International Addresses¶
If your organization has volunteers who reside in more than one country, you can configure Volgistics for tracking international mailing addresses.
By default Volgistics will track U.S. and Canadian addresses. If you would like to track addresses outside the U.S. and Canada, some Setup changes are needed. These are described in this help topic.
Using the Country Field¶
Using the Country Field in Volunteer Addresses¶
Volgistics includes a field for tracking 'country' as part of mailing addresses. The Country field is hidden by default. To un-hide the Country field:
- Choose Setup from the menu.
- Expand Field Options
- Select Core Tab
- Click Country
- On the Field Properties page, set Hidden to No
- The Country field uses a drop-down list, which is empty by default. You can add the country names you want to appear in the Country drop down by entering them in the Add a new item field and then clicking Save
When it is not hidden, the Country field appears in the Address box on the Core tab for each volunteer.
If you use the Country field, it is not necessary for you to enter a country for every volunteer. If most volunteers live in your home country, you can omit the country entry for these volunteers. If you enter a country as part of a volunteer's address, it appears as part of the address on labels and lists. If you do not enter a country as part of the address, the Country field will not be used when the address is used.
Using the Country Field in Other Addresses¶
You can also include the Country field as part of the addresses tracked on these tabs:
- Contacts
- Site
- Place
- Assignment
- Coordinator
To use the Country field in the addresses on these tabs, use the Field Options settings under Setup to un-hide the Country field on the selected tab.
Using the Country Field in Online Volunteer Application Forms¶
If you have un-hidden the Country field for volunteer addresses, then you can also add it to any of your online volunteer application forms. To add the Country field to an application form:
- Choose Setup from the menu.
- Expand Application Forms
- Select the form where you'd like to add the field or click Create a Form to start a new form. You can also clone a current application to start a new form.
- Click Customize Form Content
- Expand Core Fields and drag the field to the form section you'd like. If you need more information, see Customize Application Form Content.
- Click the Save button.
Expanding the State/Province Field¶
If you track international addresses, the field typically used for the state or province in the U.S. and Canada may need to include entries for more than (or instead of) states and provinces, depending on the addressing standards for the nations for which you track addresses. To add additional (or different) values to the State field:
- Choose Setup from the menu.
- Expand Field Options
- Select Core Tab
- Click State
- Use the Add a new item field to add each of the additional entries you want to appear in the State drop down list.
- Click the Save button.
Expanding the Zip/Post Code Field¶
By default, the Zip/Post code field accepts only postal codes that are properly formatted for U.S. or Canadian addresses. If you need to track postal codes with formatting other than these, you should remove the default U.S. and Canadian post code formatting requirement for this field.
- Choose Setup from the menu.
- Expand Field Options
- Select Core Tab
- Click the Zip field.
- In the Post or zip code format field, select No formatting
- Click the Save button.