Next release - scheduled for 19th May 2008.
What is planned:
event coupon codes for discount registration
new field type for 'terms of use' on events and member applications
member profile access settings (by field) for public/members separately
We are continuing the work on integrated payment but it will only be released in the subsequent update after this one.
We will also be moving the system to the new set of servers as we are completing our testing.
2.32 - Released on April 10th, 2008
Ability to specify for each field which membership level it is used in. See Customizing database fields by level. Available for community plans and up. This also means that membership application form consists of two separate steps (1) select level 2) fill out fields applicable for selected level)
Customization of membership renewal emails (including specifying whether emails are to be sent to member, to admin or both). See Member renewals automation, Renewal notifications section.
Display of MemberID on member own profile and ability for administrators to search by MemberID
Addressing numerous requests, the system now defaults 'Allow to show my public profile' to 'Yes' for new membership records. In our future updates we plan to make the default customizable by each client.
Dynamic preview - now when you customize colors and styles, changes are reflected in preview window on the fly.
Three new design themes: Dark Night, Blackout, Grey Owl:
We have started working on Integrated payment option (with credit card to be processed on our servers, without redirecting to PayPal). This work continues and will be released once we complete the development and (lots of!) testing, currently targeting mid-June.
New members can now retry online payment without administrator involvement. See Online member application form. Note: this is done by allowing new members to choose their own password and also automatically logging them in at the time of application. However until they are activated, they do not have access to any member functionality, just their own profile to retry the payment (or delete their application).
Increase of upload limits for paid plans - from 2 to 5, 10 and 25 MB. See Pricing plans. Limitation of pixel size (1000 pixels) has been removed as well.
Rich-text editor for members (to format blog posts, forum topics and forum replies - previously these were plain text). See Forum Module and Blog module
A number of key system procedures were revised to improve speed and prevent loading errors (due to timeout).
2.30 - Released on February 6th, 2008
Private website sections with controlled secure access - Adding multiple private website sections, e.g. one section for regular members, another one for premium members, yet another for the board etc. (Community plan and up)
Save & rerun searches - Ability to save searches and re-run them with one click.For example, you can create a search to select people who live in Toronto OR Mississauga OR Scarborough OR Richmond Hill, save it as 'Greater Toronto Area' and re-run it instantly later on. (Community plan and up)
Search Engine Optimization Tools - Editing page titles and meta-tags (keywords, description, raw headers). This is helpful for search engine optimization of your Wild Apricot website - and for some special cases like site verification, for example to use Google Apps email or Google Webmaster tools. You can edit meta-tags for the whole site - or adjust them and edit page title for each page individually. (Community plan and up)
Search by exclusion 'Is not'. For example, you can search for records where state is anything except California
Search date fields by this/last month/year. (For existing date fields like Renewal due. ability to add custom date fields is planned for later).
Ability to change group administrator for group membership levels
Member profile page customization - ability to select fields which are used as page heading. For example business associations might want to use organization name while clubs and other groups can use persons's name
Event start and end times are now actual time fields instead of text fields they were. This ensures that event will be properly sorted in the list, in the RSS feed and when it's imported into desktop calendar like Outlook or iCalendar.
Note about your existing events: We have automatically converted the times for your past events from text you have entered and where this was not possible (e.g if you entered something like 'cocktails around 6 and dinners starts at 7 sharp') we have moved these texts to the beginning of event description.
And of course many other little fixes and enhancements
One final note: for legal reasons we have to ensure that each website user accepts our terms of use. Site creators do that when the site is created. Any other user (member or administrator) who logs in will be asked to review and accept terms of use. This will happen only once for each user - on the first login after this update. White-labeled accounts are excluded from this for the moment, they will be handled later on.
2.29 - Released on January 16th, 2008
Due to Christmas and New Year holidays this was a minor release focused on bug fixing, speed improvements and small enhancements.
Total number of these changes: almost 50.
Bug fixes to note:
Some clients had problems with pages created by copy-pasting from exiting page when it accidentally included administration code. This should be automatically filtered out now.
Reliability of 'Add event to calendar' improved
Member picture in the forum will be hidden/show according to each member privacy preferences
Changing between group and individual membership levels enabled
More options for membership renewal periods (monthly, quarterly, bi-annual). Automatic recurring payments coming soon !
Members can now cancel incomplete (pending) online renewals and upgrades and reprocess it without bugging busy administrators.
Plus numerous other minor enhancements and bug fixes.
2.25 - Released on 29th October, 2007
Discussion forum module - create as many discussion forums, topics within each forum so that your members can engage in the dialog.
Group membership levels - you can use them for families, corporate members or chapters within your regional or national organization. You can limit how many members are in the group. Each group has a dedicated group administrator who can manage members within his/her own group.
You can now change reply email address for each mail blast.
Administrator option to switch off all emails to given member (email blasts and all automatic emails)
Speed improvements in member directory, page editing and across the board, usability improvements, enhancements and bug fixes.
And as always, many improvements and small bug fixes across the board.
2.24 - Released on 1st October, 2007
(This description will be updated shortly with links to relevant new and updated help pages)
Member Pictures - you can add picture fields to member database (photo, logo etc.) and members can edit these in their profiles. Pictures can be shown in member profile pages in member directory
Payment reportdrill down - click on any number in Payments report to see underlying transactions
Totally redesigned event registration process. Now members can get member-only price by using a registered email, without logging in. Member can now enter multiple registrations.
Multiple member directory pages now can be setup - e.g. one with regular members, one with sponsors etc.
And as always, many improvements and small bug fixes across the board.
2.23 - Released on 12 September, 2007
New: Event categories (tags, labels) Categorize your events to search through the events in the future and create multiple event list pages filtered by different criteria.
Update: Content pages vs. functional pages Adding and deleting functional pages (this means e.g. that you can add several event list pages as per previous point)
New:Event registration types Redesign of event registration setup - using 'registration types' concept to remove rigid linking to member levels. This provides you with much more flexibility in event registration setup. You can also now use cut-off registration dates and early-bird pricing.
Update: Domain management Self-service custom domain management
And many small improvements.
2.22 - Released on 17 August, 2007
New: Payments report for donations, event registrations, member applications, upgrades and renewals.
Update: Payment workflow and payment transactions log redesigned - in addition to visual improvements, you can now mark transactions as confirmed or canceled and view transactions from within the originating record (member, donor, event registration, etc.).
New: Show/hide events (similar to making web pages invisible) - now you can work on a draft for an event until it is ready.
Update: Blog module - members can now create posts (in addition to replies/comments). This means that blog module can be used as a discussion forum.
New: Wild Apricot widgets- so that you can embed our interactive functionality in your existing web site
For those of you who do not use custom domains, all email bounces and replies are now forwarded to organization contact email. For custom domains they go directly to admin@<custom.domain>
Numerous bug fixes, changes and improvements, including:
Google maps can now be embedded - code snippets (javascript, iframe, etc) support improved in content editor.
Membership renewal date is now calculated based on previous renewal date instead of date of renewal
2.21 - Released on 20 July, 2007
Blog module enhancements - comments by members, ability to edit post date/time
Allow users to choose between online and manual (offline) payment for each transaction
New design themes
Intro text messages for member application, online donations, events list
Delete uploaded documents from server
Log of payment transactions (beta)
2.20 - Released on 28 June, 2007
Blog module (First beta release - only administrators can create posts, no comments on posts)
Admin roles - now you can differentiate access to each administrator (content/event/membership/donations management)
Event end date - events now have an optional end date.
You can now change your Wild Apricot URL on the fly (custom domains still require contacting us, this will be done soon too)
Create events by copying from another existing event
We have enabled adding Javascript code to pages!
2. Page header customization has been much simplified - you can now easily position pictures and text with drag and drop
This short release was mostly focused on reviewing and rewriting some key parts of the system to increase performance (response time) - to ensure good user experience for our growing customer base!
Performance improvements
events list generation (1238)
overall database performance tuning(1472)
members advanced search - for admin and in Member directory on frontend(1401)
Additional field types: Dropdowns and Multi-line textboxes in event registration/member application customization forms (1411, 1412)
Display current WA version and link to release log (1660)
Ability to change event price based on selected options on the event registration form(1421)
Email customization improvements
Member renewal emails customization (1338)
Customizing Donations confirmation email is now available(1196)
Member application workflow customization - you can leave new records as pending, customize emails and change sending options etc.(1407)
Note:Make sure to review this feature and change settings as appropriate. As we have changed from hard-coded to settings-driven control of processing member applications, default settings have changed. Go to Settings / Member application workflow and e-mails to review and change settings
Self-service function to close down a Wild Apricot account (672) (We hope you will never need it! But if you do - you can do it right away now yourself)
Bug fixing
2.16 - Released on 6 April, 2007
Customization of automatic email confirmations/receipts triggered by certain events:
Membership application (1200)
Event registration (1450)
CSS customization - finally tech-savvy users can directly tweak CSS for their Wild Apricot site template (1518, 1522)
2 new design templates (themes) - without CSS images so very easy to fully customize (1521)
Advanced search in Member directory (for public/members) introduced (in addition to simple keyword search) (1436)
Advanced search admin interface enhanced - now includes system fields (i.e. membership level, notes, created date, etc.) (1402)
Page templates - a mini-wizard to create a page of a desired layout and specify other page settings right away (1194)
Date selection widget redesigned - much faster and allows direct typing of date as text (913)
Export of event attendees now includes custom event registration fields (1530)
Export to now uses MS XML Spreadsheet format everywhere
Opening trial account simplified - no plan selection is necessary, plan can be selected when/if user decides to upgrade(1376)
...and bug fixing (1534, 1582, 1646, 1658, 1525, 1567, 1570, 1571, 1586, 1589, 1598, 1601, 1602 and much more...)
Ability to specify for each field which membership level it is used in. See 
Addressing numerous requests, the system now defaults 'Allow to show my public profile' to 'Yes' for new membership records. In our future updates we plan to make the default customizable by each client.
