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Rescue ID Settings
The following settings are available for using the animal Rescue ID.
Browse Page Settings
Layout
Select the layout you would like to use on the public animal browse page | W |
Width of browse panel
Enter the width (in pixels) that you would like to use for the animal browse page (default: 600 pixels) | W |
Number of columns
Select the number of columns you would like to use on the animal browse page | W |
Animals per page
Select the number of animals you would like to display on the animal browse page (column/grid and picture only layouts) | W |
Animal limit
Select the number of animals you want to appear on each page of the animal browse page (for basic layouts). | W |
Hide courtesy listings on browse/list page
If you don't want your courtesy animals to be listed on the same browse and list page as your organization's animals, select this option. You will need to be sure that the Courtesy Listing field is selected for each courtesy animal. You will need to enable the courtesy listing special list (Animals > Options > Special Lists). | W |
Show sponsorship link on the browse page
Enable this setting if you want to show a link to the sponsorship page for each animal | W |
How much of each animal’s description displayed
Enter the number of characters of the animal description you want to display on the animal browse page (default: 100 characters) | W |
Rescue ID Settings
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| Automatically set animal's Rescue ID | When adding an animal, you can |
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| automatically assign a Rescue ID that you can use to track the animal. To use this feature, enable this option, and then select a |
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| Use the following format for Rescue IDs | Select a numbering format for the automatically assigned Rescue IDs. |
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| Do not automatically |
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| assign a Rescue ID for courtesy listings |
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| Select Yes or No to determine if you |
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| assign a Rescue ID |
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| to courtesy animals as well as your own animals. |
Privacy Settings
The following settings have to do with the information you may want to keep private to your organization. All of these setting options are selected using Yes or No radio buttons.
Privacy Settings
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| Enable the Portal website | We recommend disabling this option. |
| Show if the animal is microchipped |
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| , you can enable this in order to indicate the animal is microchipped. |
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| if the animal is altered | Select this option if you want the animal’s web page to show if they have been spayed or neutered. |
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| Show if the |
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| animal will be |
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| altered before adoption | If the |
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| animal is not |
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| spayed/neutered, and you have chosen to show the public the animal’s spay/neuter status, a message will be added that the animal will be spay/neutered before adoption. |
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| Show the animal's Rescue ID | Enable this option if you want the public to be able to see the animal’s Rescue ID field. |
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| Show the animal's adoption fee | Select this option if you want the public to see the information pulled from the Adoption Fee field. |
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| Show the animal's euthanasia information | Enable this option if you want the public to see the animal’s euthanasia information. |
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| Disable the animal's header/footer to |
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| courtesy animals | Prevent the |
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| description header and footer from being added to animals that are marked as courtesy listings. |
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Web Site Related
Animal detail page layout
Select the layout to use for the public animal detail page | W |
Use a popover to display animal details
Select this option if you want links to your animals to open a popover with the animal information instead of linking directly to the animal's detail page. |
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Show Bookmark/Link Sharing Button
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Hide the "adoption info" link
Select this option to disable the adoption info link on the animal detail page, which is next to the animal’s status. The link is a quick way for visitors to go from an animal page to your adoption information page. | W |
Hide the "adoption info" link on courtesy listings
Select this option to disable the adoption info link on the animal detail page on courtesy listings | W |
Include DogTime.com dog breed information
Select this option if you do not want the link for breed information (provided by DogTime.com) to appear on the animal detail page (dogs only). | W |
Include DogTime.com Save-A-Dog Facebook App
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Show attendance for how many events?
Select the number of events you want to be displayed on the animal’s web page. Only upcoming events where the animal’s species will be attending will be displayed. | W |
Enable request to meet an animal
Do you want to allow your visitors to request to meet an animal at one of your events? | W |
Enable adopt/sponsor sayings
If you choose this option, short text with a link will appear under your animal's pictures so that visitors can quickly get to an adoption or sponsorship form. | W |
Disable the My Rescue box on the Animal detail page
If you select Yes (disabled) for this option, the My Rescue box will not be shown on the animal detail page.
Disable link to the animal flyer
Do you want to show a link to print out a flyer for the animal? The flyer is provided by PetBond.com. You must have the upload to Petbond enabled for the link to the flyer to appear. You can enable the Petbond upload by going to Animals > Exports. | W |
Don't show animal favorite count
Disable the message inside of the My Rescue box on the animal’s web page that shows how many people have selected that animal as a favorite. | W |
Disable access to successes
Select this option if you don't want to use the animal successes (adopted) page. | W |
Disable animal Success Stories
Disable the Success Stories feature. | W |
Show transferred animals with successes
Select this option if you would like animals with a "transferred" status to be shown on the Successes page. | W |
Show animal links on Animals Home and Layout #7
Enable this option if you want to show links for your basic animal lists on the Animals Home page and on Layout #7. | W |
Show highlighted animals on animals home page
Select this option if you would like to display highlighted animals on the animals home page. | W |
Enable a border around animal images
Enable this option if you want a border to be shown around animal pictures. | W |
Border style
Select the border style you would like to use for animal pictures, if the animal image border is enabled. | W |
Image border color
Select the color you would like to use for the border color around animal images, if enabled. | W |
Image matte color
Select the color you want to use for the matte color around animal pictures, if enabled. | W |
Don't embed the pet's YouTube video in their description
Select this option if you don’t want the animal’s YouTube video to be embedded in the description. | DPW |
Use a link to animal videos instead of embedding
Select this option to use a link to your animal videos instead of embedding them in the animal’s description. | DPW |
Don’t automatically create a YouTube URL when uploading videos
Enable this option if you don’t want your service to automatically transfer uploaded videos to YouTube. If enabled, videos won’t be available on the adoption listing web sites that support only YouTube videos. | DPW |
Print animal kennel cards automatically
If you're always going to print the kennel card when you go to the kennel card page, we can have your web browser automatically pop-up the print dialog box. | W |
Show journal entries on the kennel card
Do you want to show the animal's journal entries on the kennel card? | W |
Don't show "best estimate" on animal ages (when calculating from birthdate)
Enable this option if you don't want the text "best estimate" to appear next to the animal's birthdate. This option is only applicable if you haven't selected Exact Birthdate for the animal. |
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Export Settings
Prevent adopted pets from being uploaded to other sites
Select this option if you do not want your adopted animals to be shown on the adoption listing web sites (like the Petfinder Happy Tails). Enabling this option will delete all existing adopted animals from the adoption listing web sites. | DPW |
Prevent Courtesy animals from being exported
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| Show journal entries on the kennel card | Add all the animal's journal entries to the kennel card. For more information about journal entries see the chapter About the animal journal. For information about kennel cards, see the chapter Printing animal kennel cards. |
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| Show cost on the kennel card | Display the cost of each journal entry on the animal's kennel card when printing kennel cards. |
Export Settings
The export settings for your animals are divided into sections:
- General export settings
- Privacy settings
- Preferences for exports to new services and websites
General export settings
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| Export adopted pets to Adopt-a-Pet.com | Select Yes to allow pets which have already been marked as adopted to be exported to Adopt-a-Pet.com. Note: Only the most recent 500 adopted pets will be exported. |
| Prevent adopted animals from being uploaded to Petfinder | Select No to allow pets which have already been marked as adopted to be exported to Petfinder. |
| Prevent courtesy animals from being uploaded to other sites | Select the Yes or No radio button to determine if you want the animals on your site that you've marked as courtesy listings to be exported along with your organization's own animals. Yes disables the export. |
| Disable the link to the animal's web page | Select |
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| the Yes or No radio button to determine if you want to display the link to your RescueGroups.org |
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| website on the animal's description as it is exported. Yes disables the export. |
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| organization's website | Select |
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| the Yes or No radio button to determine if you want the link to your organization's RescueGroups.org |
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Disable the link to your online adoption form
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| website to display on the animal's description |
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| as it is exported. Yes disables the export. |
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| the Animal Description Header |
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| in the animal description | Select |
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| the Yes or No radio button to determine if you want the text from the Animal Header to be added automatically to each animal's description |
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| as it is exported. Yes enables the export. You can update the text from |
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| Animals > Animal Description Header & Footer. |
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| the Animal Description Footer |
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| in the animal description | Select |
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| the Yes or No radio button to determine if you want the text from the Animal Footer to be added automatically to each animal's description |
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| as it is exported. Yes enables the export. You can update the text from |
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| Animals > Animal Description Header & Footer. | |
| Disable the animal header/footer to courtesy animals | If you have selected to add either or both the Animal Description Header and Footer in your animal exports, you can also select to disable that inclusion for those animals which you post as a courtesy to others. Select Yes to disable the export of the Animal Description Header and Footer for courtesy animals. |
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| Disable videos in Animal descriptions | Select the Yes or No radio button to determine if you want the YouTube video of your animal included as part of the exported animal description. Yes disables the export. |
| Use a link instead of embedding the video in Animal descriptions | Select the Yes or No radio button to determine if you want a link to the animal's video included as part of the exported animal description rather than embedding a video. Yes enables the export. |
| Use the RescueGroups.org Animal ID as a Unique ID | Select Yes to disable the use of the Rescue ID as a unique ID on the adoption listing sites. Only the RescueGroups.org animal ID will be used. |
Don't embed the pet's YouTube video in their description
Select this option if you don’t want the animal’s YouTube video to be embedded in the description. | DPW |
Use a link to animal videos instead of embedding
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| Show the following contact fields for foster/caretakers | Select the fields that are allowed to be public |
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Use the RescueGroups.org Animal ID as a Unique ID
Don’t include the animal’s Rescue ID in their unique ID on the adoption listing web sites. Only the RescueGroups.org animal ID will be used. | DPW |
Select if you would like your videos uploaded to YouTube with the RescueGroups.org YouTube account, your own organization's account, or not at all. | DPW |
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| Account to use for YouTube video upload | Select from the drop-down list the YouTube account you want to use for YouTube uploads for exports.
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| YouTube authorization code | Include the authorization code to use when including YouTube videos.
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Privacy settings
| Setting | Description |
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| Show the animal's Rescue ID | When adding an animal, you can have your RescueGroups.org website automatically assign a Rescue ID that you can use to track the animal. When exporting animals to adoption sites, you can select Yes to show this ID in the animal's description. |
| Show if the animal is microchipped | Select the Yes or No radio button to determine if you want the animal's microchip status included as part of the exported animal description. Select Yes to show this status. |
| Show if the animal is altered | Select the Yes or No radio button to determine if you want the animal's altered status to be included as part of the exported animal description. Select Yes to show this status. |
| Show the animal's adoption fee | Select the Yes or No radio button to determine if you want the animal's adoption fee to be included as part of the exported animal description. Select Yes to show this fee. |
| Show the animal's euthanasia information | Select the Yes or No radio button to determine if you want the animal's euthanasia information to be included as part of the exported animal description. Select Yes to show this information. |
Preferences for exports to new services and websites
Select the types of websites and services you want enabled and disabled by default when they are added to RescueGroups.orgThese export preferences help you to determine the automatic addition of your animals only to those services and websites that meet your standards. Select Yes to automatically add your adoptable animals to the particular type of site listed. Use the radio buttons to select Yes or No. Any website that matches a type of service that you have disabled (set to to No) will not be enabled for export when it is added.
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Therefore, you will not be surprised by your information appearing on a type of website you do not want to be associated with (eg, classifieds websites). |
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| By default export to services that list animals for adoption |
| By default, export to services that list animals for adoption (from non-rescue/shelters) |
| By default, export to services that list animals for sale by breeder |
| By default, export to services that list animals for sale by owner |
| By default, export to services that provide animal related classifieds |
| By default, export to services that provide animal related community discussion/forums |
| By default, export to services that provide animal related educational information |
| By default, export to services that provide animal related news |
| By default, export to services that provide event calendars |
| By default, export to services that sell/promote animal related products (food, toys, treats, etc) |
| By default, export to services that sell/promote animal related services (training, grooming) |
| By default, export to services that sell/promote non-animal related products |
| By default, export to services that sell/promote non-animal related services |
Remember to click the Save button at the bottom to save your changes.
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