Recent ShortStack upgrades

We’ve added “Submit form” as an action in the Action Widget. (The recent Buttons, Image, and Navbar Widget updates have been completed to help get this feature rolling.) You can now use this wherever you can configure an action. Do note that this is only available for the Form Container, and not for existing Form Widgets.

You’ll notice that some S2 versions of our widgets are getting a visual refresh – they’ve been updated in the Builder to use our newer UI framework. While light on functional changes, these widgets will have a bit of a new look and some small quality of life improvements. Check out the Buttons, Image, and Navbar Widgets to see the differences!

In the Field Widget version of the Upload field, there is now a “Custom file extensions” field. This will allow any file with the given extension(s) to be uploaded via the form. These files won’t be displayed in the Entry Display Widget, but they can be individually downloaded in the Entries Manager and they will be included when exporting entries to a .zip file.

If you’re ever looking to add custom code to a campaign, the Code Widget has you covered. Now, the Code Widget looks and operates even better than ever! When adding a Code Widget to your campaign, you’ll now start in the Library section of the settings – this allows you to more easily start with one of our public snippets, or a private one that you’ve saved. In addition, the text editor now has a handy menu bar that makes commands (and their keyboard shortcuts) way more accessible.

Jumping into a ShortStack team is now a smoother process, in a few different ways! First; if you click on an expired Accept Invite link, you’ll now get a clearer error message letting you know what needs to be done to move forward. When you click a valid link, you’ll now see the team name you’re being invited to and your email address will be pre-populated – alleviating any possible confusion. Then, once the sign-up process is completed, the new team member will automatically be logged in to the team account (instead of having to switch teams). We hope you enjoy the new, less headache-inducing process!

Our new Advanced Points for Actions feature (APfA) tracks actions/points across multiple entries to the same list, using the same email address. Our existing Points for Actions feature will heretofore be known as “Basic Points for Actions (BPfA).” Currently, entrants can only earn points for a particular action once per email address, no matter how many times they enter. The only change to BPfA is that we no longer support recording actions *before* a form entry is submitted. A form entry must be submitted first for Points for Actions to work. If you’re interested in adding APfA to your plan, just reach out to our wonderful sales staff.