Hi Robert, Robert Young wrote:
> I am starting to learn eBase today. Given that I have NO database > experience, I thought I would ask an entry-level question while starting. > > I have eBase 2.0 and have printed out the tutorial for 1.03, since I > can't find one for 2.0. Is there anything else I need to grab or find > or watch for to ease my learning curve? Um, I hope that this is not heresy for our developer folks, but, Robert, my first piece of advice would be to use version 1.03 of eBase now, with the tutorial. Particularly if you have never done membership or prospect database stuff before, version 1.03 and its tutorial have a LOT to teach you. I think that once you have used 1.03 for even a short while, you'll be closer to the general user community's level. (I have lots of database experience but almost NO past membership tracking experience. I began using eBase and have LOOKED at version 2.0, but haven't been ready to convert to it as yet.) > > We (Phoenix5) are very small and exist now only through a Web presence > with no employees. I (as Webmaster) am the only real volunteer > (full-time - I created it two years ago.). My need is that I have a > number of Eudora addressbooks I want to put on a database. One is for > maybe 100 contributors and the rest are for various functions, such as > update notices or fundraising to a few hundred people who have been in > touch with us. So my needs are pretty simple. I mainly want to just > get the mailing lists sorted/integrated while designating which are > contributors and which are not and what their status is, e.g., they > were sent literature. I'm sure that others will speak up if I'm steering you wrong, but I know that *I* can explain to you how to import information into eBase version 1.03 now, but would not know how to help you with version 2.0. (What I don't know too, since I'm showing off my lack of knowledge ;-) is how to export from Eudora, which is part of what you will want to do.) I'd look into doing a comma-delimited file export of the information you now have in Eudora. Read the section in the eBase v 1.03 manuals on importing data, and then ask more questions of us. Best, Linda ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
