Recent ShortStack upgrades
Here’s a look at the latest platform upgrades that have been made to ShortStack. For more details on individual enhancements, check out our blog.
Pardon Our Dust: Campaign Builder Updates
Now when you select a widget in the Edit Widgets Panel, the live preview will scroll automatically to the selected widget. If “Edit On” is selected, the widget will also be highlighted. The Edit Widgets Panel also has a search bar now – look for it in the footer of the panel. Search looks in the CSS ID, title, and extra CSS classes fields for every widget in the panel. This makes finding a specific widget in a massive campaign super quick and easy.
[S2] One Vote Per Email Address – Now A Reality!
The ability to restrict votes by email address is now live! When enabled in the Entry Display Widget, a button will appear to configure it. You can click the button without first saving. Clicking the button opens the Campaign Settings on the Email Login section. You can open the Email Selector and choose an existing “Authentication” email, or create an email using a pre-made authentication template. When you’re done, you get returned to the Campaign Settings to save your choice. When you save the Campaign Settings, you’ll return to the Entry Display Widget. Learn the ins and outs of configuring this for your next campaign by checking out the help doc.
This feature is available on our Agency Plan or higher.
[S2] Divide and Conquer with the Paging Widget
Have you ever wanted to divide your contest up into separate pages without dealing with a zillion individual Widget Visibility settings? If so, we have a great new tool for you – the Paging Widget. This allows you to set up a contest in a similar way to a regular website, using a Navbar Widget up top and individual “pages” to house all of your content. Load up your favorite S2 template and explore your new options!
[S2] YouTube + Vimeo + Upload Field = Best Friends
Our Upload Field (image or video) in S2 forms can now be configured to accept YouTube or Vimeo videos as well. These don’t upload the videos directly to the site, but it does make submitting existing videos a lot faster for folks who’ve already uploaded the video to either site.
[S2] First You’re Here, Now You’re There…
A highly-requested feature strides into S2 – redirecting to a website after form submission. We’ve added this option in the Form Widget’s settings – just click on the “After Submit” section, then click “Do not redirect” to switch it to “Redirect to another URL”. From there, just paste your URL into the field, and you’re all set.
[S2] Randomly Sort Your Entries! (ALL Your Entries)
We’ve finally figured out how to do random sorting of entries in the Display Entries Widget! Before, only the first page of entries would be randomized, but now it’s all entries – every page. You can utilize this randomization to display contest entries in a more fair way.
