For Back Office customers who do not use a Main Street Sites website, we have just released the ability to embed class schedules into your native web pages. 

If you go to Website > Vaults > Component Vault and add a new class component you'll see that we've added both a new "Filters" and an "Embed" tab.  The "Filters" tab lets you decide which classes you want to include in the component (including a new semester filter).

The "Embed" tab has formatting options at the top, then a preview pane to show you what the embedded schedule will look like on your site.  The different formatting settings let you update the look of the class schedule to match your site design.  At the bottom of the page is the actual code for the component that you'll copy and add to your website.

Each component you create in this way will use a layout from Named Layouts.  A layout can contain any columns you'd like to use in any order.  Layouts can be created and edited by going to Website > Settings > Named Layouts.  

Please reach out to customer support if you'd like help adding schedules to your web pages using this feature.

Note: customers using Main Street Sites websites have always had the ability to add class schedules to any page.  This is done by creating a new component and inserting it onto a page using the "Component" toolbar button.

Main Street Sites users with user-defined fields can now clear the existing values of those fields when needed.  This can be useful when you have values that are expected change over time like clothing sizes, school bus number, etc.

To clear the stored values of an existing user-defined field, go to Setup > Advanced > Field Manager and hover over the relevant user-defined field.  Use the drop-down menu to select the "Clear Values" option for that field.

Please note that once performed this operation can't be undone.

Users of online attendance can now enter notes for each class meeting.  This can be used by teachers to enter notes from class for the center director to review.

Class meeting notes can also be viewed and entered from Manage > Classes > Class Meetings.

The new Re-enrollment Summary Report now supports the ability to select which class statuses you'd like to include in the report.

More options have been added for how you can limit user access to demos.  You can now set a maximum number of demos per semester, per calendar year, for the last 365 days or for all time.  This setting can be changed by going to Setup > Make-ups, Demos & Drop-ins > Demo Settings.

New options for sending SMS text messages have been added. 

There is now an option to send messages by both email and SMS text.  This option is for critical messages that you want customers to see as soon as possible.  

We also added the option to send messages via SMS text only.  This removes all restrictions on the content of the messages.  As long as you are sending via SMS text only it is OK to include marketing messages and promotions in your messages.  The restrictions on content exist only for emails. This is necessary because Send Message sends emails that bypass the "unsubscribe" option.

Note: SMS text messages are currently only available to customers in the US and Canada.

A new re-enrollment summary report has been added.  This report looks at class enrollments across semesters to calculate re-enrollment rates.  In addition to calculating a total re-enrollment number, you can also see re-enrollment by teacher, location and class type.

Customers using class components to place their class schedule on different web pages can now filter classes by semester in addition to class type, teacher and location.  This is useful if you want to do something like highlight your summer classes on a separate page. 

Components can be created and maintained at Website > Vaults > Component Vault. You can place one or more components on any built-in page or page vault page.

Terms and conditions are now supported for orders that only contain drop-ins.  You can update your terms and conditions for orders by going to Setup > Settings > Online Order Settings.

You can now set a maximum number of drop-ins per student per semester.  This new setting can be found at Setup > Make-ups, Demos & Drop-Ins > Drop-In Settings. 

Your customers will receive a validation error if they try to purchase more than the maximum allowed number of drop-ins for a given student in a given period.

Support for the Authorize.net gateway has been updated to their latest requirements.  Customers needing to upgrade to the new gateway will be notified and migrated to the new gateway integration automatically.

A new setting has been added to help manage waitlist enrollments.  You can now indicate that you do not want any fees or payments generated for waitlist enrollments during online registration.  Instead, the waitlist enrollment will be created with no associated fees.

To turn on this setting go to Setup > Settings > Online Order Settings and find the "Registration Process" section.  The new checkbox is labeled, "Do not generate fees or collect payment for enrollments in 'Waitlist' status."   

We have added support for appointment reminders.  You can enable this feature by going to Setup > Appointments > Settings.  You'll find reminder options there for single appointments and for recurring appointments.

There is also a setting on appointment types that allows you to turn this feature on and offer for particular appointment types. This only applies once you have turned appointment reminders on at Setup > Appointments > Settings.