Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Product Update: Opt-In Emails Sending Automatically, 'Show Ongoing' Shortcut Fixed and so. Much. MORE.

Our regular Product Updates give you a rundown of the features and bug fixes that were rolled out over the past week, plus a look ahead to some of the bigger changes that are on the way.

The RSVP 'Door List' file now also includes the opt-in emails. Guys, your days of manually exporting, formatting and re-sending RSVP opt-in lists are over. Now, all RSVP lists that are downloaded from the front end or automatically sent when the RSVP list closes will include a .tsv file of all the opt-in names and email addresses.

We fixed the 'Show Ongoing?" shortcut filter. Previously, this filter was only displaying ongoing events that started on the day in question - and was hiding active ongoing events that had started on a previous date. No longer, however!


Please note, if you'd ever like to hide ongoing events within a single shortcut, you may simply uncheck the 'Ongoing Events?' box within the Shortcut's page in Radmin.

The list of 'DoStuff Network' sites in your footer will now display in your metro's default font. The previous font choice made this collection of links seem out of place as it was inconsistent with the font used on the rest of the page.

We re-ordered all giveaway pages to sort in order of popularity by default. We've been recommending this ever since Do502 found the positive effects on exit rate and time on page. That said, you can easily switch this around at any time by (un-)checking the 'Sort By Pop' field within your giveaway user's 'Promo Options.'

You can now insert a photo between the header and event listings on a user page. This was a very popular feature request - and will be especially helpful when adding a lineup admat to a festival's user page. Simply drop your image code in the 'Body HTML' section under 'Promo Options' within the user's page in Radmin. Your basic HTML code will be: <center><img src="Place Image URL here"></center> and the result will look something like:



We implemented a fix to ensure that the headlining artist's photo will display as the cover image for events if no event photo has been scraped or uploaded. A quick reminder that the hierarchy of automatic selection for event cover photos is:
  • A cover image uploaded to the event page
  • An image scraped in as 'cover image'
  • The photo of the headlining artist
  • The photo of the venue
  • Your metro's default hero photo
The system that sought out and presented these band photos was working correctly - but it was 19,000 jobs behind - so our Dev team re-structured the system to deliver a considerably quicker load time and come to the rescue of 'Battle of the Front Pages' teams everywhere.

You may now indicate a Start Time as (Doors) via the front end. This is the week's "it already exists in Radmin so why not have it in the front end?" addition.

We fixed a bug that was preventing certain band photos from displaying on the front end. If you've ever wrestled with the Quiet Company or Imagine Dragons photos, then this one is for you.

We confirmed that the '________ created this event' activity is displaying as it should. Please note that all events brought in via a scraper will not present this activity. For all other events, the creation will be correctly credited to the appropriate user's display name.

You can now display all upcoming events below today's listings within each shortcut on your site. Simply check the 'Show Upcoming?' box while editing the Shortcut to enable these additions.


This feature solves two problems:
  • There was no way to view all upcoming events within a single category on the front end
  • Most metro shortcuts only contain an average of 4-5 events per day - and therefore selecting a single day within a category brought you to an overly sparse and dull-looking page
Before:

After:

Now, your shortcuts' event listings will be beautiful, bountiful and most beneficial to your benevolent visitors!

HazDF's RSVP Confirmation Pop-Up is now in Spanish - as is the text on their 'Get RSVP List' buttons. A reminder that anyone listed in the 'Email Guestlist To' field may download the RSVP List (which now includes opt-in emails!) from the event page on the front end of the site at any time.

Lenses got their own Featured Stuff. You can change the 'Featured Stuff' links for lenses or your site by navigating to Content -> Words within the specific property's version of Radmin. Please note that lenses which are not assigned specific Featured Stuff will inherit their links from the parent metro.

We fixed a glitch that caused a very strange batch of band notification emails. An odd batch of band emails was delivered shortly after midnight on February 3rd. These emails contained duplicate listings and incorrect start times - and will now be considered an extremely rare collector's item as these strange emails will not be sent again.

We made the 'Service Fee' field on ECP Lense Agreements editable. In the past, this field always displayed '$0' and was not editable - which was not ideal when a metro is selling a calendar to a partner.

4 comments:

  1. SICK! That festival admat thing is TOPS.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Yaaaas! You are the man, Johnny!

    ReplyDelete
  3. The dostuff dev team is so boss! Johnny rules too!

    ReplyDelete
  4. RSVP partners LOVE the opt-in send as do I! Nice one dudes :)

    ReplyDelete

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Product Update: Opt-In Emails Sending Automatically, 'Show Ongoing' Shortcut Fixed and so. Much. MORE.

Our regular Product Updates give you a rundown of the features and bug fixes that were rolled out over the past week, plus a look ahead to some of the bigger changes that are on the way.

The RSVP 'Door List' file now also includes the opt-in emails. Guys, your days of manually exporting, formatting and re-sending RSVP opt-in lists are over. Now, all RSVP lists that are downloaded from the front end or automatically sent when the RSVP list closes will include a .tsv file of all the opt-in names and email addresses.

We fixed the 'Show Ongoing?" shortcut filter. Previously, this filter was only displaying ongoing events that started on the day in question - and was hiding active ongoing events that had started on a previous date. No longer, however!


Please note, if you'd ever like to hide ongoing events within a single shortcut, you may simply uncheck the 'Ongoing Events?' box within the Shortcut's page in Radmin.

The list of 'DoStuff Network' sites in your footer will now display in your metro's default font. The previous font choice made this collection of links seem out of place as it was inconsistent with the font used on the rest of the page.

We re-ordered all giveaway pages to sort in order of popularity by default. We've been recommending this ever since Do502 found the positive effects on exit rate and time on page. That said, you can easily switch this around at any time by (un-)checking the 'Sort By Pop' field within your giveaway user's 'Promo Options.'

You can now insert a photo between the header and event listings on a user page. This was a very popular feature request - and will be especially helpful when adding a lineup admat to a festival's user page. Simply drop your image code in the 'Body HTML' section under 'Promo Options' within the user's page in Radmin. Your basic HTML code will be: <center><img src="Place Image URL here"></center> and the result will look something like:



We implemented a fix to ensure that the headlining artist's photo will display as the cover image for events if no event photo has been scraped or uploaded. A quick reminder that the hierarchy of automatic selection for event cover photos is:
  • A cover image uploaded to the event page
  • An image scraped in as 'cover image'
  • The photo of the headlining artist
  • The photo of the venue
  • Your metro's default hero photo
The system that sought out and presented these band photos was working correctly - but it was 19,000 jobs behind - so our Dev team re-structured the system to deliver a considerably quicker load time and come to the rescue of 'Battle of the Front Pages' teams everywhere.

You may now indicate a Start Time as (Doors) via the front end. This is the week's "it already exists in Radmin so why not have it in the front end?" addition.

We fixed a bug that was preventing certain band photos from displaying on the front end. If you've ever wrestled with the Quiet Company or Imagine Dragons photos, then this one is for you.

We confirmed that the '________ created this event' activity is displaying as it should. Please note that all events brought in via a scraper will not present this activity. For all other events, the creation will be correctly credited to the appropriate user's display name.

You can now display all upcoming events below today's listings within each shortcut on your site. Simply check the 'Show Upcoming?' box while editing the Shortcut to enable these additions.


This feature solves two problems:
  • There was no way to view all upcoming events within a single category on the front end
  • Most metro shortcuts only contain an average of 4-5 events per day - and therefore selecting a single day within a category brought you to an overly sparse and dull-looking page
Before:

After:

Now, your shortcuts' event listings will be beautiful, bountiful and most beneficial to your benevolent visitors!

HazDF's RSVP Confirmation Pop-Up is now in Spanish - as is the text on their 'Get RSVP List' buttons. A reminder that anyone listed in the 'Email Guestlist To' field may download the RSVP List (which now includes opt-in emails!) from the event page on the front end of the site at any time.

Lenses got their own Featured Stuff. You can change the 'Featured Stuff' links for lenses or your site by navigating to Content -> Words within the specific property's version of Radmin. Please note that lenses which are not assigned specific Featured Stuff will inherit their links from the parent metro.

We fixed a glitch that caused a very strange batch of band notification emails. An odd batch of band emails was delivered shortly after midnight on February 3rd. These emails contained duplicate listings and incorrect start times - and will now be considered an extremely rare collector's item as these strange emails will not be sent again.

We made the 'Service Fee' field on ECP Lense Agreements editable. In the past, this field always displayed '$0' and was not editable - which was not ideal when a metro is selling a calendar to a partner.

4 comments:

  1. SICK! That festival admat thing is TOPS.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Yaaaas! You are the man, Johnny!

    ReplyDelete
  3. The dostuff dev team is so boss! Johnny rules too!

    ReplyDelete
  4. RSVP partners LOVE the opt-in send as do I! Nice one dudes :)

    ReplyDelete

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