Homeschool-Life.com

Calendar of Events—Add events to your calendar complete with location, details of the event and full driving directions. Events can be arranged into categories for easier identification when searching. Create an event as a signup to effortlessly collect information on who will be attending.

Online Class Registrations—Scheduling and signing up for classes online has never been easier. Completely manage the class registration process for your Co-op, incorporate PayPal, setup waiting lists, add teachers….We know you will like this feature and it’s all included in your secure group web site!

Main Exchange—Coming soon... Flat fee based service where families will be able to buy / sell / trade their curriculum and a host of other items with over 24,000 homeschool families across the U.S. all within the security of their group web site!

Online Signups for Calendar Events—Creating an online signup for an event allows you to easily get information on who is attending and more! You can either pay by check or use PayPal in your signup to collect payments for the event. Tracking payments is easy! This tool also lets you email all of those who have signed up to keep them updated with event details and information. Setting up waiting lists for when events become full is a snap! Assign any family to manage an event signup!
Electronically convert your registration process—Have your membership registration online! You can take your existing documents (Statement of Faith, Registration) and convert them right online for families to fill out. Families can request membership and a notification will go to the group administrator for approval. Your website will gather and store each family’s information for you! Make each year easier by having online membership renewals as well. Most groups that use this feature cut down their administration time in half!
PayPal friendly—Homeschool-Life.com provides a PayPal code generator to put PayPal options on your website pages. Incorporate into registration, field trips, class registrations or anywhere on your site! PayPal is fast and easy because it processes payments immediately without having to deal with checks or money orders. It is a trusted and secure way of making payments both locally and internationally.
Classifieds—Members can market their old curriculum or countless other products using the Classifieds tool to families within your own group. Typically, the families are responsible for adding, updating, and deleting their own classifieds, which cuts down on your work as an administrator!
Forums (Secure and Moderated)—Families can keep in touch using the forum tool. The forum on Homeschool-Life.com is secure, and you don’t have to worry about questionable banners and pop-ups as you would with other forum providers. Forum threads can be divided into categories to give organization to your site. The tool also provides easy maintenance with its automated deletion schedule option that keeps your forum from getting cluttered with old and obsolete posts. You have the option of making certain forums available secure only to some families in your group. Group leadership loves this feature! You can also set up a moderated forum where all posts must be approved by an administrator. Families can select how they want to be notified via email with a lot of detail, daily digests or weekly notifications.
Online Family Directory—Homeschool-Life.com automatically stores family information in its Family Directory. You can arrange families with common characteristics into sections and categories. Using the email tool, you can easily email a specific section instead of searching out each individual family. You have complete control over your family directory and it’s all online. Each family keeps track of and edits their family profile so you don’t have to anymore!
Post and Archive Newsletters—Save money on paper and printing supplies by posting your newsletter and other publications online! Create sections that will keep your publications organized and easy to find. Why mail it and mess with stamps, envelopes, printing, outdated address lists when you can post a newsletter in under 2 minutes and let everyone have immediate access to download!
Photo Gallery, Slide Shows—The photo gallery allows you to share memories with everyone in your group. Post photos of your last field trip, current projects, or of families in your group to keep the group informed of what you’ve been up to. The slide show option lets you add a little bit of flair to your site.
Secure & Personal Family Website—The group administrator can allow each family to have their own secure and personal family website. Families can have their own homepage, photo gallery, and custom pages. They can also set up guest logins and passwords, giving grandparents, siblings at college, and other friends access to their family website without entering the group website.
FAQ’s (Frequently Asked Questions)—Are you always getting the same questions from families? Post those questions and their answers in the FAQ section of your website to provide easy access for your families.
Links—Post important links on the Links page as a quick reference for your families. These links can be divided into sections to give an organized touch to the page.
Dynamic Secure Pages—Create your own pages to suit the needs of your group! You can link to files and other websites, create text pages and spruce them up with pictures, construct interactive forms to gather information from your families, or build databases to store and display important information.
Group Email Tool—The email tool allows you to easily email one family, all families, or only a certain group of families without having to search out each address individually. You can also use this tool to search for families and download their information for your records. You can also schedule emails to be delivered at a future date, add attachments….
Automated Weekly Emails to Families—Keeping your families updated is easy with the automated weekly email tool! In a matter of seconds, you can arrange for an email containing calendar events and other information to be sent out to your families automatically each week. It’s a mini newsletter each and every week and includes everything that has changed on your site within the last week.
Public Pages—Create pages for the public eye to see as well. Show them what your homeschool group is all about using dynamic text pages, slide shows, interactive forms, and other links.
Multiple Administrators—Don’t want to manage every part of the website on your own? You can delegate different areas of the website to be managed by other people in your group. You choose what areas they have access to and still maintain full control over all aspects of the site.
Customizable Graphics, Colors, and Layouts—Make your site unique to your homeschool group! Choose from a lot of ready-made themes or design your own! You can easily upload your own graphics and choose colors to match.
Membership Cards—You can easily print membership cards for your families and their children. Cards are made in a professional-looking template complete with your group’s own logo!
Business Directory—Coming Fall of 2009 Families can now submit and manage their business directory information for approval to be included in the business directory page. It’s a great way to promote a homeschool family business.
Friendly, Responsive, and Personal Service—Our tech support team offers timely and courteous answers to all your questions. We are willing to cater to your needs and work to be sure that you are satisfied with our service. If the website doesn’t have something you’d like, leave a comment in our development center and we’ll try to figure out how to make it happen! We are by homeschoolers and for homeschoolers! When you call or email, rest assured that you are talking to a very knowledgeable support staff, ready and willing to help serve!