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Update 1275 14 August 2025

Fees Link | File Attachments in News | Membership System HOPS FEES LINK DISTRIBUTED EARLIER Apologies that this link didn't initially work - foiled by my own permissions system! The link now works (requires HOPS login). Thank you --- FILE ATTACHMENTS IN NEWS It is now possible to add file attachments in News stories. Note these are NOT attached to the email notifications, so they won't clog up people's inboxes. They are linked in the news email and download when the user selects the link (HOPS login at the appropriate railway required). Similar facilities will be added to other places that use the same text block editor as development progresses. --- PURCHASE ORDERS When adding a new line to a purchase order, the Cost Centre of the line above is copied in to the new line. This can be changed to something else by the user if desired. --- HELP PAGES We have reviewed and updated our Help pages on managing permissions: Permissions overview: https://www.hops.org.uk/help/permissions-introduction Permission groups: https://www.hops.org.uk/help/permission-groups We hope these are useful and we will continue to update and develop the help pages in HOPS. These can be accessed via https://www.hops.org.uk/help/ or via the question mark icon in the top right corner of HOPS. --- MEMBERSHIP SYSTEM There has been a big spike in railways taking up the HOPS membership system recently, which is great! Several updates have been made in light of feedback, especially from organisations with very large numbers of members: - The New Member form has been re-arranged to assist flow. Further updates are being made to this to assist in adding new members on-the-fly. - Drop down lists of users are having a search box added to the top to reduce the scrolling required to find the required user. - Date of birth has been added to the Membership Detail pages. - Some updates have been made to automatically apply different membership number formats, eg "AA00123" to assist other legacy systems at railways. A Help page on Membership Types has been added: https://www.hops.org.uk/help/membership-types For info - There are two parts to the system, the membership register in HOPS, and the public sales site. It is possible to use the former without the latter, but the greatest benefit comes from making use of the public sales site which fully integrates with the membership register. If any other railways are interested in making use of the membership system please contact steve.morris@hops.org.uk --- Thank you