April 2024

v24.4.1

• Added new report: Inventory Value. This report shows you the total wholesale and retail value of your inventory items as of a specific date. The report is grouped by item type, and it also allows you to filter by item type.
• Added ability to mark a vendor as inactive, which will hide them from selections in various parts of the app. Existing orders and inventory items will not be impacted if you mark a vendor as inactive.
• Added ability to set custom header text for quotes. This can be managed in the Receipt Settings.
• You can now display the customer's sales associate on the order receipt. This can be enabled in the Receipt Settings.
• The appointment scheduler now requires the customer to consent to Email & SMS communication before booking an appointment.
• Fixed issue where the appointment waitlist was not working for paid appointments.
• Fixed several possible display issues that could occur when printing.

March 2024

v24.3.1

• Implemented fully customizable inventory item types. Previously, inventory item types were largely categorized into 'Dress' and 'Non-Dress' items, and the visible fields for each item type would be fixed to one of those two categories. This becomes limiting when an item type you are selling doesn't fit neatly into one of those categories. For example, if you are selling a steaming service, fields like 'Size' and 'Color' are not applicable. With this update, you can now fully customize the visible fields for each item type. Simply go into the Inventory Settings and edit your item types to begin customizing.
• Added new Ultimate plan feature: online image searching for inventory items. Tired of manually uploading images? Now all you need to do is click the Search Online button in the inventory item images section, and then pick one or more images that match. Note that this feature is limited to 100 searches per 30 days.
• Other misc improvements to inventory item types: they can now be deactivated and renamed (which renames the item type for all matching orders/existing inventory).
• Improved ordering interface for detailed orders when on a larger screen size. There is now a side panel, which makes it much easier to add additional items to the order. This works great with the inventory item type changes - for example, you can quickly and easily add things like dress customizations as separate items to the order.
• Added concept of an Order Number to orders. This is a unique identifier for each order that can be displayed on the receipt.
• The following fields can now be marked as visible or hidden on the order receipt: Vendor, Customer Order Date, Store Order Date, Expected Arrival Date, Order Number. This can be managed in the Receipt Settings.
• You can now view only unread messages in the SMS Message Center, making it easier to find messages that have been missed.
• Added ability to customize appointment confirmation email subjects. This can be done in the Appointment Settings > Edit Appointment Type > Email Settings.
• Added ability to deactivate appointment types.
• The Stripe integration settings have been moved from the Payment Settings to the dedicated Stripe Settings.

February 2024

v24.2.2

• New look & feel for CloudBridal. The main changes are around the header, fonts, and form fields, but you will notice various other tweaks throughout the app. Core functionality and navigation largely remain the same.
• Improvements to Inventory Showcase:
  • You can now hide/show the vendor filter, which is useful if you do not want to show available vendors to customers.
  • Added an optional silhouette filter to allow customers to filter by silhouette.
  • Added an optional item type filter to allow customers to filter by item type.
  • No longer requiring header images to be uploaded for customer categories. Instead, the category selection is skipped altogether with the new ability to define a default category.
  • You can now see the customer's selected favorite items directly in the appointment form. Previously, their selections were only visible in their profile.
• You can now configure tax inclusive Alterations, Additional Work, and Additional Fees. This can be managed in the Order Settings. Previously, these amounts were always entered pre-tax.
• The "Total Retail Value Sold" column for the vendor performance report is now tax inclusive.
• When creating custom fields for orders, you can now specify multiple options for the "Limit to Inventory Item Types" field. Previously, you were only able to select a single option.
• Appointment type buffer periods are now respected between different appointment types in the same resource/fitting room. Previously, they were only used to calculate time slots for a single appointment type. For example, if you have a bridal appointment followed by a bridesmaid appointment, the bridal appointment buffer period will be respected when calculating whether the bridesmaid appointment slot is available.
• Fixed issue where an error would occur if you tried to select specific availability slots in the appointment schedule.

v24.2.1

• Added new module: Inventory Showcase, available for the Ultimate plan. This digital showcase allows you to display your inventory to potential customers before their visit to your store. For more details, see the Inventory Showcase documentation.
• Added new paid appointments mode: Charge Manually. This gives you full control over when to charge for paid appointments as opposed to the existing mode which always charged at time of booking. This can be managed by editing your appointment types in the Appointment Settings.
• For all paid appointment modes (Charged at Booking, Charge Manually, and Reserve), you can now set a disclaimer message that will be displayed to the customer before they book a paid appointment. This can be useful to explain details such as your cancellation policy. This can be managed by editing your appointment types in the Appointment Settings.
• Added ability to create orders for items that don't match the customer's type. For example, you can now create bridesmaids order under a bride's profile.
• Added ability to add multiple dresses to the same order instead of requiring separate orders for each dress.
• Improved the reports module to make it easier to view reports that have many columns.
• Updated time picker input field to support clicking to change the time instead of having to type the time.
• The Orders Created report now has a Totals row to make it easier to view the summed amounts without exporting to Excel.
• Various misc tweaks to the user interface and bug fixes to improve usability.
• Fixed issue where real-time notifications for things like incoming SMS messages and E-Signatures were not working.
• Fixed issue where switching between Day/Week view in appointments calendar makes the 'New Appointment' popup menu not function.
• Fixed issue where automated emails based on 'First Appointment Date: No Item Purchased' were being sent to customers marked as a no-show.
• Fixed issue where non-admin staff accounts could not delete orders even if they were given permission to do so.