What's New

Enhanced Volunteer Opportunity Page

The volunteer opportunity page has been redesigned to clearly display key details like date, time, location, and coordinator. It now also shows available spots with a progress bar and includes a dedicated 'About this opportunity' section with expandable descriptions.

Improved POS Registration Payments

Program registration payments are now more robust, accurately calculating balances with discounts and taxes. This update ensures reliable payment processing, including support for retries and preventing duplicate charges.

Updated Translations

Key phrases in Tagalog, Spanish, and Vietnamese have been updated for better clarity and accuracy within the system.

Improved Spacing in Support Settings

Spacing has been adjusted on the Support Contact settings page for a cleaner and more organized appearance.

Accurate Volunteer Shift Counts

The number of filled spots for volunteer shifts will now correctly cap at the shift's limit, even if a shift is overbooked. This ensures accurate visibility of available spots.

Improved Check-In Wording and Translations

Text and placeholder translations for various check-in features have been updated and corrected for a clearer user experience in multiple languages.

New Attendance Reporting and Live 'Who's In' View

Introducing a comprehensive attendance report with customizable date ranges and comparisons to previous periods. A live 'Who's In' view provides real-time updates on attendees, and check-in emails are now opt-in.

Improved Volunteer Shift Finder

The volunteer shift finder now displays availability more accurately across multiple dates, making it easier for volunteers to find and sign up for open shifts. The calendar view is also enhanced with clearer status indicators.

Family Beneficiary Memberships for Facility Access

Facility booking requirements now correctly recognize memberships held by family beneficiaries, allowing them to access facilities even if the membership is under another family member's account.

Enhanced Volunteer Shift Date Display

Volunteer shift lists now clearly show the year for each date, and the 'Jump to date' feature is more prominently placed for easier navigation.

More Robust Shift Availability Search

The system now looks further into the future to find the first available volunteer shift, ensuring that shifts occurring outside the immediate window are discoverable.

Refined Parent Fee Backfill Command

The command for backfilling parent fees now includes an option to only process transfers, providing more control and clarity for financial operations.

Corrected Language for Open Status

Ensured consistent and accurate translation for the 'Open' status across different languages, improving the user experience for international users.

Display profile photos for members

Member profile photos will now display correctly in various areas of the platform, including scan activity and general settings.

Vertically center Today's Activity table text

Text within the 'Today's Activity' table, such as member names and scan times, is now properly aligned to the center of each row for improved readability.

New People Settings Page

We've organized people-related settings into a dedicated 'People > Settings' page, making it easier to manage requirements for addresses, phone numbers, and more.

Corrected Membership Type Navigation

The 'Types' link in the membership settings navigation will no longer be highlighted incorrectly when viewing the 'Settings' page.

Member Profile Photos

Members can now upload profile photos, which will be displayed in various areas of Communal, including scan confirmations and activity tables. Admins can enable or disable this feature in the settings.

International E-transfer Option

The E-transfer payment option is now only visible for organizations based in Canada, providing a more relevant payment experience for international users.

Improved Invoice Item Editing

You can now edit and delete existing product entries directly within the invoice item editor.

Enhanced Scan Confirmation Display

Member profile photos are now displayed next to names in scan confirmation screens, as well as in the 'Currently In' and 'Today's Activity' tables for easier visual identification.

Public Booking Form Padding

Added top padding to public booking forms for a cleaner visual presentation.

Removed Obsolete Payment Button

The 'Is [name] paid up?' button has been removed from user profiles.

Upload Member Profile Photos

Admins and members can now upload profile photos. These photos will be displayed for members and can be viewed when scanning members in or out.

Improved Self-Serve Signup Processing

Self-serve signups are now automatically sent for processing, ensuring leads are efficiently handled by your team and CRM.

Enhanced Discount Code Management

Discount codes now display an 'Expiring Soon' status if active promotion codes are due to expire within 7 days. The archiving process provides clearer confirmation messages.

Clearer Booking Request Links

Public booking request links now display a clear page title in the browser tab, making it easier to identify the form.

Corrected Navigation and Breadcrumb Labels

Resolved inconsistencies in navigation labels and breadcrumbs, ensuring 'Sign in' is used consistently for login and 'Facilities' is correctly displayed for bookable entities.

Improved stability for visual proofing tools

The visual proofing watcher and its development server are now more resilient. If they stop working unexpectedly, they will automatically restart, ensuring that your proofing process remains uninterrupted.

Offline Payment Options for Invoices

When creating invoices, you can now select cash, cheque, or e-transfer as payment options, in addition to or instead of online payments.

Pre-filled Public Booking Forms

When a user accesses a public booking or booking request form link, any previously saved answers will now automatically populate the form.

Improved Fee Matching for Referred Members

Ensured that fee lines are correctly matched for members referred through specific external channels, preventing them from being skipped.

Enhanced Internal Testing Data

Updated internal processes to generate more comprehensive data for testing various aspects of the system, including invoices, memberships, and bookings.

Improved Visual Proofing for Agents

Agents now have enhanced visual proofing capabilities, ensuring more reliable and accurate record-keeping.

Streamlined Refund Confirmation

Confirming refunds is now easier as the system will automatically ignore a leading dollar sign ($) when entering the refund amount.

Cleaner Agent Summaries

Agent summaries are now cleaner, with 'Answered' questions no longer displayed once they have been addressed.

Improved Security for Testing Tools

Access to certain internal testing tools has been restricted to authorized personnel, enhancing the overall security of your Communal environment.

Display Installment Due Dates on Invoices

Invoice PDFs will now show a table with installment due dates, numbers, and amounts when a payment plan is active. If no payment plan is set, the existing invoice-level due date will be displayed.

Draft invoice due dates respect tenant timezone

When editing draft invoices, the due date will now be correctly set according to your organization's specific timezone, preventing issues with date calculations.