add their own events, and a selected list can be printed for the new owner when the animal is adopted Key-word animal search: finds animals, whether adopted or adoptable, that match Project/event planner: create projects for fund-raising or other purposes, assign and track tasks, track budget, vendors, costs, and income Form-builder: create, merge, and save/print any form your organization uses Report Designer: design and output custom reports with formatting, sorting, and data-field options; any finished report can be private or available to all users Phone-call log Project/event planner with tasks, vendors, and costs User-definable animal statuses with adoptable/non-adoptable flag Non-adoptable animals area DO NOT ADOPT list (people to whom you do not want to adopt your animals) Deaths and euthanasias Lost and Found animals Automatic e-mailing when a new adoption application is received Automatic calculation of availability dates for adoptable animals Ability to associated completed adoption applications with animals, people, and adoption contracts Animals in Foster Homes (associates your foster homes with your adoptable animals and includes placement and return dates) Tags and Licenses Expiring Report Unaltered Animals Report Applications and Contracts Report Public animal search Animal Match: lets visitors enter what they're looking for (animal type, specific breeds, gender, age, size) and/or add themselves to your mailing list; you can run searches for animals matching their criteria Memberships: visitors to your site can join your organization and pay on-line using PayPal Member attributes Activity log for staff, volunteers, board members, foster homes, and mailing list names Bank accounts, G/L numbers, payment methods, and vendors General ledger with export function and detailed reporting Multiple distribution lists and ability to export names in label format or in a CSV (comma separated values) file Staff/volunteer hours with approvals and totals Staff/volunteer interests and activities On-line manual with index and full-text search