By TOPS Software on Wednesday, April 25, 2012
A big upgrade to TOPS Professional is in QA now and scheduled to be released next month, the new version 4.1 will incorporate a number of changes to the Accounts Payable system which were introduced in a preview session at the recent User Conference. A list of the features included in this update after the cut... |
By TOPS Development on 4/24/2012
A number of files have been pushed out to the TOPS Internet Updater with fixes for a variety of issues reported for the TOPS Professional program. We've made changes to Form Letter, some corrections to Job Streaming, several report updates and more. Please read after the cut for a full listing of updates currently available for download from the TOPS Internet Updater. |
By TOPS Software on Tuesday, April 03, 2012
This was the first year TOPS has tried the panel format at the User Conference, and we were all a little anxious that it should go well. As it turned out, we had absolutely nothing to be worried about. The panel was one of the most funny, insightful and informative sessions of the conference. We got a great look behind the curtain where the wizards are hard at work. After the cut, check out a transcript of the Questions and Answers, along with pictures and a special treat - a poster sized version of the hilarious comic "The TOPS Development Process", drawn by our very own Wayne Drennen... |
By TOPS Development on 2/24/2012
Several new updates have been added to TOPS Professional's new iMail feature. These include a very popular user request - Mass Subscriptions! Now you can select a group of owners or renters and mass enter email addresses for them, and then mass-subscribe the selected owners to the various iMail categories. In addition to Mass Subscriptions, two more new features have been added to iMail: User Signatures and Unsubscribe messages. Both of these features use new iMail merge codes to customize the results to individual communities. Full details on these and more changes, as well as screenshots after the cut... |
By TOPS Software on Monday, February 20, 2012
It's another installment of our question and answer blog series, Q&A, not to be confused with QA - our fabulous Quality Assurance team! This time we have a variety of answers covering new products, important forms and helpful instructions on your most pressing questions. So lets move on to the questions and answers... |
By TOPS Development on 2/17/2012
With this patch, we are introducing a new 'Data Verification' utility. we've also made some corrections to Job Streaming, made some changes to the TOPS menus, and corrected some issues in TOPS iMail After the cut, screenshots and further details on this new utility and all the updates... |
By TOPS Software on Thursday, February 09, 2012
TOPS GO!, an Android™ application for smart phones and tablets, is now available for all TOPS Professional 4.0 users. TOPS GO! empowers managers by keeping them connected to their TOPS Professional system no matter where they are. Through TOPS GO! one can perform inspections, write work orders, add notes, access up to date owner information, contact vendors, and so much more. Say goodbye to your yellow legal pad and inefficient double entry of data and say "hello" to TOPS GO!. Want to get started? Follow these steps... |
By TOPS Software on Monday, January 02, 2012
The New Year is upon us, and as we are thinking of new beginnings and fresh starts, New Year’s resolutions naturally come to mind. Considering the current economic downturn, we know that one of your highest priorities today is figuring out how to stretch every dollar to the maximum. So we polled our own experts to find out their suggestions on how you can best take advantage of the features available in TOPS to get your maximum return on investment, and here is what they suggested: |
By TOPS Development on 12/28/2011
Both TOPS Professional and TOPS OnPoint have gotten a last minute primp and tuck to get ready to look their best in the new year. We tell you all about these new features, but we save the best for last - the new Enhanced Bills & Statements feature is now available to all TOPS Professional Customers via the TOPS Internet Updater! Read on to learn what it looks like, how it works, and what you can do with it! |
By TOPS Software on Friday, December 16, 2011
It’s that time of year again. Year end is fast approaching. It’s time to make a list, check it once and check it twice. With all of the things to accomplish this time of year, TOPS Software would like to help you with making your year end processing run smoothly. Here is a list of steps to accomplish for a smooth year end: |
By TOPS Development on 12/14/2011
Today we rolled out updates for both TOPS Professional and TOPS OnPoint. The Form Letter program was a prominent figure in both, with TOPS Professional receiving same new merge codes and OnPoint receiving an entirely new Form Letter engine! But wait, there's more! |
By TOPS Software on Thursday, December 08, 2011
Holiday Themes! Everyone is asking for 'em! The holiday season doesn't truly begin until you have them! And we are happy to deliver! This year we have 5 brand new holiday themes for you: - Polar Express
- Victorian Village
- Santa Cutie
- Hanukkah Blessings
- New Year Celebration
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By TOPS Development on 12/5/2011
We are proud to present a new feature based on customer request: a drill down report summarizing checks by community, and displaying details when required. If the notification in the program didn't click, or you are looking to find out where you can access it, read this to get the whole picture... |
By TOPS Software on Thursday, December 01, 2011
New holiday themes are coming! But if you are anxious to kick off the holiday season with a holiday theme in your TOPS software, you can download themes from holidays past here! - Happy Holidays 2004
- Happy Holidays 2005
- Happy Holidays 2010
- Snow Babies
- Winter Wonderland
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By TOPS Software on Thursday, November 24, 2011
It's time (well, past time, but who's counting?) for the next installment of the blog series with answers to all your pressing TOPS questions - Q&A! This time, we explore the intricacies of MICR Check Scanning, MICR Check Printing, Phone Messenger, TOPS OnPoint, online dues payments, and everyone's favorite topic - Themes! So let's get on with it, shall we? |
By TOPS Development on 11/15/2011
A new update to TOPS Professional has been released on the TOPS Internet Updater. This update introduces improvements to the AP > Vendors screen, including masking of sensitive data and data entry in compliance with form CA EDD 542. Read on for details and screen shots of the new features. |
By TOPS Development on 11/4/2011
It's the most often requested feature in TOPS Professional! We are so pleased to let you know that we released an update to TOPS Professional today that incorporates an all new feature - GL Drilldown! Oh, and there is some other stuff too, read on to get the full details! |
By TOPS Software on Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Bonus Content! New themes for TOPS Professional! We've had such a great response for all the new themes we've released thus far this year that we have decided to extend the series! Please enjoy the two great themes we have to offer this month: Basketball and Thanksgiving Feast... 
Basketball theme for TOPS Professional
Thanksgiving Feast theme for TOPS Professional
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By TOPS Development on 10/25/2011
The latest update to TOPS Professional has some pretty cool features in it that we can't wait to show you! Unlimited Flex Data received a ton of updates this month, incorporating speed improvements, data corrections, user notifications, global reports and even a brand spanking new export function! The Global Reports feature has also gotten a lot of attention with new lookups, new reports, and all new graphical features for selected reports. Take a look after the cut for a visual breakdown of what's new and how you can access it... |
By TOPS Software on Saturday, October 22, 2011
It's our birthday!! 26 years ago on October 22, 1985, TOPS was incorporated! To celebrate this momentous occasion, we baked a cake, lit the candles, and put out the presents! Please join us in our celebration with this fun BIRTHDAY THEME! 
Birthday Theme for TOPS Professional
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By TOPS Software on Thursday, October 20, 2011
Yesterday's excellent webinar by the account executive team on the CCR/ACC module is now online. If you missed it or want to watch it again we've posted the entire presentation on our site. |
By TOPS Software on Monday, October 10, 2011
26 Themes for 26 Years: New themes for TOPS Professional! The conclusion of our monthly theme series of free content for our customers. This month we bring you three chilling new themes: Ravenswood Manor, Nosferatu and Lycanthropy... 
Ravenswood Manor theme for TOPS Professional
Nosferatu theme for TOPS Professional
Lycanthropy theme for TOPS Professional
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By TOPS Software on Tuesday, October 04, 2011
AtHomeNet, a provider of community association websites, a member of the TOPS Authorized Partners program, and provider of the TOPS Websites feature product today acquired competitor MyCommunityAssociation.com. The terms of the acquisition provide for all of the customers of MyCommunityAssociation.com and opens the possibility for customers of that product who also use TOPS Professional to provide live updates of their TOPS Software data to their Association website. |
By TOPS Software on Monday, October 03, 2011
We are working on the new themes for October, but in the meantime, we have had a number of requests from customers for a place to download Halloween themes from years past. We are more than happy to oblige! |
By TOPS Software on Monday, September 05, 2011
26 Themes for 26 Years: New themes for TOPS Professional! We are continuing our monthly theme series of free content for our customers. This month we bring you three oft-requested new themes: A Dog's Life, Cat-astrophy and Original Football... 
A Dog's Life theme for TOPS Professional
Cat-astrophy theme for TOPS Professional
Original Football theme for TOPS Professional
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By TOPS Software on Monday, August 22, 2011
Welcome back to our TOPS question and answer blog series, Q&A. After the cut, we talk about going paperless with TOPS Pro, how to transfer communities between management companies, the origins of TOPS and more! I am Andrea Drennen, your hostess on this journey, and your personal TOPS researcher. You ask me the questions and I do my best to find you the answers you seek. However, please try to keep your questions limited to topics related to TOPS Software, I can't do much to help you plan your summer's end pool party. (Feel free to invite me though!) ... |
By TOPS Software on Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Our Accounts Receivable module received some much needed love today with some exciting new (and often requested) features. The main impetus for these changes was the passage of Nevada Law NRS 116. This law requires that fines and violations have an AR ledger and history that is independant from other AR charges, and that interest on these charges is delayed, and does not begin calculating until a 60 day period has passed. After the cut, we will walk you through what is included in this update, and show you pictures of where to find the new features. |
By TOPS Development on 8/17/2011
Our Accounts Receivable module received some much needed love today with some exciting new (and often requested) features. The main impetus for these changes was the passage of Nevada Law NRS 116. This law requires that fines and violations have an AR ledger and history that is independant from other AR charges, and that interest on these charges is delayed, and does not begin calculating until a 60 day period has passed. After the cut, we will walk you through what is included in this update, and show you pictures of where to find the new features. |
By TOPS Software on Monday, August 15, 2011
Last week, Account Executives Nicole Beal, Ryan McBeth and Andrew Woytowich presented a free webinar to a full house of clients on the topic of getting more out of TOPS Professional's Accounts Receivables. Nearly all of the attendees said they learned something about maximizing TOPS they did not know coming in to the webinar! If you missed the webinar "How to Get More Out of TOPS Part Two", you're in luck! |
By TOPS Software on Wednesday, August 03, 2011
26 Themes for 26 Years: New themes for TOPS Professional! We are continuing our monthly theme series of free content for our customers. This month we bring you two cool new themes: 1950's and Surf's Up. This is a continuation in a series of new themes being released. These themes are web-exclusive content and not available from the Theme Manager inside TOPS. If you would like to see and download the other themes that have been released in this series so far, click THEMES in the tag list below... 
1950s theme for TOPS Professional
Surfs Up theme for TOPS Professional
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By TOPS Software on Friday, July 29, 2011
Unless you have been living under a rock with the guys who don't know about GEICO, you have probably heard from us about the free webinar series that TOPS has been giving that's intended to help you get more out of your TOPS products. This month, we will be conducting the second installment of this series, covering timesaving techniques in Accounts Receivable, Bills and Coupons, Collections and Global Reports. You most definitely do not want to miss this one!
Some of the things you will learn in this webinar:
- Maximize your use of the Form Letter program to create advanced form letter templates
- Set up recurring charges and late fees
- Determine when you should use recurring batch adjustments
- Create custom layouts for Bills and Statements
- Expand your data output with Global Reports
- Insure compliance with new laws on charges
All this and so much more is included in this FREE webinar. Don't miss out! Last time all seats were filled, so be sure to register early for this amazing... |
By TOPS Software on Thursday, July 21, 2011
Welcome to the inaugural post of our newest blog series, Q&A. In this series, we'll be answering any questions you have about TOPS and our various products and services. This week, I answer your questions about Windows 7 compatability, the Customer Care Center, Phone Messenger, and the 2011 Federal Payroll Tax Rates. Read on for the answers! |
By TOPS Software on Wednesday, July 06, 2011
26 Themes for 26 Years: New themes for TOPS Professional! We are continuing our monthly theme series of free content for our customers. This month we bring you two of the most idyllic themes we have released to date: Feng Shui and Smooth Sailing... 
Feng Shui theme for TOPS Professional
Smooth Sailing theme for TOPS Professional
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By TOPS Software on Friday, June 17, 2011
This week, Account Executives Nicole Beal, Ryan McBeth and Andrew Woytowich presented a free webinar to a packed audience of 160 clients on the topic of getting more out of TOPS Professional through the use of Automation and Communication. Overall 97% of attendees said they learned something about their TOPS system they did not know coming in to the webinar! If you didn't get an opportunity to attend the webinar, never fear! We have a recorded version for your convenience here on our website! |
By TOPS Software on Wednesday, June 08, 2011
26 Themes for 26 Years: New themes for TOPS Professional! We are continuing our monthly theme series of free content for our customers. This month we bring you THREE fun themes: Big Top, Denver and Kayaking... 
Big Top theme for TOPS Professional
Denver theme for TOPS Professional
Kayaking theme for TOPS Professional
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By TOPS Software on Thursday, May 19, 2011
TOPS has created two new web-based calculators that will assist you in determining how much time, postage and paper you can save by choosing TOPS as your technology partner... |
By TOPS Software on Monday, May 02, 2011
26 Themes for 26 Years: New themes for TOPS Professional! We are continuing our monthly theme series of free content for our customers. This month we bring you two beautiful new themes: Seattle and Spring Flowers... 
Seattle theme for TOPS Professional
Spring Flowers theme for TOPS Professional
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By TOPS Software on Monday, April 11, 2011
26 Themes for 26 Years: New themes for TOPS Professional! We are continuing our monthly theme series of free content for our customers. This month we bring you two fabulous new themes: Happy Easter 2011 and San Francisco... 
Happy Easter 2011 theme for TOPS Professional
San Francisco theme for TOPS Professional
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By TOPS Software on Tuesday, March 01, 2011
26 Themes for 26 Years: New themes for TOPS Professional! We are continuing our monthly theme series of web-exclusive free content for our customers. This month we bring you two surreal new themes: Emerald Isle and Windy City... 
Emerald Isle theme for TOPS Professional
Windy City theme for TOPS Professional
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By TOPS Development on 2/21/2011
Fitting for the month with Valentine's day that TOPS shows our love to our clients by making some nice enhancements to our Global Reports module! Click to read more, or check out the video demonstration! |
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By TOPS Software on Monday, February 07, 2011
26 Themes for 26 Years: New themes for TOPS Professional! We are continuing our monthly theme series of free content for our customers. This month we bring you two lovely new themes: Be Mine and Black History Month... 
Be Mine theme for TOPS Professional
Black History Month theme for TOPS Professional
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By TOPS Development on 2/5/2011
We are proud to present a new feature based on customer request: a drill down report summarizing checks by community, and displaying details when required. If the notification in the program didn't click, or you are looking to find out where you can access it, read this to get the whole picture... |
By TOPS Software on Friday, January 28, 2011
This is our busiest time of year and as you call in you might be meeting some new people in our Support Team. The great news is TOPS has more support people than ever on staff ready to assist you! We also have some help for year end... |
By TOPS Software on Monday, January 17, 2011
26 Themes for 26 Years: New themes for TOPS Professional! We are continuing our monthly theme series of free content for our customers. This month we bring you two gorgeous new themes: Snow Babies and Chinese New Year... 
Snow Babies theme for TOPS Professional
Chinese New Year theme for TOPS Professional
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By TOPS Software on Thursday, January 13, 2011
The Webinar on 1/12/2011 which presented the new TOPS remote check deposit service was well attended and provided everyone with a better understanding of how this service streamlines the check processing work flow for TOPS users. The demo portion of the Webinar showed the one step process to scan, record, archive and deposit without leaving your desk. |
By TOPS Software on Wednesday, January 05, 2011
TOPS will be hosting a webinar on Wednesday, January 12th at 2pm to discuss TOPS' new remote check deposit service, offered in conjunction with Heartland Payment Systems, which can make processing payments in TOPS a snap. In one step you can now scan, record, archive and deposit and never have to leave your desk. Sign up today to learn about these new capabilities for TOPS Professional 4.0. |
By TOPS Software on Tuesday, December 28, 2010
CAI Weighs in on FTC identity theft rules “Regardless of the legal analysis, adopting a program to address issues of identity theft is the best option to ensure your community meets its obligations to its members. While there are no private rights to sue under the rule and the risk of FTC enforcement might be somewhat low for community associations, adopting a Red Flag policy will ensure compliance as well as implement a best practice for resident financial data.”
~ CAI Opinion on FTC Red Flag Rules |
By TOPS Software on Thursday, December 23, 2010
Our holiday gift to you: New themes for TOPS Professional! TOPS is pleased to announce the beginning of a new series of free content for our customers. This month we kick off with two wonderous seasonal themes: Happy Holidays 2010 and Winter Wonderland... 
Happy Holidays 2010 theme for TOPS Professional
Winter Wonderland theme for TOPS Professional
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By TOPS Software on Monday, September 13, 2010
TOPS will be releasing the new Full Image Check Scanner system in September 2010. The check scanning works with the most popular scanners like the Panini Vision X and Magtek Excella STX as well as others. |
By TOPS Software on Wednesday, September 08, 2010
On August 3, 2010 TOPS presented a webinar showing the highlights of the new TOPS Professional version 4.0. The webinar was presented to better inform customers about the benefits of TOPS new software version and also to counter misinformation about the new version. This webinar was TOPS best attended webinar yet with close to 300 customers registering. |
By TOPS Software on Friday, August 20, 2010
2010 marks the 25th anniversary of TOPS Software serving the Condo/HOA management industry. It’s hard to imagine that our first client came on board in 1985 (HRW in NC), and more amazingly they are still a client today. As we reflect on these 25 years, we also reflected on the evolution of our product names, and there have been many! |
By TOPS Software on Monday, August 16, 2010
Let’s face it, we all get inundated with communications. I know that when I go to my mailbox, I am greeted by catalogs, magazines, newsletters, and of course, bills. I shake my head at so much wasted paper and postage and resources as I deposit most of them right into the recycling bin. |
By TOPS Software on Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Trade Show Report: West Coast Account Manager Andrew Woytowich and Vice President of Sales Mike Hardy showed off the new features in TOPS Professional and a sneak preview of TOPS OnPoint at the CACM conference in Orange County California this week. |
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