Guides and help
Two long guides, the documentation and a big FAQ, for the volunteer who founded the association, was handed the website, or both. Nothing to sign up for, and no sales call at the end.
Committee notes
Founding checklist
Five people who turn upDone
Purpose in one sentenceDone
Meeting with the headDone
ConstitutionDraft 2
Bank accountTwo signatories
First member list142 names
WebsiteLive
First event14 Nov
Annual meetingNext June
The two long guides
One is for founding committees, one is for whoever gets handed the hosting login.
Guide · not technical · about 15 minutes
From a group chat with forty people in it to a committee, a one-page constitution, a member list and a first event. None of it needs a budget, and none of it needs software on day one.
The committee page, in the demo
Sample data
Guide · technical · no terminal needed
The whole install in order: the database, the zip, the document root, six installer screens, the cron line and mail. Then the errors people actually hit, each with its fix.
Installer · screen 2 of 6
Server check
PHP 8.3Pass
pdo_mysqlPass
mbstringPass
mb_split, mb_str_splitPass
opensslPass
fileinfoPass
storage/ writablePass
bootstrap/cache writablePass
gd (recommended)Pass
intl (recommended)Missing
Reference
Not sure where to begin?
| Where you are | Read first | Then |
|---|---|---|
| A group chat and good intentions | How to start an alumni association | AlumDeck for associations |
| A committee, but no website yet | The website that holds it up | The live demo |
| Handed the website by the last committee | First steps in the docs | Support |
| Choosing between AlumDeck and a hosted platform | Compare | What AlumDeck does not do |
| Planning a reunion | A class reunion website | Events and RSVPs |
| Planning a first appeal | An alumni fundraising website | Giving records |
Walkthroughs
Each use case walks through a single job from the committee's side, with links into the live demo.
An event page, RSVPs against a real capacity, free QR tickets and check-in at the door.
Appeals with running totals and numbered receipts, and exactly where AlumDeck stops.
A history timeline, In Memoriam, a hall of fame and a photo archive members add to.
Riverside College, an invented college, running the real software. It resets every night.
How these are written
You will not find a testimonial, a logo wall or a case study with an impressive percentage in these guides. Examples use Riverside College, an invented college that also lives in the live demo, and they say so.
Where a guide gives a figure, such as five people on a first committee or twelve characters for an admin password, it is either advice you can argue with or a fact you can check in the software.
The association guide says plainly that you do not need software for your first twenty members. If you need to charge cards on your giving page, or an interface in another language, today, a hosted platform is worth its subscription, and the limitations page lists the rest.
If a guide is wrong, tell us. The correction helps the next reader more than our pride helps anyone.
Questions
No. Nothing here is behind a form or a sign-up. The association guide is useful whatever software you end up choosing, including none at all for the first few months.
No. They are written for a committee anywhere. Where the answer depends on local law, such as registering the association or holding money, the guide says so and tells you who to ask, rather than guessing at your country's rules.
It follows the six-screen installer as it ships today. When a release changes a screen, the guide changes with it, and the changelog records the release.
Yes, through the contact form. A question somebody actually sent beats a topic we invented, and it goes to the top of the list.
Sign in as an admin or a member and click anything. Nothing you do can break it.
Sign-in details on the demo pageResets every night