| 12/20/2010 | Changed the Date Range Employee Information report so that old employees that no longer work there are no longer included on the comparison report. |
| 12/10/2010 | Added the option to have the appointment book always snap to the beginning of the day. This option would only be useful if you show the entire day on the screen at once. To turn this option on go into Utility, then File Utilities. In the File Name box, type in TSCRL0.NO and click Create. If you need help with these steps, please call us at 937-832-3969. |
| 12/01/2010 | Updated the Aveda product list within the program. |
| 11/30/2010 | Added a Retail / (Retail + Service) number to the Employee Sales report. |
| 11/30/2010 | Added the option to the Performance Recap report to use the Appointment Working Hours instead of the Time Cards to determine the hours scheduled/worked. |
| 11/29/2010 | Added the ability to create, track, and use Discount Codes. |
| 11/16/2010 | Added the ability to print Work Ticket / Technical Card from the Customer Check In. This is helpful for schools that print a work ticket for all customers. |
| 11/16/2010 | Added the ability to click on a service in the Appointment Detail screen to show the appointment in the appointment book. Clicking on the service will automatically select the employee in the appointment book to allow you to scroll to the appointment. |
| 11/12/2010 | Added the option to not scroll the appointment book to the current time when looking at the current date. To turn this option on go into Utility, then File Utilities. In the File Name box, type in ASCRL0.NO and click Create. If you need help with these steps, please call us at 937-832-3969. |
| 10/19/2010 | Changed the Lost Customer report to show customers lost that do not have any service profile based upon the last visit date of the customer. |
| 10/14/2010 | Fixed problem with FICA tax when going over the limit in wages the whole payroll was taxed instead of the amount up to the limit of social security wages. This affected social security wages over 106,800 per year. |
| 10/14/2010 | Fixed Gift Certificate phone number saving when recording the purchaser information. Most users record gift certificates by name, so this was an isolated case for users that put in the purchasers address and phone number. |
| 10/04/2010 | Fixed when merging two different spellings of a customer into a single spelling the email address was not saved. Now the system stores the email address when merging customers. |
| 10/04/2010 | Fixed the update vacation amount used. The system was showing the amount used / 100 instead of the actual amount. If you utilize the vacation/sick pay tracking feature in payroll verify your amounts used. |
| 09/24/2010 | Changed the receipt printing with credit cards. On the business copy the customers future appointments and receipt message are no longer printed to save paper. |
| 09/20/2010 | Fixed a problem with Schedule Maintenance showing a blank screen after performing the schedule maintenance. |
| 09/15/2010 | Changed the Close Day so that when it opens Verify Monies, Corrections, and Check Outs that are in progress are closed. Also made it so those areas can't be reopened during Close Day. |
| 09/14/2010 | Changed the program so that gift certificates have a default expiration date of 5 years out due to new federal regulations. To turn change this date please call us at 937-832-3969. |
| 08/31/2010 | Enhanced the Grading for allow the instructors to be chosen quicker. If you have your instructors classified as either Instruct, Student Inst or Teacher the system will only show the employees under those classifications when you are asked for the instructor who graded the student. |
| 08/26/2010 | Changed the Reminder Emails subject from Salon Name - Appointment Reminder to Salon Name - We Miss You. Some customers thought they were being tricked into thinking they had an appointment. |
| 08/26/2010 | Changed the Update Physical Count to allow the search function to be utilized when working with a particular supplier. |
| 08/25/2010 | Added the option for a default name to be selected under Schedule Maintenance. To turn this feature on please call us at 937-832-3969. |
| 08/25/2010 | Changed the name selection under Schedule Maintenance to always be available and added a NO,THEORY name for schools. |
| 08/25/2010 | Added a day of week selection to the Schedule Maintenance section. |
| 08/24/2010 | Changed the Show Extra Phone Numbers button on the Appointment Detail screen so that it shows up if you have either a cell phone number or an other number instead of needing both. |
| 08/20/2010 | Changed the wording on Salon Net Payroll and Employee Net Payroll when entering the dates the dates should be based upon the Check Start Date and Check End Date. Net payroll reports are based upon the check date and not the week. |
| 08/19/2010 | Changed the way that the Intercom button in the time card section operated to show intercoms based on the password that you used to log into the Time Card section. |
| 08/18/2010 | Due to changes with credit card regulations, all customers using X-Charge to process their credit cards must update both our program and their X-Charge software. |
| 08/04/2010 | Updated the Aveda product list within the program. |
| 07/26/2010 | Added an option to not show the details about the close day (price changes, corrections, etc) on the Close Day Summary. To turn this option on go into Utility, then File Utilities. In the File Name box, type in NODET0.SUM and click Create. If you need help with these steps, please call us at 937-832-3969. |
| 07/13/2010 | Fixed a problem with scroll mouse's middle button scrolling the bars along the right-hand side of the appointment book. |
| 07/13/2010 | Changed the Future Appointments Mailing List/Labels so that it now takes the employee selected into account. |
| 07/12/2010 | Changed the Inventory Vendor screen to not allow slashes (/ or \) in the account # field as these caused problems with emailing orders to the vendor. |
| 07/08/2010 | Added a new choice to the online password options for Inventory Management and also improved the descriptions of the existing options. |
| 06/23/2010 | Added the option to show new customers in yellow when checking out. To turn this feature on go into Utility, then File Utilities. In the File Name box, type in CSTPY0.NEW and click Create. If you need help with these steps, please call us at 937-832-3969. |
| 06/18/2010 | Added the option for online booking customers to have a link in their confirmation emails that customers can click to confirm. If you decide to use this option you should turn on the feature under Maintenance -> Internet Marketing -> Confirmation Emails to say that they want a phone call in addition to receiving the email. This will allow only the people that click the link to be marked as confirmed. To turn this feature on please call us at 937-832-3969. |
| 06/16/2010 | AVG incorrectly identified files within Spa-Salon as a virus. Details to fix are located at www.Spasalon.com/Avg.shtml |
| 06/16/2010 | Added a Verify Backup button to the Backup screen. This button will tell you the date of your last backup by reading it from the backup device. |
| 06/15/2010 | Fixed a problem when adding retail codes above 32767 to the Pre-Price screen. |
| 06/15/2010 | Added an employee selection to the Special Booking Report. |
| 06/09/2010 | Fixed the posting to QuickBooks showing the wrong transaction name. |
| 06/01/2010 | Changed the Advanced Booking Report so that it no longer shows employees that have been marked as Not Currently Employed. |
| 05/26/2010 | Added the option to print the VIP percentage report with one employee per page. |
| 05/18/2010 | Changed the Advanced Booking report to have date selection options in the future. |
| 05/12/2010 | Fixed a problem with the Instructor Sales report that caused incorrect totals for instructors if more than one grade was given on a certain transaction. |
| 05/11/2010 | Added the option to show the Gift Card Balance button for people that use both by number and by name gift certificates. To turn this feature on go into Utility, then File Utilities. In the File Name box, type in GCBAL0.YES and click Create. If you need help with these steps, please call us at 937-832-3969. |
| 05/07/2010 | Fixed the critical update check for salons that do not have Internet. This would show FTPDown with question marks on the screen each morning. |
| 05/04/2010 | Fixed a problem with Wisconsin taxes when the employee had zero pay a large state tax amount was shown. |
| 05/03/2010 | Added the total Service/Retail adjustments as separate numbers on the Price Change Report. Instead of only having the total adjustment you can now see the amount from service and retail. |
| 04/23/2010 | To save receipt paper the receipt message and company slogan are no longer printed on the credit card authorization receipt that the customer signs and the business keeps. |
| 04/22/2010 | Added support for posting to Quicken 2000. The file Quick0.2000 must be created in the salon directory. The file must specify the number of |
| 04/16/2010 | Added the option to show the extra information from the Receipt Maintenance screen on the bottom of the Work Tickets. To turn this feature on go into Utility, then File Utilities. In the File Name box, type in RECPT0.WT and click Create. If you need help with these steps, please call us at 937-832-3969. |
| 04/15/2010 | Fixed a problem with the optional feature that puts future appointments on receipts that was causing finish time for appointments to show up as a separate appointment. |
| 04/09/2010 | Salon Use can no longer be accessed during a customer sale because it causes the retail total to be incorrect. |
| 04/08/2010 | Added three new features to Send Email. The first one allows information to be Pasted into into the email document. The second enhancement allows pictures to dragged into an email. Please verify that you have permission to use any images that are sent with your emails. The third is an Undo button to easily undo the last operation. |
| 04/03/2010 | Added the option for X-Charge customers with multiple merchant accounts to specify one merchant account to receive gift certificate payments. |
| 04/02/2010 | Combined the daily and weekly backups/restores into one step. |
| 04/02/2010 | Added the ability to print pictures from the program in smaller sizes than full page. |
| 03/30/2010 | Added a new word processing system to the SpaSalon Manager program. The word processing is now a part of our program rather than a separate program. In addition it has many more features that the old one including tables, drag/drop paste ability, and many other new features. In addition, we've streamlined the process of getting to the right document in the reports section under the Form Letters and Postcards buttons. |
| 03/17/2010 | Fixed a problem in inventory for people that did not use back orders but did use post when received that could cause the post to lock up. |
| 03/04/2010 | Added password tracking to show when a service name is changed under Maintenance showing the old name and new name. |
| 03/02/2010 | Fixed a round off error when using piecewise service commission the amount could have been calculated less .04 for $796 dollars in commission. The service rate commission is now calculated to three decimal points. |
| 02/24/2010 | Fixed an error in email confirming when a customer chose to receive both an email confirmation and a phone call, customers after that customer would not be confirmed for that employee. |
| 02/23/2010 | Corrected a problem with junk at the beginning of an email being sent from Spa-Salon Manager. The error was shown on particular customers only not to everyone. |
| 02/19/2010 | Fixed a problem that could cause text messages not to send if you had never set up a local copy of your internet settings. The program will now send the messages correctly even if you've only set up options for the entire salon. |
| 02/18/2010 | Fixed a problem that caused email address updates to not save if you were also changing the name of the customer at the same time. |
| 02/18/2010 | Added support for HST Canadian taxes to the system. |
| 02/18/2010 | Fixed a problem that caused the word True or False to show up beside the customer name on the Work Tickets when printed for Tech Cards only. |
| 02/10/2010 | Fixed a problem with YTD totals not accumulating on the payroll check, if the same employee was entered into the system twice. If one employee was off payroll before the on payroll person the system found the off payroll employee and did not accumulate YTD totals on the payroll check. No changes are required after performing the update and the YTD totals will show correctly in this instance. |
| 02/09/2010 | Fixed the Date Range - Gross Pay Report when a Service Charge was deducted before commission the report showed the adjusted service the same as the Service Total which was incorrect. The Service Pay was calculated correctly, but the service percentage rate was calculated on the service total instead of the adjusted service pay. |
| 02/08/2010 | Added support for the Enter key to the Verify Monies screen. |
| 02/02/2010 | Updated the word processor in the Send Email button in the program. You can now copy/paste from other applications, drag and drop information, and change the text color for parts of the message. |
| 01/29/2010 | Fixed the time on daily corrections of gift certificates. |
| 01/28/2010 | Added the option to print mailing comments on the employee schedule. This removes the option of printing the appointment comment which is selectable in Maintenance, Appt.. To turn this feature on go into Utility, then File Utilities. In the File Name box, type in APTSC0.MC and click Create. If you need help with these steps, please call us at 937-832-3969. |
| 01/26/2010 | Added the option to select the most recently booked/cancelled customer name to the Waiting List process. |
| 01/21/2010 | Updated Artwork by IBCS program for customers having trouble sending email request with the error saying, "Problem sending email" |
| 01/21/2010 | Fixed a problem with the Correcting Entry showing a blank screen after voiding a sale. |
| 01/20/2010 | Fixed a problem that caused No Sales to sometimes show the amount from the preceding sale on the Correction screen. This did not affect whether your drawer balanced - it was just an error with how the sale was displayed. |
| 01/14/2010 | Fixed the County Tax for Indiana to take into account any dependant deductions claimed. |
| 01/12/2010 | Updated tax tables for California. |
| 01/12/2010 | Fixed a error when printing 1099's. The system was printing a 1099 for each pay period instead of the accumulation. |
| 01/11/2010 | Added the option to not post the 941 information into QuickBooks. To turn this feature on go into Utility, then File Utilities. In the File Name box, type in PYTPS0.NO and click Create. If you need help with these steps, please call us at 937-832-3969. |
| 01/06/2010 | Updated Tax Tables for Wisconsin. |
| 01/05/2010 | Fixed a problem with the Today button in Week View making the appointment book start at the current time of day instead of the salon's normal opening time. |
| 01/05/2010 | Added 25, 26 and 27 Weeks as options for Standing Appointment Frequency. |
| 01/05/2010 | Changed the correction screen so that you have to cancel or save on the current sale before you can look at another one. |
| 01/05/2010 | Fixed a problem that caused the No Sale to fail if running it two times in a row. |
| 01/04/2010 | Fixed the Customer Payment screen to automatically select the cash amount when to allow the amount to be typed in without deleting the zero's shown in the cash amount. |