Here are our release notes for FG Funnels from December 27th, 2023 through January 3rd, 2024. If you have any questions about these updates, or other questions about FG Funnels, please reach out to support@fgfunnels.com or live chat in the app and our team will be happy to help.

Funnels And Websites

New margin and padding selection component for all builder elements

Users can now use the new margin and padding selection component for all elements in the website/funnel builder. This helps better distinguish between the role of margin and padding.

 

Ability to Save Drafts and Publish in Funnel/Website Builder

We’re excited to announce a significant enhancement to our funnel/website builder with the introduction of the Save and Publish feature. This new capability empowers users to save drafts and publish different versions of their live funnels/website seamlessly, providing greater flexibility and control over the funnel creation and publishing process.

New Features

• Save Drafts: Users can now create and save drafts of their content before publishing, allowing for a more iterative and collaborative content creation process. Whether you’re working on a blog post, webpage, or any other content type, you can save your progress and come back to it later without affecting the live site.
• Publish: Users can now choose which version of their content to publish to live sites. This ensures that only the finalized and approved content reaches the audience, minimizing the risk of errors and streamlining the publishing process. You can confidently experiment with different ideas and approaches, knowing that you have full control over what goes live.
• Attach Domain from Builder: Users now have the ability to attach a domain to the funnel when the page is published and if the funnel is not connected to any domain.
• Publish from Versions List: Users can now choose any version of the page by just selecting the version and publishing it from the versions section without the need of restoring it.
• Live Tag in Versions List: A new Live tag is shown in the versions list, this indicates that this particular version is published and being served as live site version.

How to Use:

Creating Drafts:

• Start creating or editing your content as usual.
• Use the “Save” option to save your work in progress as a new version

Publishing:

• Select the desired version of your content.
• Click “Publish” to make the chosen version live on your site.
• Important Note: Publishing directly without saving will overwrite the changes in the current version.

 Versions:

• Access the “Versions” tab to view and manage different versions of your content.
• Restoring the version
• Publishing different version without restoring

Attaching domains:

• If a funnel is not connected to any domain, on clicking publish, user will be requested to attach a domain in newly introduced domain attach popup in builder.
• Once domain is connected, the version will be published.

Changes & FAQ

What happens to existing sites with no published version?

• Existing pages will work without any changes, if there is no published version (Live) found, the latest version (Current version) will be served.

What happens when you clone, import funnels from snapshots?

• These features are not affected by the new feature, it works as expected currently.

Version limit and published site

• A page can only have a maximum of 30 versions, if the user saves more draft, older versions will be deleted. If an older version which is about to be deleted is the Live version, the next version will be deleted instead.

Preview from builder

• The preview button will always show the current version.

Pain Points Resolved

• Making changes to live site without restoring versions.
• Users can collaborate with different team members, save drafts and only publish the changes to the live site when its ready.
• Ability to add domain to the funnel/website from the funnel builder.
• Significant improvement in version iteration and going live.

Email Campaigns 

 Send Email Campaigns to Multiple SmartList and Tags

Say goodbye to static lists/tags and hello to dynamic, ever-evolving segments! We are excited to introduce a powerful enhancement to our platform that empowers users to create more refined and dynamic target lists effortlessly. Now, users can leverage multiple smart lists and tags to curate their sender lists, streamlining the process of audience segmentation for campaigns.

Prior to this update, our users faced challenges in creating custom target audience lists for campaigns as the traditional method involved creating custom lists for each campaign or manually adding contacts. This hindered efficiency and increased the risk of oversights, impacting the accuracy and completeness of target lists for campaigns.

How to Send to multiple SmartLists and tags while scheduling email campaigns:

1. Go to Marketing > Emails > Campaigns

2. Create the Email using template and save the content with different elements

3. Once you click on Send or Schedule button, it will take you to schedule the type of delivery and other details

4. In the recipient details, there is option to select contacts, smartlist and tags

– You can choose more than one smart lists and tags

– It will apply and condition to bring the unique contacts (duplicate contact emails will be considered one)

– While adding individual contacts, you can also have a custom view of only selected users with a single click.

Note – We are currently supporting adding multiple tags or smartlist. The release does not support the combination of multiple tags and smartlists yet.

 

 

Support for negative margins, various CSS units and UX Enhancements

New padding and margin selector

• Users can now add negative margins in the new margin padding selector in the email builder.
• Users can now use other CSS units such as rem em auto % etc.
• Slightly increased the size of the component to reduce clutter.

 

Link Customization in Global Appearance of Email Builder

We’re thrilled to introduce a new feature that lets you easily manage the appearance of links across your content. Now, you can set link parameters directly in the Global Appearance section.

Why We Did It?

Streamlining the link customization process was our goal based on user feedback. By centralizing link settings globally, we make it simpler to maintain a consistent look and feel throughout your project.

Benefits:

• Consistency Made Easy: Define link colors and styles globally to maintain a professional and consistent appearance across your content.
• Save Time: No more manual updates in multiple places. Set global parameters, and changes apply universally, saving you time and effort.
• Stay Relevant: Quickly adapt to design trends by adjusting link parameters globally, ensuring your content is always up-to-date.

How to Use?

• Go to the global Appearance section in your Builder.
• Find Link section and update your Style and Colour preferences

Inline Editing Flexibility:

• Any inline edits you make will automatically get prioritized to the global link parameters, ensuring we provide a two way flexibility to our users.

We’re excited about these customization options and hope they enhance the email content creation experience.

 

Affiliate Manager

 Now Supporting NMI & Authorize.net

Exciting news for our Affiliate Manager users! We’ve expanded our horizons and now proudly support commissions through NMI and Authorize.net alongside our existing Stripe integration.

New Features at a Glance:

• Diversified Payment Options: Now, enjoy the flexibility of processing commissions through Stripe, NMI, or Authorize.net.
• Choose Your Default: Select your default payment provider in the payments integration settings. Opt for either Authorize.net or NMI based on your preferences.

Note: While we’re super excited about this update, we haven’t included PayPal support just yet. The payment module integration with PayPal, especially for recurring transactions and subscriptions, needs more fine-tuning. We’re eager to hear customer feedback on this! If there’s enough demand, we’ll collaborate with the developer team to make it happen.

Deleting Affiliates

We’ve just rolled out a game-changing feature for Affiliate Manager – the ability to delete affiliates effortlessly! With just a few clicks, you can now manage your affiliate campaigns more efficiently than ever.

How to Make it Happen:

1. Navigate to the Affiliate Tab on your dashboard.
2. Locate the affiliate you wish to remove.
3. Click on the three-dot menu next to the affiliate’s name.
4. Select “Delete Affiliate” from the options.

Important Note:

Deleting an affiliate isn’t just about removing a name – it’s a comprehensive action. Here’s what happens:

• All associated leads, customers, commissions, and payouts linked to the affiliate will be deleted.
• The affiliate’s campaign URL will be deactivated.

Why it Matters:

Empower yourself with streamlined campaign management. Whether it’s cleaning up your roster or starting fresh, deleting affiliates is now a breeze!

Payments

 Multi-currency support for product creation and accepting payments

Prior to this release, a user residing in the USA could only create and send invoices in USD dollar ( the currency mapped to their account location). This includes currency restrictions in all of the invoice products like Text2Pay, Invoice Template, Recurring Template

On creation of products we only supported products with prices in the same currency and there was further restriction that allowed creation of products only in their subaccount location.

To overcome the above issues, users had to change their account location to a location that had the currency they need and post creation of an invoice / product in that location they switched back to their original location which resulted in poor experience and created a major need for having multi-currency support on Invoicing & Payments.

Now, users will be able to create products in their preferred choice of currency and accept payments. This means that the business country would no longer define the currency of the products, invoices, or Text2Pay links. This solves a major point of creating separate products targeted toward specific geographies or sending invoices to customers in different countries.

This covers support in creating preferred currency products, sending one-time or recurring invoices in any currency, sending a Tex2Pay link as per the contact’s country and currency, and charging a card while on the contacts list page.

How will this impact my old Invoices and Products?

This will not impact any of the older products or invoices created.

How can I use it ?

• Head over to Payments -> Products -> create Product here while choosing the price one can define the price in different currencies for a product. One can later use this product in a host of other places.
• Head over to Payments -> Invoice -> Create Invoice in order to make use of multi-currency and be able to add a product in any currency of your choice. One can also dynamically create a product from Create an Item option present here in any currency.
• One also has the option now to use it in Recurring Template and Invoice Template
• Head over to Contacts -> Your Customer -> In the Activity tab of Payments make use of the Charge Now option as per your ease or in the conversations click on the $ symbol to make use of Text2Pay for creating and sending a text2Pay invoice in any currency.

 

Social Planner

Upload your own Background to Review Post in Social Planner

Discover the Power of Social Proof and Supercharge Your Success with Reviews!

Builds Trust and Credibility: Immerse your audience in a world of trust! Positive reviews transform satisfied customers into your biggest advocates, establishing unwavering credibility for your business.

Word-of-Mouth Magic:  Ignite a wildfire of excitement! Let your customers become the heroes of your story, sharing their incredible experiences across social media. Watch as their network of friends and followers rush to join the ranks of your satisfied clientele.

Boosted Visibility, Maximum Impact: Rocket your content to the top! Social media algorithms crave engagement, and positive reviews are the fuel you need. Garner likes, comments, and shares to catapult your posts into the spotlight, magnifying your business’s visibility.

Social Proof Spectacle: Witness the magic of social proof! Each positive review is a shining beacon, signaling to potential customers that your products and services are not just exceptional but an absolute must-have. Let the reviews speak for themselves and watch your customer base soar!

Engage, Connect, Belong: Foster a vibrant community! Sharing customer reviews on social media sparks conversations, encourages interactions, and weaves a tight-knit tapestry of brand enthusiasts. Your customers become part of something bigger, creating a genuine connection with your brand.

Turn Challenges into Triumphs: Embrace every opportunity! Even in the face of challenges, negative reviews are your stepping stones to improvement. Respond with grace, showcase your commitment to customer satisfaction, and turn setbacks into success stories.

How does uploading your own background for publishing Reviews in Social Planner?

1. Go to Marketing > Social Planner
2. In Social Planner, connect your socials for scheduling and publishing posts.
3. Click on create new post, there will be option of Review Post.
4. Select the integration in dropdown of GMB and Facebook
5. Add your own multiple background or select from the list. Background will rotated while posting the reviews
6. Select the stars for which you would like to publish
7. Select the number of post to be done in a day, week, month and at the specific time.

 

Instagram Creator Account in Social Planner 

Social Planner now support Instagram Creator Account. Instagram provides three options – Personal, Business and Creator accounts.

Social Planner supports the multiple business account(s), now we support multiple Creator Account(s). Creator accounts are tailored for influencers, content creators, and public figures. Includes features like “Shops” for selling merchandise directly on Instagram.

How to Create a Post for Instagram Creator Account?

1. Go to Marketing > Social Planner
2. Go to Social Planner Settings, go to section of Instagram account.
3. Instagram Account requires Facebook login credentials, it will show Facebook connected with Instagram Creator accounts.
4. User can select the Instagram Creator account to publish posts, story or reels.

 

Communities

In App Notifications

In App Notifications were one of the most important features for driving engagement into communities. These Notifications help members and owners of the communities to get updated with activities happening inside different groups, courses and certifications etc.

Currently we are supporting In App notifications for Tagged in a post and Tagged in a comment. You can find In App notifications by clicking on bell icon on the top right corner besides user profile view.

Some Features of In App Notifications:

• Users will see a counter over the bell icon with number of unread notifications
• A blue Dot will be visible besides all unread notifications
• Users can choose to view either all or only unread notifications

 

Optimization for mobile screens

Optimized Communities Home and Post timeline for Mobile View

1. Better attachment previews and layout on mobile screen for better user experience on mobile platform.
2. Users can now Join groups through mobile, which was not possible earlier
3. Post edit/delete/copy link options now present in drawer format on mobile for better user experience

Bug fixes:

Restricted Owner deletion even if contact is deleted so that owners can still access groups even after contact is deleted- Received the most number of tickets for this issue

 

Dashboards

 Embed external content on your Dashboards

Now introducing the Embed Objects feature, allowing you to seamlessly integrate diverse online content into your FGF dashboards using iframes. Elevate your dashboard experience by incorporating web pages, Google Data Studio reports, Google Docs, slideshows, calendars, Loom videos, YouTube videos, social media posts, feeds, and more!

How this benefits you:

• Centralized Insights: Embed content from third-party platforms like calendars, YouTube videos, or widgets, providing a consolidated view of all your crucial information within FGF.
• Data Simplification: Say goodbye to scattered data. Consolidate external reports and media directly into FGF dashboards, streamlining your workflow and ensuring easy access to vital information.
• Interactive Experience: Enjoy a dynamic data visualization experience. Interact with diverse insights seamlessly without switching between platforms, gaining a comprehensive perspective for more informed decision-making—all within FGF.
• Placeholder Support: Use placeholder variables in the URL/Iframe src to dynamically utilize sub-account’s properties.

How to Add Embed Objects to Your Dashboard:

1. Click on the dashboard’s edit icon, and “Add Widget“.
2. Navigate to the “Objects” tab, and click on “Embed“
3. Enter your desired title.
4. Choose the type:

• URL: Embed a specific URL by ensuring it is fully qualified.
• Example URL: https://www.instagram.com/p/C04TE0DsEkW/embed/
• IFRAME: If your source provides iframe code, select this option and input the code in the text box.
• Example IFRAME Code: <iframe src=”https://www.openstreetmap.org/export/embed.html?bbox=-0.004017949104309083%2C51.47612752641776%2C0.00030577182769775396%2C51.478569861898606&layer=mapnik”>

5. Optionally, add placeholder in the url, if required. For example:

• {{location.id}}
• {{location.name}}

6. Optionally, hide the title for the embedded widget by selecting “Hide Title” in advanced settings.
7. Click “Save” to apply the changes.

 

Client Portal

SSO Magic Links 

We’re thrilled to announce a new feature in our client portal experience—SSO Magic Links for individual client portal apps!

Key Features:

• Generate Magic Links: Users can now effortlessly generate magic links directly from the client portal dashboard for individual client portal child apps (Courses, Communities, Affiliates)
• Custom Menu Integration: These magic links can be seamlessly embedded as custom menu items.
• Benefits – Users can now efficiently generate magic links from the dashboard, facilitating swift logins and eliminating the need for repeated sign-ins.

How to use Magic Links:

Go to Client Portal Dashboard > Actions > Generate Magic Link > Generate the relevant magic link

 

Tasks

Create Tasks for your Team Members

Introducing Standalone Tasks – Create and Assign Tasks to your Team members without the need of a contact.

What’s New:

• Create Tasks without the need of a contact from the “Tasks List View”
• Assign, remove or Reassign the Contact to a task in the “Tasks List View”
• Filter – Use ” No Contact” option in the contact filter option to filter tasks without a contact

This release is our first step towards enabling internal task management for our Customers. This release gives “Task” its own identity and the ability to be fully detached from contacts. The task list view is where the customers can start utilizing this and future releases will be geared to making it more useful.

 

New Features In Labs

Custom Values

We are excited to announce 3 key features for Custom Values:

1. Create Folders to manage custom values
2. Add or move custom values among folders for ease of use
3. Harness the power of the Folders in all your Custom Values drop-downs

Note: Custom Values can exist without a folder 

This release allows the customers to create folders and add custom values to these folders. This makes management of the custom values far easier that what is currently available and helps customers efficiently segregate and maintain their custom Values.

This feature is available in Labs for the next 2 weeks.

This has been a very large effort from multiple teams to standardize the Custom Values Dropdown and allow for this feature but it opens up the avenue to add more options to the dropdown and have it visible everywhere else. Requesting teams that are yet in the process of releasing this for their modules to quickly do so as a few places already support this and there will be inconsistency in the platform.