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ZAPP Product Updates

July 11, 2023

New Features

Updated the Design & Layout of the Weekly Show Information Notification

  • Impact: Administrators, Artists
  • Updated the design of the weekly notification that artists receive about new events and upcoming deadlines. Updates include:
    • New format with 3 key sections: What’s Hot (sponsored events), Upcoming Deadlines, and New Events
    • Updates to the email header and formatting for each section

 

Adjusted Generation of the Weekly Show Information Notification

  • Impact: Administrators, Internal
  • Added functionality that will automatically set the date for when a newly published event will be included in the New Event and Upcoming Deadlines sections of the weekly show information notification based on the Accept Application and Deadline dates, respectively.
  • Added the ability for ZAPP staff to set the date that a sponsored event will be added to the “What’s Hot” section of the notification. 
  • Updated the Events Report for ZAPP staff to include the dates of when an event will be included in the weekly show information notification.  

 

Added Account Manager as a Role Type for Local Administrators

  • Impact: Administrators, Internal
  • Allow ZAPP staff to mark administrators as account managers. This will allow the account manager to view administrator accounts and update organization details.
  • Note: This update does not affect current access for administrators and the latter part of the update is still in development.

 

Allowed Access to ZAPP Gallery For Archived Events

  • Impact: Administrators
  • Updated the ZAPP Gallery so that it displays for any archived event.

 

Updated All Important Dates to Display on the Timeline of Event Details 

  • Impact: Artists, Administrators
  • Updated the Event Details page to display the event end dates and jury dates within the “Dates and Deadlines” timeline. 
  • Administrators can determine if the jury dates should appear in the Event Details page.

Fixes

Users Not Logged Out When Logged Into Multiple Sessions During Password Update

  • Impact: Artists
  • Fixed an issue that prevented users from being logged out of all browser windows or devices when they updated their password.

 

Investigate and Fix MySQL Errors

  • Impact: Internal
  • Released global fixes to MySQL database errors.

Previous Updates

May 2, 2023

New Features

Interactive Booth Map 2.0

  • Impact: Administrators, Artists
  • Implemented several updates to improve the functionality of the booth management feature:
    • Added the ability to download the map.
    • Added more pin options and styling to better classify and organize the map.
    • Added ability to determine the pin size to allow for more precise placement.
    • Added ability to determine what details display on the public map, including: 
      • Business or Studio Name
      • State
      • Website
    • Added the ability to access the Artist Application by clicking the application ID from the booth map assignment table. 

 

Updated the ZAPP Payment Receipt

  • Impact: Artists
  • Updated the layout and content of the payment receipts to outline if the transaction was a purchase or a refund, highlight all important details, and link to the refund policy for the event.

 

Allow Administrators to Search by Transaction ID 

  • Impact: Internal
  • Added the ability for ZAPP staff to search by any transaction ID number and artist ID. 

 

Added Contract IDs to Event List 

  • Impact: Administrators, Internal
  • Added the Contract ID to the Artist Editor page to easily connect artists’ purchases to the correct event.

March 30, 2023

New Features

Report to Track Open and Click Rates for System Notifications

  • Impact: Administrators, Internal
  • Added a report for staff to track the open and click rates for notifications sent by ZAPP staff to ZAPP artists.

 

Added Refund Policy Fields & Timestamp to Legal Agreement

  • Impact: Administrators, Artists
  • Added a Refund Policy field to the Event Editor that is required for event administrators to complete. The refund policy section will be available on the event page for artists to view. This requirement applies only to events published after the release of this feature.
  • Added a timestamp to the Custom Questions section of the application page and PDF report that allows administrators to see when the applicant agreed to the event’s terms and conditions. This will help the ZAPP team provide clear information to our third-party payment processors in the event of a chargeback or payment dispute. 

Fixes

Apostrophe in Tags Causing Application Table to Disappear

  • Impact: Administrators
  • Fixed an issue caused by application tags that included an apostrophe to stop the event management table from loading. Updated the functionality so that users can no longer include apostrophes when creating a tag.

 

Answer Options Not Saving When Creating a New Question

  • Impact: Administrators
  • Fixed an issue that removed the answer options for radio button, checkbox, or drop-down application questions after the question was created. 

 

Applicants Moved From Incomplete to Started Status

  • Impact: Administrators, Artists
  • Fixed an issue that caused an artist’s application to be incorrectly moved from the Incomplete status to the Started status if they removed images from the application. 

 

Added Dynamic Copyright Year

  • Impact: Administrators, Artists, Jurors
  • Updated the footer on ZAPP sites to automatically update the copyright year to the current year. 

 

Implemented Google Analytics 4

  • Impact: Internal
  • Updated the ZAPP sites to the newest version of Google Analytics 4. 

January 26, 2023

New Features

Updated Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Workflow with Remember Device

  • Impact: Administrators, Jurors, Adjudicators 
  • Updated the Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) workflow to allow users to save a trusted device and log in without entering the MFA code for 90 days. Note: This feature only remembers one ZAPP account per device. 
  • Updated the time the emailed MFA code is active from 5 to 10 minutes, and changed the cursor to default inside the MFA code field.

Updated System Notifications to Send to ZAPP Team First

  • Impact: Internal
  • Ensured the ZAPP team receives a copy of all communications sent through the system by sending emails to the address “ZAPPhelp@westaf.org” first.

Fixes

Artists Able to Pay Jury Fee Twice with Check

  • Impact: Artists/Vendors
  • Fixed an issue that allowed artists and vendors to make an accidental purchase of the jury fee twice when paying with a check if they had multiple browser windows open on the checkout page. 

Updated ZAPP Footers for 2023

  • Impact: Administrators, Jurors, Artists
  • Updated the ZAPP website’s footer to display the current year.

November 17, 2022

New Features

Events Management Table Updates

  • Impact: Administrators
  • The event management table has been updated to allow administrators to tag applications and select/deselect all flags from the table itself. Administrators will see a new workflow for filtering applications where they can combine filters, filter by specific tags, flags, and purchased products. 

Fixes

Artwork Prices with Commas appearing as “$NaN”

  • Impact: Artists, Administrators
  • The event management table has been updated to allow administrators to tag applications and select/deselect all flags from the table itself. Administrators will see a new workflow for filtering applications where they can combine filters, filter by specific tags, flags, and purchased products. 

User Alerts with Custom Links Resulting in Page Not Found Error

  • Impact: Internal
  • Fixed an issue that caused a “Page Not Found” error when adding custom URLs to ZAPP’s user alerts.

Some Coupon Codes Preventing Checkout

  • Impact: Artists/Vendors
  • Fixed an issue that prevented artists from checking out if using a coupon code with certain characters.

October 27, 2022

Fixes

Improvements to Event Editor

  • Impact: Administrators
  • Irregularities in the text boxes in the event editor have been reduced so admins can include formatting in their event descriptions as desired.

Improvements to Artist Checkout

  • Impact: Artists
  • The checkout page has been edited to be more precise so that artists are less likely to accidentally purchase a jury fee twice.

September 27, 2022

Fixes

Portfolio Page Mobile View Update

  • Impact: Artists
  • The new portfolio page has been updated to be more friendly to mobile view.

HTML Improved in Event Editor

  • Impact: Administrators
  • The HTML editor is now accepting basic code and appearing correctly.

Ad Images Appearing Correctly

  • Impact: Administrators
  • Broken ad images on the artist checkout page have been fixed.

 

 

August 30, 2022

New Features

Major Updates to the Artist’s Portfolio

  • Impact: Artists/Vendors
  • The portfolio page has gotten a major overhaul! Artists can now tag, sort, and organize their materials more precisely than ever before. The workflow for uploading materials has also been updated with more detailed and clear steps.

Administrator Zoom in the Event Manager

  • Impact: Administrators
  • Event administrators can now zoom in on images and view images in full screen when reviewing applications in the event manager.

JuryBuddy Image Scroll Timer Update

  • Impact: Administrators/Jurors
  • In JuryBuddy, you now have more control over the timer of the image scroll, and can select any length of time between images between 5-30 seconds.

 

Fixes

“lol” Appearing in Applications Questions Spreadsheet – Corrected

  • Impact: Administrators
  • In the downloadable application questions spreadsheet, any commas in the answers were appearing as “lol.” This has now been fixed.