Recent Platform Updates

There are often several small platform releases a month. Our updates generally cause little or no service interruption.

Please note the version number in your account (as seen on the login page or in right corner of the main menu). At times some nodes may be on different version of the platform.

If you have a idea on how to improve Checkfront, some way we can make your life easier, dazzle your customers or other suggestion please see how to make a feature request. For issue reports please file a support ticket so we can track it in your account.

v2.8.9

June 20th 2013

  • New Exporting options: Google Drive and via E-mail

    Exporting reports now includes the option to send to Google Drive or directly to your email address.

    The export dialog also includes an option that will attempt to open the file inline / within your browser instead of downloading it.

    • Mobile Booking Updates

      Fixes and updates to the consumer mobile booking interface. Includes UI tweaks, and addresses issues when adding and removing items from bookings. Updated logic to native date pickers on IOS.

      • E-mail addresses no longer a mandatory requirement for staff accounts.

        • Locale and internationalization updates.

          Resolved issues with international currency & character formatting in some report exports / PDFs.

          • Improved logic in creating and matching customer profiles.

v2.8.8

May 28th 2013

  • Updated refund support

    Refunds can optionally be applied manually / POS even if the original transaction was charged to a credit card.

  • New "tip" option for fields on the booking form

    A "tip" option has been added when editing or creating new fields in the booking field editor. This allows you to add more descriptive information / instructions about the information required for the field.

    • Calendar updates.

      - The main calendar now remembers the last view used. Month, Day, Week will displayed based on the last time accessed.
      - The main calendar better supports date and time formats / translations based on your locale.
      - The booking calendar now advances past 12 months.

      • Fixes to savings amount on per item discounts.

        • Fixes to opting in and out of certain tax types post-booking.

v2.8.7

  • New Payment Gateway: Stripe

    See: www.checkfront.com/stripe

  • MailChimp add-on updates

    The MailChimp add-on now allows you to map fields your booking fields to merge tags in Mailchimp. This will allow you to sync more information than just the email address and name to MailChimp.

    The e-mail opt-in is also displayed when making an internal booking. This is useful for customers the call in but still want to be added to your mailing list.

  • Added more logging to the Twilio SMS add-on

    The message is now shown in the booking log, and any errors will show in the activity log. Message is now truncated at 160 characters.

    • Fixed issues with 3d secure and Sagepay

v2.8.6

April 19th 2013

  • Category index option for booking page.

    We've added the ability to display a list of categories instead of all items in your inventory by default on your booking page. You can set this in Manage / Layout / Page by selecting "Category Index" as your default category id. This is a good option if you have a lot of items and categories.

  • The expanded daily summary has been renamed Daily list and added to the booking menu.

  • Improved formatting in MS Excel exports.

  • Facebook booking page can now restrict items by category.

    • Fixed issue with notifications not being sent with bulk status changes.

      We've also added a confirmation dialog when doing a bulk status change that confirms the status, and notification selection.

      • Customer Calendar Improvements.

        - The customer calendar will now wrap the name of the item if it's longer than the column instead of truncating it.
        - When hiding empty items, empty categories are also not shown.

        • Performance updates.

          We've put some effort into making system even faster especially for accounts with big inventories. There should be a noticeable lift in response time of the booking interface both internally and customer facing.

v2.8.5

April 5th 2013

  • You can now change the SOLD-OUT label on the booking page

    See Manage / Layout / Booking Page.

  • Inclusive tax support added (beta)

    Taxes can be configured to be inclusive. This allows you to input a tax inclusive price into your items, and have the system break out the tax on the invoice and in your reports. This is useful in VAT countries, Australia and New Zealand.

  • Customer calendar now remembers your settings.

    The number of weeks to view, and showing empty rows is saved for the next time you return to the report.

  • Changing the status of a booking to PAID now adds a transaction.

    Previous to this version, you would have to add a manual transaction via the "Add Payment" button to apply a transaction. Changing the status to PAID would only update the balance due. Now to ensure the revenue is properly tracked in our add-ons and within the revenue report a transaction is automatically entered for the booking as "POS" (point of sale).

  • Customer calendar now includes PDF export / Print

  • New Add-on: Twilio SMS

    You can now enable SMS notifications via Twilio. See: www.checkfront.com/sms-booking-notifications-via-twilio

  • Added date select and export options to revenue report.

  • System updates are now announced while logged into the app.

    • Xero updates

      Updates to the Xero plugin that deal with some issues related to inclusive taxes, and bookings with multiple paramaters. You can now also override the default account code per item, in the item setup / advanced tab.

      • Updated Wordpress short-code generator

        You can now supply a tracking id and discount id via the shortcode generator. Also better handles item and category filtering.

v2.8.4

March 19th 2013

  • New add-on section

    (See add-ons while logged into your account)

    • Improved radio box support for the field editor

      • Fix to international characters on PDF invoices.

v2.8.3

March 12th 2013

  • New Payment Gateway: AsiaPay / Paydollar

  • iCal feed can now be filtered by item.

    Adds support for iCal pulls from services like AirBnB, Wimdu etc to update availability.

    • Improved Google Analytics Tracking

      Better cross domain referral tracking and now tracks more pages.

      • Fixed issues with formatting of international characters in PDF exports.

        • Fixed issue on Customer Map report that wouldn't show bookings when ALL was selected.

v2.8.2

January 17th 2013

  • Booking Plugin (Wordpress, Joomla + Droplet) now supports a transparent background.

    If no background color is specified in the booking portal configuration it will assume the background color or image of the site it's integrated in.

    • Resolved issue with multi-event, multi-day bookings not displaying all of the days in the booking summary.

      • Resolved issue with some multi-day bookings not being displayed properly in March on the customer calendar for some timezones.

v2.8.1

  • UI tweaks to booking plugin(s)

    - Extra white space at the bottom of an embedded booking portal has been removed. - Retina icons added. - Works better on dark background colors.

  • Check-in check-out icons have been updated.

    The check-in and check-out icons have been updated to be consistant with the mobile app. A checkmark is displayed on bookings that have been checked-in, and an arrow on bookings that have been checked-out.

    • Invoices sub-totals no longer show taxes if the amount is 0.00

      • Resolved issue with number of days showing on some bookings, when it shouldn't.

v2.8

December 31st 2012

  • New event spanning option

    A new option has been added to events that forces bookings to start, and complete on the exact dates of the event. This is useful for one off, multi-day events.

  • Improved Mobile Booking interface.

    The customer facing booking interface now renders better in mobile devices and smaller displays. Extra tracking has been added, and mobile bookings will be noted on the admin version of the invoice.

  • Booking paramaters can now be set per item.

    Parameters (eg Adult / Child) can be set per item. These are still set globally, and can be opted out in the item setup page.

  • Archived bookings can now be unarchived.

  • iCal feed now breaks out bookings by item.

    Click on the iCal feed in the calendar page for the available options. This includes the ability to only subscribe to specific categories, or bookings created by you.

  • New calendar, now includes the option to filter by category and display events.

  • Inventory calendar is now seperated by category.

  • New add-on: Apple Passbook

    Mobile bookings can now include the option to add a booking to the Apple Passbook. Details of the booking are stored on the customers device, and the bar code is compatible with our Mobile Apps. See: http://www.checkfront.com/apple-passbook

    • Editing bookings now supports hourly changes.

      • Better support for multiple discounts per booking.

        The system is now able to handle multiple discounts and vouchers in a single booking. Each line item in the booking can have a separate discount code or voucher applied.

        • Overall updates to editing bookings.

          Extra logic and error checking has been added to alert on conflicts when editing the items, price, discount codes or dates in a booking.

v2.7

November 2nd 2012

  • Increased invoice notes length from 255, to 3000 characters.

  • Added advanced filters to events and discounts, including the ability to view expired items.

  • Ability to add multiple images to items as well as an optional video.

  • Packages can now be editing and sorted (drag and drop)

  • Bulk system export now includes custom fields.

  • Ability to add custom statuses.

  • Events are now accessable while editing an item.

    You can view events impacting an item using the events button in the item setup. You can also quickly create an event that is tied to a single item using the create event button from within an item.

    • Fixed issue with decimal formatting on deposits for some locales.

      • Re-instated ability to edit language packs.

        • Fixed issue with incorrect price being displayed on the main booking index when multi-day events were used.

          • Number of bookings on the calendar matches the number in the popup.

            Please note the booking calendar does not show 'un-locked' bookings. See Manage / Layout / Statuses.

            • Global search auto-complete now includes booking date.

              • iOS mobile apps (v1.2.1) - now shows correct balance due.

v2.6.5

  • New volume report

    We have added a new report that shows the number of bookings and total qty over 12 months. This is located in the reports tab.

    • Improved pre-booking locks

      On rare occasion two customers could book the same item, if booking at the exact same time from different locations. We have added extra checks and currently lock the booking while in pending state. This lock expires after 5 minutes of inactivity.

v2.6.3

  • Transaction report updates

    The transaction report now includes the ability to filter by payment source (Visa, Amex etc), or search by customer, name on card, or the transaction id from the gateway. Please note manual payments now show with a gateway id of "None" and a payment type of "Manual".

  • New iOS Moble Apps (iPhone / iPad)

    See Apple App Store. Now includes iOS Support.

v2.6.2

  • Added support for IE 10, and improved rendering for IE9

  • Improved notes report to make it easier to review notes.

    • Fixed issue with small tables doubling content when resized

v2.6

September 19th 2012

  • Updates to hourly

    Hourly booking has been replaced in the v2 interface. It now color codes times available and unavailable, and includes better logic when dealing with hourly allocation.

  • New Android Moble App

    See: Checkfront on Google Play

  • Update to manual inventory adjustments via Calendar / Inventory

    Please see: http://www.checkfront.com/forum/discussion/418/updated-logic-for-calandar-inventory-adjustments

    • Resoleved issue Inventory Calendar double scrolling in certain browsers

      • XLS export in the Booking / Inventory renders without extra html (fix)

        • Street address now available for export in the booking index & summary

v2.5.4

August 6th 2012

    • Authorize.net refund update

      Some transactions sent for Refund were being improperly identified as unsettled, thus a VOID was requested instead (as per the Authorize.net specifications). This would cause the transaction to fail. Both VOID and REFUNDS are now triggered in the proper order where required.

v2.5.3

  • Added alias support in item setup

  • Added Colombian peso

  • E-mail bounces now show in the activity and booking log

  • Added bulk edit support in booking index

    • Removed ability to add a negative amount with flat based discounts.

v2.5.2

  • 4 new rules

    Added the following rules: * Min and Max Booking Window * (limits how far in the future and past bookings can be created). * Min and Max Item Amount * (limits the value of a booking)

  • Rules can now be opted out of for customers or staff

  • New dashboard widget: customer calendar

    • New layout setup for the booking page

      You can now specify some global display settings for you booking page under Manage / Layout / Booking Page.

v2.5

June 28th 2012

  • New add-on Xero Online Accounting

    Xero integration -- online account system. See full announcement and setup guide.

  • Support for multiple payment gateways

    You can now enabled Paypal and Google Checkout as an alternative payment gateway if using another integrated gateway such as Authorize.net or Sagepay.

  • Booking process now auto updates when changing date or category

    We have removed the Search button when making a new booking. Changing the date, category or clicking on the calendar will automatically update the booking form.

  • New Facebook Application

    The Facebook application now support the v2.0 Checkout. See our Facebook demo for an example.

  • Copy capabalities added to item inventory

  • New Wordpress Plugin

    Support for v2.0 interface added.

  • New Joomla Plugin

    Support for v2 interface, Joomla 1.6 - 2.5

  • New dashboard widget: customer calendar

    1 week view of the current customer calendar (under Calendar / Customers)

    • Update to "disable e-commerce" function

      The ability to disabled e-commerce on specific items now correctly sets the status of the booking on completion, based on you default booking status.

      • Salesforce CRM add-on update

        Salesforce CRM add-on now creates contacts under accounts.

        • Activity log export now respects filters (by staff)

          • Fixed issue with not being able to add notes on some bookings

            • Fixed issue with adding and removing items on some bookings

              Api time outs would on occasion show items as unavailable when added an item post booking.

v2.4f

  • New tax type added 'per booking'

    You can now add a tax or service fee that applies a fixed amount per booking / invoice. See the updated tax setup documentation.

  • Copy capabalities added to events and discounts

  • PDF exports now use Landscape mode when more than 8 columns are present

  • You can now export and print the Calendar / Inventory report

    • Fixed savings display issue on invoice

      Savings displayed on the invoice would show the savings based on a qty of 1. This now reflects the saving based on the qty of items booked.

      • Updated mobile styling to better work on iOS

v2.4e

  • New Payment gateway: eWay

    eWay is a popular payment gateway in Australia and New Zealand. Setup Guide.

    • Resolved issue with select box values returning to default on the post bookinfg edit screen.

      • Fixed category dropdown in the inventory calendar

v2.4d

  • New Payment gateway: Beanstream

    Canadian Payment Processor with Interact Online Support. See: Beanstream Setup Guide

    • Resolved issue with $0 bookings being sent to Paypal (Standard)

v2.4c

  • New wysiwyg editor for noifications and policy

    New options for adding wysiwyg content including images and links. Also includes improved real time preview. Please see the updated docs.

    • Update to packaged items / upsells

      Allows opted in items to be removed from the booking after the fact. ( Reminder that only "simple" priced items can have their quantities adjusted when packaged.)

v2.4

  • E-commerce set: Can now set accepted credit cards under Manage / Ecommerce.

  • New Payment gateway: SagePay

    See: SagePay Setup Guide

  • New Payment gateway: 2Checkout

  • Authorize.net: added support for Auth Only transactions.

  • Changes to upsells / packaing.

    You can now adjust the amount in upsells / packages for "simple price" items. Note this is for the v2.0 checkout only.

    • Worldpay Updates

      Now works in v1.0 plugins, and added support for Payment Verification. See: WorldPay Setup Guide

      • Google Adwords Update

        Can now specify a label for the conversion id. Should be supplied if you are not using the default Conversion label.

        • Change / Edit booking conflicts

          One some occasions when editing or adding to a booking, all the available items would not show.

          • Per booking discount percentage update

            Per booking discounts, based on a percentage would error on v1 checkout.

            • Zoho Addon

              Disabling or enabling the Zoho add-on would cause an error within the Add-in center.

v2.3

  • - You can now remove packaged items post booking, and opt-out of taxes.

  • We've included the tax totals and subtotal while in the edit screen.

  • Ability to opt-out of a notification trigger while changing a booking.

    On some occasions, adding or removing new items from a booking would trigger an email notification (when enabled). For instance, if there was a PAID booking, removing all of the items would trigger a CANCEL notification. This is no longer the case. You can now make multiple changes to a booking without triggering multiple notifications. If you wish to send an updated invoice, you can use the e-mail button while viewing the invoice. This doesn't not impact notifications in any other way.

    • Changing countries post booking will show a dropdown of states / provinces where applicable.

      • When adding and removing items to an invoice, you now stay on the edit page instead of forwarding back to the invoice (this should make it easier when adding and removing multiple items).

        • The 2D barcode no longer shows while viewing the booking in the admin (if you have the Add-on enabled). It still shows up on e-mails and print-outs.

          • A customer button now appears in the sidebar while viewing an invoice of their is a matching customer profile

            • The customer calendar now displays more than 50 items.

              • The inventory calendar displays bookings for that day when clicking on a date / item (as it was in < v.1.9).

                • The apply discount code input has been moved beside the total when creating a booking.

                  • New payment gateway: Paypal Chained Payments.

v2.2

  • New Addon: interactive customer maps

    http://www.checkfront.com/interactive-maps/

  • New unified extension, and addon manager.

  • Added support for custom receipt url

    See: Custom Receipt URLs

v2.1

  • Adding more items to a booking now returns you to your last selected date.

    • - Double scroll bars in IE 8 when making a booking.

      • Some custom fields reverting when editing a booking (post booking).

        • Required fields not shown as required an admin when creating a booking.

          • Wrong day of week name on dashboard calendar in some locales

            • Booking Index filter not applying the end date when selected.

              • Availability calendar on the new checkout could not be forwarded in some browsers.

                • Discount codes not being applied if a space was included in the user input.

                  • Search now prefers bookings over customers in the results.

                    • Sidebar calendar added to the daily summary.

                      • Added prev and back date navigation to the customer and inventory calendar views

v2.0

January 17th 2012

  • New Interactive Dashboard

    A new interactive dashboard now replaces the static charts on the dashboard screen. You can add / remove, and reorganize items in your Dashboard. This includes new widgets, including revenue and a system wide activity report.

  • New Booking Interface

    Completely redesigned intuitive interface works better with complex setup and pricing structures, and provides a more interactive and intuitive checkout flow.

  • Improved Calendar Views

    The Calendar has the ability to drill into a day and preview bookings for the given time period, along with their status. You can also create a new booking from within any of the Calendar views by selecting the day.

    Each day in a calendar view is color coded based on the number of bookings, and availability of your inventory.

  • Real Time Inventory Editing

    The inventory calendar now allows you to adjust the amount of items available in your inventory for any given day. This can be used to quickly increase the quantity of items available, or to completely close off a day (by setting the number of items available to 0).

    To adjust an item, go to Calendar / Inventory, and by click on a date. Please note, the account must have inventory management permissions in order to make an adjustment.

  • General Layout Changes

    The administrative interface has been optimized for better organization of your key information. In areas where maximizing screen real estate is important (reports and dashboard), the sidebar has been removed. Where there was previously a calendar, a new drop down calendar is available.

    The Dashboard no longer has sub-menus -- this is strictly your dashboard. A new top level menu item has been created for the Calendar that holds what was previously the Availability, Inventory, and month based calendar. The Booking Report (Index), and Daily Booking Summary have been relocated to the Booking menu and the extensions are available under the Manage menu.

    Reports now include endless scrolling that allows you to traverse a table without having to page through large data sets.

  • Date and time format can now be set to override locale.

  • Inventory includes a inventory search bar.

  • Support for multiple discount codes per booking.

  • Support for mixed booking units (hourly, nightly, daily) -- no longer limited by category

  • Customer Profiles and Contact Manager

    This update includes customer profiles and contact management. Previous to this, your Customer list (under the main Customer tab) was an list of bookings organized by customer.

    The system now automatically creates a customer profile when a new booking is made, and ties any future bookings to the same profile. Furthermore you may also wish to create customers who have not yet made a booking.

  • Added XML as an option in report exports.

  • Test Gateway Updates

    Now requires test credit cards. Can be used to test a failed transaction. Added refund testing support. See: Test Gateway Setup Guide

  • QRCodes Addon Update

    QR codes are re-sized based on the subject source. Subject is now configurable.

  • DPS / Payment Express

    Added support for AUD.

    • Authorize.net: refund issue fix.

      Addresses problem with un-settled transactions that can't be refunded (now voided).