2018-06 June - Release #29.5

Release Notes - Release #29.5

                        


New Features


  • [PINPOINTE-589] - API: SalesforceSync: Sync Contact’s Activity Log from Pinpointe -> Salesforce

  • [PINPOINTE-728] - API: Add Zapier Connectors

  • [PINPOINTE-642] - Contacts: Optimize performance for “View Contacts” screen

  • [PINPOINTE-668] - Lists: Add button to “Add a Contact to a List” on Contacts -> Manage Lists -> [Selected List]

  • [PINPOINTE-854] - Users can now log in from main website

  • [PINPOINTE-910} - Add “Export Data” to Stats -> Geo-IP Report

     


Improvements


  • [PINPOINTE-768] - Split Test: Add Interim Results tab / report for ‘Pick a winner’ version

  • [PINPOINTE-784] - Import: Add ‘Cancel’ option

  • [PINPOINTE-829] - Stats: When a campaign is sending, always show it at the top of the Stats page

  • [PINPOINTE-902] - Statistics: “View Database Stats” times out for very large databases

  • [PINPOINTE-856] - Importing: Produce a CSV with failed email addresses  + reason for failure

  • [PINPOINTE-859] - Stats: Update the Campaign -> View Social Stats Graph

  • [PINPOINTE-897] - Campaign: Cannot copy a campaign that has already been copied but not renamed

  • [PINPOINTE-900] - Subusers: Account Owner cannot change subuser Username

  • [PINPOINTE-905] - Builder: Background images with image overlay or multi-column display background color instead

  • [PINPOINTE-909] - Stats: Update to Accounts Report

  • [PINPOINTE-928] - Subusers: Subusers can now update their passwords

  • [PINPOINTE-929] - Schedule Campaign Selector: Update left margin description to make more clear

  • [PINPOINTE-934] - WYSIWYG: Preview modal boxes close “X”s are too faint to see

  • [PINPOINTE-946] - Bounce Processing: Improved bounce processing accuracy

  • [PINPOINTE-948] - “Add Contact” Form page steps are confusing

  • [PINPOINTE-965] - Contact Database: Locked Database from Deletion error unintuitive to users

  • [PINPOINTE-968] - Modernize date fields on forms

     


Bugs Fixed


  • [PINPOINTE-918] - Stats: Campaign stats processing can become unresponsive, displaying “Not finished sending”
  • [PINPOINTE-919] - Add checkbox to select “All Databases” option during contact exporting
  • [PINPOINTE-759] - Split Tests: Social links for social icons do not work for split tests

  • [PINPOINTE-772] - Contacts: Sort by Custom Date field incorrectly sorts by mm/dd/yyyy

  • [PINPOINTE-964] - Forms: Create Embedded Unsubscribe Form - skips steps 3 and 4 (Select Database and List)

  • [PINPOINTE-779] - Preferences Form: Layout is incorrect

  • [PINPOINTE-790] - Subscribe Form: Layout is incorrect

  • [PINPOINTE-933] - Forms: F2F Form includes duplicate header when recipient of forward receives it

  • [PINPOINTE-825] - Custom field used as URL: Colon is dropped

  • [PINPOINTE-839] - WYSIWYG Text only version sends to contacts set as Format = “HTML”

  • [PINPOINTE-891] - WYSIWYG Text only version does not allow inserting variables or Custom Fields

  • [PINPOINTE-936] - WYSIWYG: The Preview menu has “Inbox Preview” highlighted always

  • [PINPOINTE-840] - Creating List(s) from search contacts checks entire instance for duplicate name vs. only checking the user account

  • [PINPOINTE-942] - Lists(Tags): cached subscriber counts are not updated after batch delete of subscribers

  • [PINPOINTE-865] - On Import, if “Create new list” is selected and no contacts are added, the list is still created

  • [PINPOINTE-940] - Import: when adding tas on the import process, performance is unacceptably slow

  • [PINPOINTE-880] - Database Management: Activity Status not set causes no display for view contacts

  • [PINPOINTE-892] - Autoresponders: Creating or editing an AE displays a variable %%TPL_Add_To_List_Popup%% on Filer Page

  • [PINPOINTE-895] - Surveys: Placeholder text displays when survey is viewed

  • [PINPOINTE-924] - Dashboard home page doesn’t show recent stats for users with recent stats available

  • [PINPOINTE-926] - API: add method to return campaigns sent in the last interval (e.g. 90 days)

  • [PINPOINTE-907] - Builder: On preview the temporary links being inserted are //www.pinpointe.com - should be https://www.pinpointe.com

  • [PINPOINTE-951] - Builder: side panel jumping; difficult to grab text block; active block outline not updating properly when editing

  • [PINPOINTE-952] - Builder: Test in Internet Explorer (latest version)

  • [PINPOINTE-959] - Builder: DND pasting URL into Link field for an image does not save

  • [PINPOINTE-962] - Segments: search for contacts who clicked a specific link is very slow

  • [PINPOINTE-969] - Segments: Geo-IP segment searches fail




Details

Here we cover the above items in more detail.


 

New Features


[PINPOINTE-589] - API: SalesforceSync: Sync Contact’s Activity Log from Pinpointe -> Salesforce

Request for bi-directional update between Pinpointe and Salesforce where user can display Pinpointe contact activity such as email campaigns sent, click events and open events in the appropriate Salesforce application content record.


Users are now able to access a link which will display a Pinpointe events list for that contact based on email address.

 

[PINPOINTE-728] - API: Add Zapier Connectors

Zapier API connectors added to allow customers to cross-connect between Pinpointe and:

  • BigCommerce

  • Chargify

  • HubSpot

  • EventBrite


[PINPOINTE-642] - Contacts: Optimize performance for “View Contacts” screen

Search algorithms have been optimized to reduce display times after a “View Contacts” request has been made.


[PINPOINTE-668] - Lists: Add button to “Add a Contact to a List” on Contacts -> Manage Lists -> [Selected List]

A clickable icon has been added to a list’s selectable action icons that allow a user to add a contact to the list from the Manage Lists page.





[PINPOINTE-910} - Add “Export Data” to Stats -> Geo-IP Report

Added capability to export geo-based IP data in Email Campaign Statistics feature. “Export” button is located on the Geo-IP stats page.





Improvements


[PINPOINTE-768] - Split Test: Add Interim Results tab / report for ‘Pick a winner’ version

Statistics graph and report page created to show interim results for the “Pick a winner” version of Split Test campaigns. This page shows the results of the initial phase of sending out the split test campaigns BEFORE a winner is declared and the remaining emails are sent out based on which campaign won.



[PINPOINTE-784] - Import: Add ‘Cancel’ option

A “Cancel” button has been added to the “Importing Contacts” popup screen that will allow a user to stop the importing process.



[PINPOINTE-829] - Stats: When a campaign is sending, always show it at the top of the Stats page

If a campaign is currently in the process of being sent, it will appear at the top of campaign list on the main Statistics tab -> Email Campaign Statistics menu option page.


[PINPOINTE-902] - Statistics: “View Database Stats” times out for very large databases

Processing times for viewing stats on large databases have been improved. User interface on Contact Database Statistics page improved.



[PINPOINTE-856] - Importing: Produce a CSV with failed email addresses + reason for failure

When importing contacts, users now have the option of creating and exporting a CSV file listing those contacts who failed to import and the reason why.


[PINPOINTE-859] - Stats: Update the Campaign -> View Social Stats Graph

Graph for Social Statistics has been upgraded.



[PINPOINTE-897] - Campaign: Cannot copy a campaign that has already been copied but not renamed

Users can now make multiple copies of a particular campaign without first renaming previous copies.


[PINPOINTE-900] - Subusers: Account Owner cannot change subusers’ username

Account Owners can now click on “Account Settings”:




Click “Manage Users” option:




Enter in the chosen user name for the subuser (Account Manager):



[PINPOINTE-905] - Builder: Background images with image overlay or multi-column format display background color instead

Background images with text and / or image overlays now displays correct background image in all scenarios in the DND Builder.


[PINPOINTE-909] - Stats: Update to Accounts Report

The Account Summary page graph and information display format under main Statistics tab -> Account Summary menu option has been improved.



[PINPOINTE-928] - Subusers: Subusers can now update their passwords

Subusers (Account Managers) can now update their own passwords by clicking “Account Settings” menu option next to their avatar:




Next, enter new password in appropriate form field and confirm it. Last step is to save the changes.



[PINPOINTE-929] - Schedule Campaign Selector: Update left margin description to make more clear

Instructions on scheduling a campaign have been made clearer.



[PINPOINTE-934] - WYSIWYG: Preview modal boxes close “X”s are too faint to see

This issue has been resolved.


[PINPOINTE-946] - Bounce Processing: Improved bounce processing accuracy

Method determining categories and number of bounce types has been improved.


[PINPOINTE-948] - “Add Contact” Form page steps are confusing


Changes made to the “Add Contact” page include:

  • “Select Contact List” replaced with “Select Contact Database”

  • “Save” button now saves the contact input and takes user to the edit mode of that contact

  • “Save and Exit” button now saves the contact and takes user to the database View page under “Manage Database(s)” menu option in main “Contacts” tab.

  • A “Save and Add New” button saves the current contact input and opens a new instance of the “Add Contact” form




[PINPOINTE-965] - Contact Database: Locked Database from Deletion error unintuitive to users

User message now refers to database name rather than database numerical ID.



[PINPOINTE-968] - Modernize date fields on forms

Display format of date fields on forms has been improved.




Bugs Fixed


[PINPOINTE-918] - Stats: Campaign stats processing can become unresponsive, displaying “Not finished sending”

Campaigns that were sent where there are zero recipients caused statistical processing to hang up in “in progress” mode. This issue has been resolved.


[PINPOINTE-919] - Add checkbox to select “All Databases” option during contact exporting

Checkbox added to provide “select all” function when selecting databases from which to export contacts.



[PINPOINTE-759] - Split Tests: Social links for social icons do not work for split tests

This issue has been resolved.


[PINPOINTE-772] - Contacts: Sort by Custom Date field incorrectly sorts by mm/dd/yyyy

Correct sorting protocol should be year first, then month and lastly by day. This issue has been resolved.


[PINPOINTE-964] - Forms: Create Embedded Unsubscribe Form - skips steps 3 and 4 (Select Database and List)

Issue has been resolved.



[PINPOINTE-779] - Preferences Form: Layout is incorrect

Placement of small circular info icons changed to improve displayability.



[PINPOINTE-790] - Subscribe Form: Layout is incorrect

Placement of small circular info icons changed to improve displayability. Same resolution as for Issue #779 above.


[PINPOINTE-933] - Forms: F2F Form includes duplicate header when recipient of forward receives it

This problem has been fixed.


[PINPOINTE-825] - Custom field used as URL: Colon is dropped

This issue has been resolved.


[PINPOINTE-839] - WYSIWYG text-only version sends to contacts set as Format = “HTML”

This issue has been resolved. WYSIWYG text-only versions now sent in appropriate format.


[PINPOINTE-891] - WYSIWYG text-only version does not allow inserting variables or Custom Fields

“Insert Form” and “Insert Variables” fields added to left-side control panel for “Text-only” email templates:



Email format option drop-down menu section is now correctly set upon page load; in addition, left-side control panel only shows relevant options dependent on email template format selected:



[PINPOINTE-936] - WYSIWYG: The Preview menu always has “Inbox Preview” highlighted 

This issue has been corrected.


[PINPOINTE-840] - Creating List(s) from search contacts checks entire instance for duplicate name vs. only checking the user account

This issue has been resolved.


[PINPOINTE-942] - Lists(Tags): cached subscriber counts are not updated after batch delete of subscribers

This issue has been resolved. Counts are updated after subscriber deletion.


[PINPOINTE-865] - On Import, if “Create new list” is selected and no contacts are added, the list is still created

This issue has been fixed. If no contacts are added upon import, the new list will not be created.


[PINPOINTE-940] - Import: when adding tags on the import process, performance is unacceptably slow

This issue has been fixed. Import speeds have been increased materially.


[PINPOINTE-880] - Database Management: Activity Status not set causes no display for view contacts

This issue has been resolved. “Activity Status” field now hard set to “display” by default.


[PINPOINTE-892] - Autoresponders: Creating or editing an AE displays a variable %%TPL_Add_To_List_Popup%% on Filter Page

This problem has been corrected. Variable "%%TPL_Add_To_List_Popup%%" is no longer automatically inserted on filter page.



[PINPOINTE-895] - Surveys: Placeholder text displays when survey is viewed

This issue has been resolved. Placeholder text is no longer displayed in survey if not cleared or overwritten.



[PINPOINTE-924] - Dashboard home page doesn’t show recent stats for users with recent stats available

This problem has been corrected.


[PINPOINTE-926] - API: add method to return campaigns sent in the last interval (e.g. 90 days)

A new XML API method was implemented providing this functionality.


[PINPOINTE-907] - Builder: On preview the temporary links being inserted are //www.pinpointe.com - should be https://www.pinpointe.com

The correct URL protocol is now being inserted. This issue has been resolved.


[PINPOINTE-951] - Builder: side panel jumping; difficult to grab text block; active block outline not updating properly when editing

The left-side control panel no longer “jumps” when a user selects a button to edit in the main canvas, then clicks on an attribute of the button to edit on the control panel. This issue has been resolved. Selecting of text block easier; active block outline has been modified to make focus of selecting element clearer.


[PINPOINTE-952] - Builder: Test in Internet Explorer (latest version)

Improved compatibility and functionality with Internet Explorer.


[PINPOINTE-959] - Builder: DND pasting URL into Link field for an image does not save

When adding a clickable link to an image in the DND Builder or pasting a copied URL into the link field, then clicking “DONE” or clicking somewhere else in the editor, the URL would not be saved in the link field.

This issue has been resolved. The entered URL is retained.




[PINPOINTE-962] - Segments: search for contacts who clicked a specific link is very slow

The search code methodologies have been modified, resulting in substantially reduced search times. This issue has been corrected.


[PINPOINTE-969] - Segments: Geo-IP segment searches fail

This issue has been resolved. All Geo-IP segment searches perform as intended.



















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