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<big>The zFairs Community is always churning out great ideas and we're thrilled to put them in place. We take new feature requests and slot them in to our roadmap for the future, free of charge and typically on a first come first served basis. You can rest assured that we will always be working to get you the tools you need to thrive no matter what curve balls life sends our way.</big>
<big>The zFairs Community is always churning out great ideas and we're thrilled to put them in place. We take new feature requests and slot them in to our roadmap for the future. See what New Features have been added last month:</big>


== New Features ==
== New Features as of August 2026 ==
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=== People page and Registration Overhaul Details ===
* Continuing or Starting a Registration as an Admin / Staff user allows you to bypass the email verification
*: You can also bypass changing the password
* Viewing & Editing a person's profile information opens in a new tab so you can have multiple people open at a time
* Linking projects on the People Page now includes a project search so you don't have to know the project key to pair them up correctly
* First Time Login now takes users through all of the questions a registering user of the same type would see
* Profile Images now support instructional text letting you specify exactly what you need from each of your users
* Teachers can now see their partially registered students and help them complete that process
* Enhanced Temp User progress bar shows you just how close to completion your new users are and what page they are on in the flow


* '''Bulk Mailer History'''
** You can now see your history of emails sent through the bulk mailer! Go to the Bulk Mailer page and check out the new '''History''' tab added to the top.
** In this tab, you will not only see what emails you sent out, but you can also view all the details of who received the email, and edit or resend it if needed.


=== Paperwork Manager Enhancements ===
* '''Paperwork Review: Bulk Mark Ready Action'''
* Paperwork can now be made part of registration
** Marking the status in Paperwork Review just got easier with the Bulk Mark Ready action. Now you can select multiple entries and mark them <code>Ready for Review</code> and/or <code>Ready for Judging</code>.
* Paperwork also shows with each entry found in the student / participant profile
* You can now set different freeze dates for each individual paperwork upload
* Teachers, District Coord, Staff & Admin can now mark Student’s Paperwork as Ready for Review on the Paperwork Review page
* You can now specify to include or hide each File / Form type from the Showcase
* School Information added to Paperwork Review page


* '''Paperwork Review: Batched Email Notifications'''
** When sending comments and status changes for Paperwork Review, emails can now be delayed and sent all at once to participants instead of one at a time.
** '''Location:''' Set this up in the '''Form Packets Manager'''.


=== Reports ===
=== New Configuration Options ===
New reports have been added to the Report Viewer


=== Online Judging Enhancements ===
* '''Entry Status – Hide Status from Participants'''
* Rubric Custom Questions Added to Online Judging
** '''Function:''' Hides the entry status from participants on their user profiles.
* Quick Comments Added to Online Judging


* '''Participant’s Student ID as Username'''
** '''Function:''' Allows participants to use their Student ID as their username.
** '''Setup:''' Requires turning ON the configuration <code>Participants Profile - Student ID Number</code> (set to <code>Ask</code> or <code>Require</code>).


=== Other New Features ===
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* Invoice Address fields now fully supports all countries
* You can now have a separate Site Subtitle and Welcome message on the home pages
* Participants / Students can now have multiple entries for a single event
* SRC Comment History
* Anchor points enhance the capabilities of your home pages
*: https://wiki.zfairs.com/index.php?title=Anchor_Points
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<div style="font-size:1.5em; font-weight:bold;">Send additional questions or feature inquiries you have to [mailto:sales@zfairs.com sales@zfairs.com]. We'd love to hear from you.</div>
== Updates & Enhancements ==
 
* '''Paperwork Review: Bulk Mark Ready Action'''
** Easily update multiple paperwork statuses simultaneously using the new Bulk Mark Ready action. Select multiple entries to mark them as <code>Ready for Review</code> and/or <code>Ready for Judging</code>.
 
* '''Paperwork Review: Batched Email Notifications'''
** Emails generated from comments and status changes in Paperwork Review can now be delayed and sent all at once to participants rather than individually.
** '''Location:''' Configured within the '''Form Packets Manager'''.
 
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<div style="font-size:1.5em; font-weight:bold;">Send additional questions or feature inquiries you have to support@zfairs.com. We'd love to hear from you.</div>

Latest revision as of 16:35, 3 August 2026

The zFairs Community is always churning out great ideas and we're thrilled to put them in place. We take new feature requests and slot them in to our roadmap for the future. See what New Features have been added last month:

New Features as of August 2026

  • Bulk Mailer History
    • You can now see your history of emails sent through the bulk mailer! Go to the Bulk Mailer page and check out the new History tab added to the top.
    • In this tab, you will not only see what emails you sent out, but you can also view all the details of who received the email, and edit or resend it if needed.
  • Paperwork Review: Bulk Mark Ready Action
    • Marking the status in Paperwork Review just got easier with the Bulk Mark Ready action. Now you can select multiple entries and mark them Ready for Review and/or Ready for Judging.
  • Paperwork Review: Batched Email Notifications
    • When sending comments and status changes for Paperwork Review, emails can now be delayed and sent all at once to participants instead of one at a time.
    • Location: Set this up in the Form Packets Manager.

New Configuration Options

  • Entry Status – Hide Status from Participants
    • Function: Hides the entry status from participants on their user profiles.
  • Participant’s Student ID as Username
    • Function: Allows participants to use their Student ID as their username.
    • Setup: Requires turning ON the configuration Participants Profile - Student ID Number (set to Ask or Require).

Updates & Enhancements

  • Paperwork Review: Bulk Mark Ready Action
    • Easily update multiple paperwork statuses simultaneously using the new Bulk Mark Ready action. Select multiple entries to mark them as Ready for Review and/or Ready for Judging.
  • Paperwork Review: Batched Email Notifications
    • Emails generated from comments and status changes in Paperwork Review can now be delayed and sent all at once to participants rather than individually.
    • Location: Configured within the Form Packets Manager.

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Send additional questions or feature inquiries you have to support@zfairs.com. We'd love to hear from you.
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