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Index

 
Description

 
Member Search (TID = 117)

 
1.1

 
We have added the ability to include custom question responses as both searchable fields and displayable data in the member profile.

We have added API integration with Global Payments Realex and Stripe payment processors for both our registration and membership forms. As with all other payment processors, you must have your own account, separate from your agreement with us, to use their services.

 
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Index

 
Description

 
French translations

 
2.1

 
Improved French translations throughout system for clarity.

Tool

 
Index

 
Description

 
Reviewers - General Fixes

 
1.1

 
Updated the reviewer list to include a count of all abstracts assigned by category (i.e., custom question response). Improved reviewer consolidation feature. Improved one of the blinding functions for file uploads. Fixed reviewer access issue for Batch Subscribed accounts.

 
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Index

 
Description

 
Registration & Membership Payment (TID=33)

 
2.1

 
Updated the payment screen to reflect the most current details of the integration with the Bambora API. 

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Index

 
Description

 
Update Registration People (TID=139)

 
1.1

 
We have added a new feature allowing you to pull a report of all the registrant names in a CID so you can make corrections before printing name badges. Please consult the wiki for instructions, or contact support@confmanager.com.

 
Update Abstract People  (TID=138)

 
1.2

 
We have added a new feature which allows you to pull a report containing a full list of all abstract authors (primary and secondary) in a CID, or within all associated CID's. This allows you to reduce or eliminate the number of duplicate authors which show up in the Author Index report or in the mobile app. Please consult the wiki for instructions, or contact support@confmanager.com.

Duplicate Users Report (TID=29)

 
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Index

 
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Registration (TID=33)

 
2.1

 
Updated the payment screen to reflect the rebranding of Beanstream to Bambora. Also updated in the Membership tool.

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Index

 
Description

 
Registration (TID=33)

 
1.1

 
We have added limit functionality to Conference Tickets and Other Items (accessible through the Details buttons). These limits behave the same way as limits on registration form items do (e.g., workshops). Limits are also reflected in the Statistics section.

 
Registration (TID=33)

 
1.2

 
When two administrators are editing the registration form at the same time, the form now checks for changes another user has made to the form since you loaded it. If changes have been made, you are forced to reload page before saving your own changes. This is designed to avoid data being lost during simultaneous administrator sessions.

 
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Index

 
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Abstract Import (TID=92)

 
2.1

 
Fixed several issues including not all data being imported, new acceptance states being created, empty acceptance states being considered real states, statistics counter not tracking all values, start/end times not recognizing single digit hours (e.g., 8:00 instead of 08:00), additional authors not importing, authors with 3 names not importing, affiliation and primary contact email not being accepted, and several back end database issues. Further, we removed the Respondant and Discussant fields (relating to assigned sessions) as the potential for errors was too high.

 
System Wide

 
2.2

 
Fixed issue where Chrome and Firefox browsers were loading each page twice. A second call for background images (which are empty and not stored in this location in our system) was being done and returning nothing. Expect slight speed improvements.

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Index

 
Description

 
Membership (TID=112

 
1.1

 
On the Edit Membership Form tool, cancelled items will now be hidden by default. To show cancelled items, un-check the ‘Hide Cancelled’ check box at the top of the page

 
Edit Fields (TID=105)

 
1.2

 
You can now add a re-direct button to Membership and Registrations following user account creation in TID=90

 
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Index

 
Description

 
Membership (TID=113)

 
2.1

 
Fixed issue where user demographics information wasn’t loaded when French language was selected at the top of the membership form

 
Membership (TID=113)

 
2.2

 
Fixed connection between user account information updating on membership form

 
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Index

 
Description

 
Abstract Admin (TID=50)

 
1.1

 
Admins can now do Author Acceptance by clicking into the Abstract -> click ‘Acceptance’ and scroll down to the Author Confirmation section. We added this because some Clients don’t want to send their delegates to TID=104 to do confirmation themselves and for those times when delegates are not able to go back through the form.

 
Session Scheduling (TID=93)

 
1.2

 
You can now import your scheduled sessions into your Calendar (in Outlook or wherever) using the ‘’ button in the Session Tool. You can then import the file into your Calendar and apply colour coding to different session types. We added this because Clients were asking for a more visual representation of their Schedule with the ability to quickly see their work. Added bonus, the whole conference schedule is now in a calendar for when you are on-site: https://dearmond.fogbugz.com/default.asp?W54#7

 
Registration Admin (TID=33)

 
1.3

 
You are now able to see if a person has an Abstract or a Membership on the Registration dashboard. We added this for Clients who wanted a fast way of verifying that the people applying for Member priced tickets were actually active members. This will only work when you have all tools within the same community.

 
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Index

 
Description

 
Registration Admin (TID=33)

 
2.1

 
There was an issue on the Registration Form where custom roles including the ‘Registration Admin’ tool were not able to see ‘Admin Only’ tickets on the Workshops page.

 
Abstract Admin (TID=50)

 
2.2

There was an issue on the Abstract form when an Administrator with a different default language on their user account edited an Abstract with another language selected. Ie: a French admin edited an English abstract. This would cause the countries in the Author list to default back to Afghanistan because the software could not find the corresponding Country name in the list. Looking for ‘Etat-Unis’ for example in an English list of countries. Resolved by pulling Submitter City, State, Country and Department directly from User table. All other fields on author list will still come from the Abstract table.

 
Registration Admin (TID=33)

 
2.3

When using the ‘Send Email’ bulkmailer tool from the Statistics area, the program would take you back to an unfiltered list of registrants after you sent a test email. Example: if you were drilled down into ‘Unpaid’ and used ‘Send Email’ to create a quick mailing template, after you tested the email, you were only given the option to click back to the full Registrant List, not the filtered ‘unpaids’ only. This caused some confusion so we have added a button that will take you straight back into the email you were editing and send it to your filtered list after the test email has been sent.

 
Abstract Admin (TID=50)

2.4

 
Presentation dates and times were not showing correctly in the Abstract Acceptance emails even though the ticket box to include them was selected on the form templates.

 
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Index

 
Description

 
All Forms

 
1.1

 
When a user clicks ‘Finish’ on any form in the system, the button will now read ‘Processing’ and will be un-clickable until the action has been completed. This will eliminate people being able to submit duplicate forms 

 
Registration
Form

1.2

 
The ‘Finish Registration’ button at the end of TID=32 will now say ‘Finish and Pay’. This will more clearly direct users into the Payment screen where they can choose their payment method. This will help prevent delegates from quitting the registration process before they have paid.

 
Review List

 
1.3

 
When an Administrator or Lead Reviewer clicks into the ‘Review List’ they will now be presented with a Keyword Filter which will allow them to only view Reviewers assigned to a certain Keyword. This will assist clients with very large Review teams in monitoring the reviewers. You will also now be shown a total count of Abstracts per keyword, per reviewer.

 
Abstract Admin Form

 
1.4

 
A new option has been added to Page 5 of the Abstract Admin Form setup. The option will ask, ‘Do you wish to automatically assign abstracts based on keywords’ and you now have the option to choose ‘No’. Some clients may not wish to use the system’s built-in auto assignment functionality and turning this switch off will allow them to assign based on their specific criteria.

 
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Index

 
Description

 
Payment Processing

 
1.1

 
Added Visa Debit and Mastercard Debit to the SagePay interface. This will allow greater payment options for our UK customers using the SagePay interface.

 
CSS files

 
1.2

 
When you create a new Community, the generic.css and genericsignup.css files will be automatically generated in the hidden folder. In the past, if this step was missed the CID would refresh very slowly until these two files were copied over manually.

 
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Index

 
Description

 
Session Scheduling (TID=93)

 
1.1

 
We have re-vamped the session scheduling tool and added new functionality which will allow you more control when scheduling sessions. The new functionality will allow you to create and schedule non-abstract related activities, number your posters based on a mask you choose, see more detail about the abstracts you are scheduling, and much more! For full documentation of the Session Scheduling tool, click HERE If you would like a short demo, please email support@confmanager.com

 
Email tracking with Mandrill API

1.2

Conference Manager has integrated with Mandrill (www.mandrill.com) to provide tracking of emails sent to your user base from your CID. Now you can tell which emails have been delivered, rejected or were never received using your Mandrill dashboard and reporting. Registration, Abstract, Membership and user-related emails as well as any emails sent using the internal tools will now be track-able through your Mandrill account. For full documentation of the new integration, click HERE If you would like a short demo, please email support@confmanager.com

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Index

 
Description

 
User Login
Registrations

 
1.1

 
Added parameter to force login before registration. We have improved the functionality surrounding user logins by moving the ‘create account’ or ‘sign into account’ portion of the registration process to the front end of the Form. With the ‘Force Login Before Registration’ option set to ‘Yes’ on page 2 of the Registration Form editor, your delegates will need to login/create account before they can register. Once a user has signed in they will be automatically taken to the Abstract Submission or Conference Registration page.

User Login
Registrations
&Abstracts

1.2

 
Improved login procedure. In an effort to prevent duplicate accounts, we have added a pop-up notification that will warn a user if they are trying to create a new account using information that we already have in the system. The system will then give the option to sign in with the existing account. If a user tries to create a new account when they are already logged in, they will be notified that they are already logged into the system.

 
Registrations (TID=32)

 
1.3

 
Improved functionality while registering a delegate. In an effort to prevent mistaken registrations, we have added an informational box to page 2 of the Registration form for users who are already logged in. It will show you what account you are entering registration information for and gives you the option to ‘Register Someone New’. This is helpful for users who are responsible for registering multiple people. If you do not wish to see this informational message, or you do not register multiple accounts, this message can be turned off in the CSS.

 
Error Reporting

 
1.4

 
Added Error Submission Form for Error 9000. When users receive the unknown error code for Error 9000, they will now be able to submit the error report directly to Conference Manager using an embedded form provided. This will allow us to troubleshoot unknown errors more quickly and the user can receive feedback on the issue.

 
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Index

 
Description

 
Click & Go Reports

 
1.5

 
New Author Index report. We have created a new Click & Go report for creating the Author index for your programs. It will output the First Name and Last Name of all authors and the Abstract ID number associated with them. In the case of different authors who have the same first and last name, please enter a middle initial to differentiate them.

 
Click & Go
Reports

 
1.6

 
New Keyword Index report. We have created a new Click & Go report for creating a Keyword index for your programs. It will output the Keywords and the Abstract IDs associated with them.

 
External Membership Integration

 
1.7

 
Embedded web form will allow Conference Manager to recognize that your Member is registering. We have added a feature that will allow Clients with external Membership systems to pass information into Conference Manager’s registration forms for their Members. This will allow Clients to confirm the membership and then direct them to our internal registration form where the member ticket prices will be made available to them. You can also create as many custom embedded forms you need to provide different types of coupon-ed tickets with this type of pass through into the registration form.

 
Abstract Submission
Status (TID=104)

 
1.8

 
Provide abstract submitters with a means of Accepting presentation assignments. We have created new functionality in TID 104 for submitters to accept their presentation assignments. When the submitter signs in, we present the following statuses:  ‘Decision Pending’, ‘Accepted [format]/Declined’ (if made public by admins). The submitter then has the choice to Withdraw, Accept or Contact Organizer. You can also now set a switch on the Abstract Form that forces a delegate to register before they can accept. If this toggle is switched on and the submitter has not registered for the Event, they will be notified that they must register before they can click the Accept button.