National Group Pika Conversation

Hello everyone. Cynthia Vaughn with the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation is hosting a meeting this Friday February 10, 2012 beginning at 1pm EST as a followup to the Pika Software breakout meeting held during the TIG 2012 conference. If you are interested in participating, please sign-up.

Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/786216094

Federal Poverty Guidelines - 2012

The 2012 Federal Poverty Guidelines have been published (http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/12poverty.shtml). Here are instructions for installing the new guidelines on your Pika CMS site once your program is ready to start using them.

1. Log in under a 'system' user account.
2. Open the Site Map.
3. Click on "Menus".
4. Click on "poverty".
5. Use copy-and-paste to replace the existing text with the following:

==== Start Copying After Here ====

0 | 3960
1 | 11170
2 | 15130
3 | 19090
4 | 23050
5 | 27010
6 | 30970
7 | 34930
8 | 38890

==== Stop Before Copying Here ====

6. Click "Save".
7. Enjoy your new poverty guidelines.

These same instructions are available anytime on the Pika Docs website, here's a direct link to the Poverty Guidelines article:

http://pikasoftware.com/docs/index.php/Poverty_Guidelines

Pika Tips & Tricks

The Challenge:

Search for a Pika CMS contact name when you only know the person's first name.

The Solution:

Pika CMS needs a wild card symbol (%) in order to search for a contact when the last name is not known. Name searches are expecting a LastName, FirstName format. For example, search for a contact whose first name is Carlos.

• Use the Pika Search box
• Type in: %,Carlos

All contacts whose first name is Carlos should display. Entering S%,Ashley will produce all contacts whose last name begins with S and whose first name is Ashley.

LSC GAR Update - Now in Patch Form

The LSC GAR update for Pika CMS is now complete and was included in last week's release of Pika CMS 5.1. For programs that want to stick with their existing version, I've prepared a GAR software patch that's ready for general use. There's a full write up, including step-by-step installation instructions, on the Pika Docs web site at:

http://pikasoftware.com/docs/index.php/2011_LSC_GAR_Module

The patch is a free download for all current Pika CMS subscribers! Please give us a call if you need any assistance getting it set up, our help desk line is (888) 321-7452 x0.

Pika CMS 5.1.0 Released

Greetings Pika Community,

I am writing to announce the immediate availability of Pika CMS 5.1.0 for general release.

Those of you with current Pika subscriptions can download the software from:

http://pikasoftware.com/files/releases/pika_cms-5.1.0.zip

If you would like to try out the new release it is now up and running at our demonstration site at the link below. Please contact us for a current username and password for the demonstration site if you have not yet been provided with one.

https://www.pikasoftware.com/demo

Here is an abbreviated list of the new features added for this release. A comprehensive listing of features and bug fixes is available in the file (changelog.txt) included in the release.

• Added the ability for users to e-mail case links
• Added password expiration feature to user accounts.
• Updated the layout of the System Users Screen
• Installed random password generator to assist users in setting strong passwords
• Updated display icons for Pika Mobile
• Upgraded case transfers to be password protected
• Added the ability to use Word 2007 & 2010 documents (.docx) in Document Assembly
• Updated the system settings screen layout
• Added the ability to automatically redirect users to HTTPS (SSL encrypted) site via system settings
• Added 2011 LSC GAR updates

In order to ensure that Pika 5.1.0 operates properly please verify that your server meets the following minimum requirements:

• PHP version 5.2 or newer
• MySQL version 4.1.2 or newer
• Apache version 2.0.54 or newer

As always, please feel free to contact us with any questions at support@pikasoftware.com.

These updates were funded by the subscription dues paid by Pika clients. Thank you for your continued support!

We Want to Hear from YOU !

Thank you for being a valued Pika Software customer. We appreciate your candid feedback regarding your experience using Pika CMS as your legal case management tool. Please take a few moments to complete this questionnaire to help us better evaluate and improve our services.

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New LSC Reporting Rules

Good news! The programming for the latest LSC reporting changes is complete. I've installed the new code on our online demo so everyone can take a look at it and kick the tires.

https://pikasoftware.com/demo/

It's not too late to make changes so let me know if something needs to be tweaked.