Hi Everyone,

Here’s what’s new and improved this week:

• If you try to send an SMS reminder that’s too long, the error message that you see in the « Notification » page now helpfully tells you that it was too long. (The limit, by the way, is 250 characters.)
• We adjusted the way the pop-up menus work on the calendar. Now if an event pop-over is showing, clicking elsewhere on the calendar will hide that pop-over. A second click will open the context menu. Confused? Don’t be. This change just makes it feel more natural.
• We added « Payment Type » (i.e. cash, check, etc.) to the list of placeholders in the « Payment Received » email template.
• Any event can now have the « Make-up Required » option set. This makes it possible to setup a private lesson as a make-up so that it doesn’t appear on your future invoices.
• On the calendar if an event has « Make-Up Required » turned on, the little « recycling » logo will appear as a visual cue that this event requires a make-up credit. This change affects both the teacher and student portals.
• When a new make-up lesson is automatically created on the calendar (from a cancelled attendee), the event description is no longer copied. This prevents private information that may have been left for that individual student from becoming public information.
• The « Billable Hours » report has been updated so that students who pay a flat monthly rate are included in the « Studio Revenue » calculation.

For Multi-teacher studios:

• On the « Teacher Details » page, the password fields now indicate if a password has already been assigned to the teacher.
• Non-admin teachers can now see « Waiting » and « Lead » students who are assigned to them.

We hope you enjoy this week’s updates. Have a great week!

– The My Music Staff Team

Did you know? Parents can add their credit card details to their account at any time via the « Student Portal » as long as your studio has online payments (Stripe or PayPal Pro) enabled. See the full FAQ article here.