New Feature Log

Welcome to the Localist Feature Log, your stop for learning what new features and enhancements have been made available to your admins and community.

Permission required to turn on a new feature Permission required to use the new functionality or features containing the update Area of the platform and themes impacted. Some updates are exclusively available on our Emphasis theme

June 9, 2022

Admin Dashboard Update

Our new dashboard experience aims to make it easier to quickly find your events, or events that might need your attention. You can easily see all events that you created, or are set as the owner for. Simply change the filter on the events dashboard from "All Events" to "My Events". Our new event dashboard also includes quick links to see events that are Pending, Upcoming, or Recent. Automatic All Admins Admin Dashboard

April 20, 2022

Accessibility Upgrades

To ensure Localist meets the WCAG 2.0 AA compliance standard and is accessible to your entire community, we have recently completed a full audit of our Emphasis theme. Your templates have been automatically updated with these changes where possible. However, if you've edited a template, you will need to review the template history to apply these updates manually. For access to our template repository, please submit an access request:

Automatic & Manual Platform Admin Emphasis Exclusive

New Resource: Template Repository

When new features and upgrades are made available, you can now easily and quickly review the necessary template changes in our public template repository. As a reminder, your platform will be automatically updated with these changes if no customizations have been made to the corresponding template. However, if you've edited a template, you will need to apply these updates manually. For access to our template repository, please submit an access request:

Public Emphasis + Legacy

Update: Multiple Choice Custom Field

When creating a Custom Field, you can now provide predefined answers with a multiple choice question format. For example, "Is this event a part of our Spirit Week celebrations?" / "Yes" or "No" Automatic Platform Admin Emphasis + Legacy

March 1, 2022

Update: Publish Event Permission

Publish Event is an added Event Admin Permission assignment that allows you to choose if your Event Admins can add or edit events via the Admin Event Form and publish them directly to the platform, or if their events should go to the Pending Queue for further moderation:

• Checked: When checked, Event Admins are able to add, edit, approve, and/or reject events without moderation. This option is checked by default.
• Unchecked: If unchecked, when an Event Admin adds an event, it will go to the Pending Queue for approval. When an Event Admin edits an event, it will be removed from the live platform and placed in Pending for approval.

Automatic Event Admins + Publish Event Emphasis + Legacy

February 10, 2022

Update: Concept3d Map Integration Upgrade

Upgrades to the Concept3d map integration in Localist include:

• Full-Width Display: Previously the Concept3d Maps did not span the full width of page's body content. Now it matches the width of the page in Emphasis.
• Interactive Functionality: Click the arrow dropdown within the map component of each location in Localist to see additional information such as photos, a description, or directions that have been added in Concept3d.

Automatic Emphasis Exclusive

January 26, 2022

Update: Email Templates

With Email Templates, Platform Admins can edit content, layout, and styles of notification emails coming from your Localist platform via the Email Customization Editor. Automatic Platform Admins Admin Dashboard

Update: Register Attendee Question

When using Localist Register, you can now provide predefined answers with a multiple choice question format. Automatic Event Admins Admin Dashboard

October 21, 2021

Feature: Conferences

Conferences are multi-day events that enable you to include scheduled sub-events or sessions. This may also apply to festivals, workshops, trainings and other special series. Automatic Event Admin Emphasis Exclusive

May 17, 2021

Update: Featured Carousel Play/Pause Controls

The Featured Carousel component now has a play/pause button that starts and stops the slider. Automatic Emphasis Exclusive Troubleshooting If your Featured Carousel is not displaying the pause/play button as expected, your platform customizations have prevented Localist from automatically applying this feature update. A Platform Admin will need to review the following Theme Editor file and manually put in place the required code. To access this code, you can create an inactive theme with no customizations to review the default code. Alternatively, you can reset these files then re-apply your customizations, but this is only recommended if you have lightly modified the theme file AND a copy of your customized theme file code is saved outside of the platform.

• Play/Pause Button: Shared Among Multiple Views > _featured_section

May 11, 2021

Event Insights: Post-Event Review Email (Update) & Admin Report (New)

Event Insights replaces our legacy event review system with a flexible survey that helps you understand how each event contributes to your community goals. Gain deeper insights from event attendees about the topic, format, and overall experience of your events to better inform your community event engagement strategy. We’re excited to deliver you the ability to:

• Build a data-driven business case to calculate your Return-on-Events
• Identify which events are moving the needle on business outcomes you specify e.g. new community member recruitment, fostering connections, and much more
• Inform planning around new topics and event formats that will land with your audience

Automatic Event Admins Emphasis Exclusive

April 9, 2021

Update: Batch Rejection

Platform and Event Admins can now batch reject events in the Pending Queue via the Batch Actions dropdown. Automatic Platform & Event Admins Admin Dashboard

March 9, 2021

Update: HTML in Feeds & CSV Uploads

The following HTML tags are now supported when included in an event's description in CSV/ICS/RSS Feeds and CSV bulk uploads: strong, em, b, i, p, code, pre, tt, samp, kbd, var, sub, sup, dfn, cite, big, small, address, hr, br, div, span, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, ul, ol, li, dl, dt, dd, abbr, acronym, a, img, blockquote, del, ins, iframe, u Automatic Platform Admins Admin Dashboard

Update: Feed Error Reporting

Errors related to failed Feed imports will now be displayed in the status column on your Feeds management page. Automatic Platform Admins Admin Dashboard

February 5, 2021

Feature: "New" Event Label

For events that have been approved within the last 30 days, a "NEW" label will automatically display on the event card. This label will be automatically removed when the event has reached 31 days since approval. Automatic Emphasis Exclusive  If your event cards are not displaying the "NEW" label as expected, your platform customizations have prevented Localist from automatically applying this new feature. A Platform Admin will need to review the following Theme Editor file(s) and manually put in place the required code. To access this code, you can create an inactive theme with no customizations to review the default code. Alternatively, you can reset these files then re-apply your customizations, but this is only recommended if you have lightly modified the theme file AND a copy of your customized theme file code is saved outside of the platform.

• Event Card: Shared Among Multiple Views > _event_item

January 11, 2021

Feature: Zoom Integration

When creating Virtual or Hybrid events, you can now connect to your Zoom account to generate meeting details without leaving the Localist event form. Platform Admin Event Admins + User Submissions Emphasis + Legacy

January 4, 2021

Update: Personal Payout Accounts

When using Localist Register, Event Admins can now add their own personal Strip payout account so that their event funds are directly deposited to their Stripe account. Previously, Stripe accounts were only added at a global level and managed by Platform Admins. Automatic Event Admins Admin Dashboard