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11/27/2018
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Drop-in Updates
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Thanks to everyone who has been providing feedback on our new drop-in features. Here is the latest round of updates:
- "Drop-in" links can now be added to class schedules by updating the layout for the schedule. There are two options for this -- one is a "drop-in" link and the other shows a few upcoming dates as links (plus a "more.." link). This can be added to you class layout by going to Website > Settings > Named Layouts. The text used for the "drop-in" link can be changed in Setup > Make-ups, Demos & Drop-Ins > Drop-in Settings.
- Drop-in links are also now shown on the individual class details page in the class meetings section.
- Drop-in reminder emails are now active. This can be turned on by going to Setup > Make-ups, Demos & Drop-Ins > Drop-In Settings
- The display of drop-ins orders in Manage > Activity > Orders has been improved so you can now see details of the drop-ins from the list of orders.
- Drop-ins are now supported in the Manage > Orders export formats.
- When using drop-ins in a catalog layout, the prefix for the column will no longer display if the drop-in link is not active for that class.
- Drop-in links can also be displayed in the calendar by updating the calendar format at Settings > Settings > Class Settings.
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11/13/2018
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New Periodic Fee Generator options
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New options for monthy billing have been released for the periodic fee generator. Now you can generate monthly fees based on the number of class meetings in a period. This was added to support customers who bill based on the actual number of times a class meets (as opposed to a fixed amount each month).
On the first page of the periodic fee generator there is a new section called "Specify Fee Amounts." This lets you indicate that your fees should be based on the number of class meetings in the previous month, current month or following month. You can also generate fees in this way for any set of dates if needed.
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11/8/2018
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Drop-in Updates
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We have released some updates for the new drop-ins module:
- Drop-ins have been added as an option to the Attendance Sheet Report
- Issues with the date filters in Manage > Drop-Ins have been fixed
- "Drop-in Scheduled" emails are now being sent to teachers when drop-ins are scheduled on your customer-facing pages (i.e. when drop-ins are purchased on your website)
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10/31/2018
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Register Buttons
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The Cheshire, Brookfield and Granville templates now support showing buttons for the "Register" link in class schedules and on the class details page. The color scheme for these buttons is based on your template's selected color scheme. You can update the font and background colors for these buttons by going to Website > Site Options > Template Options and updating the "Register Button Font" and "Register Button Background Color" settings.
We can disable this feature for your template if you'd prefer not to use it. Also, if you do not yet have a "register" link in your class schedule you can add one by going to Website > Settings > Named Layouts and updating your class schedule layout. We'd be happy to help with this if needed. You may also want to review other useful settings in your class schedule layout like the column widths, alternating row color, default row height and row mouseover color.
If you are not using these templates but would like this register button feature added to your site please let us know. We'd be happy to help.
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10/15/2018
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Drop-in Scheduler
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This week we rolled out our new Drop-in Scheduler feature set. With this feature you can offer your customers paid drop-in classes.
Drop-ins are very similar to make-ups and demos in how they work. You can set aside slots for drop-ins in your semester classes. You can also use open enrollment seats and marked absences for drop-ins. Drop-ins can be added from the back-end and from your customer-facing pages.
The important difference with the drop-in scheduler is that you can set prices for your drop-ins. Price sets for dropins are created at Setup > Make-Ups, Demos & Drop-Ins > Drop-In Pricing. Settings for your drop-ins can be found at Setup > Make-Ups, Demos & Drop-Ins > Drop-In Settings.
See the Drop-in Scheduler Overview for details on the Drop-In Scheduler. See How to Add Drop-in Scheduler to get started.
Note: this feature is not yet fully complete. For example, updates are still pending for the Attendance Sheet Report, Send Message, Transaction Summary and Detail Reports, Manage > Orders and drop-in reminder notifications. We will complete these lower priority items in the coming weeks.
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8/30/2018
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Automated demo follow-up emails
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The Demo Scheduler now includes support for automated follow-up emails. You can turn this feature on at Setup > Settings > Demo Scheduler Settings. There are options for the amount of delay before the follow-up is sent and the type of follow-up emails to be sent.
There are two different demo follow-up emails. There is a standard follow-up and a "missed demo" follow-up. The email for missed demos will only be sent if you have used online attendance and have marked the demo as "not attended" by the time the email is sent. You'll want to enter the right amount of delay time to record attendance if you use this option.
Important Note: the demo scheduler follow-up emails do not have any built-in text. You will need to add your own content to the emails by going to Communications > Settings > Notification Templates. Enter "demo" into the search box to find all of the demo-related notifications quickly.
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8/29/2018
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Taxes Supported for Appointment Fee Generation
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Taxes are now supported in the Appointment Fee Generator. Each appointment type can now be marked as being taxable as needed in Setup > Appointments > Appointment Types. In the Appointment Fee Generator you can indicate if you would like taxes generated as part of the current fee generation run. Taxes can then be generated for each of the applicable tax types.
Note: be sure to select a fee type for taxes at Setup > Advanced > Fee Types before using this feature. You can add additional fee types from here if needed as well.
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8/27/2018
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Additional text for email and SMS text opt-in
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It is now possible to add your own text to the email and SMS text opt-in fields that your customers see. This gives you an opportunity to add your own messaging for why customers should opt in to receive your emails and/or how you will protect their privacy. This custom text does not replace the built-in descriptions for these fields.
For the Create Account and My Account page go to Website > Community > Portal > Additional Content and click on the relevant content areas (e.g., "Create Account: Additional Email Opt In Text").
For the Order Checkout page go to Website > Site Options > Global Order Content and click on the relevant content areas (e.g., "Order Checkout: Additional Email Opt In Text").
For the Demo Scheduler page go to Website > Built-in Pages > Demo Scheduler > Additional Content and click on the relevant content areas (e.g., "Schedule Demo: Additional Email Opt In Text").
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6/21/2018
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Improved SSL Support
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Main Street Sites has made major improvements in our support for secure web pages. Previously only things like order pages and payment pages used a secure connection. Other pages, like your home page or class schedule page, did not. Now all Main Street Sites pages can use a secure SSL connection. To make this possible we have obtained SSL certificates for all active customer website domains. We recommend that all customers activate this feature for their account(s) by following the directions below.*
Website customers
Please go to Website > Site Options > Settings and set the "SSL Setting" to "Active" to turn on this feature. There may be a brief period during which your site is unresponsive while the new settings take effect. Let us know if your site doesn't begin working properly a few minutes after you change this setting. If you find the setting is disabled it means we are having trouble generating your SSL certificate for you. Please contact customer support to get it set up.
Standalone Back Office customers
If you are using "app.mainstreetsites.com" to link to your MSS pages then you have already been upgraded. All of your MSS pages are now using a secure connection.
If you are using a CNAME to connect to Back Office (such as, "app.your-domain-name.com") please go to Website > Site Options > Settings and set the "SSL Setting" to "Active" to turn on this feature. There may be a brief period when your pages are unresponsive while the new settings take effect. Let us know if your pages don't begin working properly a few minutes after you change this setting. If you find the setting is disabled it means we are having trouble generating your SSL certificate for you. Please contact customer support to get it set up.
Please let us know if you have any questions. If all went well you should now see a nice "Secure'" lock icon in front of all of your MSS pages.
* future versions of the Chrome browser will highlight any pages that don't use a secure connection as "not secure." We are rolling out these improvements so you can avoid running into this issue.
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5/14/2018
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Drop-In Scheduler
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Our development team has begun working on our new drop-in scheduler module. This feature will be similar to the Make-Up and Demo Schedulers, but will support different notifications, reminders, pricing, online orders and payments, etc. We hope to have this feature available by mid to late summer or early fall. We're very excited to be adding this new module to Main Street Sites!
Let us know if you'd like to be included in any beta testing we do for the new Drop-In Scheduler when those features become available
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5/1/2018
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Enrollment confirmations
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Enrollment confirmations now support up to 5 different versions (one primary and 4 alternates).
When you send enrollment confirmations, we'll show you the subject line once you make your selection (primary or alternate 1-4). You can use the subject line to make sure you have picked the right version -- of course, make sure you update the subject lines at Communications > Settings > Notification Templates in advance so this trick will work.
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4/23/2018
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Holidays
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Holidays can now reference any number of classes, class types, appointment types, locations or teachers.
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3/15/2018
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Misc Updates
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- Improvements to holiday processing
- Improvements to recitals conflict handling
- Fix for appointment popup summary
- Improvements to make-up and demo scheduling to prevent duplicates
- More terms added for user messages
- Updated YouTube URL parsing for new Media Vault items
- Added sorting options to the grid in Manage > Classes
- Audit trail tracking added for make-ups, demos, semesters, prices, coupons and auto-apply fees/discounts.
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2/1/2018
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Additional content for orders/shopping cart
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All general purpose additional content areas for the order/shopping cart pages have been moved to Website > Site Options > Global Order Content.
The additional content areas specific to the registration and store pages can still be found at Website > Built-in Pages > Registration and Website > Built-in Pages > Store respetively.
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2/1/2018
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User Queries
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User queries now support being sorted into categories. You can create new categories by clicking on the new "Manage Categories" link at Reports > User Queries > Saved Queries. When you create a new query you can indicate the category to which it belongs.
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2/1/2018
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Misc. Updates
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- Improved order validation when orders are committed
- Improved display of class prices when displayed in named layouts
- Improved handling for recurring appointment deactivate feature
- Improved handling for components on certain templates
- Fix for attendance sheet report issue seen on some mobile devices
- Contact fields added to the Demo user query scope
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12/19/2017
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More Shortcuts Added
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- You can now select "Add Payment Request" for a given account in the Manage > Accounts list to generate a payment request for that account.
- You can now select "Attendance by Class" for a given class in Manage > Classes to record online attendance for that class.
- You can now select "Attendance Sheet" for a given class in Manage > Classes to generate an Attendance Sheet report for that class.
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12/15/2017
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Pick a class
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Filters were added to the "Pick a class" popup to make it easier to find classes when needed.
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12/15/2017
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User Emails
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User emails can now be sent to a list of selected accounts instead of just one at a time.
- From Manage > Accounts you can now select a list of accounts and choose the "Send User Email to Selected.." option to send an email to those accounts.
- From Manage > Classes you can now select a list of classes and chose the "Send User Email to Selected.." option to send an email to the accounts enrolled in those classes.
- From Manage > Enrollments you can now select a list of enrollments and chose the "Send User Email to Selected..." option to send an email to the accounts associated with those enrollments.
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12/12/2017
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Contacts
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A new contact preference has been added for contacts. Customers can now indicate that they preferred to be contacted via text message.
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12/5/2017
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Image Browser
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A new image browser has been added to the "Insert Image" popup window. This new feature lets you browse all of your Image Images and all of the Image Repository images. Select any image in the browser to add it to the current page or user email.
See the images below for an example:
When adding an image...
...click on the new browse server button
You can now pick any of your images or any of the repository images
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12/5/2017
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Image Vault Categories
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Categories have been added to the Image Vault. You can now assign your images to different categories to keep them organized and easy to find.
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12/5/2017
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Demo Scheduler
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The "How did you hear about us" field in the demo scheduler can now be made required or hidden. The field has been added to the field manager at Setup > Advanced > Field Manager (on the Demo Scheduler tab).
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12/5/2017
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Drag and Drop uploading expanded
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In addition to being able to drag and drop files directly into the editor when editing a page or user email, a new drag-and-drop uploader has been added to the Image Vault and File Vault.
When you are in the Image Vault (or File Vault) select the new "Add Multiple Files" option to display the new drag-and-drop window. Drop your files onto the window and click "Upload Now" to begin the upload. After all your files have been uploaded you'll be shown a list of your new files for you to make any updates or edits. You can uncheck the "Review uploaded images" option to skip that step.
See the attached image for an example.
New drag-and-drop uploader
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11/28/2017
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Make-Up Scheduler
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Two new options were added for scheduling make-ups for enrolled families. The new options are:
- Require an enrollment in the same semester for the selected student
- The class type of the make-up must match the class type of an enrolled class for the student
These restrictions will only be in effect if your customers log in to use the make-up scheduler. This allows us to check their enrollment history before allowing them to schedule a make-up.
The new settings can be found at Setup > Settings > Make-Up Scheduler Settings.
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