Benefits
A few of the benefits of using the Website Service:
- Built-in pages to get you started
- Automatically generated Animal Web Pages that highlight each animal and can include pictures and video
- Automatically generatedSuccessful Adoptions page
- Stories feature (Happy Tales) which you can use to tell the happiest adoption stories
- Memorials feature
- Animal Sponsorships using PayPal integration to help you raise funds for a particular animal
- News feature
- Events feature with integrated Animal Event Attendance to promote events and track which animals were in attendance
- Highlighted Animals feature to promote those animals most needing adoption
- Featured Animal
- Add Custom Javascript or HTML
- Role-Restricted volunteer access so that you can choose which functions each volunteer can access
- Free 3-month trial
Where to Start
We recommend these steps before you begin setting up your service:
- Review the Getting started with RescueGroups.org guide.
- Review this Getting started with the Website Service section.
- Review your organization's contact information for accuracy and as a refresher to you.
- Add your animals. For more information about adding animals, see the Animals section of this guide.
- Enable exports.
- Add volunteers.
Don't worry. If this is all overwhelming, we're here for you! You can open a support ticket with us at any time.
Do you need help?
If at any time you don't understand the instructions or you're stumped, just send us a support ticket and we'll be glad to help you - either to get started or to continue managing your account.
Open a support ticket by using the fields on the left navigation bar at https://rescuegroups.org/support/. You can also update your existing support ticket with new information or questions.
The first steps
The information in this Getting Started section will take you through the following information:
- Submitting a veterinarian reference letter, should it be requested
- Logging in to your account
- How information is organized in your account
- Getting familiar with your account interface
- Searching your account
- Roles, security, and permissions
- Understanding user login accounts
- What should I expect?
- Basic and advanced website setup