FAQ
Questions alumni executives and set-year excos ask first.
Clear answers about Allma’s umbrella model, set-year workspaces, custom domains, pricing, hosting, and rollout options.
School
Official umbrella home
Sets
Private year workspaces
HQ
Managed onboarding
Is Allma just a website? +
No. Allma includes the official alumni website, but it is a managed platform for directories, marketplace, stories, private set-year workspaces, dues, welfare, polls, events, rooms, reports, admin controls, hosting, and onboarding.
Can each set year have its own private area? +
Yes. Each graduating set can have a private workspace with its own dashboard, members, stories, announcements, admin roles, and optional premium modules.
Can we use our own domain? +
Yes. Schools can use their own domain, such as mcssalumni.org, hosted on Allma-managed infrastructure with SSL, backups, updates, monitoring, and support.
Do we need a separate site for every set year? +
No. The recommended model is one official school umbrella site with private set-year workspaces inside it. This keeps the public identity unified while giving sets their own operating space.
Can set years pay separately? +
Yes. The school umbrella can have its own plan, and each set year can activate and pay for its own workspace and optional modules.
Does Allma replace WhatsApp? +
Allma does not need to replace WhatsApp completely. It gives the association an official system of record for members, dues, stories, pages, announcements, polls, events, rooms, and reports while chat tools can still support casual conversation.
Can we start with one set year first? +
Yes. A school or set can start small, validate the workflow, then expand into the umbrella structure and additional set-year workspaces.
Is the platform hosted by Allma? +
Yes. Allma provides managed hosting, SSL, backups, updates, staging, monitoring, and support for the public site and platform workspaces.
Can we add an app later? +
Yes. The v1 public marketing site is static, but the Allma platform can be extended later with app experiences as association needs evolve.
Ready when you are
Still mapping the right rollout?
Request a demo and we will help you decide whether to begin with the school umbrella, one set year, or a staged launch.