The team here at APHQ is actively working towards improving our suite of tools, so we're excited to announce that each new feature release brings much needed (and highly requested) new features and updates! With continuous improvements always in the works, we will keep this page updated with our latest releases.
Last updated on December 19, 2024
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Latest Releases
π§ Email Integration (BETA): We've rolled out phase 1 of our new email integration feature as a part of our beta program. Users in our beta program can now link external emails to help keep better track of email communications via Aisle Planner's lead manager. They'll also see new rich text options for email content in some areas as we work our way towards rolling this feature out to all system emails.
πΈ Tax Reporting: If you use Aisle Planner's Invoicing feature, this feature will help make tax reporting a breeze. You can now download tax reports for paid in full invoices managed in Aisle Planner.
π§Ύ Merge Fields for Quote & Invoice Templates: You've all been asking for this feature, and we're so excited to finalize announce that it's live! Check it out here! π
π Scheduling Tool (BETA): Our new integrated Scheduling Assistant makes scheduling calls, meetings and other events a breeze. While this feature has been rolled out to a small subset of our users as we work out the kinks, we look forward to rolling this out to our entire community soon. Stay tuned!
π More Organized Email Templates: Your email templates are now organized in template folders, making it easier to find the right email template you're looking for when sending emails.
ποΈ All Day vs Time Specific Events: To help you better get a handle on your schedule and availability, we've added the option to mark an event as an ALL DAY event or an event with a specific time frame. You'll see this new option in LEAD RECORDS, NEW PROJECT MODAL and PROJECT SETTINGS.
π» Linking Multiple Aisle Planner Accounts: If you are a member of multiple companies with different logins, you can now link them together to make accessing all of your accounts easier. Check it out here! π
π΅ A New Way to Offset Processing Fees for Online Payments: We recently introduced the option to apply a Platform fee to Credit card or ACH payments accepted through Wedpay, which gives you the opportunity for huge cost savings and improve your bottom line. Learn more here! π
π Upcoming Releases
ποΈ Two Way Calendar Syncing: Sync your Google, Apple or Microsoft calendar with your Aisle Planner calendars and vice versa for better calendar visibility.
βοΈ Email Integrations: Once we've successfully completed our beta phase, all users will soon be able to sync their Google, Microsoft and Apple mail to send and receive emails within Aisle Planner.
π New Rich Text Options for emails and email templates: Add a little extra to those emails, including bold, italics, underline and linked text options.
π©π»βπ» Pro Dashboard: Mission control for your account and a top level view of all the important things you need to do to keep your business humming.
π All Tasks Dashboard: We get it, you're a busy professional and have a lot of tasks spread across all your leads and projects. Our Tasks Dashboard will help keep you on top of them all.
πMiscellaneous Bug Fixes and Updates: We're constantly making small updates and fixing reported bugs to improve the Aisle Planner experience for both you and your clients.
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Previous Releases
π¨βπ§βπ¦ Online RSVP: As one of our most popular requests - we've added the option for your client's guests to respond and RSVP online through their wedding or event website! Learn more here! π
π Password Protection for Wedding and Event Websites: We've added an option for couples or event hosts to password protect their wedding or event websites!
β° Times in Timeline Templates: By popular request, you now have the option to add specific times and timeframes to timelines at the template level.
A Brand New Note Editor: We've introduced a fresh new look to our notes tool and a new and more modern note editor that's chalk full of improved options and added features, including checkboxes, page breaks, horizontal lines, video embeds, additional font options and more. We've also added AUTO SAVE, which we know has been a huge request from our community. We think you'll love our new color picker experience as well!
An Updated Note Template Manager: You can now add/edit shortcuts and cover images to note templates. You can also duplicate templates and edit things like template names, cover images and restrictions, from the template index without having to click into each template to make these changes. We've also added the new note editor to note templates as well.
A New Note Sharing Experience: An improved "studio share" experience makes it easier to share notes, style guides and color palette bundles from the notes tool within each project. You can also grab a quick link to share any single note within a project.
A New Download PDF Option for Notes: By popular request, we've added a new download to PDF option for notes to minimize the number of clicks (and time) it takes to grab a PDF and get on with your day. We look forward to adding this feature to other areas of our platform.
Site Performance Improvements: Workplace efficiency is the name of the game and we've refactored our entire site to run faster and more efficient. My Account Updates: Beyond visual updates for a more streamlined experience, we've updated your user preferences page to help you better understand and manage your default notifications. Updates to your subscriptions & billing page will make it easier to understand your subscription and provide more insight on your current plan and upcoming billing cycle. On your user profile page, we've made it easier to update and crop/adjust your user profile image.
Email templates: We've added the option for you to select any email template from anywhere you're sending an email from within Aisle Planner. Previously, you were only able to see templates assigned to a specific area in our tools, so this update provides more flexibility to mix and match your templates.
Layout Editor Updates: We've added a shortcut to quickly adjust your layout to "Fit to Page" in both the layout editor and layout downloads. Check it out here! π
Timeline Updates: We've removed delete and clear timeline options from filtered timeline views to help our users avoid accidentally deleting or clearing a timeline. You can still delete or clear a timeline from the main timeline.
Layout Download Updates: You now have the option to adjust your print view include guest names on layout downloads/prints! Check it out here! π
Delete Confirmations: We've updated the delete confirmation on our notes index to make it harder for users to "accidentally" delete a note. Now, when deleting a note, you'll have to reconfirm by typing in DELETE. We'll be adding this safeguard feature to note templates as well in an upcoming release.
Saving Project Layouts as Templates: You can now save any layout from within a project as a template. Learn more here.
Saving Project Notes (with cover images) as Templates: When you now save a note from a project as a template, it will also save the cover image with it!
Guest Manager RSVP Summary Download: We've added this new download to help you better manage guest responses.
Visual Improvements for Timelines: We've cleaned up bulleted and numbered lists for easier readability.
Project Planning Partner Page Updates: We've made planning partner email addresses visible and also added a shortcut that enables you to easily copy email addresses to your clipboard. Members of your org can now add custom roles to other org members on a project for helpful reference.
Guest Messaging Email Updates: We've updated the email header on all guest messages (including RSVP confirmation emails) to feature the project (or event) cover image and name. We've also removed your pro logo and footer from guest messages to allow the focus to remain on the wedding, event or project at hand.
Note Shortcuts: We've expanded our notebook capabilities within each project to support shortcuts that help you link assets and resources from anywhere on the world wide web. Learn more here.
A New Note Index: We hope you love our new note index that includes a new and more modern interface with added features, including the ability to organize your notes by drag and drop into customizable sections and the option to add/edit cover images. We've also added a new list view and introduced shortcuts for each note to accomplish things like duplicate, save as template, adjust restrictions, rename and edit cover images with less clicks. Lastly, our new search feature helps users find notes by title. Learn more here.
Note Template Folders: To help you stay more organized, we've added the ability to organize your note templates by folder.
New Pause Subscription Feature: You can now pause your Aisle Planner subscription for up to 90 days at a time - supporting our working mamas on maternity leave and those accounts that just need a little time off!
New Lead Setting Shortcuts: We've added the ability to customize your booking process and update lead assignments and notifications, right from your lead manager.
Annual Subscriptions: By popular request, we've added annual plans for Aisle Planner subscriptions. Save 10% on any annual plan!
Clearing Timelines: We added the option to clear out an entire timeline, so you don't need to delete each item one by one to start over from scratch.
Uploading Files for Notes: You can now upload files, such as PDFs, into notes.
Budget Spreadsheet Downloads: We've added the ability to download the budget from a project as a spreadsheet as a second option to the existing PDF download.
A New Project Index: A new and more modern interface for both grid and list views includes added features, such as project search, adjusting/cropping cover images, and the option to show or hide certain visible fields, such as service type, venue/location, and project lead. New filters and view options allow you to adjust your views to suit your needs. You can also filter by project lead and sort by date and project name. Learn more here.
New Edit In Process Notes Lock: We implemented a new locking feature that prevents two users from editing a note at the same time, which could result in note content loss.
Feedback & Feature Requests
We are pretty lucky to have such a supportive and engaged community of event pros who are constantly sharing their feedback and honest opinions on what we can do better. We'd love to hear from you as well!
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