Latest Updates from the Crowdcast team
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New password-less registration

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Shared by Annette β€’ August 10, 2023

✨ Features & Improvements

  • πŸ” Setting an account password is now optional when signing up for an event
  • πŸŽ‰ Improved user experience with the sign-in/sign-up flow on the event page

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with sending tests with the email templates
  • Fixed an issue when trying to edit CTAs
  • Fixed an audio issue with multiple simultaneous sessions
  • Fixed an issue where the camera may occasionally appear active after the session is ended
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You can now replace the recordings in RTMP events

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Shared by Annette β€’ August 10, 2023

✨ Features & Improvements

  • πŸŽ₯ Replace recordings in RTMP events
  • πŸ“† Changed Outlook add-to-calendar option to a downloadable ics file

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue around audio
  • Fixed a billing issue when moving to Pause
  • Fixed a bug with assigning roles
  • Fixed an issue around downloading MP4s of events where recordings have been replaced
  • Fixed an issue with ticketed events
  • Fixed a bug causing emails to send multiple times
New

New Studio Customizations

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Shared by Annette β€’ August 10, 2023

✨ Features & Improvements

  • πŸ”„ Reorder Polls and Studio elements such as slides and docs, CTAs, overlays, and videos
  • πŸ“ Rename uploaded slides and docs in studio
  • πŸ”• Hosts can opt out of receiving notifications when attendees register for an event
  • Improved UX for adding a password to an account
  • Improved UX for connecting a Stripe account

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a rare issue that caused a black screen when viewing the registration page
  • Fixed an issue around generating RTMP stream keys
  • Fixed the analytics dash so tallies of chat and Q&As display properly
  • Fixed an issue around the selected mic
New

Enable subtitles on RTMP events

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Shared by Annette β€’ August 10, 2023

✨ Features & Improvements

  • πŸŽ‰ Subtitles can now be enabled on RTMP events
  • πŸ”  Improved UX with polls
  • πŸ“§ Implemented 10-minute reminder emails on multi-session events

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused an "event not found" message when editing a multi-session event
  • Removed case-sensitivity on importing email addresses
  • Fixed an issue around deleting sessions in a duplicated event
New

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
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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