You must enter the objective, the reason, the approach, and the outcome for the campaign
Why am I seeing this?
The app is quite permissive in allowing the nonprofit organizers to add content to their future campaigns incrementally and doesn’t bother them with any validations in the Draft stage. However, when a campaign is moved to the Upcoming stage, the app needs to make sure that all the information which has been entered is accurate, hence it prompts them with all these validation messages.
What does it even mean?
This message is displayed if you are trying to move a campaign to the Upcoming stage but have not added any content for its Objective, Reasons, Approach, or Outcome. In these short but impactful sections with a 260 character limit each, you will get an opportunity to tell your community members why you are running this campaign. In today’s digital landscape all the users are already dealing with large volumes of information and content, by imposing the 260 character limit for each of these sections we intend to provide you a way to precisely word your message to have the best possible impact on your audience, to increase the chances for your campaign’s success.
How do I get past this message?
Add relevant content to each of these sections. Think of each of the sections as the “Elevator Pitch” for your campaign and compose content fully empathizing with your donors, volunteers, or community members. In these sections, you should convey as much information about your campaign as possible, in order to inspire your community members to take meaningful actions by contributing to the campaigns or by spreading the word on your behalf across their social networks.
You must set a cover image/video for your campaign to be effective
Why am I seeing this?
The app is quite permissive in allowing the nonprofit organizers to add content to their future campaigns incrementally and doesn’t bother them with any validations in the Draft stage. However, when a campaign is moved to the Upcoming stage, the app needs to make sure that all the information which has been entered is accurate, hence it prompts them with all these validation messages.
What does it even mean?
This message is displayed if you are trying to move a campaign to Upcoming stage but have not set up its cover image/video. Cover image/video play a crucial role to convey the intent and the purpose of your campaign and will be the very first thing any user will notice, when browsing campaigns in your community with the SacreServ app, this is why the app requires it for any campaign, to increase its chances of success.
How do I get past this message?
By uploading a cover image or adding the link to a YouTube video you should be able to get past this validation message.
The event is not virtual, but it has no location
Why am I seeing this?
The app is quite permissive in allowing the nonprofit organizers to add content to their future campaigns incrementally and doesn’t bother them with any validations in the Draft stage. However, when a campaign is moved to the Upcoming stage, the app needs to make sure that all the information which has been entered is accurate, hence it prompts them with all these validation messages.
What does it even mean?
This message is displayed if you are trying to move a campaign to the Upcoming stage but have not entered the location for one or more non-virtual volunteering events.
How do I get past this message?
By entering the location information for all the volunteering events, with this error condition. If any volunteering event is meant to be virtual, you can always set it as “Virtual”, to get past this error.
The event must have at least one position
Why am I seeing this?
The app is quite permissive in allowing the nonprofit organizers to add content to their future campaigns incrementally and doesn’t bother them with any validations in the Draft stage. However, when a campaign is moved to the Upcoming stage, the app needs to make sure that all the information which has been entered is accurate, hence it prompts them with all these validation messages.
What does it even mean?
This message is displayed if you are trying to move a volunteering campaign to the Upcoming stage but have not defined volunteer positions for one or more volunteering events. Without defining any position, a volunteering event is meaningless as nobody will be able to sign up for it.
How do I get past this message?
Define at least one position for each volunteering event currently defined in your campaign.
An event’s date should be in the future and at least a day after the campaign end date
Why am I seeing this?
The app is quite permissive in allowing the nonprofit organizers to add content to their future campaigns incrementally and doesn’t bother them with any validations in the Draft stage. However, when a campaign is moved to the Upcoming stage, the app needs to make sure that all the information which has been entered is accurate, hence it prompts them with all these validation messages.
What does it even mean?
This message is displayed if you are trying to move a volunteering campaign to the Upcoming stage but one or more volunteering event dates are in one of the following conditions:
- The event date is not in the future.
- The event date is not at least a day after the campaign end date.
This is meant to provide the community members an opportunity to sign up for any volunteering opportunities for the entire duration of the campaign. It should also give organizers, at least a day to review/approve volunteer pledges and prepare for the volunteering event.
How do I get past this message?
Each volunteering event date should be set to at least a day after the Campaign’s end date.
A campaign’s start and end dates should be at least a day apart, in the future, and be in the correct order
Why am I seeing this?
The app is quite permissive in allowing the nonprofit organizers to add content to their future campaigns incrementally and doesn’t bother them with any validations in the draft stage. However, when a campaign is moved to the Upcoming stage, the app needs to make sure that all the information which has been entered is accurate, hence it prompts them with all these validation messages.
What does it even mean?
This message is displayed if you are trying to move a campaign to Upcoming stage but its start and end date fall under any of the following scenarios.
- The Start Date is in the past
- The End Date is before the Start date
- Start Date and the End Date fall on the same day, they should be at least a day apart
How do I get past this message?
By reviewing the Start and End dates of the campaign and making sure they are both in the future, in the correct order (start date should be before the end date), at least a day apart.