Digital PTO Website Features & Options

Digital PTO websites are designed to expand with your parent group as it grows. All of our websites offer the same base functionality and our Premier Packages offer additional features above and beyond the Free Plan.

Digital PTO is Simple

Post News to Your Site in Minutes

It’s true. If you can send an email, or create a simple Word Document, you can run a Digital PTO site. They are that simple to use. First, decide if you need to add News or Information. News is something with a time-frame attached to it like “Science Fair next month!” and Information is something that you always want available on the site like “Contact the PTO”. Once your selection is made, type or paste the text you want to use, click to add an image, preview your post & when you are happy with it, publish your news to the community. It’s really that simple.

Unlimited Informational Pages

With Every Paid Plan

Busy Parent Groups have a lot of information to share and distribute. From Membership Drives, to After School Enrichment, to Fundraising Programs to Business Sponsorships. The list could go on and on. Digital PTO sites are built to accommodate as much information as you want to include. Need a page on Box Tops for Education? No Problem. Need to make a page about the Science Fair? It’ll take you 90 seconds. Posting Informational pages is easy and unlimited with our Paid Plans. Free Plans are limited to 10 informational pages.

No Hosting Fee’s to Pay.

It’s On Us. Forever.

We know that most PTO’s are on tight budgets, so we cover all of the hosting fee’s and only ask that you pay for the premium services if you decide to take advantage of them. You’ll never have to worry about hosting fee’s, forced domain names, renewals and more. We can take care of all of that for you. Always.

Unlimited News Posts

News, Announcements & Reminders

Your Digital PTO website is built to manage and handle all the news and information you can throw at it. Post every month, post every week, post every hour, it’s up to you. One thing is for certain though, we won’t stop you! Unlimited News Posts for all plans.

Super Fast & Reliable Servers

We scale as you grow

Digital PTO websites are hosted on state of the art servers and are monitored and maintained 24 hours a day. Our delivery speed is fantastic and our uptime stats are off the charts. You can count on Digital PTO’s servers to load your website quickly and reliably.

Built In Events Calendar

Included with All Plans

All of our plans come with our robust Events Calendar. You can add a new event with just a few clicks and be as detailed or as simple as you want to be. Events calendars can be displayed on the sidebar of every page, as a large calendar or both! Parents and visitors can scroll through your group’s online events calendar month by month and quickly view all the upcoming events and meetings.

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Advertising Free Zone

No 3rd Party Ads with Paid Plans

When you upgrade to one of our Paid Plans you will immediately notice that your site becomes an Advertising Free Zone. No 3rd party Advertisements will be shown on your site when you are a Paid Member. Our Free Plans will display ads from carefully screened and relevant advertising partners below select content.

Online Family Registration Forms

w/ Premium & Premium Plus

Custom Built Online Family Registration forms and additional custom forms are available to all Premium & Premium Plus Plan Members. Forms can collect Family Information, Student and Teacher Information and more. Completed forms are emailed to you and the data can be downloaded in bulk and used on spreadsheets, mailing lists, etc.

[View a Sample Family Registration Form]

Use Your Own Domain Name

www.YourSchoolPTONameHere.com

Basic, Premium and Premium Plus Plan Members enjoy the ability to replace the standard schoolname.digitalpto.com format with their own custom domain name. Once you have registered your domain name (we suggest GoDaddy) we will provide you with the instructions to point your domain from your registrar to our website servers.

Automatic Email Blasts to Members

w/ Premium & Premium Plus

Imagine how easy it would be to post a few News Posts on your website and then automatically email each one of your families with the information without any extra work… Now that dream is a reality with our newest feature – Automatic Email Blasts. It’s so simple, it’s almost silly. It’s never been easier to send out emails to your families! (limited to lists of 1000 or less)

Automatic Language Translations

On Demand User Language Translation Options

Many of our members have Multi-Lingual communities so we make it easy for your users to translate your website into the language that is most comfortable for them. With the click of a button, your users can read your website in Spanish, French, Korean, Hindi and more. No extra work translating on your end, it’s all automatic and fast. This service is available to all sites, Free and Paid.

Volunteer Sign Up Sheets

with Premium Plus Plans

Create sign up sheets for times and/or items for your next event and allow users to sign up for specific tasks. Email reminders are sent to volunteers and it’s a very simple to use, integrated feature.

Personalize your Website

with one of our Dozens of Themes

Just because your website is easy doesn’t mean it has to look like all the other ones out there. We offer over 50 different themes to use on your group’s website depending on your Plan level. All of our themes are designed to be able to work with every website you can create with little to no additional work on your part. Some of our more premium themes offer simple customization options like a school logo upload, selection of school colors and other simple modifications.

eCommerce Online Stores

with Premium Plus Plans

Unlock your websites full potential with our built in eCommerce stores standard on Premium Plus Plans. Shopping Carts, Discounts, Product Descriptions, Multiple Sizes and Colors, Inventory Tracking and so much more. Currently in Public Beta phase.

Easy to Use, Drag & Drop Widgets

Add Images, Upcoming Events & More

Widgets are little modules that you can drag and drop and arrange on your website. You can add things like your latest news posts, a facebook facepile, or the latest comments you’ve received. Post things like other PTO links and Resources, Create a call for volunteers and more. There are dozens of options based on the theme you are currently using and using them is as easy as dragging your mouse.

Pre-Built Starter Website Template

We'll get you started instantly

When you create your Free Parent Group Website, we will immediately create a Starter Template to help get you started. We’ll create some sample posts, and create pages for your group’s information like a Contact Us page, Join the PTA / PTO page, Volunteer Information, About Us and more. All you need to do is add the relevant information for your group and you’re set! And of course, you can add as many additional pages as you need.

Download Your Form Data

w/ Premium & Premium Plus

Digital PTO makes it easy to download form entries with a few clicks. Select the form you want to download the data from, determine if you want all of the entry fields or just some of them and then click the button to magically download everything into an easy to use .csv file. Makes membership lists, registration lists, phone book data collection and more a snap.

Quick Start User Guide

Step by Step Quick Set Up Instructions

As soon as your site is created, we’ll send you a link to our Quick Start Guide. This guide will walk you through every step you need to take with easy to understand directions to get your site up and running. Once you have completed the Quick Start guide, you can launch your website to your community the same day! It’s super easy. Additionally, the Quick Start guide will teach you how to use your new site like a professional.

Public or Private. Up to You.

Require a Password or Make it Public

Some PTO’s make their websites open to the public to keep their communities informed and other PTO’s opt to require a password to access the site. We offer you the privacy choice and allow you to grant public access, or require a global password.

The Digital PTO Help Center

Help is a Click Away

Our Help Center is loaded with hundreds of tutorials and training examples to help you with virtually every aspect of your website and its operation. If you have a question, chances are that we’ve got an answer for you in our Help Center.

Mobile Phone Ready Theme

w/ Premium & Premium Plus

Premium & Premium Plus Plan Members will enjoy an additional theme that is built right into their site that is designed specifically for viewing of your group’s website on an iPhone, Smart Phone, and any Tablet. We take all the content that your users need and wrap it up into a beautifully packaged web application. You have customization and options galore to make it just right.

Click & Pick Theme Customization

Super Simple Theme Customization Options

Many of our themes (including some free themes!) will allow you to make simple modifications like colors, logos and images, social networking integration and more. All of the customizations are optional but if you take the time to work with them you can craft a truly unique website. Change the look and feel to meet your exact needs or stick with the default options. It’s up to you!

Easy Navigation & Menus

Automatic or Manual. You Decide.

Your Parent Group Website will have a menu structure built into the theme. Almost every theme will automatically create these menu’s for you and most of the themes will allow you to override the menu’s and create your own. This is especially useful for groups that have a lot of online data and need to keep things organized in order to effectively find things quickly. By customizing the menus, items can be grouped and merged, etc. It all depends on your individual Parent Group needs. We give you the options, you run with it from there.

Easy PDF Embedding and Downloading

Perfect for your Groups Newsletters & Information

Qualified Plans offer embedded pdf documents to ensure compatibility and ease. In other words, you can upload your group’s newsletter as a PDF and with one simple command, your PDF newsletter is right there on your website ready for your community to read or download and print. No PDF software needed for your visitors. Standard on Basic Plans & up.

Collect Payments on your Forms

Collect both Payments & Data on your Forms

Most busy PTAs & PTOs have a lot of checks and cash floating around between events and fundraisers. Imagine being able to allow parents to make payments to your group online. With Digital PTO, it’s possible! Collect payments for membership, Annual Giving Programs, Carnival Tickets, Phone Books, Donations and much more.

Premium Plus with Paypal plans are now able to directly integrate Paypal payments directly into all online forms. We take the guesswork (and grunt work) out of running your PTA and PTO membership drives and more. Payments are recorded along site registrations and all data can be downloaded with a few clicks for your records.

Google Analytics Integration

Watch your Traffic with Advanced Analytics

If you don’t know what we’re talking about, you can skip this section, but if you are into the analytical side of things and want to integrate Google Analytics with your PTO website, it’s as simple as pasting your ID and you’re done. We take care of the rest. Available with Premium and Premium Plus Plans.

Create Unlimited Forms

The Sky is the Limit with Forms

Create as many different forms as you need. Any kind of form you can think of can be created and published quickly and beautifully. Want to work from a previously created form? No problem, duplicate a form with one click and modify it to your heart’s content. Create and collect data all day long, we’ll never hold you back. Available to all Premium & Premium Plus Members.

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