# \#pugnews
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## [Community Changes](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/community-changes/3011)
**Author:** [@pete.mcfadden](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/u/pete.mcfadden)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/community-changes/3011 "2026-06-01T00:44:02Z")
Hi everyone, I’m Pete, I recently joined Phocas as the Global Education Program Manager, and one of the things I’m most excited about is this community. Over the coming months, you’ll start to see some changes to the PU…
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## [The ability to have the custom option available when using the Transaction mode](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/the-ability-to-have-the-custom-option-available-when-using-the-transaction-mode/1882)
**Author:** [@TravisA](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/u/TravisA)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/the-ability-to-have-the-custom-option-available-when-using-the-transaction-mode/1882 "2021-05-25T14:21:25Z")
It would be great to have the ability to use the CUSTOM option when the mode is set to TRANSACTION. All other modes have a CUSTOM option. The TRANSACTION mode contains some details that are not provided in other modes. …
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## [User Conferences in Australia](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/user-conferences-in-australia/934)
**Author:** [@michael.fenton](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/u/michael.fenton)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/user-conferences-in-australia/934 "2019-03-07T22:50:37Z")
Hi, I noticed a reference to the local user conference that are running in May in the recent training webinar. However, I cannot find any links to it across the Phocas and PUG websites. How do we get to it? Thanks, M…