| 12/30/2011 | Fixed a problem that caused the Close Period launched directly from the end of the Close Day to give a meaningless error. |
| 12/21/2011 | Expanded Close Day Summary transactions to handle numbers above $99,999.99. |
| 12/13/2011 | Fixed a problem that caused pricing based on customer types to not show on the work tickets when using the feature that shows the prices for the appointments on the ticket. |
| 12/08/2011 | Added the option to show the Customer Type on the Comment line of the Work Tickets. To turn this option on go into Utility, then File Utilities. In the File Name box, type in CTYPE0.WT and click Create. If you need help with these steps, please call us at 937-832-3969. |
| 12/05/2011 | Changed the future appointments that can optionally be shown on customer receipts so that all services booked show up on the receipt. This can make receipts longer if customers have many services booked but makes the information more complete. |
| 12/05/2011 | Added choices to Change Costs and Change Employee Costs to the Inventory Maintenance screen. |
| 12/03/2011 | Changed the message on pole displays so that during Fast Retail sales it says Thank You instead of Thank You Retail. |
| 11/23/2011 | Fixed the Appointment Confirmation Screen so that the Date Booked shows the correct date instead of showing the Date Confirmed. |
| 11/20/2011 | Added the ability from the Pre-Price screen to display the Customer Profile to be able to look up the price previously charged. |
| 11/20/2011 | Updated Reports program to avoid locking during Close Day Summary. If you system locks after printing the Close Day Summary the file daily.lck must be created in the c:\SpaSalon directory. Contact IBCS if you are experiencing this issue. |
| 11/15/2011 | Fixed a problem that caused the appointment book's print button to give a password error for customers that don't use passwords. |
| 11/15/2011 | Added the option to have long service and retail names extend to a second line on the Epson receipts. To turn this option on go into Utility, then File Utilities. In the File Name box, type in LDESC0.YES and click Create. If you need help with these steps, please call us at 937-832-3969. |
| 11/04/2011 | Added a Delete to the Booth Rent Setup screen. |
| 10/26/2011 | Fixed a problem that made changes to the email address not save when also changing the customer name. |
| 10/24/2011 | Changed the Grade Book to allow you to change the Teacher giving the grade. |
| 10/21/2011 | Changed the booking guides so that now booking guides for the entire salon always show on the left over the times and booking guides for specific employees always show on the appropriate employee column. |
| 10/20/2011 | Changed the Week View so that it now shows people marked off with Mark as Sick in green. |
| 10/17/2011 | Added the option to add people to the waiting list for 'Any Employee' so that you can keep track of non-requests on the waiting list. |
| 10/13/2011 | Fixed the Print Appointments under Find Appointment to not show a double heading. |
| 10/10/2011 | Added Booking Guides to the Week View. |
| 10/07/2011 | Added text messaging support for Canadian carriers Bell Mobility, TELUS Mobility, Koodo Mobile, and SaskTel. |
| 10/05/2011 | Changed the Excel Export for Cloud customers to remove all formatting and show the data from the report only. |
| 10/04/2011 | Changed the Pre-Price to default to the employee receiving credit for the first service listed instead of Salon,Card. |
| 09/28/2011 | Fixed a problem with the What If Report that could throw off the Service Count if you used Reminder Emails. |
| 09/28/2011 | Updated the text message address for Alltel text messages to their new address. |
| 09/26/2011 | Fixed the Demographics Report for Cloud computers. |
| 09/23/2011 | Fixed a problem that caused the IOU to record incorrectly when checking out a customer paying with both a Gift Certificate and an IOU on the same transaction. |
| 09/22/2011 | Modified the List Master Mailing report to include the birthday and email information on the report. |
| 09/21/2011 | Updated the graphical confirmation emails so that they will work with computers that turn the monitor off as well as for Cloud customers. To switch back to the old text-based emails go into Utility, then File Utilities. In the File Name box, type in EMCON0.OL2 and click Create. If you need help with these steps, please call us at 937-832-3969. |
| 09/20/2011 | Fixed a problem with the graphical confirmation emails that caused emails being sent out manually for future dates to stop after the first email. |
| 09/20/2011 | Fixed a misspelling on the Special Bookings page. |
| 09/20/2011 | Added an option to enter address information and check in multiple customers at once. To turn this option on go into Utility, then File Utilities. In the File Name box, type in MCKIN0.YES and click Create. If you need help with these steps, please call us at 937-832-3969. |
| 09/16/2011 | Fixed a display problem with the Loyalty Discount Codes screen when trying to specify an employee. |
| 09/16/2011 | Added a keypad to the Inventory Find screen to allow code numbers and supplier codes to be entered without a keyboard. |
| 09/15/2011 | Fixed a mistake that could cause the wrong transaction types to show up on the Close Day Summary report. |
| 09/14/2011 | Fixed a mistake that could cause the wrong transaction types to show up on the Close Day screen and the Daily Sheet Reports if the Check transaction type was removed. |
| 09/13/2011 | Added the dates to the Employee copy of the Gross Pay Report. |
| 09/12/2011 | Added the ability to search for customer names by work phone, cell phone, and other phone in addition to the already available home phone. Typing in a phone number to search will check all of the numbers automatically and show any matches found for any of the four types of phone numbers. |
| 09/08/2011 | Added the Company Information link to the Internet/Marketing screen in Maintenance. |
| 09/07/2011 | Added the option to the List Master Mailing report to show cell phone numbers instead of the work phone numbers. |
| 09/02/2011 | Updated the Aveda product list. |
| 09/02/2011 | Added the option to keep appointments on the book when replacing an old employee with a new one. |
| 09/01/2011 | Added a Supplier Last Used and Service Last Used report. They both show the last time that a customer was checked out under the supplier or service. |
| 08/31/2011 | Added the ability to store credit cards on file without having the credit card information visible within the program. This is only available to X-Charge/Accelerated Payments customers that use a single Merchant Account. In addition, this allows Online Booking customers to require a stored credit card for access to booking appointments. |
| 08/26/2011 | Updated the Inventory Return Report to include the supplier and sub-totals for each vendor. |
| 08/25/2011 | Updated the Aveda product list. |
| 08/18/2011 | Changed the Inventory Search by Name to look for the search name anywhere within the inventory name instead of the first letters. This makes inventory searching more powerful as you only need to know part of the name to find inventory items. |
| 08/12/2011 | Changed the checkout when using Discount Codes to prevent changing services or retail items after selecting a discount code. You have the option of removing the discount code and can then make any necessary changes and then reapply the discount code. |
| 08/12/2011 | Changed Discount Codes to support selecting multiple services instead of just All Services, a Single Service, or a Service Department. |
| 08/11/2011 | Updated Connecticut Personal Tax Credits for 2011. The system does not support the 3% Tax Rate Phase-Out for single persons making more than $56,500, Married - $100,500 or Head of Household - $78,500 please see a tax specialist for have additional taxes withheld. The system also does not support the Tax Recapture program for single persons over $200,000, Married - $400,000 or Head of Household - $320,000. Please consult a tax consultant if these rates apply. |
| 08/09/2011 | Changed the Discount Code entry on the checkout screen to provide a selection of currently active discount codes. |
| 08/08/2011 | Changed the Unemployment Report to use the most recent social security number for each employee. |
| 08/03/2011 | Fixed an error when using the Rebook function over a Book,Me the system would not book the appointment. |
| 07/26/2011 | Fixed the California over 8 hours calculation. The system was not calculating the correct cut-off times for the beginning of overtime calculations. |
| 07/26/2011 | Added the Booking Guides option to the Appointment Setup screen. |
| 07/26/2011 | Fixed the mouse-over for the pink slots related to the booking guides so that it correctly shows the current time. |
| 07/26/2011 | Removed the signature section from the second receipt printed on the 40 column receipt printers. |
| 07/26/2011 | Changed receipt printing on the Cloud so it will show the correct local time. |
| 07/18/2011 | Updated Cloud servers to have the ability to export reports via PDF or Excel format. Exported reports can be emailed to the salon email address after exporting. |
| 07/13/2011 | Fixed a problem with the Add-On Sales report that could cause negative numbers to show up under the walk-in/add-on count column. |
| 06/30/2011 | Updated time cards to calculate California hours as overtime for any hours over 8 hours in a single day. California businesses must ensure that over 12 hours in a single day is double time as the Spa/Salon Manager does not calculate double time wages. In addition, Spa/Salon Manager does not calculate hourly wages based upon the 7th consecutive work day. |
| 06/29/2011 | Updated the feature that allows confirmation emails to have a clickable link to work with the Cloud. Also changed it so that if it's turned on emails sent out won't mark the customer as confirmed until they click the link. This feature is only available to Online Booking customers. |
| 06/24/2011 | Droid users can now access the Spa-Salon Manager - Cloud using a free application called Pocket Cloud. |
| 06/24/2011 | Reworked the Booking Guides to be shown within the columns with a pale pink color. This enables multiple booking guides to be shown on the screen without requiring the employee to be selected one at a time in the previous versions. |
| 06/09/2011 | Fixed the wording on the warning when booking an appointment within a certain number of days for the same service already booked. |
| 05/09/2011 | Enhanced
Email address tracking and new features. Email addresses are the single
most important advertisement data a business can obtain. The following
changes were made.
Added X box at the end of the email address box when the customer does not have an email address or does not wish to provide one. When this option is chosen the computer automatically enters the email address as NoEmail and records the date. This is important to allow the customer to be asked in the future in case they get an email address later. The system now records the date of when an email address is updated and shows the date on the screen in front of the email address. In addition, if an email is over six months old the system warns you to verify the email address by showing a box in front of the email address in red. To confirm the email address you click the red box and confirm the address. Added option to Maintenance, Internet Marketing to allow the number of days to required before verification of the email address is required. Since, we do not know when the email address was last updated, a random date has been entered during this conversion to avoid all emails for every person to be verified at the same time. |
| 05/09/2011 | Added new text messaging options for Canadian salons. Added Bell and Telus to options for text messages. |
| 04/22/2011 | Change Gift Certificate Sales to require a cash drawer to be open when utilizing separate cash drawers. |
| 04/22/2011 | Added the option to remove the Take Picture and Print Picture from Customer Check In and Customer Display. To remove the buttons use Utility, File Utility create the filename PICT_0.NO. Please call us at 937-832-3969 with any questions. |
| 04/14/2011 | Fixed a problem that caused sales credited to Salon Card to count any changes as tips for customers that track tips. |
| 04/13/2011 | Fixed the Schedule Maintenance Sick option to mark the entire day out in a ugly green to signify the employee is sick. |
| 04/02/2011 | Fixed the titles on the inventory orders to clarify which reports were orders being placed and which were orders being posted. |
| 03/24/2011 | Fixed the calculation for 941 Taxes due posted into QuickBooks. All other calculations were correct except the one posted as the 941 Payment within QuickBooks. |
| 03/23/2011 | Removed Check as a required payment type, since some business do not accept check purchases. Check can be modified to another transaction name. |
| 03/17/2011 | Fixed a problem that could occasionally cause the Pay In/Out section on the correction screen to show up blank. |
| 03/17/2011 | Added the ability to change the payment method and void Pay In/Out credit card transactions without reentering the credit card information. |
| 03/14/2011 | Removed Backup Menu for Spa/Salon Manager Cloud users to avoid confusion. Backup for Cloud users are handled automatically for the customer. |
| 03/04/2011 | Added a new feature to sending emails. You can now directly add a new email address by double clicking on an email address shown. The computer will prompt you to determine if you want to add additional email address. |
| 03/04/2011 | Changed the default amount for the Maximum Wait Time when using the Search feature in the program from 0 to 15 minutes. |
| 03/03/2011 | Added a section for No Department to the Flash Report. This will allow you to see how much of your sales came from Salon,Card and other employees with no department set. |
| 03/03/2011 | Updated Payroll 941 Report to reflect changes published by Federal government for the updated 941 form. Changed the percentage from 12.4% to 10.4% due to the reduction in social security tax for employees. |
| 03/02/2011 | Fixed a problem when going into Previous Daily Sheets and Previous Employee Sales the system would revert to the password rights when the information was stored. This caused a problem when the password rights stored were not the same as the current password. For example, in the past the employee was not set to be able to print. In this case, the printing icon would be gone after going into an old daily sheet. Now the password is unaffected by going into the past. |
| 02/23/2011 | Fixed a problem that could cause incorrect times to show or error messages warning of bad times in the Appointment Standing and Schedule Maintenance screens. |
| 02/17/2011 | Fixed the ability to send Text Messages for 'Cloud' customers. Text messages are sent when a customer logs into server or at the time specified if that time is later than the login time. |
| 02/17/2011 | Added new feature for 'Cloud' customers. Now when adding a printer to tell the 'Cloud' server you have a new button under Utility - Update Cloud Printers. This will allow the 'Cloud' server to recognize any new printers installed. |
| 02/15/2011 | Fixed a problem that caused the Salon Use to say that a transaction was running if you canceled out of it. |
| 02/08/2011 | Updated the Aveda product list. |
| 02/07/2011 | Added credit card sales information to the daily sheet reports for customers that run their credit cards directly through the software. |
| 02/05/2011 | Fixed time on Spa/Salon Manager 'Cloud' showing the incorrect time. |
| 02/03/2011 | Changed the credit card processing so that adjustments can be made to previously run credit cards without requiring the credit card number to be entered. |
| 01/27/2011 | Fixed a problem where Mark as Well in the Schedule Maintenance section would cancel appointments other than the name selected when specific time slots were given. |
| 01/27/2011 | Changed the Advanced Booking Report so that it ignores rooms. |
| 01/27/2011 | Changed the void process for credit card transactions so that it no longer requires a credit card number to be entered. |
| 01/26/2011 | Updated Illinois state income tax from 3% to 5%. |
| 01/13/2011 | Changed the Performance Recap report so that when printing it by the Working Hours it used just the working hours instead of taking BOOK,ME's, NO,APPT's, etc. into account. |
| 01/11/2011 | Updated Information Center - We can now turn highlight the Newsletter, Download Update and News Flash in red for important announcements. |
| 01/11/2011 | Payroll Error - Fixed the Payroll Summary to show the correct amount for the Tax Payment Due amount. The Date Range - Salon Net payroll shows the correct tax payment. If you used the Payroll Tax Payment due from the Payroll Summary please run the report and pay the difference to the IRS. |