If you are using the class notification content to share your online class link and password info, you can now also show that information on the Schedule tab of your My Account page.

The setting to turn on this behavior is on the Website > Community > Portal > Settings tab.  You can choose to share the location and class notification content. The content can be shown in a popup or inline.

Note: to take advantage of this feature you'll need to share the "My Account" page with your customers (typically as an option in your menu).  They will also need to create a username and password so they can log in.

Also - coming soon: automated reminders for individual class meetings.  These will also include the class notification content.

Products in the store now support additional content that will be included in order confirmation emails.  To enter notification content for products, go to Setup > Store > Products and edit your products. 

If you are offering online classes we have added some features that should be helpful.  Note: although we have added more content-related security features, we have not added live streaming or video hosting. You will still need to use Zoom, YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook Live, etc. However, in most cases the appropriate video players or links can be added to your secured MSS pages.

Using the Main Street Sites Portal

The Portal feature is available if you have a Premium website or Back Office.

Any of your customers with a username and password can access the MSS portal. The portal landing page has a set of optional buttons. It is typically used for things like "My Account", "Make-Up Scheduler," "Make a Payment," etc.

You can add as many buttons to the portal as you like. You can add pages to hold materials, videos and links for particular classes. Additional buttons can be added to your portal layout at Website > Community > Portal > Layout. You'll need to add new pages to your Page Vault (at Website > Vaults > Page Vault) first, then you can reference them when you add buttons to your portal layout. Here is an example of a portal page:

Note: if you'd rather not use the portal landing page, you can also add secure page vault pages directly to your menu or link to them directly in emails, etc. They can be secured in either case. See below for how to secure your vault pages!

Securing Page Vault Pages using Access Level

Every person who creates an account on your website has an access level. It will be level 1 by default. You can set your page vault pages to require a higher access level if you'd like to prevent them from seeing certain pages by default. There are five portal access levels available for this purpose (1-5).

The access level for a given page vault page is on its settings tab at Website > Vaults > Page Vault > Settings.

You can give any account contact its own access level by opening the account at Manage > Accounts and editing the contact. For example, you could set certain families to level 2 manually. Then only those families could access any of your pages set to require level 2 access rights.

Important tip: To automatically assign a higher access level to your enrolled families, you can go to Setup > Settings > Account Settings and turn on the "Security level used for accounts with current enrollments" option. This will automatically assign a higher access level to your enrolled families, but only while they are enrolled in your classes. Here's what those settings would look like:

Securing Page Vault Pages by Class or Class Type

You can also limit access to a page in the page vault to people enrolled in a given class or class type. This is done by going to the settings tab of the page at Website > Vaults > Page Vault > Settings and selecting the option for enrolled account access.

Note: this only works if your customers are able to log in to your website. That lets us check their enrollments before showing them the page.

Securing Page Vault Pages by Access Code

If your customers do not typically have their own usernames and passwords, you can secure your page vault pages with a simple access code. This can be any secret code you wish to share with your families. The access code for a given page is set on the settings tab in Website > Vaults > Page Vault when editing a page.

Adding Online Class Access Info to your Class Notifications

If you have online access information you'd like to add to each class, this can now be done by editing the class at Manage > Classes > Classes and going to the Notes and Description tab. There is a new section there for adding "Notification Content" for the class. This content will be sent out in any notification for the class. This includes order confirmations, enrollment confirmations, make-up, demo and drop-in notifications (including reminders).

This option is intended to help people who want to distribute links for particular classes only to enrolled families.

We hope these security features will help you get your classes online during this difficult time. Please don't hesitate to ask for help with any of these items discussed here.

Demos now support being attached directly to accounts.  This support appears in several places:

• You can now give customers the option to create an account and login before creating a demo.  The option to continue without creating an account and to hide these new options entirely is supported as well.  By default these options are hidden.
• Accounts can be created automatically when demos are scheduled by your customers.  This replaces the prior support for creating contacts automatically from new demos.
• When you enter a demo on the back end, you can now select an existing account or enter the demo information manually as before.
• For any demo not already associated with an account, you can use an option in the More... button on the demo to create an account from the demo automatically.
• Demo-related user queries have been updated to show related account information as needed.

See the new settings for demos by going to Setup > Make Up, Demo & Drop-in Settings > Demo Settings,

Support has been added to online registration for global coupons.  This feature allows you to create coupons that can apply to any semester.

To add global coupons, select the "<Global Coupons>" price set in Setup > Settings > Registration Pricing.

Popup notes were added for tasks.  When you review your tasks from Manage > Activity > Tasks, any notes for the tasks can be reviewed using the popup icon in the grid.

The teacher schedule report now shows all holidays that affect the teacher's schedule.  When appropriate, a notes section will be added to the report to indicate any exceptions for the standard schedule for the displayed classes.  For example, a moved or cancelled class meeting will be indicated in the notes section.  Any class meetings that are not affected by the listed holidays will also be called out.

The contacts grid on the Account > General tab has been updated to show more of the contact information.

The WorldPay payment gateway now supports payments entered from the back end website as well as customer payments.  The WorldPay payment gateway is an option for customers in the UK only.

Classes can now set a minimum fill level.  When the class is below the minimum fill level, a custom message will appear on any "register" buttons or links for that class.  For example, the "register" button for a class could say, "Waiting to fill" until the class has 6 students enrolled.

To set the minimum fill level for a class, find the class in Manage > Classes > Classes and update the setting on the Additional Info tab for that class.

CAPTCHA support was added for custom forms.

The option to edit emails and web pages in full screen mode was added. The full screen editor option appears as a button on the editing toolbar.

Filter settings for the back-end pages such as Manage > Accounts, Manage > Orders, etc. will now be saved and restored each time.  For example, f you always search for orders from the "last 30 days" that value should now be defaulted for you each time automatically.