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Release Notes 2023

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Marketing v19.22.3- 2023-12-21

  • Made improvements to SEO indexing
  • Improved the way images are served to the events page

Marketing v19.22.2- 2023-12-14

  • Made improvements to event caching

Marketing v19.22.1- 2023-12-11

  • Improved localised discovery of events when filtering by location
  • Made the location and category tags actionable on event posts
  • Improvements made to recommended events caching
  • Removed the ability to claim events from backfill listings
  • Removed the actionable link button from expired events

Marketing v19.22.0- 2023-11-29

  • Fixed an issue that allowed drafts to be viewed on live calendars through direct URL
  • We now reject expired events when an account is disabled
  • Improvements to the spam filters functionality
  • Fixed an issue where events from other publishers can be accessed directly through the URL

Marketing v19.21.1- 2023-11-22

  • Reduced requests to Algolia by improving caching strategy

Marketing v19.21.0- 2023-11-13

  • Improvements to Snowplow analytics to reduce and group events
  • Fixed an error when restricted categories were left on unless deleted before restrictions were turned off

Marketing v19.20.0- 2023-11-13

  • Fixed an intermittent problem when clicking a search result on a mobile device
  • We now automatically reject all events on an account marked as suspicious
  • We now prevent new dates from being added to events that are not yet approved
  • Added spam protection while editing events and also based on whats in the title
  • Increased calendar cache time to 5 minutes

Marketing v19.19.3- 2023-11-02

  • Fixed a broken widget on Seattle Times

Marketing v19.19.2- 2023-11-01

  • Hotfix for an issue that was preventing users from rejecting their own events.
  • Fixed a display error on mobile devices when viewing events reports

Marketing v19.19.0- 2023-10-31

  • Added a Moderation Terms Interface
  • Add an option for a suspicious flag to accounts
  • Automated Event Rejection

Marketing v19.18.3- 2023-10-27

  • Renamed "Other events" to "Recommended events"
  • Fixed ticketmaster origin publisher reporting
  • Improved spacing and fixed a problem with the ads component when navigating to different events

Marketing v19.18.2- 2023-10-26

  • Added display adds to our Evvnt calendar

Marketing v19.18.1- 2023-10-25

  • Multi Day events now show the range of dates in the event card
  • Updated event details page and event widget to show the date text
  • We now digitally sign static maps on the discovery plugin

Marketing v19.18.0- 2023-10-18

  • Prevent a liquid template to be saved with syntax errors

Marketing v19.16.0- 2023-10-02

  • Fixed a JavaScript StructuredClone error during event preview stage
  • Fixed a display issue when trying to access events that are no longer in the system
  • Fixed an error where featured events carousel was showing not featured events
  • Changed "Enterprise" revenue share to "50%" on notice in the partner back-end
  • Fixed Admin dashboard timing out to soon
  • Made Improvements on chunks caching

Marketing v19.15.0- 2023-9-26

  • Backfill feed integration added for TicketFairy, EventVesta and RaceEntry

Marketing v19.14.0- 2023-9-21

  • Fixed the theme settings not being recognized on Seattle Times calendar
  • Updated the email templates for email confirmation and password reset to use the new Footer

Marketing v19.13.0- 2023-9-07

  • Moved the calendar out of an Iframe to increase SEO potential
  • Fixed an issue where a Publisher was unable to edit events
  • Fixed events from Canadian ticketing sites being set as Country: USA when brought in to marketing calendar via backfill
  • Redirected sites still using Fastly to fix the new calendar plugin
  • Increased Caching time for the Widget
  • Fixed a responsiveness issues when the container is surrounded by other elements
  • Fixed a display issue with calendars using font size 16 or below
  • Performance enhancement to the calendar while browsing on a mobile device

Marketing v19.12.0- 2023-8-23

  • Updated the Snap Sell demo URL
  • On the Promoter dashboard we replaced the weekly webinar banner with the text / url to book a demo

Marketing v19.11.0- 2023-8-03

  • Unsubscribe link in system emails are now accessible without logging in
  • Fixed the GDPR cleaner system tool 
  • Added privacy policy to signup form

Marketing v19.10.0- 2023-7-26

  • Fixed the event details page display a 404 after an event is over
  • Fixed an issue that was causing filtering by location/country on inter/national calendar to 404
  • Added tools to analyze bundle size and refactor to reduce shared file size
  • Ensured category pages have the right canonical URL set

Marketing v19.9.11- 2023-7-21

  • Bumped up publisher setting scache

Marketing v19.9.10- 2023-7-20

  • Fix for snowplow - Some events within the widgets were not reporting impressions
  • Added a banner to the calendar plugin

Marketing v19.9.0- 2023-7-10

  • We now create webp image versions on image upload (Will only work on the new plugin release)
  • We now use more SEO friendly event links on events reports
  • Fixed an issue that was preventing failed invoice payments from being marked as paid
  • Discovery Plugin SEO Rewrite (Deployed on evvnt.com/events)

Marketing v19.8.4- 2023-7-10

  • Resolved excessive Honeybadger notices
  • Added Ticketing Statistic and return them to an Event Report

Marketing v19.8.3- 2023-7-7

  • Fixed direct sales fee for internal sales

Marketing v19.8.2- 2023-6-30

  • Added a direct sales fee for internal sales

Marketing v19.8.0- 2023-6-22

  • Fixed the Ticketmaster Great Britain URL that was malformed
  • Changed “Promoted Events” to “Upcoming Events”
  • Fixed the Export format that had an accent instead of apostrophe
  • Ensured deleted publishers are not counted against the total publishers allowed in a package

Marketing v19.7.0- 2023-6-14

  • Improved stock image offerings
  • fixed Promoter dashboard "All" tab not working and search would default to "Active"
  • Improvements to Snowplow - Reporting event views from the discovery plugin

Marketing v19.6.0- 2023-6-9

  • Fixed Evvnt URL on reports with featured sites would redirect to the calendars appropriate category rather than the event URL

Marketing v19.5.0- 2023-6-8

  • Removed Krishna's email from NPS surveys

Marketing v19.4.0- 2023-6-7

  • Started phase 1 of analytics improvements using Snowplow

Marketing v19.2.0- 2023-4-18

  • A publisher's specific theme is now used in welcome emails

Marketing v19.2.0- 2023-4-17

  • Updated the marketing system welcome email
  • Created a tool for staff to migrate users away from deactivated sites
  • Changed My Events default tab from "All" to "Active"
  • Changed the address for the UK office
  • Added a Custom export format for Tampa Bay Times
  • Automated system emails are no longer sent for failed payments and cancelled subscriptions.

Marketing v19.2.0- 2023-4-11

  • Fixed Newsquest revenue shares for children API Clients

Marketing v19.2.0- 2023-3-22

  • RSS Feeds: Added custom fields for calendar links and premium events
  • RSS Feeds: Added event contact info
  • Replaced logo and sender name in invoice notices for TownNews publishers

Marketing v19.1.10- 2023-3-06

  • Add the ability to create a premium email package and send a proposal via email

Marketing v19.1.9 - 2023-2-21

  • Fixed Premium Email 'clicks' not being consistent with stats from Site Impact

Marketing v19.1.8 - 2023-2-06

  • Removed salesforce

Marketing v19.1.7 - 2023-2-01

  • Seattle Times: SEO improvements for the Event Details Pages

Marketing v19.1.6 - 2023-1-24

  • Fixed an issue where publishers were unable to remove RunSignUp and TicketSignUp as backfill sources
  • Updates on the Marketing API to support improvements on Calendar SEO
  • Added a publisher id to the ticketmaster URL
  • Google SEO - Details Pages is now being indexed properly

Marketing v19.1.5 - 2023-1-17

  • Fix an issue that was preventing new staff set up

Marketing v19.1.4 - 2023-1-10

  • Fixed an issue where email campaign view was not showing bar graph for results

Marketing v19.1.3 - 2023-1-05

  • Simplified the email campaign requirements and added a tool to visualize any requirements preventing its use
  • Reconfigured the logic that the featured section used when displaying events to prioritize customers events over backfill
  • Fixed an issue where event creation for virtual venue was failing

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