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Conference Tracker Version History
Version 9.6 (Released: 3/21/2025)
New Features & Improvements:
- Help Desk Module: Introducing the Help Desk Module, a support ticketing system that helps conference organizers quickly solve issues for attendees.
- Conference Administrators can track how many tickets were received and solved, and see the history of changes for each ticket.
- Notifications keep everyone on the same page—attendees and organizers receive email updates when new tickets are created, when statuses are updated, and when comments are added.
- All communications are in one place, so there's no need to rely on outside systems like email. This streamlines support and improves communication for both organizers and attendees.
- Social Wall Media Uploads: The Social Wall now supports multiple media uploads per post, making it easier to share more content in a single post.
- Early Check-In Enhancement: Updated conference check-in to use the “Start Date” from the setup page, allowing organizers to open check-in before session dates.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed search index operations after importing data into the system. Imported data can now be searched immediately.
- The “Session Evaluation Completion” export was updated for accuracy.
- Performed general maintenance for stability, including reviewing error logs and fixing issues to improve system performance.
Version 9.5 (Released: 1/25/2025)
New Features & Improvements:
- Added the ability to showcase a Gallery component on the Conference Landing Page, allowing organizers to display event photos as a post-event advertisement.
- Updated the Calendar View of Sessions with a new room-filtering component, fixed room filtering across all views (Week, Month, and List), and trimmed starting hours in Weekly View to display only times with sessions.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue in the Booth Registration module where a booth's position shifted after clicking the save button.
- Fixed a time offset issue on the Session Registration page, ensuring times display correctly based on the set time zone.
Version 9.4 (Released: 12/22/2024)
New Features & Improvements:
- The check-in screen has been updated to prevent duplicate entries. Administrators and operators can edit check-ins for additional information without altering the check-in time.
- The “Total Attendees” numbers on the dashboard and in the Analytics section have been updated to match.
- A link to the full-size view of the social wall has been added to the conference browser, enabling users to easily expand the view.
- A footnote has been added to the Leads App expiration settings, advising users to set the expiration date to after the conference ends.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue on the Booth Reservation screen where users were unable to add Booth shapes/pins to the map.
Version 9.3 (Released: 11/16/2024)
New Features & Improvements:
- Updated Attendee App Custom Banner Ad - We replaced the existing “Engineerica Ad” with a Custom Banner Ad in the Attendee App.
- Dedicated Page for Social Wall- The Social Wall now has its own dedicated full-page view, moving from the smaller space in the right panel to a standalone page.
- Added Page Sorting Options - Added sorting options to some pages that have large amounts of information.
- Added Registration Closing - Added the ability to remove the “Register Now” floating button and close registration after the conference ends.
- Added a new Registration Filter - Added a new filter item to show “All registrations” at once.
- Simplified Attendance Logging- When manually creating an attendance log, the swipe-in and swipe-out times will automatically default to the session start and end when creating a new attendance log.
- Automatic Badge Selection - When Users with Multiple Roles print their badges it selects the only one design that exists.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed Statistics on Dashboard - Fixed the incorrect check-in Statistics on the Admin Dashboard.
- Report Fix - Update the 'Survey Results with Details' Report to correctly display responses for multiple choice questions
Version 9.2 (Released: 10/19/2024)
New Features & Improvements:
- Backend Support for Kiosks: Added backend support for the new conference check-in and session kiosks in the Conference Tracker mobile app.
- Self Check-In Email Invitations: Introduced a feature on the Manage Attendees page that allows organizers to send self check-in email invitations, providing instructions on using self-service check-in kiosks.
- Session Kiosk Settings: Added early sign-in and late sign-out windows (default 15 minutes) for session kiosks to better manage traffic flow during overlapping sessions.
- Financial Data Widget: Added a widget to provide insights into attendee and exhibitor registrations and total revenues, helping administrators track financial performance at a glance.
- Booth Registration Editing: Admins now have the ability to edit exhibitor booth registrations directly within the system.
- Discount Coupons Control: Added the option to allow discount coupons only for the registration fee, giving admins better control over registration pricing.
- Exhibitor Invoice Self Service: Exhibitors that registered through Conference Tracker now have an option to download their invoice from the dashboard.
- Registration List Update: Updated the logic for exhibitor and attendee registration pages to display registrations in descending order by date for easier viewing of the most recent entries.
- Copy Configurations Feature Update: Extended the “Copy Configurations” feature to allow users to copy the latest published design of a landing page between conferences, excluding drafts.
- Branding Package: Added the 'Branding' package to the 'Basic' plan, with a note that it must be purchased alongside the 'Attendee Experience' package.
- Currency Display: Updated the user interface to show payment currency in checkout, registration views, and data exports.
- Dashboard Search Bar Update: Updated the search bar to display only active items, excluding deleted surveys and attendees from search results.
- Enhanced Search Functionality: Improved the search bar to allow direct access to additional pages and subpages based on new features.
Bug Fixes:
- Blank Invoice Generation: Resolved an issue where blank invoices were generated for attendees with no payment due or missing payment methods.
- QR Label Printing Access: Added a “Print QR Labels” button to the Badge section, restoring access to QR label printing after recent menu restructuring.
- Presenters Menu Fix: Fixed the Presenters menu by removing the Communications item and restoring “My Session Evaluations” under the Feedback menu.
- Leads Licenses Statistics Fix: Improved the accuracy of “Leads Licenses Total,” “Leads Licenses Assigned,” and “Leads App Logins” statistics in the Analytics section and Dashboard widgets.
- Package Access Message Fix: Removed a misleading message about incorrect package access for attendee notifications, ensuring clarity.
- Session Date Validation: Fixed an issue where session creation incorrectly flagged dates as being outside the conference period.
- Create Account Page Scrollbar Fix: Fixed a navigation issue where the top part of the scrollbar was hidden by the white header on the Create Account page.
Version 9.1 (Released: 09/10/2024)
New Features & Improvements:
- Menu Layout Changes: Improved site navigation by reorganizing menus, reducing clutter in oversized sections, and grouping items logically for quicker, more intuitive access.
- Expo Plan: Ideal for expos, this package offers a badge designer, detailed analytics and reporting, data import/export, exhibitor accounts and web portals, lead generation and retrieval, and more.
- Expo Plan: New Conference Packages Available
- Registration Package: Includes features such as attendee and exhibitor registrations, booth selection capability, registration payments processing, discount coupon management, and invoicing capability.
- Additional 100 Attendee Registrations Package: Increase your attendee limit with additional registrations available in 100-attendee increments.
- Additional 10 Exhibitor Registrations Package: Increase your exhibitor limit with additional registrations available in 10 exhibitor increments.
- All Plans: New Packages Available
- Scanning Device Rental Package: No need to worry about purchasing hardware—rent our scanning devices for seamless lead retrieval and session attendance tracking.
- Registration Check-In Station Rental Package: Simplify on-site registration and check-ins with our rental package featuring iPads, accessories, and a color badge printer.
- Attendance Tracking Station Rental Package: Includes the rental of an iPad and accessories for self-attendance recording at sessions.
- On-Site Support: Have a CT tech onsite during your event (up to 3 days).
- Consolidated Basic and Custom Landing Pages: The basic landing page editor was removed to create a single unified editor. This change simplifies the process, eliminating the need to enable or disable specific landing pages and providing a more user-friendly experience.
- Invoice Self-Service: Added a button on the attendee dashboard to allow them to easily download their own registration invoice.
- Calendar View for Sessions: Added a new calendar view to make it easier to see session details at a glance. Includes Day, Week, and List modes with room filtering. Each event displays session names, times, and rooms.
- Email Notification for Attendee Limit: Added automatic email notifications to admins when the attendee limit is reached. The email includes instructions for purchasing additional attendee registrations.
- More Badge Sorting Options: Users can now choose to sort badges either by last name (default) or by company name before printing.
- Session Data Validations: Added checks for session dates outside the conference period and time conflicts. Users will receive warnings for any issues found.
- Dashboard Search Bar Update: Updated the search bar on the Dashboard to include the latest features.
- Early Bird Registration Fee Indicator: During the “Early Bird” window, the registration fee will be labeled as “Registration Fee (Early Bird)” to highlight the discount. After the Early Bird period ends, the label will return to “Registration Fee.”
Bug Fixes:
- Conference Evaluation Access: Fixed issue for users with multiple roles, ensuring all attendees can view and submit conference evaluations via the navigation menu and push notifications.
- Invoice Keyword Fix: Updated invoice template to correctly handle multiple parameters within a single control, ensuring accurate output of customer details.
- Logo Fix for Conference Browser: Resolved an issue where removing an image from the setup page did not update the Conference Browser, leaving the image visible.
- Landing Page Editor Access: Fixed an issue where the landing page editor was inaccessible and displayed an error when no session dates were defined.
- Scroll Bar Fix on Create Account Page: Resolved issue where the scroll bar on the Create Account page was unresponsive to mouse clicks.
- Bio Cards Responsiveness: Fixed an issue where bio cards on the landing page were not responsive and overlapped with components below them.
Version 9.0 (Released: 08/05/2024)
New Features & Improvements:
- Session Proposals Introducing the session proposals feature, the ultimate tool for conference organizers looking to streamline their event management process. This feature helps conference organizers manage sessions from start to finish, from collecting submissions, reviewing them, and scheduling sessions within the system. Available in the pre-conference package or with the premium license.
- Form Builder: Create and manage application forms. Open to anyone, no account required.
- Session Proposal Management: View all received proposals on one central page. Access information such as submission details and status (accepted, rejected, pending, or revision requested). Use filters and search to find specific proposals.
- Notifications: Automated email alerts for submissions, reviews, and status changes. Admins can also send presenters their assigned time slots.
- Schedule Builder: Drag and drop proposals into time slots with daily, weekly, and monthly views. Filter by room. Accepted presenters are automatically added as users.
- Custom Landing Page: We're thrilled to introduce our new Conference Landing Page Builder – a game-changing feature that puts the power of professional web design at your fingertips. Now, you can create stunning, customized landing pages that truly reflect your conference's branding and engage your audience from the very first click. Available in the pre-conference package or with the premium license.
- Flexible Landing Page Options: Choose between our improved Basic Landing Page for quick setup or the Custom Landing Page option to unlock advanced customization tools.
- User-Friendly Design Interface: Our intuitive drag-and-drop functionality allows you to design beautiful pages without any coding skills. No HTML or web development knowledge is required to create professional-looking landing pages.
- Rich Library of Pre-built Components: Access a wide array of time-saving elements including speaker profile templates, registration information blocks, social media integration, schedule displays, sponsors, exhibitors, and much more.
- Version Control and Collaboration: Keep track of published versions and authors, while easily managing and reviewing unpublished changes for effective team collaboration.
- Send Diagnostic Button Now Enabled by Default: The “Send Diagnostic” button in the Conference Leads app will now be turned ON by default, allowing it to send a copy of the entire local database, including leads. This change, made to facilitate easier debugging on mobile devices, ensures the feature is activated for both new and existing accounts.
Bug Fixes:
- Exhibitor Reps Can Now Only Email and Export Their Own Leads: Fixed issue where exhibitor representatives could see and export leads from other reps. Now, they can only access leads they’ve personally scanned. This update affects the “Email Leads” button in the Conference Leads app, the “Send Email to My Leads” feature on the web portal, and the “Export Data” page.
- Fixed Attendee Registration Error: Resolved issue with attendee registration if their email exists in the system, but their company name does not. This has been fixed, and attendees can now register without encountering this error.
- Booth Not Freed Up After Deleting Exhibitor Registration: Fixed issue where deleting an Exhibitor Registration with a booth reservation did not release the booth for other registrants. This has been corrected to ensure the booth is properly freed up for new registrations.
- Hotel Info Not Showing on Conference Webpage: Fixed issue where hotel booking information was not displaying on the conference webpage, even though it was correctly entered in the Conference > Setup section of the account.
- Company Field Missing from Leads Export: Fixed issue where the Company field was missing from the Leads Export. The Company field will now appear in the export, ensuring that all lead information is accurately included.
- Issue with Deleting Files: Fixed issue where the minus button did not work for deleting presenter files. The functionality has been restored.
- Booth Registration Charges Now Properly Displayed: Fixed issue where Booth Registration charges were not showing on the PayPal checkout page and were missing from Pending Registration and Booth Registration sections. The charges now transfer correctly and appear as expected.
Version 8.6 (Released: 05/25/2024)
New Features & Improvements:
- New Lead App Options for Unknown QR Codes
- Introduced new configuration options under the “Exhibitor Portal” page in the Settings section to handle unknown QR codes scanned in the Leads app.
- Added an option to look up unknown leads live by downloading their contact information when the QR code is not found locally.
- Added an option to show a contact form when an unknown QR code is scanned, with the ability to proceed without entering a First Name and Last Name.
- Added an option to show or hide the Discard button on the contact form after a lead is scanned to prevent accidental clicks.
- Enabled customization of the “Unknown QR Code Message” displayed to users when an unknown QR code is scanned.
These changes provide more flexibility in handling unknown QR codes scanned in the Leads app, either by looking up the attendee information live or allowing users to proceed with a blank contact form. Additionally, the customizable message helps provide better context to users in such scenarios.
- Announcements: Introduced an Announcement feature accessible on the dashboard of the Conference Tracker web portal. This allows users to view important messages such as software updates or upcoming webinars/training.
- Session Evaluation Results for Presenters: Added a new option to allow presenters to view attendee ratings of their own sessions if the Session Evaluation is enabled. This allows presenters to gain insights into attendee feedback specific to the sessions they conducted.
- Customizable Login Info Email Template for Exhibitors: Introduced the ability for Conference Tracker admins to customize the email template sent to exhibitors for instructions on how to access their accounts.
- Consolidated “Pay Later” Options at Checkout: Streamlined the payment options displayed during the registration process by consolidating “Pay later with cash”, “Pay later with check”, and “Pay later with invoice” into a single option: “Pay later with Invoice”. This change acknowledges that the specific method attendees use to pay the event organizers outside the event is not relevant to the software
Bug Fixes:
- Fix Swipes Pagination Error: Resolved an issue on the ASCD24 account where the list of swipes under Attendance > Manage Attendance > Fix Swipes was repeating endlessly, even though the actual list was shorter when viewed under Attendance > Manage Attendance > View Swipes.
- Session Reports Fix: The exported session report will no longer include any values for required presence when the “No required presence” option is selected, accurately reflecting the configured setting.
- Image Alignment in WYSIWYG Editor: Resolved an issue where the 'L', 'C', and 'R' buttons at the bottom of an image in the WYSIWYG editor were not functioning correctly for image alignment.
- Session Attendance Duration Fix: Fixed an issue where the duration spent in a session was incorrectly displayed as a fixed, long value immediately after an attendee signed in, even without a corresponding sign-out. The time spent will now only be shown after the attendee signs out, accurately reflecting the duration between sign-in and sign-out.
- Payments Module Fix: Fixed an issue on the Conference Tracker order page where the Stripe configuration was incorrect, preventing users from completing payments without logging in.
- Email Template Image Display Fix: Fixed an issue where selecting the “Show Preview” button on the email templates editor would display the image outside the popup
- Fixed Reply To Name in Email Templates: If a custom “From Sender Name” is set, it will now only be displayed in the “From” field, while the “Reply To” field will show the default “Conference Tracker” name.
- Long Email Template Truncation Issue: Resolved an issue where long email templates exceeding 4,000 characters were being saved incompletely in the Settings and UserSettings tables, resulting in HTML errors.
- Error Message for Missing Payment Options: Added an error message to prevent attendees from proceeding further when attempting to switch to a paid session while no payment options are configured for the conference.
- Leads Export Missing Company Field: Fixed an issue where the Company field was missing from the Leads Export despite attendees on the account having the field filled out.
Version 8.5 (Released: 04/19/2024)
New Features & Improvements:
- Seamless Stripe Integration with oAuth: We have enhanced the integration process with Stripe to provide a quicker and easier setup experience. Instead of manually copying webhooks and API keys, you can now connect your Stripe account using OAuth. With this update, you can expect:
- Faster and more secure integration with Stripe through OAuth authentication.
- Elimination of manual entry for webhooks and API keys, reducing the risk of errors.
- Payment Processing Enhancement (CAD Support): We have expanded our Stripe payment processing system to support transactions in Canadian Dollars (CAD) in addition to US Dollars (USD). This enhancement allows our Canadian customers to make payments conveniently in their local currency.
- New Badge Dimension Preset: We've introduced a new preset dimension for badges within our system. The specified size is 3.976 x 2.126 inches (101 x 54mm), which is compatible with the Seiko SLP650 printer.
- Ability to resize QR code on the Badge Designer: We are adding the ability to resize QR codes directly within the Badge Designer to offer a higher level of customization. Note that the minimum size restriction is 0.8 in by 0.8 in, to ensure optimal QR scanner compatibility.
- Extended functionality: Attendee Welcome SMS: The check-in functionality now automatically sends a welcome SMS to attendees checking in at self-service stations, in addition to those checked in through the administrator's portal. This ensures a consistent welcome experience for all attendees during the check-in process.
- Enhanced Registration with Payment Details Report: We've enhanced this report to include all attendees, regardless of their payment method. Whether attendees chose to invoice or utilized a coupon code for free registration, the report now provides the exact fee for each person, ensuring thorough financial tracking.
- Registration Confirmation Page improvements: Added a “Start Over” button for users to easily clear the form and return to the registration page. Also implemented an automatic redirect after form submission to streamline navigation. Additionally, made small UI improvements including updated default confirmation text and a subtle confetti effect for a more delightful user experience.
- Survey Charts Clarity Improvements: We've made it easier to tell multiple-choice answers apart by using a set group of colors instead of random ones. This means you won't see multiple answers showing up in the same color anymore, making them easier to tell apart.
- Conditional Visibility for Billing Address Toggle on Registration Form: The “Same as Mailing Address” toggle will now only be displayed if the registration form includes “Street Address,” “City,” “State,” and “Zip Code” as required fields, ensuring it's available only when there's a valid address to copy.
- Improved wording on 5-star Survey Component: We've improved the wording for the 5-star survey question type, now presenting the scale from 5 stars to 1 star, aligning with user expectations for intuitive feedback.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed Event display issues on Schedule at a Glance: The Schedule at a Glance feature now sorts times correctly in ascending order based on the client's time zone.
- Login Issue for Attendees of Previous Conferences: Resolved an issue where attendees who had accounts in previous conferences but never logged in were repeatedly asked to set their password for every new conference, preventing them from logging in successfully.
- Leads Export Discrepancy Resolved: A discrepancy between the number of leads scanned by an exhibitor representative, and the number of leads displayed in the Company's Leads Export when filtered by an exhibitor administrator, was solved.
- Enable Conference Leads Power Toggle Fix: Resolved an issue where the “Enable Conference Leads” toggle for exhibitors was missing for some conferences
- Virtual Exhibit Hall Loading Issue Resolved: Resolved a problem where clicking “View Sponsor” or “View Exhibitor” resulted in a grey screen within the Virtual Exhibit Hall.
- Fixed Conference Logo Rendering: We have resolved an issue where newly uploaded conference logos were not properly reflected on the main website and public conference site after completing the upload process and saving changes from the administrative panel.
- Session QR Code Printing: Addressed an issue where session names containing the '/' character caused the form fields to empty and print QR codes for all sessions.
- Addressed Duplicate User Account Creation: We've resolved a glitch where users could create multiple accounts with the same email address, causing duplicate records in the database.
- Upload Issue Resolved for Session Registrations: Fixed an issue where uploading a file to Session Registrations resulted in a green confirmation but no changes in the system. Now, uploads are processed correctly, ensuring accurate data integration.
Version 8.4 (2024-01-20)
Improvements & New Features:
- Conference Evaluation Feature: Introducing a comprehensive conference evaluation feature to gather valuable feedback from attendees for continuous improvement.
- Exhibit Booth Reservation: Empowering exhibitors with a seamless booth reservation process to enhance their participation experience.
- Automatic Welcome SMS: Implementing an automatic welcome SMS feature to provide a warm and personalized greeting to attendees upon registration.
- Automatic Payment Reminders for Invoices: Ensuring timely payments through automated payment reminders for invoices, contributing to improved financial management.
- Required Presence Percentage and Minutes Update Change: Enhancing control over attendance with updates to required presence percentage and minutes.
- Updates to Presentation of Bookmarked Session: Improving the presentation and accessibility of bookmarked sessions for a more user-friendly experience.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where auto-confirmation after registration cannot be completed: Resolved a bug that prevented the successful auto-confirmation after registration.
- Fixed an issue that results in report generation failure: Addressing a bug causing failure in report generation for improved reliability.
- Fixed an issue that led to an error while editing session registrations: Resolved an error that occurred during the editing of session registrations for a smoother user experience.
- Fixed an error that leads to overbooking for sessions: Preventing overbooking scenarios for sessions to ensure a seamless registration process.
- Fixed an issue that results in the Send Profile Update Invitation button not working: Rectifying an error that affected the functionality of the Send Profile Update Invitation button.
- Fixed some issues regarding Post Conference Report Exports: Addressing various issues related to post-conference report exports for accurate and reliable data analysis.
Version 8.3 (2023-11-25)
Improvements & New Features:
- Enabled attendees to modify their session registrations, providing greater flexibility and control over their conference schedule.
- Introduced automatic payment reminders for invoices, ensuring timely payments and improved financial management for attendees and organizers.
- Implemented a Schedule at a Glance Component, offering attendees a quick overview of the conference schedule for better planning.
- Integrated Snapgrid into the Badge Designer Component for enhanced badge customization options.
- Introduced automatic member discounts, simplifying the registration process for eligible members.
- Added the ability for users to change the text of the countdown for the conference, allowing for personalized conference experiences.
Bug Fixes:
- Resolved issues related to Attendee Registration and Session Overlapping, ensuring a smoother registration process without conflicts.
- Fixed Session Registration Overbooking problems, preventing overbooking scenarios for sessions.
- Addressed UI bugs on various screens, such as the leads screen and exhibitor registration, enhancing the user interface for better usability.
- Corrected errors including Push Notifications Filter, not Clearing, Import Contact List errors, and other technical issues for smoother user experiences.
- Fixed bugs related to Bookmarked Sessions, Attendee Company Field visibility, and other display-related issues to improve user interactions.
- Rectified Badge Email Attachment issues to ensure proper delivery of badge-related emails.
Version 8.2 (2023-09-02)
Improvements & New Features:
- Implemented Discount Coupon Creation and Validation to facilitate discounts for attendees, enhancing affordability and accessibility.
- Enhanced Push Notification Functionality to ensure efficient delivery of important updates and notifications to users.
- Improved functionality to Delete Forever!, resolving issues related to permanent deletion within the system.
- Added character limit displays on Import help pages for better data management and understanding during imports.
- Enabled the entry of CC email fields for online registration confirmations, allowing for additional email notifications.
- Introduced the ability to view attendees associated with a company, providing better organization and management.
- Adjusted CT size for video streaming for improved video quality and viewing experiences.
Bug Fixes:
- Resolved the inability to add to client Account Groups, ensuring smoother account management.
- Implemented easier first-time sign-in to the apps, simplifying the user onboarding process.
- Enabled the use of Leads with only Basic packages, allowing broader access to essential functionalities.
- Introduced Billing Zip Code Field for CC, enhancing payment information completeness and accuracy.
- Updated phone numbers in CT Leads emails to ensure correct contact details for users.
Version 8.1 (2023-07-20)
Enhancements:
- Enabled Payments Settings for Leads License Package. Users can now configure payment settings for the Leads License Package.
- Added the Exhibitor (Exhibiting Company) as a column in the Leads export. The Exhibitor column is now included in the exported Leads file for improved analytics
- Enabled Push Notifications for the leads app. Users will now receive push notifications in the Leads app for important updates and notifications.
- Improved Copy Configurations and Account Switching with Expiration mode. Copying configurations and switching accounts with Expiration mode have been enhanced for better usability.
- Added an option to completely delete Canceled or Test Registrations. Users now can permanently delete Canceled or Test Registrations from the system, provided no payment has been received.
- Added notifications to notify admins when a new online registration is received. Admins can now receive notifications via email when new online registrations are submitted.
- Added an ALL CAPS function to the Badge, Certificate, and Transcript Designer. Users can now apply multiple new formatting options to the content designed in the Badge, Certificate, and Transcript Designer.
- A new report has been added to track attendees who did not check in at the conference.
- Formatted the online registration - session page. The online registration session page has been visually improved and reformatted for a better user experience
- Updated Profile Information Language. The language used for profile information has been updated for better clarity and understanding.
- Improved Email keywords to include first name and last name in email broadcasts. Email broadcasts now support the use of keywords to dynamically include the recipient's first name and last name.
- Changed the 'Email Leads' label on the Exhibitor Dashboard. The label 'Email Leads' on the Exhibitor Dashboard has been updated for better clarity and consistency.
- Introduced a new API to make attendees sync faster for the leads app. The new API enhances the synchronization process for attendees in the leads app, resulting in improved speed and efficiency.
Fixes:
- Resolved bugs related to showing custom qualifiers in leads reports. Custom qualifiers now display correctly in the leads report.
- Improved headers on exported fields to match headings required on import files. This resolves the issue where export headers did not match the required format for import files.
- Improved Leads Export to be faster and added company filter for leads export. The Leads Export process has been optimized for speed, and a new company filter has been added to refine the exported leads.
Version 8.0 (2023-05-01)
Enhancements:
- Make clients able to purchase the Virtual package without purchasing the Attendee package if they have the Attendee package already.
- Make clients able to purchase the 100 attendees package multiple times.
- Make Exhibitors able to buy Conference Leads licenses online (similar to how clients can manage their CT license and add a package they didn’t order, or add more attendees).
- Lead license enhancements.
- Add import for exhibitor companies.
- Post-Expiration Mode.
- Improve the “Use Conference Tracker at your Next Conference” to decrease the number of fake and unreal requests.
- Changes to the export pdf generation, adding more checks on the user side and removing background image conversion to prevent non-expected image clarity issues.
Version 7.4.8 (2023-01-20)
Enhancements:
- Add option to remove Conference Leads section from Exhibitor registration
Version 7.4.7 (2022-07-04)
Enhancements:
- Add on-site badge size and orientation
Fixes:
- Minor typo fix
Version 7.4.6 (2022-06-21)
Fixes:
- Fix on invoice preview, first name and last name were not completed
Version 7.4.5 (2022-05-27)
Enhancements:
- Add About page on CT
Fixes:
- Fixes to allow exhibitor admins entering leads to change text, added a confirmation before submission of the lead and made it possible to resend leads every day instead of once.
- Auto rendering for exhibitors on scroll to show all exhibitors on the conference landing page
Version 7.4.3 (2022-04-28)
Fixes:
- Fixed an internal reference bug.
Version 7.4.2 (2022-04-25)
Fixes:
- In the online registration form we edited the page settings so that an invisible field removed its content.
- In the online registration form when an admin edits a user, it clears the password of the user.
- For pending registrations, when sending an email with payment instructions, in some cases, no email was sent.
Version 7.4.1 (2021-10-01)
Enhancements:
- Advanced Options > Settings: Appearance section added. Administrators will now be able to change the font size, font color, font family, and several other styles of the web application.
Fixes:
- Session quizzes: Allow users who did not sign out from their sessions to grade their quizzes if their sign-in time meets the minimum duration criteria even if they haven't signed out.
- Advanced options > User sessions: Fixed an issue that was preventing the screen from loading.
- Conference Attendee app: Specific presenter's sessions were not loaded.
Version 7.4 (2021-09-22)
Fixes:
- Session quizzes: Allow users who did not sign out from their sessions to take the quizzes if their sign-in time meets the minimum duration criteria even if they haven't signed out.
- Registrations: Show 2 decimals on every priced item.
- Registration edit screen: Changes were introduced so that password fields are no longer mandatory when an admin edits a registration.
- Import: Prevent importing exhibitors administrators and exhibitor reps if the Exhibitor Package was not purchased.
- Conference landing page: Fix the layout issue that was making long session names shown horizontally centered.
- Exhibitor registration: Fixed an issue that was preventing exhibitors from registering when there was a very long paragraph field added to the custom form.
Version 7.3.2.4 (2021-08-17)
Fixes:
- Surveys: Fixed an issue that could make the scheduled surveys not be published automatically.
Version 7.3.2.3 (2021-08-16)
Fixes:
- Registrations: Help texts were not displayed below the registration form fields when accessing the registration by using the link sent by email to the registering person.
- Sessions: Alphabetical sorting and by date fixed.
Version 7.3.2.2 (2021-07-30)
Fixes:
- Registrations: Payment method selection is no longer required for free-of-charge registrations.
Version 7.3.2.1 (2021-07-28)
Fixes:
- Registrations: Items validations (price and fraud detection) are no longer run when an administrator edits a registration. They're always run when new registrations are submitted.
Version 7.3.2 (2021-07-26)
New Features & Enhancements:
- Switch accounts: Users who are registered to multiple conferences can now switch between their CT accounts.
- Login screen: Text was changed to prevent attendees from signing up to host a new conference when what they wanted was to register for an existing conference.
- Page titles and no longer fixed in upper case.
- Registration: If there is more than one valid payment method defined the registering user must select one in a mandatory way.
- User edit screen: Registration form fields are no longer mandatory to save a profile.
Fixes:
- Sessions quiz: If required presence minutes or percentage are used do not allow to take the quiz unless one of them was reached.
- Sessions export: Line breaks, carriage returns, and quotation marks are escaped so that when exporting to CSV the exported file does not break.
- Streaming and Zoom integration: Meeting ID is reset when the channel is stopped and restarted.
- Streaming and Zoom integration: Dropdown list width fixed.
- Other minor fixes.
Version 7.3.1 (2021-07-21)
New Features & Enhancements:
- Several changes were introduced to boost performance.
Fixes:
- A bug was fixed that prevented saving user profiles when specific HTML tags were used in the registration form.
- “Ad Center” menu item layout fixed.
- Other minor fixes.
Version 7.3 (2021-07-08)
New Features & Enhancements:
- Print Session QRs: Administrators can now export all session QRs (or the ones belonging to a specific session) by going to Attendance > Session QR > Export to PDF. This will generate session QRs so that attendees can sign in and sign out by using the Conference Attendee app. The generated QRs do not expire (refresh is set to 'Never' automatically).
- Sessions export: More fields are exported including description, capacity, fee, attendance mode, and many more.
- Virtual Exhibit hall: More information was added about sessions, presenters, contacts, reps, and much more.
Fixes:
- Zoom integration was updated to support changes in Zoom's API.
- User profile: The “View Presenter Sessions” button was not being shown in users who were both presenters and attendees.
- Other minor fixes.
Version 7.2.3 (2021-06-24)
New Features & Enhancements:
- Attendee Registration: Administrators can now customize the title of the session registration step by going to Settings > Attendee Registration > General. There they can edit the text on the “Session registration title” setting.
- Registration forms: Admins can now give more style to Paragraph form fields by using a WYSIWYG editor.
- Sessions: Custom fields can now be shown to all users in the Conference Browser or only to admins depending on settings.
- Conference Browser: Sessions > Show custom fields, credits, and attendance mode.
Fixes:
- Prize wheels: Several fixes and improvements were implemented.
- File icons: A fix was introduced so icons are shown properly when files are uploaded.
- Other minor fixes.
Version 7.2.2 (2021-06-11)
Fixes:
- Prize Wheels: A few fixes were introduced.
- Other internal fixes.
Version 7.2.1 (2021-06-10)
New Features & Enhancements:
- Streaming: Social wall is now shown on devices with smaller screens (phones, tablets, etc…)
- Videos: Controls are shown on every autoplay video.
Fixes:
- Streaming: A few changes were introduced to prevent the situation when a browser prevents a streaming ad video from being auto-played resulting in users not being able to join streaming sessions. Now video controls are always shown so users can play ads manually. After the ads end users can join the streaming session. The Fast Forward option on ad videos was disabled.
- Send attendee portal login instructions: The error message shown when admins clicked on the corresponding button and the portal was disabled was misleading. Now it's clearer.
- Send exhibitor portal login instructions: The error message shown when admins clicked on the corresponding button and the portal was disabled was misleading. Now it's clearer.
- Other internal fixes.
Version 7.2 (2021-06-08)
New Features & Enhancements:
- Prize Wheel feature added. Conference organizers can create fortune wheels so that attendees can play and win! They can create different wheels for different exhibitors. They can select the prizes per exhibitor too! Attendees get tickets to play in the prize wheels when they interact with exhibitors (by chatting, meeting, becoming a lead, etc…).
- Registration: Several improvements have been introduced so that users can register faster by loading information of the registering user from previous conferences' profiles. The system now reuses users, exhibitors, and companies' information from previous conferences.
- Ads: Videos now play with sound (not muted).
- Registration: When an error is found in an input of the registration form the system automatically scrolls to the corresponding field.
- Accounts management: A single account can now be included in multiple account groups. Users with linked accounts are now able to easily switch between them.
- Accounts management: The system will automatically delete old inactive expired accounts freeing the used domains so that other accounts can use them.
- Check-ins export: Added Email column.
- Certificates, Badges, CEU Reports, and Invoice templates are now sorted by name.
- Appointments: Location and information sections can now contain links and the system will make them clickable.
- Sessions: The name field can be up to 1000 characters long.
- Trivia: Allow administrators to manage, search, and view all trivia items in their accounts.
Fixes:
- Pop-up ads: Image size is now fixed. The preview showed images in the wrong aspect ratio.
- Conference public site: Fix so that if a menu item is clicked and its corresponding section is not present the page does not show an error (or blank).
- Conference public site: Automatic scrolling to the corresponding section is performed when the user clicks on a menu item.
- Conference Browser: Embedded videos' width fixed.
- Sessions by track widget: It now displays the 'Watch Now' button next to every session (if applicable).
- CT Leads notifications: A bug was fixed that was causing a few notifications to include a '{0}' instead of a user's full name.
- Payment settings: They're now shown if the Pre-Conference package is enabled.
- Account registration: A bug was fixed that was preventing premium accounts with several 'Additional attendees' packages from being registered.
- Twitter announcements: Prevent sending the same announcement multiple times. Notification is now sent after saving the corresponding announcement making it viewable from the announcements list screen.
- Badges: A bug was fixed that was preventing users from changing a badge size back to Avery 5392.
- Other internal fixes.
Version 7.1.5 (2021-05-20)
New Features & Enhancements:
- New sessions by track widget added. Administrators can now decide if they want to show sessions grouped by track or the regular sessions widget that shows sessions taking place and upcoming sessions.
- New 'Interested Attendees' widget added. This widget is shown to exhibitors and contains the number of attendees who watched their profile.
- Built-in prerecorded sessions: Users can now resume video playback where they left off if using the same computer.
Fixes:
- Sessions import: Sessions' rooms are now updated when importing existing sessions.
- Other internal fixes.
Version 7.1.4 (2021-05-11)
New Features & Enhancements:
- Companies' names can now have up to 300 characters.
- The Check-in handouts menu item was removed and is now included in the Check-in list.
- Start streaming: A new warning has been added that is displayed to presenters when they try to leave the page. If they leave the page for more than 5 minutes the stream will be automatically stopped.
- Companies item was removed from the administrator main menu.
- The body of the attendees' login email that includes the automatic login link was updated.
- Site landing: 'Register now' button was changed to 'Order now'.
- Sessions: Users can now upload files to sessions within the Conference Browser.
- Conference public site: Sponsors and Exhibitors style redesigned.
- Conference setup: Administrators can now specify whether their conference is on-site, online, or mixed.
Fixes:
- A bug was fixed in the 'Ad Center' that was preventing users from saving ads if they did not change the default ad type.
- Placeholder text typos were fixed on automatic registration emails.
- Fixed a bug that caused the conference Logo to be displayed in a much smaller size when users first log in to Conference Attendee on Android.
- Ad center: On some occasions, vertical images were too small and the videos' aspect ratio was not kept. The display of images and videos is now fixed.
- Exhibitor Live Virtual Booth: An issue was fixed regarding opening and closing hours. Time zone offset was not being applied.
- User attendance report: Credits now can have up to 2 decimal places.
- Certificates and CEU reports: Credits now can have up to 2 decimal places.
- An issue was fixed that affected lists in the system and could take the user back to the main dashboard when clicking on the context menu inside the three dots of a row.
- Password reset: After resetting the password the green 'Log in' button did not take the user to the login page.
- Sessions: Stop setting the session's end time to 1 hour later than the start time by default.
- Landing page: Scrolling issues fixed.
- Registrations: When an optional dropdown field was included in the form and no option was selected the registration process could show an error.
- Exhibitor registration: Conference leads registration and purchase is available at mixed and on-site conferences. This solves the issue that caused exhibitor reps to be charged with Conference Leads even when they were not ordering it.
- Fixed an issue that prevented super admins from bypassing the conference setup screen.
- Sessions > Download video: Fixed an issue that was preventing videos from being downloaded if the session name contained special characters.
- Other internal fixes.
Version 7.1.3 (2021-04-19)
New Features & Enhancements:
- Conference setup: Allow users to add embedded links to the conference description.
Version 7.1.2 (2021-04-15)
New Features & Enhancements:
- Session live streaming: Zoom integration is so much smoother now. Presenters can now connect their Pro Zoom account and stream directly to a session's channel with just a few clicks.
Version 7.1.1 (2021-04-12)
New Features & Enhancements:
- Virtual Booth is now available. This new feature allows attendees to roam between your exhibitors, view and request information about them, chat and/or meet live with a rep, schedule appointments, and so much more!
- Exhibitors can now be allowed to post on the conference's social feed. Organizers can assign a maximum number of posts for every one of them.
- Exhibitors can now define the times they're available to meet live with attendees. This information is displayed on their Virtual Booth.
- Exhibitors can now define a tagline. This information is displayed on their Virtual Booth.
- Exhibitors can now set a URL that will be displayed to attendees when they click on “Talk live to a Rep” in the Virtual Booth.
- Exhibitors can now specify an offering that will be displayed to attendees in the Virtual Booth.
- Leads: Now a lead can have several updates based on the actions attendees took using the system. A lead is updated when the corresponding attendee visits an exhibitor's profile, requests an appointment, chats with a rep, talks live with a rep, accepts an exhibitor's offer in the booth, clicks on an ad, etc… The updates are shown in the lead's edit screen and also in the lead export (it shows the status and date & time of the update).
- Leads drawing: Exhibitors can now filter the leads by status.
Fixes:
- A bug was fixed that caused scheduled push notifications to be not displayed on the web app.
- Other internal fixes.
Version 7.1 (2021-03-30)
New Features & Enhancements:
- Virtual Exhibit Hall is now available. It lists every sponsor and exhibitor in the conference.
- Short description and Order fields added to companies (they're used in the Virtual Exhibit Hall).
- Multiple files can now be uploaded per company. This includes videos, images and general files like PDFs, XLSs or any other files exhibitors want to share with attendees.
- Ad Center is now available. Organizers can now manage all ads in one place.
- Ads: Ads can now include videos.
- Ads: They can now be shown in surveys, session streamings, and in the Virtual Exhibit Hall.
- Ads: Ad preview has been redesigned. It now shows how the ad will look in the mobile app and also on the web.
- Organizers can now download all session videos (including saved live streamings).
- Exhibitors can now post messages on the conference social feed based. The amount of messages they can post can be set by organizers using Company Limits.
- Exhibitors can now start chat conversations with their leads.
- Streaming: Organizers can set ads to be shown before attendees join online sessions. If an ad is a video they must wait until it finishes to join.
- Streaming: When watching a session's streaming out of session's time users receive a message specifying they won't receive credits for this, as they did not attend the session
- Streaming: Users receive a warning when they try to leave the session's streaming screen stating they will only receive credits for the time they attended the session.
- Streaming: A new 'Take quiz' button has been added to the streaming screen so users can take the quiz without leaving the page.
- Session quiz: If an attendee cannot take the quiz the system now reports its reason (i.e. the attendee already took it, the attendee did not attend the session, etc…)
- Streaming and attendance: Sign-out process has been improved.
- Streaming access window: Settings can now be set to 0 minutes. The default start is now set to 0 minutes.
- Certificates: New built-in designs were added.
- Badges: New built-in designs were added.
- Splash screen redesigned.
- Attendee views of sessions and companies are logged now.
- A new setting has been added so that organizers can specify whether attendees who view a company profile should become a lead for it or not. To use it, go to Settings > Exhibitor Portal > Attendee Activity > “Add attendee as lead on viewing exhibitor profile”.
- Interested Attendees report added. It shows the users who viewed a company's profile.
- We have added this change log you're reading :)
Fixes:
- A bug in the search boxes has been fixed.
- A bug was fixed that was preventing exhibitors from sending login instructions to their reps.
- A bug was fixed in the CEU reports email screen. Users who wanted to include the certificate as its first page and did not change the certificate selection were not able to proceed with the sending process.
- Icons for files that were not images or videos were not loaded correctly system-wide.
- Other internal fixes.