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    MMS Updates Since April - November 2023

    Richard Scully • Dec 05, 2023

    mms back office update log april - november 2023

    System Changes/Improvements for the week of April 14, 2023

    Drip Marketing:

    • Turned Drip Marketing options list into a box with a scroll bar, which allows for more triggers to be available.

    Member Billing:

    • On the setup page for "Recurring Non-Dues Invoices" the "Next Date" field has been renamed to "Next Invoice Posting Date".

    Donations:

    • Admins now have the ability to delete pledges.

    Projects/Committees:

    • Added new option to notify the contact when members opt-out of a committee.

    Classified Ads:

    • Category dropdown is now alphabetical by category name.

    Grid Page Editor:

    • A line height option has been added.

    Members Area:

    • Added 2nd and 3rd member photos (if enabled) to the photo widget.

    Call For Proposals:

    • Custom Field selection limited to Presenter/Co-Presenters.
    • Added a new checkbox for identifying Presenter/Co-Presenter Panel Chairs.

    Event Registration:

    • Added option to limit the amount chosen of a specific event registration package within a single registration.
    • Added new columns for the counts in event registration fee breakdown report, also added option to report on non-billable fields.
    • Added booths to final event registration counts check.
    • Added new option to limit registrations per cross reference group per specific parent member type.
    • Added option to add package, field, and field option specific verbiage to event registration confirmation summary and email if the package/field was chosen by the attendee.
    • Split event registration attendee email requirement option into 2 options - one to just offer the email field and the other to require it.
    • Added per event option for turning unmatched event contacts and event attendees into prospects during event registration to use instead of just the global ones.

    Online Store:

    • Added member number to store process order list.
    • Added international surcharge fee to store fees edit page.



    System Changes/Improvements for Week of 18 May 2023

    Member Billing:

    • Added configuration option to send Billing Emails from Reply To address.
    • Call For Proposals:Added option to allow reference & reference documents to be displayed to screeners & scorers.
    • Member Database:Added a configuration option to highlight child records with a colored background on the admin edit screen.
    • Broadcast Text:Skip previous recipients when using Resend To All if SMS indicator is unchecked; added sent date to results.
    • Online Store:Added the ability to add multiple quantities of items to the cart at once while promos are activated.
    • Event Registration:Added a new attendee survey progress report to show which attendees have completed which event surveys, also includes a csv export.
    • Added override for event registration invoice title size to accommodate large logos.
    • Membership Cards:Added option to include and position a second copy of the name and address on the member cards.
    • Classified Ads:Added option to hide 30 and 90 day options for paid ads (submit a ticket to support if you would like this enabled).



    System Changes/Improvements for the Week of 12 May 2023

    Resource Reservations:

    • Member confirmation emails will now include logo set in Broadcast configuration settings.
    • News Manager:Feeds can now include the news category names.
    • Forms Builder:Admins Notes on individual Form Responses.
    • Elections:Added Custom Instructions for Election Hare Quota (ranked choice) fields.
    • Member Billing:Added more columns to the Contacts by Renewal Month report.
    • Donations:Added more verbiage options to the New Donations Module.
    • Calendar:Added option directly below event name in admin listing to show direct link to calendar more info page.
    • Event Registration:Changed tax exempt option to run up entire chain of cross references to determine tax exempt status instead of just the direct parent. (Applies to both Event Registration and the Online Store)
    • Enabled option to send an email with the certification attached when an LMS certification is awarded from an event.
    • Online Learning:Added check for date when awarding certificates - certificates will only award one copy of a certification per day even if the multiple option is enabled.



    System Changes/Improvements for Week of 4 May 2023

    Member Billing:

    • Implemented an option to exclude particular member types from auto-invoicing.
    • Implemented a "sort by date" option on the Paid/Unpaid Report.
    • Call For Proposals:Finalized Proposal Emails mass emailed to additional finalize types (Revise/Resubmit)
    • New Member Registration:New Member Registration config option to adjust verbiage above email address.
    • Member Engagement:A member engagement report can now be enabled in Configuration - > Member Database.
    • Broadcast Text:The SMS List box for records can no longer be checked by default.
    • Event Registration:Added protection to prevent admins or users from blanking out certain types of discount codes without unapplying them properly first.
    • Added protection to prevent admins or users from removing attendees from registrations if there is only a single one.
    • Added event booths information to receipt output.
    • Added currency symbols and abbreviations to receipt output.
    • Added member number to all event attendance report.



    System Changes/Improvements for Week of 27 April 2023

    Forms Builder:

    • Added a Result Summary report.
    • New Member Registration:Discount Codes can now be applied as credits for new members.
    • Mobile App:An in-app version of the event attendee portal is now available.
    • Broadcast Messaging:Added the ability to insert individual Classified Ads in the Advanced Email Editor.
    • News Articles:The title of individual article pages is now visible in the browser tab and shared Facebook links.
    • Member Database:Exp date, drop date, and reinstate date will now use the date format selected in General configuration.
    • Broadcast Text:All configuration options are now located in Configuration -> Broadcast Text.
    • Classified Ads:Added partial admin permissions system for Classified Ads.
    • Event Registration:Added global option to add additional section headings to areas in registration summary and confirmation email.
    • Added event category filter to main admin event listing page.
    • Increased max size of alt org label field.
    • Added option to display add to calendar and zoom links differently.
    • Calendar:Added new field for location type (in person, online, hybrid) and added it to all calendar more information outputs.
    • Added global date formatting function to more public facing areas (both Calendars and Event Registration)
    • Online Store:Added option to include store order notes directly on order invoice.
    • Message Boards:Added permalink option to forum topics.
    • Added option to include link to edit user's message board profile info on forum pages.

    System Changes/Improvements for Week of 22 June 2023

    Broadcast Email:

    • Duplicates will now be recognized when adding recipients using the Certificates filter.
    • CRM:Added a feature to the Contacts Report to let people "only show referrals", and filter by referral name or number.
    • Call For Proposals:Added merge tag in Proposals for Proposal Topic.
    • Custom Reports:Added sorting by Reinstate Date for Custom Reports.
    • Member Billing:Added Payment Method filter for Payments Only; Invoice Numbers with a Payment Grand Total to Combined Reporting.



    System Changes/Improvements for week of 16 June 2023

    Custom Reports:

    • Using "Referred By" verbiage variable, it will show whatever is in the "Other" field, if the member chose "Referred By - Other".
    • Added "Creation Date" column to the custom reports page.
    • Forms Builder:Emails sent from this module are now responsive and include logo (if specified).
    • File uploads can be viewed by admins on form response edit page when a form has been submitted already.



    System Changes/Improvements for week of 9 June 2023

    Mobile App:

    • New Android apps will work with Android 13 (newest version).
    • Member Database:Width of username field has been increased, and links have been moved below the field.
    • Broadcast Email:Duplicates will now be detected regardless of capitalization when adding recipients using the "By Email" option.
    • Custom Reports:Added more verbiage variables for the custom PDF feature in the Custom Reports module.
    • Can now change the column order in Custom Reports when choosing the "Selected Fields Only" report type.
    • Added option to search for "No Birth Date" on record.
    • Call for Proposals:For emails, added option to send email to all Final Statuses except rejected.
    • New Member Registration:Add-on verbiage will swap based on the member type.



    System Changes/Improvements for Week of 20 July 2023

    Custom Reports:

    • Added filter "Joined This Many Days Ago or Less".
    • Broadcast Text:When sending a message, the module will now attempt to determine the local time of US recipients, to ensure compliance with TCPA's business hour regulations.
    • Projects/Committees:If this module has an alternate title, it will be used on the member database tabbed view.
    • Custom Members Area:Two additional staging areas have been added.
    • Member Billing:Membership Billing Payment Export now will distinguish between PayPal Payments & Credit Card Payments.
    • Added Emails to monthly board member report export for organizations that have their members set to Businesses.
    • Member type terms are now better distinguished when using discount codes.
    • Member Database:Member Plan change dropdown menu is now ordered to their order in configuration.
    • Online Store:Added functionality to pay for items in the online store with tokens, these tokens can be purchased within the store and now also used to pay for items if they are enabled for it.
    • Event Registration:Added column to attendee summary report for join date.
    • Added phone numbers to abandoned registration report.



    System Changes/Improvements for Week of 29 June 2023

    Member Database:

    • Account Admins are restricted to adding members from specific plans when adding new members to their account.
    • Custom Reports:Added a new section to the output style selection page, called "Functions". Only option currently is the opt in members to a message board.
    • Broadcast Email:Advanced templates will now be auto-saved every 60 seconds during editing, and the past 10 versions that were manually-saved can now be reviewed and restored.
    • Mobile App:The information displayed by the mobile app's event attendee list is now consistent with that shown in the website version of the attendee portal.
    • Links included in the description and detail fields of Calendar entries will no longer be displayed as buttons.
    • Online Learning:Added custom reports output option for LMS member card.
    • Built new function to export member card file for use as email attachments or otherwise.
    • Event Registration:Added member type option to authorized email domains setup.
    • Prevented donation fields from being used when tax rates are active and vice-versa.
    • Allow admins to override parent package settings when editing registrations.
    • Calendar:Added 'coming soon' events to calendar 8 and sorted them at the end of list alphabetically.


    

    System Changes/Improvements for Week of 20 July 2023

    Custom Reports:

    • Added filter "Joined This Many Days Ago or Less".
    • Broadcast Text:When sending a message, the module will now attempt to determine the local time of US recipients, to ensure compliance with TCPA's business hour regulations.
    • Projects/Committees:If this module has an alternate title, it will be used on the member database tabbed view.
    • Custom Members Area:Two additional staging areas have been added.
    • Member Billing:Membership Billing Payment Export now will distinguish between PayPal Payments & Credit Card Payments.
    • Added Emails to monthly board member report export for organizations that have their members set to Businesses.
    • Member type terms are now better distinguished when using discount codes.
    • Member Database:Member Plan change dropdown menu is now ordered to their order in configuration.
    • Online Store:Added functionality to pay for items in the online store with tokens, these tokens can be purchased within the store and now also used to pay for items if they are enabled for it.
    • Event Registration:Added column to attendee summary report for join date.
    • Added phone numbers to abandoned registration report.



    System Changes/Improvements for Week of 29 June 2023

    Member Database:

    • Account Admins are restricted to adding members from specific plans when adding new members to their account.
    • Custom Reports:Added a new section to the output style selection page, called "Functions". Only option currently is the opt in members to a message board.
    • Broadcast Email:Advanced templates will now be auto-saved every 60 seconds during editing, and the past 10 versions that were manually-saved can now be reviewed and restored.
    • Mobile App:The information displayed by the mobile app's event attendee list is now consistent with that shown in the website version of the attendee portal.
    • Links included in the description and detail fields of Calendar entries will no longer be displayed as buttons.
    • Online Learning:Added custom reports output option for LMS member card.
    • Built new function to export member card file for use as email attachments or otherwise.
    • Event Registration:Added member type option to authorized email domains setup.
    • Prevented donation fields from being used when tax rates are active and vice-versa.
    • Allow admins to override parent package settings when editing registrations.
    • Calendar:Added 'coming soon' events to calendar 8 and sorted them at the end of list alphabetically.



    System Changes/Improvements for week of 17 Aug 2023

    Newsletters:

    • Updated to recognize if an alternate hosting domain is set.
    • Member Billing:Added receipt links to payments in Combined Reporting.
    • Online Store:Built new receipt pdf to show payments made on an order, can currently be accessed via transactions report.
    • Event Registration:Added a new option for packages to limit by discount codes. If enabled one of the selected discount codes must be entered for the package to display as an option.
    • Added registration date to top of receipt pdf.



    System Changes/Improvements for week of 10 Aug 2023

    Donations

    • Admins can now choose a campaign when creating a donation invoice.
    • New Member RegistrationMember Lists feature is now available.
    • Silent AuctionsNew configuration option to include a link back to the auction item list on individual item pages.
    • Outbid notification emails now include a link back to the item that auto-fills the name and email fields.
    • File ArchiveThe general file list has been updated with a sortable table and larger font.
    • Custom ReportsMember photo URL's are now available as custom report output fields.
    • Event RegistrationAdded updated version of event reg attendance certification and integrated custom layouts into it, added new global certification option to upload logo to default certification.
    • Added separate page and link to load event registration receipts, linked this page on the main admin invoice info view page for event contacts.
    • Online StoreAdded option to exclude non-full member types (prospects, list only, etc.) from member pricing in store.
    • Added option to view a members cross-reference parent and use their information when determining member/non-member pricing for items.
    • Online LearningAdded option for admins to purchase multiple courses for a user and create an active, unpaid invoice for them to pay.



    System Changes/Improvements for the Week of 27 July 2023

    Call for Proposals:

    • Added a profile photo upload.
    • Donations:FluidPay has been implemented in the new Donations module.
    • Custom Reports:Added date filters for certification awarded date.
    • Member Billing:Added a new feature, Non-Dues Payment Notification Emails
    • Allows for multiple emails to be used (up to 255 characters)
    • Will display each item (along with a quantity) towards the bottom of the email
    • Will show whether or not the invoice was paid in full
    • Will show the address from the profile that is set as the 'Mailing' address
    • Photo Album:A new Gallery version is available, and the configuration options have been clarified.
    • Event Registration:Added a new option for a second custom tab title and text to the attendee portal.



    System Changes/Improvements for week of 21 Sep 2023

    Admin Reports:

    • Start Date report is now using the date the org started using the MemberLeap system.
    • New Member Registration:Added a custom verbiage area above the projects & committees section for the join form.
    • Broadcast Email:New option to add recipients by their Project/Committee multi-select field options.
    • Projects & Committees: New configuration option to sort committees by type on member profile edit.
    • Event Registration:Added global configuration option to include member photos on event registration attendee list pages if member account is linked to attendee account.
    • Added link to view/download event attendance certification on past registrations page if marked as attended.
    • Online Learning:Added new page for 'all course reports' and included cross course summary report and built new course statistics report as well.



    System Changes/Improvements for Week of 14 Sep 2023

    Member Billing:

    • Added secondary email and DCF (with Add-ons as a filter) to the Paid/Unpaid Report.
    • "eCheck" won't appear as a payment method from the admin point of view if eCheckes aren't enabled for that payment gateway.
    • Broadcast Email:When recipients are added via a Custom Report, duplicate emails will be detected and skipped.
    • Projects and Committees:The Member Billing Report data has been separated into sortable columns.
    • Member Directory:The 2-column directory now adheres to the secondary phone configuration option.
    • Member Database:Cross Refererence profile edit: The character limit of the email and username fields have been increased.
    • Forms:Forms allow E-Signature option to force a signature on the bottom of the form submission.
    • Event Registration:Added option to limit events to specified member types.
    • Adjusted invoice to increase spacing appropriately in certain spots if an alternate label was used for the word 'invoice'.
    • Message Boards:Added global config option to make the login link in forum emails go directly to the post instead of the board.



    System Changes/Improvements for week of 31 Aug 2023

    Content Manager:

    • Added a button plugin to the CKeditor (grey box next to the anchor flag).
    • Member Billing:New allows for member-type selection for invoice emails.
    • Added filter by Expiration & Paid Through Date for the Paid/Unpaid Report.
    • Event Registration:Added filter to exclude dues paying attendees from payment status report.
    • Changed description of parent package option on packages to better reflect functionality, package list now hidden behind checkbox to reduce confusion.
    • Added alt label option for the word 'invoice' throughout the public side of event registration for the event as well as the confirmation email and invoice itself.
    • Calendar:Added new calendar data export report to admin reporting.



    System Changes/Improvements for week of 21 Sep 2023

    Admin Reports:

    • Start Date report is now using the date the org started using the MemberLeap system.
    • New Member Registration:Added a custom verbiage area above the projects & committees section for the join form.
    • Broadcast Email:New option to add recipients by their Project/Committee multi-select field options.
    • Projects & Committees: New configuration option to sort committees by type on member profile edit.
    • Event Registration:Added global configuration option to include member photos on event registration attendee list pages if member account is linked to attendee account.
    • Added link to view/download event attendance certification on past registrations page if marked as attended.
    • Online Learning:Added new page for 'all course reports' and included cross course summary report and built new course statistics report as well.



    System Changes/Improvements for Week of 14 Sep 2023

    Member Billing:

    • Added secondary email and DCF (with Add-ons as a filter) to the Paid/Unpaid Report.
    • "eCheck" won't appear as a payment method from the admin point of view if eCheckes aren't enabled for that payment gateway.
    • Broadcast Email:When recipients are added via a Custom Report, duplicate emails will be detected and skipped.
    • Projects and Committees:The Member Billing Report data has been separated into sortable columns.
    • Member Directory:The 2-column directory now adheres to the secondary phone configuration option.
    • Member Database:Cross Refererence profile edit: The character limit of the email and username fields have been increased.
    • Forms:Forms allow E-Signature option to force a signature on the bottom of the form submission.
    • Event Registration:Added option to limit events to specified member types.
    • Adjusted invoice to increase spacing appropriately in certain spots if an alternate label was used for the word 'invoice'.
    • Message Boards:Added global config option to make the login link in forum emails go directly to the post instead of the board.



    System Changes/Improvements for week of 31 Aug 2023

    Content Manager:

    • Added a button plugin to the CKeditor (grey box next to the anchor flag).
    • Member Billing:New allows for member-type selection for invoice emails.
    • Added filter by Expiration & Paid Through Date for the Paid/Unpaid Report.
    • Event Registration:Added filter to exclude dues paying attendees from payment status report.
    • Changed description of parent package option on packages to better reflect functionality, package list now hidden behind checkbox to reduce confusion.
    • Added alt label option for the word 'invoice' throughout the public side of event registration for the event as well as the confirmation email and invoice itself.
    • Calendar:Added new calendar data export report to admin reporting.




    System Changes/Improvements for week of 12 October 2023

    Call For Proposals:

    • Uploads now allowed to be above 200 MB.
    • Photo Gallery:Updates made to the mobile app version to bring it more inline with the web version.
    • Albums marked as member-only are now only visible when a member is logged in to the app.
    • Admins can choose to display only specified album(s) in the mobile app.
    • Member-specific albums can only be uploaded to by the owner.
    • Uploaded images now adhere to the upload size specified in Configuration -> Photo Albums.
    • Event Registration:Added address2 field for attendees to table report.
    • Message Boards:Added link to go directly to topic page in opt in email for non-listserv enabled boards.
    • Added protections to prevent topics and posts from sending out multiple opt in emails.



    System Changes/Improvements for week of 6 Oct 2023

    Broadcast Email:

    • To prevent delivery issues due to message size, images larger than 3MB will no longer be embedded in the body of basic messages.
    • Member Billing:Let people see who voided a payment, by clicking "(voided)" beside the payment.
    • Event Registration:Hide discount code field if codes exist but overall option is disabled.
    • Message Boards:Added more conditions to auto responder filtering.



    System Changes/Improvements for Week of 28 Sep 2023

    Member Billing:

    • Added a Discount Code Report
    • New Member Registration:Added a third Cross-Reference type. (check with support if you are interested in this feature)
    • Event Registration:Added improvements to email lookup matching when users inadvertently added spaces in their email.
    • Added 'country' field to automatic prospect creation during registration to copy that field to their member profile.
    • Applied spacing fix or alternate invoice name to receipt pdf.



    System Changes/Improvements for Week of 10 Nov 2023

    Broadcast Email:

    • Adjusted design of recipient selection step to highlight certain aspects.
    • Silent Auctions:Increased Character limit of email field.
    • New Member Registration:Added a configuration option to remove subgroup fields from NMR.
    • Gift Membership:Added new module Gift Membership, if interested in this please reach out to support to see about having it enabled.
    • Event Registration:Add protections to button to mass create prospects from unmatched attendees to prevent users from mashing it repeatedly.
    • Added per-event option to restrict which member types are available to sign up for as a member through events.
    • Added option to event landing page to 'pass through' and immediately click register button when page is loaded.



    System Changes/Improvements for week of 27 October 2023

    Custom Reports:

    • Made the "Use preferred address" filter apply to all address fields, not just city and state.
    • Event Registration:Added option to combine multiple events into a single attendee list.
    • Added option to manually specify a date for a reminder to be sent out.
    • Calendar:Added option to remove org email from pdf export of calendar events.
    • Donations:Added links on the Donations admin page, linking to each individual member's billing page.
    • New Member Registration:Prevent multiple "New Member Notifications" being sent from the same invoice.
    • Mobile App:File Archive now displays files within categories that also contain subcategories.
    • Member Vehicles:Don't show categories on report if categories are not enabled in configuration.


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