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    July 24, 2020

    • Sharing image added to Features to Fund and individual feature pages.
    • Terms of Use updated with terms for Features to Fund.
    • Service menu item icons updated.
    • [New] New service Vocal Mixing & Tuning added. Thanks user Caden Jester.
    • Full production Feature to Fund description text updated per user's recommendation. Thanks user Caden Jester.
    • Swipe indicator added to user profile pages to notify visitors of tabs off screen.
    • Order form display button on user service lists updated from icon to button labeled "pricing" to clearly express purpose of button.
    • Sample player on user services list updated to display at all times rather than just hover. User services list appears on user profile pages and user services pages.

    July 23, 2020

    • SoundBooth is now accepting feature requests in features section. One feature has already been funded and build. Two others have some contributions.

    July 19, 2020

    • Changelog menu item moved to New Features section on sidebar.

    • Features to Fund added. Users can crowd fund to development of features requested by users. Users earn reward coins from contribution. Find Features to Find in the sidebar menu. Want to request a Feature to Fund? Send us a message on the Contact page.

    • New Features section added to side menu.
    • New theme added to users' links pages. Most page elements are removed in the theme. This makes links appear higher on the page, making the page more useful for sharing links with others. Thanks user LouieLou152 for the idea and for funding it.
    • [Fix] Social sharing buttons updated to always appear on all pages.
    • Clicking email confirmation link now redirects directly to account setup wizard.
    • Social share image for home page updated.

    July 8, 2020

    • New breakdown of a sale: revenue is divided like this: sellers get 94%, buyers get 1% in reward coins, affiliates get 3% of sales, SoundBooth gets 2%.

    July 7, 2020

    • [Fix] Add spacing between user's bio and service and link blocks.
    • Reviews from buyers automatically added to sellers reviews.
    • [Fix] New edit review button connected to review edit page.
    • Stars updated on rate seller form displayed when accepting a revision.

    July 4, 2020

    • User reviews updated to display changes immediately.
    • Users can now add their offsite reviews to their profiles. Visit your reviews page and edit or add reviews directly.
    • Interface fixes and improvements:
      [Fix] remove extra space in messages form
      [Fix] prevent content region from appearing under header
      [Fix] prevent create account button from activating hidden iOS Safari toolbar
      [Fix] remove focus ring on create account button
      [Fix] fix social sharing buttons appearing gray on some pages
      [Fix] make navigation appear on create account form when terms of use clicked
      [Fix] prevent overlapping of stars and message button service categories on service category pages
      [Fix] prevent overlapping of reviews and message button service categories on service category pages
      [Fix] convert account setup wizard to dark theme
      [Fix] convert membership subscription to dark theme
      Adjust spacing in footer

    June 29, 2020

    • SoundBooth Membership price reduced to $4.99/mo. Membership no longer affects earnings. Every seller receives 94% of sale. Membership allows you to add more than 3 services.
    • Sellers earnings increased to 94% of sale (- card fees). Sales breakdown is now 94% to sellers, 1% to buyers in Reward Coins, 3% to Affiliates, 2% to SoundBooth. This applies to all free and subscribed users. Terms of Use updated with new earnings breakdown.
    • Home page updated.
    • Theme updated to dark mode.

    June 24, 2020

    • Recaching of expired pages added. Makes recently updated pages load faster.

    June 1, 2020

    • New seller review and updated star rating updated to be displayed immediately upon review and rating submission.
    • "Share this page" label added to social sharing buttons.
    • News menu item moved to knowledge base section on left bar.
    • How tos previously listed in News moved to knowledge bases.

    May 30, 2020

    • User profile pages moved to highest level. All user profile pages moved within that level.
      User profiles are now at: /user-name.
      User profile pages are now at: /user-name/page.

    May 28, 2020

    • Title of Links section on user profiles not displayed for users that don't have links.
    • Link order made draggable on user edit links page. Simply drag a link to another position and let go. The order links on your profile and link page are updated to the order you picked.
    • Added user links to user's profile page. First 3 links will display. If there are more links, a link labeled "all" will display and links to that user's link page.
    • Section title "Services" add to services section on user profile page.
    • User's links page and edit links page updated to display changes to links (add, edit, delete) immediately when changed.
    • User's can add icons to links and crop them.
    • Links section added to user profile. User's can view, edit and add links.
    • [Fix] update link to add blog entry on user’s empty edit blog page.

    May 26, 2020

    • User's Reward Coins updated to display changes to Reward Coin total immediately when changed.
    • More info about Reward Coins menu item added to Reward Coins section of left sidebar.
    • [Fix] Star rating script prevented from bering removed from user proile pages.

    May 24, 2020

    • SoundBooth's Terms of Service updated.
    • Non-registered visitors to a user's profile page are tracked as that user's referral. If a visitor visits your profile page and creates an account within a year, the new user becomes your referral. Similar to the affiliate link, the visitor only becomes your referral if they don't visit visit another user's profile page or follow another user's referral link before creating their account. This allows users to share their profile pages online (click the social share icons at the bottom of your user page) and earn 3% of the purchases of non-registered visitors who create accounts,minus the 25c fee to transfer the earning to your connected Stripe® account.
    • User's affiliate earnings updated to display new affiliate earnings immediately when earned.
    • SoundBooth's Terms of Service updated.
    • Affiliate system added. Affiliates earn 3% of their referral's purchases of services, revisions and SoundBooth memberships and renewals, minus the 25c fee to transfer the earning to your connected Stripe® account. There is no time limit set on how long you continue to earn from referral purchases. A non-registered visitor become your referral when they follow your affiliate link and create an account within a year. The visitor can't have clicked another user's affiliate link before creating the account though. All users can access their affiliate link, affiliate referrals and affiliate earnings from the menu items in the Affiliate section of the left bar. The anchor text for the affiliate link can be updated on the affiliate link page. More details can be found on the "More Info" page in the Affiliate section. Please note: the invite form on the left sidebar is not part of the affiliate program, so users that create an account in response to an invite you send do not become your referral.

    May 19, 2020

    • [fix] Cancel notifying buyer of needed files and/or details on the 14th day after project ordered if buyer already added files and details for the seller.
    • Reward Coins added as a benefit of buying on home page.
    • SoundBooth's Terms of Service updated.
    • Donate Coins button added to Reward Coins page.
    • Users can now donate Reward Coins to other users. Menu item to donate Rewards Coins added to the left sidebar in the Reward Coins section.
    • Changlog menu item moved to the Knowledge Base section in the left sidebar menu.

    May 18, 2020

    • Reward coins added.

    May 17, 2020

    • User point system named Reward Coins.

    May 16, 2020

    • User's point transaction page added. Points menu item added to profile menu in left sidebar.
    • User's Points added to user's left sidebar.
    • Point system added. 1 point equals 1 cent. Buyers earn 1 point for every dollar they spend on services and revisions. Buyers with a SoundBooth Membership earn 7 points for ever dollar they spend. That's 7% of the order price back in points! Points can be applied to reduce a subsequent order's price on the checkout page.
    • Icon for messages menu item in user menu updated.

    May 15, 2020

    • SoundBooth's Terms of Service updated.

    May 13, 2020

    • [Fix] Enable updates to menus on user profile pages to be displayed to all users.

    May 11, 2020

    • [Fix] Prevent removal of script needed to display review stars on user profile pages.
    • Cart Popup icon updated to + sign to be consistent with service categories, user service pages and user profiles.
    • User services added on user profile next to bio on large displays and below bio on mobile. 3 services will automatically be displayed and an "all services" link will appear if the user has more than 3 services.
    • Review stars updated on user profile banner and user reviews page.
    • User profile banner and menu updated.
    • Unnecessary buttons removed from editor.

    May 8, 2020

    • Editor added to blog entry add and edit forms. Editor lets users format their blog entries.
    • Blog entry layout updated.
    • Video added to home page banner.
    • Add to cart icon on user service page updated to plus sign for consistency with service category pages.
    • Service category pages restricted to authenticated users.
    • Theme colors edit page removed because theme colors deprecated in SoundBooth v3.0.
    • [Fix] Set page title for edit headline page in user profile to "Headline".

    May 7, 2020

    • Home page updated.

    May 2, 2020

    • Changes to user's services updated to display immediately in user's service page, service edit page and portfolio page, and the service category pages.
    • Label added to bio field in account setup wizard. Bio field now required in account setup wizard.

    April 24, 2020

    • [Fix] Audio player button icon and tap target updated to persist after filtering on category pages.

    April 20, 2020

    • Samples label added to sample section of service add edit form.
    • Message seller button added to seller cards on category pages. Now anyone can message a seller directly from a category page. Message sender redirected back to the originating category page once the message is sent.
    • Timestamp on project chats updated to show date on chat messages created more than 7 days ago.
    • [Fix] Timestamp of chat messages updated to display correct day chat message was created.
    • Chat on projects updated to scroll to bottom only when there's a new chat. Allows participants to review prior messages and still displays new chat when added.

    April 19, 2020

    • [New] DJ scratches added as a musician service.

    April 18, 2020

    • User interface of add edit service form inputs updated for easier use.
    • Remove audio sample button in audio samples table on add edit service form simplified.
    • Audio samples table on add edit service form updated to scroll on narrower displays. Simply swipe to reach extra fields.
    • Drag handles added to rows in add edit service form. Use drag handles to rearrange order of tools, genres and audio samples.
    • Audio buttons for user samples on user portfolio pages updated to display always.
    • [Fix] Active audio player's indicator reverted to non-playing state when another audio player is activated on service category pages.
    • [Fix] Order Form popup button tap target size increased to full size of button.
    • Filters on service category pages made to scroll rather than stack. Simply swipe to see more items.
    • [New] New service category menu items and displays. New categories provide better navigation to sellers and display more information about the sellers. Buyers can audition service samples and buy services directly from the category pages. Services that extend beyond the width of the container can scroll so buyer can access all of the sellers services from the category page.

    April 17, 2020

    • Samples required on services add/edit form. This is to allow buyers to audition your sample and display a functional play icon on new service category pages.
    • Headline field character limit set to 30 characters. This allows headlines to display properly on new service category pages.

    April 11, 2020

    • Changelog newsletter sending automated. In your account > newsletter page, toggle "Changelog" to receive weekly notifications of changelog entries. Notifications are emailed starting at 3pm on Friday.

    April 9, 2020

    • [New] Knowledgebase added. Knowledgebase articles are grouped into for sellers and for buyers. User content can be added to the knowledge. Send us a message on the contact page if you'd like us to consider one of your blog entries for the knowledgebase.