2/25/22

Welcome back for another round of updates, fixes, and features!

Features

• One-Click Calendar Invites

  Now upon clicking the “add to calendar” buttons on the multistage event landing page you will get one-click links in the descriptions and locations.

• BETA:
  • We've added a deny list to give producers the ability to have a filter out registrations from email domains they do not want to have access to. This functions similarly to the domain allow list. Please message [e-mail] if you would like this enabled for your organization.
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  • Give producers the ability to allow attendees to hide their names or to hide all names by default in Q&A by adding the following toggles. They are mutually exclusive so only one of them can be toggled on at once. Please message [e-mail] if you would like this enabled for your organization.

    • Private Q&A (attendee’s choice) - Attendees can choose to hide their names when submitting questions.
    • Private Q&A (all users)- All questions will have their names hidden.

Enhancements

• Added more clarification on disabled recording buttons to inform the user of when recording will be available (the event start time).
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• Added some clarification language when using Passwordless Login: "Look in your Promotions or Spam folder if you don't see the email initially."
• Producers can now see the number of watchers in a lounge room.
• Stage Descriptions are no longer required when creating a stage.
• Front door performance improvements.
• Unmuting the Green Room while on stage now has a dialog warning. Please message [e-mail] if you would like this enabled for your organization.
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• Big emojis are back in the chat panel.
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• Improved performance by reducing the number of full-page re-renders.
• Enabled editing event description in the dashboard without needing to change the event start time to the future.
• Adjusted the poll broadcasts to more aggressively update the counts so it "feels" more responsive.
• For multitrack events, we now show the main event title on the main stage page.
• For multitrack events, we've removed the networking lounge button from the sidebar.

Fixes

• Fixed a crash event for when a newly created asset doesn't have a name.
• Added a fix for larger logos that were more square than wide (150px tall, 200px wide).
• Added a fix for users who try to use QuickReg when the feature is off. It now redirects to login rather than just fail.
• Fixed an issue with stage manager hover buttons overlapping recording/doors open buttons by updating the layout.
• Fixed a crash event when the a/v dialog is being opened and closed causing people to not be able to join Green Room or breakout.
• Fixed an Agenda issue where the Agenda wasn’t sorting correctly by time.
• Fixed an issue with the stage manager covering the stage on smaller screens.
• Fixed an issue where playing a prerecorded video that did not have an audio track would break recordings and certain attendee views.
• Add "Powered by Welcome" with the Welcome logo to more places.
• Polls in the attendee view will now be sorted by On Stage polls first, then Open polls, then Closed polls.
• Removed attendee’s ability to download event recordings from the On-Demand screen.
• Settings toggle cosmetic and text copy updates.
• Fixed the Add to Calendar button for multiday events.
• Fixed an issue with redirect to mobile on iPad.
• Fixed an issue with the ICS file (calendar invite) download button.
• Switching between Public Chat and Room Chat no longer clears the Room Chat.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes in Lounges when users switch between Watch to Join mode their chat room section doesn't update and goes back to Public chat.
• Fixed an issue where Q&A with Moderation on for mobile forces user to a blank white screen.
• Fixed a bug where the Stage Manager would cover up the new poll dialog when a user hovered over the bottom right corner of the stage.
• Added a fix for spammy speaker notifications caused when a speaker has a poor connection.
• CSV's exported from excel can be more reliably imported into Welcome.
• Fixed an issue found where an attendee/speaker can not see people on stage when joining the Green Room during a prerecorded video.
• Improvements to the robustness of recording infrastructure.
• Fixed an issue where the interaction panel scroll bar shows and hides repeatedly in Lounges.
• Speaker notifications are now tied to the "Jump In" button. This should reduce the notification noise and be a bit more representative of when the Speaker actually joins the event.
• Fixed the Compatibility Checker to reflect that we now support mobile and Safari.
• Fixed an issue when mobile video on iOS would stop after maximizing. A play button will now appear if the video stops.
• Fixed an issue where mobile audio would mute after first playing.
• Fixed an issue where joining a lounge in "Watch" mode would pop up an AV dialog.
• Fixed an issue where polls would display as "infinity" votes.
• Updated sign-in error messages to be specific instead of the same generic error.
  • banned: "You no longer have access to this event. Please contact the event producer.”
  • demo/quick_reg user trying to log into a non-demo/non-quick reg event: "You need to log in again. Please log out and try again.”
  • Not logged in: "You are not logged in. Please log in to continue.”
  • Not on allowlist: ”This event is invite-only. Please use an email address that the event organizer has on file or contact the event organizers.”
  • Email domain on deny list (coming soon): ”Email addresses with the @domain do not have access to this event, please use a different email address.”
  • Anything else: "Please contact [e-mail] about trouble logging in."