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June 4th, 2024 Product Update

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Shared by Justin β€’ June 04, 2024

Hey, there,

We've spent some time doing some big bug fixes in the software that we think you're gonna love! πŸ‘

πŸ“ˆ Notable Updates

  • AI Questionnaires will now generate correctly the first time you click the button.
  • Emails that contain replies from Outlook are now formatted more consistently.

πŸ”¨ General Updates

  • You can once again re-download a la carte Sprout Library items.
  • Contact Forms using Form Themes with transparency for the background colour will now display correctly.
  • Embedding a link in an Email Template will now work as expected.
  • The "Age" column on the Gallery List page will now display in the correct timezone.
  • Shop Items that have the button hidden, can now be clicked to purchase the item.
  • Fixed an issue with cropping images using the focal point cropper in Designer Emails.
  • The Contract List Page under a Lead/Shoot will no longer show the Trashed flag unless there's a Contract trashed specifically for that Lead/Shoot.
  • The "One Image" option with no cropping has been readded to the Email Designer.
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May 29th, 2024 Product Update

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Shared by Justin β€’ May 29, 2024

Hey, there,

We've spent some time doing some big bug fixes in the software that we think you're gonna love! πŸ‘

πŸ“ˆ Notable Updates

  • Watermarks are now applied correctly in Virtual IPS Galleries.
  • Clicking "yes" to skip uploading duplicates will now work as intended.
  • Fixed a scenario in which replying to Pretty Emails from Outlook on Windows was causing the reply chain to appear broken.

πŸ”¨ General Updates

  • Removed Gravatar to speed up Userlists.
  • Made it so the client-side rounding done on an Order also matches the same rounding scheme as the backend.
  • You can now properly scroll in the window that opens on the calendar when you have a bunch of dates.
  • Fixed a typo on mobile Schedulers that said "Tueday" instead of "Tuesday".
  • You can now check the Terms & Conditions box when trying to subscribe to the Read-Only plan through the /read-only link.
  • Dropdown menus no longer have excessive space in them when searching for a Contact in the Email window and Email Marketing Lists.
  • Corrected an issue where the <figure> tag was causing excessive left/right spacing on Emails.
  • We added the "Add to Cart" button back in a gallery when purchasing the entire gallery of images.
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May 22nd, 2024 Product Update

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Shared by Justin β€’ May 23, 2024

Hey, there,

We've spent some time doing some big bug fixes in the software that we think you're gonna love! πŸ‘

πŸ“ˆ Notable Updates

  • Auto-credits for Products and Services added to a Booking Proposal will now properly be created on the Shoot.
  • Moved the "Category" and "Attached File" sections into the main body of the Expense window to make it more efficient to quickly fill out.
  • In Gallery Settings, pasting a password into the field for non-logged-in clients will now trigger the auto-save.

πŸ”¨ General Updates

  • The fulfillment trays for individual Order Line Items will no longer have erratic open/close behaviour.
  • After updating Design Proof settings you'll no longer be randomly redirected to the front end of the Design Proof.
  • The "Booking Proposal" panel will no longer show up in Shoots.
  • $0 Orders will no longer show as having been paid by a coupon unless that's the case.
  • You can now add links to the "one-line description" in a Shop.
  • Gallery Folders that are created as part of a Template with folders added will now create a URL for the folder.
  • The "Receipt for an order from a gallery" Sprout Assistant email will now correctly open when accessed from the backend of a Gallery.
  • Corrected some styling oddities in the "Suggest Replacements" modal in a Design Proof. Sometimes the image would overlap with the buttons at the bottom.
  • Corrected the tooltip text when hovering over the Email button in a Design Proof.
  • Corrected an issue that prevented new accounts from getting the Default Cover Styles.
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May 14th, 2024 Product Update

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Shared by Justin β€’ May 14, 2024

Hey, there,

We've spent some time doing some big bug fixes in the software that we think you're gonna love! πŸ‘

πŸ“ˆ Notable Updates

  • Added all of the mobile fixes for Schedulers to Schedulers embedded in a Booking Page/Booking Proposal.
  • We added paging for Email Campaign lists to make the campaigns load faster.
  • Optimized how Email Campaigns with a large number of recipients to make it save much faster.

πŸ”¨ General Updates

  • Sending Emails from a Design Proof will now use the correct Brand.
  • The β€˜Allow Quick Buy’ toggle setting will now properly copy over when a Gallery Template is applied.
  • Corrected an issue where sometimes Download Sets would produce zips with 0-byte images.
  • Download Presets that have a Watermark, but the Watermark is currently turned will no longer break downloaded images.
  • Special characters in the name of Orders will not stop people from paying anymore.
  • Fixed an issue that was allowing the editing of Google-created dates.
  • Fixed an issue attaching additional users to a Shoot.
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May 7th, 2024 Product Update

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Shared by Justin β€’ May 07, 2024

Hey, there,

We've spent some time doing some big bug fixes in the software that we think you're gonna love! πŸ‘

πŸ’‘ Spotlight

  • We made the experience with embedded Schedulers on mobile more intuitive and consistent.

πŸ“ˆ Notable Updates

  • When reviewing the log for tracked clicks in an Email Campaign, it will now correctly show the Email address of who clicked for each click event.
  • Contact Form submission speed has been increased.

πŸ”¨ General Updates

  • Better support for Shoot Types that contain an apostrophe. Previously these Shoot Types could cause duplicates or strange behavior when trying to enable/disable them on Contact Forms.
  • When an existing Client logs into a Contact Form, any fields that get auto-filled with their details will now be hidden dynamically.
  • Fixed an issue where a Print that has options/choices that were all deleted could not be purchased from a Gallery in some cases.
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April 30th, 2024 Product Update

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Shared by Justin β€’ April 30, 2024

Hey, there,

We've spent some time doing some big bug fixes in the software that we think you're gonna love! πŸ‘

πŸ“ˆ Notable Updates

  • The [[shoot_date_detailed]] variable will now include the timezone as part of its display.

πŸ”¨ General Updates

  • In the Pricelist "Display" settings, the correct icon will show instead of always defaulting to the same one.
  • Refactored the logic that determines what sizes are available for Prints within a Shop. In some cases, sizes were being hidden that shouldn't have been.
  • Corrected an issue when in some cases you couldn't download single images when watermarks were involved.
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April 24th, 2024 Product Update

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Shared by Justin β€’ April 24, 2024

Hey, there,

We've spent some time doing some big bug fixes in the software that we think you're gonna love! πŸ‘

πŸ“ˆ Notable Updates

  • Office 365 accounts can once again receive emails via our email server.
  • When merging a Client in an Email Marketing Campaign, the stats will be preserved (i.e. views).
  • Fixed an issue where Email Campaign Recipients were mistakenly removed from their Email Marketing List.

πŸ”¨ General Updates

  • Invoices will now display the correct amount for overpayments.
  • Clicking links inside a designer preview will open them up in a new window.
  • The Add a Payment section will show the correct currency instead of always defaulting to dollars.
  • The Questionnaire list page under a Shoot will no longer incorrectly show the 'Trash' toggle if there are no trashed Questionnaires for that Shoot.
  • Watermarking will now work more consistently on the front end of a Gallery.
  • Creating a Custom Item in an Order on mobile will no longer bring you back to the initial Add Item Menu and will correctly add the item.
  • The "Add Item" menu within the package modal will now adjust its height correctly.
  • You can now properly configure and view One Pages again.
  • The income per shoot type will now update correctly on the Business Health report.
  • Long email addresses will no longer cause horizontal scrolling on the Orders page.
  • You can no longer create a Payment Schedule for a Booking Page that has a payment due upon Shoot Date if no Shoot Date has been specified.
  • Outgoing emails that have a blank title and include the [[title]] variable will now correctly replace the variable with nothing instead of showing the variable in the resulting email.
  • The Booking Proposal expiration setting is now a date picker.
  • Pricelists now properly support currency-based thousands and decimal separators.
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April 16th, 2024 Product Update

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Shared by Justin β€’ April 16, 2024

Hey, there,

We've spent some time doing some big bug fixes in the software that we think you're gonna love! πŸ‘

πŸ“ˆ Notable Updates

  • If you have back-to-back status changes inside of a Workflow, the second one will now trigger as expected.
  • Contracts will now use the correct currency, as specified by the Booking Proposal, instead of always using the Organization's default.

πŸ”¨ General Updates

  • Clicking 'View in Browser' inside a Designer Email will now load the preview correctly.
  • When adding a new Package to a Booking Proposal, the "tax" toggle will now save correctly.
  • Shoot Dates will now be properly cleaned up from Google Calendars when multiple Users are syncing on one account.
  • Rounding for values in an Invoice will now be consistent across all orders.
  • Email Marketing paging for recipients will now work correctly when you've imported recipients via CSV in addition to using filters.
  • Questionnaires will now always be sent with the correct brand domain.
  • The toggle for the Shop Hero button will now display correctly.
  • Saving an Invoice or Questionnaire as a PDF will now have an appropriate name for the resulting file.
  • File attachments for outgoing Emails will now properly download the file when clicked.
  • Removed an extra "Waiting for Approval" tag for items on the timeline.
  • Booking Date will now reliably work as expected when used as a milestone in a Shoot Workflow.
  • Updating Payment Schedules in a Booking Proposal will now reliably persist any changes.
  • You can now use a comma as the decimal point in a Pricelist. (i.e. 1,00 will be equivalent to 1.00)
  • Lite Plan users can once again add Watermarks to their account, with the limitation in place that they cannot use a custom image.
  • Updated various reports to reference 2024 instead of 2023.
  • Sprout Assistant notifications are now properly being created for Dates.
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April 9th, 2024 Product Update

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Shared by Justin β€’ April 09, 2024

Hey, there,

We've spent some time doing some big bug fixes in the software that we think you're gonna love! πŸ‘

πŸ’‘ Spotlight

  • There is a new β€œAge” column on the Gallery list page, so you can see the date you created each of your Galleries. Not only is this helpful for you to see at a glance, but now you can also sort by a Gallery’s age.

    You may choose to do this so your newest Galleries are always at the top and on the first page, or you may choose to do it so you can see your oldest Galleries and mark them as expired and make changes.

    However you envision using it, many Sprouters have requested this feature, and we’re happy to have built it for you.

πŸ“ˆ Notable Updates

  • The "global unsubscribe" count within your email campaign stats is now accurately updated, offering clear insights retroactively.
  • Your shop's hero image now shines on mobile, too, with improved display and cropping for a perfect fit.

πŸ”¨ General Updates

  • You can now instantly personalize the Welcome and Thank You messages in your Booking Proposal/Page, ensuring your clients' experience starts off just right.
  • Enjoy even more precise insights with enhancements to the Business Health and Accounts Receivable reports, making it easier to gauge your studio's performance.
  • Experience the full beauty of the 'light coral' theme (and others) with improved UI consistency for a more visually cohesive dashboard.
  • We've refined the Business Health pie graph to better align with the report, offering clearer business insights at a glance.
  • Your expense report now accurately reflects all expenses within your selected date range, simplifying financial tracking.
  • Introducing a new permission setting for Contracts, giving you more control over user access and collaboration.
  • We've streamlined the form theme creation process, ensuring your chosen colors save correctly for a more seamless design experience.
  • Contact Forms displays an accurate '# of fields' count immediately after saving for easier management and overview.
  • The improved Contact Analytics report offers deeper insights and more precise 'Total Value' calculations for your contacts.
  • We've resolved the error encountered when approving Questionnaire tasks, enhancing your workflow flexibility and ensuring smoother project management.
  • Duplicating a product, service, or print item in a price list? Now, reviews and images are copied too, ensuring a seamless transition for the new duplicate.
  • The "Open Merge Wizard" in the email list and email campaign modal now smartly appears only when needed, keeping your recipient list tidy and duplicate-free.
  • We've refined the sorting on the email list page, ensuring dates align correctly, even for emails "managed by task," for smoother navigation and organization.
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April 2nd, 2024 Product Update

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Shared by Justin β€’ April 03, 2024

Hey, there,

We've spent some time doing some big bug fixes in the software that we think you're gonna love! πŸ‘

πŸ’‘ Spotlight

  • Cropping of "Hero" Images will now match and scale consistently between the backend and frontend of a Shop.

πŸ“ˆ Notable Updates

  • Individual image downloads will now default to the Original Resolution option, just like zipped images.
  • Converting a Lead into a Shoot without signing the Contract will no longer result in duplicate Orders.

πŸ”¨ General Updates

  • Reduced the size of the images in the Favourites Submission email to prevent downloads from the email.
  • Approving a Task that would attach a scheduler for a manually set date will now alert you.
  • A Workflow Task that has a Booking Proposal sent via a Lead Status change will now work as expected.
  • Packages containing Prints with a Print Option that only has one valid choice will now correctly include that information when the Package is part of an Order.
  • The chat button will no longer block the Save button in Email Designer Templates.