Latest Updates from the Crowdcast team
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Host events with increased live attendance

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Shared by Annette β€’ August 10, 2023

✨ Features & Improvements

  • πŸ‘₯ Overages have been implemented to exceed each plan's live attendee limit
  • πŸ“ Updated copy in several areas including the Studio Module
  • πŸ’¬ Improved UX with the chat
  • ⛔️ Improved UX around the ban feature

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that allowed accounts to signup as an "anonymous" user
  • Fixed an issue around joining the stage using Safari
  • Fixed an issue with the analytics page not loading properly
New

Limit the available seats for your event

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Shared by Annette β€’ August 10, 2023

✨ Features & Improvements

  • ⛔️ You can now set a maximum number of "seats" for your event
  • πŸ“§ Send a test email of edited templates to any email address in your organization
  • πŸŽ₯ Co-hosts no longer have to be on stage to start an event
  • Made improvements in uploading images
  • Improved UX of using tile controls
  • Improved emoji reactions on mobile browser
  • Added the ability to revert email templates back to the original text
  • Implemented auto-save for the email attendee feature
  • Improved event stage and roles
  • Reversed order of custom registration fields to reflect order of upload

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug around attendees being removed from the greenroom
  • Fixed a layout issue in the Q&A section
  • Fixed an issue that caused only audio to come through to the stage
  • Fixed an issue with joining the stages while sharing media
  • Fixed an issue with changing non-attendee roles back to attendee role
  • Fixed a bug that caused a few areas in the event form to disappear when reopening to edit
  • Fixed an issue with multiple tiles appearing on the stage and icons of uninvited users
  • Fixed an issue with using certain discount code amounts
  • Fixed an issue with cropping of event and channel photos
  • Fixed missing session title from follower notification email
  • Fixed an issue with open stage feature
  • Fixed an issue with layout when adding a long URL to the event description
New

Get paid in 135 currencies, customizable email templates, and more!

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Shared by Annette β€’ August 10, 2023

✨ Features & Improvements

  • πŸ’Ά πŸ’· πŸ’΄You can now sell event tickets in your local currency
  • πŸ“§ Customize the registration and reminder emails
  • ⚑ Zapier update - you can now pass data from custom registration fields
  • πŸ‘ Chat reactions are now available on the iOS app
  • Schedule menu for multi-session events now auto-scrolls to the current live session
  • Revamped the "join stage" button
  • Added a "highlight on hover" feature when selecting which part of the stage to invite a guest to
  • Improved UX for Patrons registering when a host's Patreon account is disconnected
  • Replace MP4 file upload size has been increased to 12GB

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with the session title in the 10-minute reminder emails
  • Fixed an issue that prevented event-level co-hosts from going live in a session
New

Spotlight your favorite chats on the stage

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Shared by Annette β€’ August 10, 2023

✨ Features & Improvements

  • πŸŽ‰ Highlight a comment in the chat by presenting it on the stage
  • Reversed the sorting order of the Following Feed to highlight the latest events first
  • Added the β€œreplay” tag to ended RTMP sessions (in the schedule menu of a multi-session event)

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with selected Patreon tier
  • Fixed an issue around joining the stage via mobile browser
  • Fixed an issue with editing events set to a different time zone than the user's device
  • Made adjustments to prevent the "Go Live" button from getting hidden when the browser is zoomed in
New

New Following Feed and funnel charts

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Shared by Annette β€’ August 10, 2023

✨ Features & Improvements

  • πŸ—ƒοΈ A one-stop shop to view all public events from every host you follow
  • πŸ“Š Added funnel charts to the analytics page for additional live and replay data
  • Improved page view tracking in the analytics

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug with the add-to-calendar button in the registration emails
  • Fixed an issue around joining the stage from a duplicate tab
New

Introducing chat reactions & a new lobby

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Shared by Annette β€’ August 09, 2023

✨ Features & Improvements

  • πŸ“† New and improved Lobby design to showcase current live sessions
  • 😍 You can now add emoji reactions to chat messages

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug with the event list search bar
New

Crowdcast v2.0 is out of beta & join Patreon events on the iOS app

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Shared by Annette β€’ August 09, 2023

✨ Features & Improvements

  • Attendees can now register for Patreon events from the iOS app
  • Added a "Tap to Unmute" button on RTMP events
  • Made improvements in the CSV file download process
  • Adjusted the permissions page Patrons see when connecting their account to Crowdcast
  • Improved the UI when logged out of account

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a few overlapping elements in the UI
  • Fixed a bug with the Polls feature
  • Adjusted a couple of broken links
  • Fixed a bug with sharing a video from the Studio
  • Fixed a bug with a hidden audience and RTMP sessions
New

NSFW? Mark your channel as mature content.

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Shared by Annette β€’ August 09, 2023

✨ Features & Improvements

  • Added the ability to mark your channel as mature content from the Channel Settings
  • Added usernames to the tile control when the user is in the wing
  • "Save my spot" registration button now changes to "Watch replay" post-event
  • Questions you’re currently answering are now highlighted in the Q&A module
  • UX and UI improvements across several areas of the platform

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug with RTMP events and android mobile browsers
  • Fixed a bug around duplicating multi-session events
  • Fixed an issue with toggling Studio Sound while on stage
  • Fixed an issue with downloading the CSV file
  • Fixed a bug with custom registration questions on duplicated events
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Made a mistake while live? You can now replace your recording!

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Shared by Annette β€’ August 09, 2023

✨ Features & Improvements

  • πŸŽ‰ You can now replace the event recording, of an in-browser session, with an uploaded MP4 file
  • v1 followers have now been merged onto your v2 channel
  • Added the ability for your attendees to follow your channel directly from the event page
  • Added the Zapier invite link directly onto the integrations interface
  • Added a "download in progress" message when downloading the CSV file

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Adjusted a bug that prevented users from exiting the edit event page
  • Adjusted a bug with the chat/Q&A count and top contributor tallies in the analytics