Release Notes 2017

We regularly release enhancements, upgrades, and bug fixes to our software applications. This is part of our continued and unwavering dedication to provide the best possible experience with our software.

11/12/2017 (Release 17.7)

• We pressed the pause button on releases for a few months to work on something important. As of 11/13/2017, your business can now order and use an EMV device, also known as chip-and-pin, in your business! This is the latest technology available, and will also help to prevent fraud while decreasing your liability in accepting credit cards.
• Bug fixes.

• If your business sells recurring memberships, you can now choose to allow the client to rollover unused services into the next month.
• Packages & Memberships can now be toggled on or off for use in OCS. Previously they were all on.
• Bug fixes.

• By now you've all heard about the Reserve with Google launch, and now you can opt in without needing to call our Support Team.  Of course, if you're already opted in and want out, you can do that too, but why do that?
• Bug fixes.

• You can now include a custom message in the Appointment Itinerary & Confirmation emails. We've included a preview function so you can see what the email will look like when your Clients get the email.
• Accounts using a Master Salon setup will now see that Services and Service Groups are locked to changes by the child accounts.
• Bug fixes.

• From the Client Card, on the Retail History tab, you can now click on an item and add it directly to the client's ticket. If the client doesn't have a ticket yet, we'll create one.
• Several small fixes and improvements to various Reports.
• Our Canadian CardConnect customers (some serious alliteration here) will now be able to have their transactions processed in CAD not USD. Please contact our Support team if you'd like to make this change.
• We had plans to implement a CDN for SalonRunner later this year, but due to our recent 24.5 hour severe performance problem, we've moved the first half of it up to now. If you're interested, you can learn more about what a CDN does.  The second half of the implementation will occur this summer.
• Bug fixes.

• Are you a medium-to-large sized business that wishes SalonRunner supported multiple cash drawers, with the ability to "assign" or "check out" a drawer to a single person, then do all the things a business would normally do with multiple Cash Drawers?  If so, you'll love this release!  If not, you'll still love SalonRunner since nothing else much changed.
• Our friends in Barbados and Puerto Rico are now fully supported with enhanced text messaging.
• Bug fixes.

• Our inventory system now allows you to order DIRECTLY from SalonRunner to Premier Beauty Supply and Evolve Salon Systems! And it's free! If you're a customer of one of these distributors feel free to give us a call and we'll show you how to get started with Automated Ordering.
• Puerto Rico was mistakenly being blocked from starting a Free Trial or using our Demo. This has been remedied. We're sorry about that.
• Bug fixes.

• You gave us your feedback and we listened. Mobile! Mobile! Mobile! We've always had mobile functionality for SalonRunner, but it was admittedly limited in scope. We've taken it to eleven!  Nearly the entire Manager application now works on all of your mobile devices. 2017 will bring even more mobile functionality, so stay tuned. We know you'll be pleased.
• New membership reports, plus improvements to several other reports.
• Are you familiar with SalonInteractive?  It's the future and the future is 2017. Ask your Account Manager for more details.
• The 2016 holiday season pushed our cloud servers to the limit on a couple occasions, and we know you felt that pain. So did we. We spent considerable effort and expense and upgraded our entire cloud infrastructure to handle 1000% of what we could handle in 2016. Seriously ... 1000%.
• Lots of performance upgrades and smaller bug fixes in the application. 
• We've renumbered our releases to mirror the current calendar year. Not exciting, but it makes it more clear for everyone.
• Finally, thank you all for your survey responses. We're still compiling all of the data, but as always we're taking your input seriously and turning it into reality. Some may come soon, some later, but it's happening.