# Old Open Collective Docs

## Old OC Docs

- [Welcome](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/readme.md): We are on a mission to help collaborative groups collect and spend money transparently.
- [Introduction](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/about/introduction.md)
- [Documentation](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/about/documentation.md)
- [Terminology](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/about/terminology.md): We have developed some terminology to describe interactions and roles on Open Collective.  Please use these terms when creating issues or support requests.
- [Company](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/about/company.md)
- [Pricing](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/about/pricing.md)
- [Team](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/about/team.md): Open Collective Inc has a small, fully remote team with members around the world. You're welcome to reach out to us on our open Slack or on social media.
- [The Open Collective Way](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/about/the-open-collective-way.md): We are on a mission to help collaborative groups collect and spend money transparently.
- [Mission and Values](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/about/the-open-collective-way/mission-and-values.md)
- [Community Guidelines](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/about/the-open-collective-way/community-guidelines.md)
- [Hiring](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/about/hiring.md)
- [Investors](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/about/investors.md): Information surrounding our funding and investors
- [Contributing](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/about/contributing.md): Open Collective is an open source project and we love to receive contributions from our community — you!
- [Refund Policy](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/about/refund-policy.md)
- [Contact Us](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/about/contact-us.md): A few ways to get in touch with the Open Collective Team
- [Features](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/product.md)
- [Roadmap](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/roadmap.md): You'll find below guidelines for prioritizing features and projects as well as a template for new projects.
- [Comparison](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/comparison.md)
- [User Profile](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/user-profile.md)
- [Dashboard](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/dashboard.md): Dashboard enables you to easily find important information, and perform tasks as an individual, Collective or Fiscal Host admin
- [Preview Features](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/dashboard/preview-features.md): Our Preview Features menu lets you test selected upcoming Open Collective features before their full release - and turn them on and off with a single click.
- [Currencies](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/currencies.md)
- [Log-in System](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/log-in-system.md)
- [Privacy Policy](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/privacy-policy.md)
- [Moderation](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/moderation.md): Insights about our moderation policy and actions taken
- [Security](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/security.md): A reference about our practices and policies to ensure security and privacy across our services.
- [Ledger](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/ledger.md)
- [Individual Transactions](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/ledger/individual-transactions.md)
- [Transaction Pairs, Groups & Perspectives](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/ledger/transaction-pairs-groups-and-perspectives.md)
- [Viewing Transactions](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/ledger/viewing-transactions.md)
- [Exporting Transactions](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/ledger/exporting-transactions.md)
- [Fiscal Host Ledger Perspective](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/ledger/fiscal-host-ledger-perspective.md)
- [Contributions in the Ledger](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/ledger/contributions-in-the-ledger.md)
- [Added Funds in the Ledger](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/ledger/added-funds-in-the-ledger.md)
- [Expenses in the Ledger](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/ledger/expenses-in-the-ledger.md)
- [Ledger Changelog](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/ledger/ledger-changelog.md)
- [Notifications](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/notifications.md)
- [Two-factor Authentication](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/two-factor-authentication.md)
- [Activity Log](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/product/activity-log.md)
- [Collectives FAQ](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/collectives.md)
- [Creating a Collective](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/create-collective.md)
- [Quick Start Guide](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/quick-start-guide.md)
- [Collective Settings](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/collective-settings.md)
- [Customize Collective](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/collective-settings/customize-collective.md)
- [Team](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/collective-settings/core-contributors.md)
- [Collective Goals & Tiers](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/collective-settings/tiers-goals.md)
- [Expense Policy](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/collective-settings/expense-policy.md)
- [Data Export](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/collective-settings/data-export.md)
- [Security](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/collective-settings/security.md)
- [Integrations](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/collective-settings/integrations.md): Learn how to integrate notifications from Open Collective in your own chat or website using Webhooks
- [Zero Collective Balance](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/collective-settings/zero-collective-balance.md)
- [Closing a Collective](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/collective-settings/closing-a-collective.md)
- [Add Fiscal Host](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/add-fiscal-host.md)
- [Change Fiscal Host](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/change-fiscal-host.md)
- [Open Source Collectives](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/osc-verification.md): Guidance for open source projects on open collective
- [Setting up GitHub Sponsors](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/osc-verification/github-sponsors.md)
- [Transparent Budget](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/budget.md)
- [Expenses](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/expenses.md)
- [Updates & Comms](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/communication.md)
- [Custom Email](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/custom-email.md)
- [Moderation](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/moderation.md)
- [Conversations](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/conversations.md): A discussion forum for your Collective
- [Events](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/events.md): You can set up events for your community and sell tickets that go straight to your Collective budget.
- [Projects](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/projects.md)
- [Funding Options](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/funding-options.md): Direct donations are not the only way a Collective can receive revenue
- [Buttons & Banners](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/widgets.md)
- [Connected Collectives](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/connectedcollectives.md)
- [Contribution flow](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/contribution-flow.md)
- [Financial Contributors FAQ](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/financial-contributors/financial-contributors.md)
- [Guest contributions](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/financial-contributors/guest-contributions.md)
- [Payments](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/financial-contributors/payments.md): Open Collective supports a number of payment options for contributors.
- [Platform Tips](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/financial-contributors/platform-tips.md): When you make a contribution to a collective, you are also invited to add a platform tip. Who does this tip go to, and what is it spent on?
- [Website Badge](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/financial-contributors/website-badge.md)
- [Receipts](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/financial-contributors/receipts.md)
- [Collective to Collective](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/financial-contributors/collective-to-collective.md)
- [Organizations](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/financial-contributors/organizations.md)
- [Organization FAQ](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/financial-contributors/organizations/organization-faq.md)
- [Funds](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/financial-contributors/organizations/funds.md): Funds make it easy to give money to projects you care about.
- [Bulk Transfers](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/financial-contributors/organizations/bulk-transfers.md)
- [Gift Cards](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/financial-contributors/organizations/gift-cards.md): Open Collective gift cards empower your employees or community members to support the open source projects they love.
- [Sustainer Resources](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/financial-contributors/organizations/sustainer-resources.md)
- [Expenses FAQ](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/expenses-and-getting-paid/expenses.md)
- [Submitting Expenses](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/expenses-and-getting-paid/submitting-expenses.md)
- [Inviting a third-party to submit an Expense](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/expenses-and-getting-paid/submitting-expenses/nviting-a-third-party-to-submit-an-expense.md)
- [Virtual Cards](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/expenses-and-getting-paid/virtual-cards.md)
- [Expense Comments](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/expenses-and-getting-paid/expense-comments.md)
- [Edit or Download an Expense](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/expenses-and-getting-paid/edit-expense.md)
- [Receiving payment through Payoneer or Wise](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/expenses-and-getting-paid/receiving-payment-through-payoneer-or-wise.md)
- [Tax Information](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/expenses-and-getting-paid/tax-information.md)
- [Fiscal Hosts FAQ](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-hosts.md)
- [Becoming a Fiscal Host](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/become-a-fiscal-host.md)
- [Creating a Fiscal Host](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/create-a-fiscal-host.md)
- [Organisation Settings](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-host-settings.md)
- [Info](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-host-settings/add-more-info.md): Add more information about your Fiscal Host
- [Customize Profile Page](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-host-settings/customize-page-sections.md): Control the visibility and order of sections of your profile page
- [Connect external accounts](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-host-settings/connected-accounts.md): You can connect social media accounts to automatically thank new financial contributors
- [Accounting Categories](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-host-settings/accounting-categories.md): Configure your chart of accounts and surface expense categories for expense submitters, collective and fiscal host admins
- [Security](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-host-settings/security.md)
- [Manage updates](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-host-settings/manage-updates.md)
- [Policies](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-host-settings/policies.md)
- [Fiscal Host Dashboard](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-host-dashboard.md)
- [Expenses](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-host-dashboard/expenses.md)
- [Financial contributions](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-host-dashboard/financial-contributions.md)
- [Pending applications](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-host-dashboard/pending-applications.md)
- [Hosted Collectives](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-host-dashboard/hosted-collectives.md)
- [Vendors](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-host-dashboard/vendors.md): Streamline your financial management by attributing contributions or expenses to external entities effortlessly.  Set up a list of vendors specific to your fiscal host.
- [Transaction Report](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-host-dashboard/transaction-report.md)
- [Reports](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-host-dashboard/transaction-report/reports-beta.md)
- [Receiving Money](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/receiving-money.md)
- [Bank Transfers](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/receiving-money/bank-transfers.md)
- [Credit Card](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/receiving-money/credit-card.md)
- [Add Funds Manually](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/receiving-money/add-funds-manually.md)
- [Expected Funds](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/receiving-money/expected-funds.md)
- [Payouts](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/payouts.md)
- [Virtual Card Settings](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/payouts/virtual-cards.md)
- [Payouts with PayPal](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/payouts/payouts-with-paypal.md): Instructions on how to safely connect to PayPal.
- [Payouts with Wise](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/payouts/payouts-with-transferwise.md): Instructions on how to safely connect to Wise, f.k.a. TransferWise.
- [Two-factor authentication for payouts](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/payouts/two-factor-authentication-for-payouts.md): Information and instructions for setting up and using 2FA for payouts.
- [Refunds](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/payouts/refunds.md)
- [Host Fees](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-host-fees.md)
- [Local Tax Support](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/local-tax.md): This page describes how to set up charging local taxes
- [Agreement Templates](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/fiscal-hosts/sponsor-agreement.md)
- [About Independent Collectives](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/independent-collectives/about-independent-collectives.md)
- [Create an Independent Collective](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/independent-collectives/create-independent-collective.md)
- [Migrate from Self-Hosted to Independent Collective](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/independent-collectives/create-independent-collective/migrate-from-self-hosted-to-independent-collective.md)
- [Migrate from a Fiscal Host to Independent Collective](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/independent-collectives/create-independent-collective/migrate-from-a-fiscal-host-to-independent-collective.md)
- [Independent Collective Setup](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/independent-collectives/set-up-independent-collective.md)
- [Independent Collective Management](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/independent-collectives/manage-independent-collective.md)
- [Money coming in: Contributions](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/independent-collectives/manage-independent-collective/money-coming-in-contributions.md)
- [Money going out: Expenses](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/independent-collectives/manage-independent-collective/money-going-out-expenses.md)
- [Close an Independent Collective](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/independent-collectives/close-an-independent-collective.md)
- [Design](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/design.md)
- [Design Workflow](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/design/understanding-the-design-workflow.md): General knowledge intended to understand the workflow of OpenCollective Design
- [Design Contribution Guidelines](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/design/contribution-guidelines.md): Describe the series of guidelines and requirements to be able to contribute with design-related efforts to Open Collective
- [Development](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development.md)
- [Contribution Guide](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/dev-contribution-guide.md)
- [Best Practice Guidelines](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/best-practice-guidelines.md): Describes what we expect from new code. Also includes special tips to help you getting started!
- [Bounties](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/bounties.md)
- [Architecture](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/architecture.md)
- [API](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/api.md)
- [Members](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/api/members.md)
- [Collectives](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/api/collectives.md)
- [Events](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/api/events.md)
- [README Integration](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/readme-integration.md)
- [PayPal](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/paypal.md): Technical details about how we implement PayPal and how to get started developing with it.
- [TransferWise](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/transferwise.md): Technical details about how we implement TransferWise and how to get started developing with it.
- [Post-Donation Redirect](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/post-donation-redirect.md)
- [Manual Reporting](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/manual-reporting.md)
- [GitHub Permissions](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/github-permissions.md)
- [Internationalization (i18n) system](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/translations.md): Documenting how we handle translations in the code
- [Testing with Cypress](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/testing-with-cypress.md): We use Cypress for our end-to-end tests. This page references our custom commands and the best practices that we try to follow.
- [Testing features](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/testing-features.md): A document for QA testing and developers to know how to test features in a non-production environment
- [Conversations](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/testing-features/conversations.md): A document for QA testing and developers about testing conversations a non-production environment
- [Collective's locations](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/collectives-locations.md): How we deal with collective's addresses and countries
- [Virtual Cards](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/development/virtual-cards.md): How to setup Virtual Cards in local development
- [Documentation](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/documentation.md)
- [Resources for documentarians](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/documentation/resources-for-documentarians.md): Helping you craft a nice contribution to our docs!
- [Style guide](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/documentation/style-guide.md): A reference for writing style and formatting
- [Suggesting changes](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/documentation/suggesting-changes.md): Learn how to edit and add new media, pages and sections
- [Translation](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/contributing/translation.md): Procedure and documentation about how to contribute to the Open Collective translations
- [Developers](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/developers.md)
- [OAuth](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/developers/oauth.md): OAuth lets you create applications that can access Open Collective's API to read information and trigger changes on the platform.
- [Personal Tokens](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/developers/personal-tokens.md)


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