December 2020 - Version 3.10
If upgrading from a version older than 3.8...
Please review our older documentation here to make sure you're up to date on all new features and fields.
Join us for a demo!
Due to the holidays, our December release will be prerecorded. Click here to register. Once registered, you will receive an email with a link to watch!
Once the below updates have been reviewed, please upgrade your events and payments app from the appexchange.
Upgrade instructions
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Review and upgrade your Payments App (even if you have free events) here. Always make sure to upgrade Blackthorn Payments first.
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Then upgrade your Events App:
- Reauthorize Blackthorn Events by navigating to the Blackthorn Events Admin page, and click
Authorize the App
. Please find steps to authorize here.- Important: Please make sure same user who originally authorized the events app authorizes again to avoid interrupting service.
If you have any questions about this or need help with testing, please don't hesitate to reach out to us through our support form.
Enhancements
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Blackthorn Events checkout now supports Spreedly
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Webinars are now supported on Sessions. Read here for more information
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AttendeeLink sessions are now iframable. Read our iframes documentation to learn how
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Visibility Control is now supported on Sessions
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On the event overview page, the Sessions tab has received several small upgrades including an "All" sessions tab and clearer sorting by dates. Click here to compare and see the changes
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Waitlisting is now supported with the Ash UI
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CSS can now be injected into Event, Event Settings, and Event Groups! Check out our documentation to learn more
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When injecting custom CSS into your event, changes will now be applied to the
Post Event Questions
URL -
UI Experience
List
on Event Group now supports Event Keywords -
When adding an event to your calendar, the "Location" will now be a clickable URL. Check out a demo video here
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Video streams will now be available 15 minutes before an event starts, allowing attendees more time to join. Read more here
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Ash UI will now close the registration window when Event Item
Sales End Date
is in the past -
When cloning events, the Event Item
Sales Start Date
andSales End Date
will now be cloned -
Added a
Back
button to the Attendee Registration Lightning Component -
Added a
Create Webinars for Events
andCreate Webinars for Sessions
buttons on the Blackthorn Events | Admin page that creates webinars for all events and sessions which have a value forWebinar Account
but no value forWebinar/Meeting URL
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When an event has free and paid tickets available, it will now show "Free and Paid Tickets Available" instead of "Starting at $X.XX"
Bug fixes
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Fixed: Event Item quantity fields not updating when attendees register for an event
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Fixed: previously when adding an event to an Outlook calendar, spaces between words would be populated with the '+' sign
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Fixed: when an attendee registered with their Attendeelink URL, the
Redirect URL
button was not appearing if defined on the event -
Fixed: when iframing the event page, the category filter was staying applied when navigating to other pages and returning back
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Fixed: when attempting to clone an event, any event with an email template associated would display an error message
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Fixed: when creating a form using the
Hidden
Type field, the forms were unable to be saved -
Fixed: when adding conditions to forms, previously the
Goto Form Element
field was being populated bySupplemental Question Information
. This has been adjusted, and will now be populated byEnter your question to ask below:
field -
Fixed: when using Form Preview, previously the Date field would be cut off by another question


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Fixed: the Attendee Registration Lightning Component displaying incorrect event start times
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Fixed: when modifying forms, changes were saving but not reflected on the visualforce page. Example: If I set a form element as
Required
=True
, this would appear asRequired
=False
but the actual value would beTrue
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Fixed:
Event Organizer Name
field on the Attendee object was not populating correctly -
Fixed: when using Campaign And Event Sync, updating the Attendee's Registration Status to
Invited
, the Campaign Member Status field wasn't updating toInvited
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Fixed: when using the
Hide QR from AttendeeLink
field on Event Settings, the QR code was still appearing -
Fixed: issue with events adding extra spacing in rich text fields
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Fixed: a bug in Ash UI that was allowing users to register without filling in the required email field
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Fixed: when adding a single attendee to a webinar it will no longer flag an error
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Fixed: an error when authorizing Webex Webinar Accounts
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Fixed: a bug when reprocessing Event Registration Submissions when
Enable Forms V2
was not enabled and attendees answered Custom Questions -
Fixed: caching issues with Big List Groups that caused picklist values to not update appropriately
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Fixed: bug with Data Dictionary that prevented the
MSG_NO_CONTENT
from being modified
New Fields/Layouts
Streaming Service URL deprecation
We will be deprecating the
Streaming Service URL
field in favor of theMeeting/Join URL
field.Meeting/Join URL
will allow for URLs longer than 255 characters, at the same time supporting webinar accounts. URLs can be added here manually, or via webinar account. TheStreaming Service URL
field will still be supported for the next few months, and we will give notification in a release note once this field is no longer supported.
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Added
Featured Session
checkbox field to the Session object -
Added
Event Start Date and Time
&Event End Date and Time
to the Attendee object -
Added all fields to the
Deep Clone Layout
fieldset. These fields still have to be added to the Deep Clone Layout if you wish to clone them -
Added
Webinar/Meeting Account
to the Session object -
Added
Webinar/Meeting URL
to the Session object -
Added
Webinar/Meeting ID
to the Session object -
Added
Webinar/Meeting Password
to the Session object -
Added
Create Webinar/Meeting
button to the Session object -
Added
Visibility Control
multi-picklist field to the Session object
Updated about 1 year ago