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.
[S2] Sort Your Entries With Ease Using the Category Field
If you’ve been searching for an easier way to divide up contest entries into different categories, your day has come – we now offer a Category Field in the Form Designer, so that each entrant can select the category in which their entry should be classified. The field works just like a List Field; you can show it as radio buttons, checkboxes, or a dropdown. It can also be configured to allow multiple selections. You can then filter on one or more categories in the Filtering section of the Entry Display Widget and the Entries Manager.
Manual URL Sharing Made Easier
We’re always looking for ways to make things easier around here! For sharing (either individual entry shares or using the Share Widget) the manual share button will now show a pop-up with the share URL displayed and a handy button to copy the link.
[S2] Got a code? Redeem it!
The Code Redemption field is now live in the S2 Form Designer! This allows you to accept only submissions from folks who know the code, or have a code from a list of codes you’ve designated. Give it a try in your next campaign!
[S2] A Friendly Welcome to the List Field
In the S2 Form Designer, the old Dropdown and Radio Fields have been merged to create something even better: The List Field! The new Field Layout option at the top of the field’s settings, combined with the Allow Multiple Selections option determines how the list is displayed. In addition to the new multiple checkboxes layout, you can switch back and forth between the different layout options, which wasn’t available in S1.
[S2] The Video Widget joins the party!
Did somebody ask for a Video Widget in S2? Now, you got it! The S2 Video Widget is simpler than the version we provide in S1 templates; we only support showing a single video per widget. Just paste in a YouTube or Vimeo URL, wait for a second to see the preview, then press Save & Exit and your video will appear in the preview.
[S2] Our Entry Search Widget makes the move!
The Entry Search Widget is now live for S2 templates! There are a couple minor changes from the S1 version: You can now press Escape (when the Search field is selected) to clear the search term. Both versions let you press Enter to submit your search. In S1, setting either a label or placeholder is required; but in S2, you can leave both blank and it will default the label to “Search Entries”. This is available on all plans!
