2023 IMPROVEMENTS

v.4.5.2

July 30, 2023

01

AESTHETIC FIX + SEO CHANGES:  Fixed ‘Filter by’ button text on sidebar of shop and product pages // Created optimized metadata + images (with optimized meta) for all product categories; targeting SERP

02

PRODUCT ADDITION:  1:45 Custom Mixes (of all package types) added to purchasable products front-end 

v.4.5.1

May 25, 2023

01

FEATURE FIX:  Relicensing function, allowing customers to re-purchase mixes they have purchased previously from inside the user’s account is now functional again

v.4.5

March 07, 2023

01

NEW FEATURE:  LIcenses are now displayed in a new user account endpoint in a 3 column table consisting of the respective Order Number, Team Name, and link for downloading said license.

02

NEW FEATURE ONLINE FILLABLE COUNT SHEET SYSTEM – Users now have 3 buttons for every order displayed in the orders page in their account; VIEW, COUNT SHEET, and INVOICE.  The “COUNT SHEET” button leads to a page with an embedded fillable count sheet.  When a user completes their count sheet, they can download with their changes saved to a new pdf file. 

There is a button beneath the embed whose link value s populated dynamically according to the current value of the variable url parameter of the page.  This redirects the user back to the order where they can upload their completed count sheet with ease.

v.4.2

January 10, 2023

01

IMPROVED FEATURE Competition Date field added to all premades.  This metadata is passed to Google Calendar via API in order to better prioritize mix scheduling.

02

BUG FIX Corrected customization option conflict where users purchasing rush order addons on premade mixes could not add to cart.  Conditional logic was applied to correct

2022 IMPROVEMENTS

v.4.2

August 19, 2022

01

IMPROVED FEATURE Reparation and optimization of existing license delivery automations by splitting each process into 2 separate processes.

02

IMPROVED FEATURE Improved bot detection

v.4.1.1

June 11, 2022

01

IMPROVED FEATURE Several backend adjustments to improve page load times

02

IMPROVED FEATURE Made changes to Song Swap Add-on options with the intention of simplifying the process when ordering

03

IMPROVED FEATURE Updated Premade mix automations to improve reliability of license delivery and simple order management

04

IMPROVED FEATURE Mix tags have been culled & merged in order to improve the browsing experience for customers.

v.4.1

February 7, 2022

01

IMPROVED FEATURE Added Layer 3 & 4 DDoS protection

02

IMPROVED FEATURE Implemented new CDN & Lossless Image Compression

03

IMPROVED FEATURE Autonomous Bot recognition and re-routing through overlay network

v.4.0

January 22, 2022

01

IMPROVED FEATURE Added 2 New tutorial videos to the help section.

02

IMPROVED FEATURE Improved load times /// Removed/Corrected all error returns /// 

03

BUG FIX Corrected issues with license generation, where orders with several various categories of mixes purchased were only returning 1 license to the order.

04

IMPROVED FEATURE/ROUTINE MAINTENANCE Updated color and year denoted on licenses issued hereafter.  QR Code on all licenses has also been updated to return a page that displays a “valid”/”invalid” message via our project in the wings, “MixCheck

2021 IMPROVEMENTS

v.3.9.1

September 30, 2021

01

IMPROVED FEATURE Implemented a “Thank You” page duality.  This means that customers purchasing premade mixes will, after payment, be redirected to a ‘thank you’ page that contains information & tutorials relative to premade mixes (license downloading, etc) and customers purchasing Custom Mixes are redirected to a different page with custom mix specific tutorials and info (count sheets/song selections/routine video uploads/etc).

v.3.9

September 29, 2021

01

IMPROVED FEATURE:  Rework of license download links in users’ accounts.

REASONING: a small fraction of users have reported ‘404 file not found’ errors being returned when clicking the license download buttons within their account.

FIX: Altered purchase-triggered automation sequences to upload created licenses to Google Drive instead of Microsoft OneDrive.  This not only provides ubiquity in download access, but also provides a direct download link via button click vs the previous OneDrive system, which redirected users to a OneDrive hosted download page.

v.3.8

September 25, 2021

01

BUG FIX:  Patched vulnerability for SQL injections and other code injections and installed framework to block visitors using VPN services to prevent further attacks.

02

IMPROVED FEATURE:  Audio player improvements, both UI/UX and codebase

v.3.7.6

September 6, 2021

01

NEW FEATURE:  Added a ‘DOWNLOAD CART AS QUOTE’ button to the cart to allow customers to download all prospective purchases as a pdf quote for the purposes of submission to employer.

v.3.7.1

August 3, 2021

01

IMPROVED FEATURE:  Added a ‘Count Sheet Questions’ drop-down with new instructional videos to assist customers when learning how to upload count sheets after making a purchase

02

BUG FIX:  Corrected issue where expected upload areas for count sheets for premade mix customers were displaying in long, vertical 160px containers to now show as full-width.

v.3.7

July 27, 2021

01

NEW FEATURE:  Added a ‘BPM to Counts’ matrix graphic to assist customers when determining which mix to buy and/or how to edit it to their needs

02

NEW FEATURE:  Added new Premade Mix Addon option for a ‘Cheer Break’

03

BUG FIX:  Corrected issue where expected upload areas for count sheets for premade mix customers were not displaying inside customer accounts

04

BUG FIX:  Corrected backend issue where producers were no longer able to easily upload completed custom mixes to their respective orders and then email said file to the customer from the admin backend

05

BUG FIX:  Reintroduced real-time audio duration values to the preview players on each mix’s page. This was done at to assist customers when selecting a clock point in a mix for either ‘Song Swaps’ or the new ‘Cheer Break’ feature 

06

NEW FEATURE:  Reintroduced/Rebranded “Relief Mixes”; the quasi-custom mix option that comes with a general structure already built-in (debuted during tjhe COVID-19 pandemic) as “Easy Mixes

v.3.5

May 21, 2021

01

NEW FEATURE:  IPP has dismounted from existing 3rd Party software which was previously handling all mix licensing. This has been replaced with a ground-up, in-house built, licensing system that now (after creating an uneditable pdf file with all customer entered information) delivers the created pdf license file via email attachment to the customer as well as to the user’s account section of the website; downloadable via one single clearly labled button per mix ordered (labeled with the program’s releative team name)

v.3.2.1

February 15, 2021

01

FIX:  Corrected issue with in-account ‘Mix Buttons’  (these allow custom mix customers to upload videos, count sheets, and song choices) where buttons where not displaying

02

NEW FEATURE:  New ‘Mega-Menu’ added to global header menu for Custom Mixes, allowing customers to quickly navigate to the mix package they are interested in purchasing, instead of having to navigate through the pricing page first.

2020 IMPROVEMENTS

v.3.2

November 3, 2020

01

NEW FEATURE:  Completed Premade Mix customizations & completed custom mixes now share the same endpoint within a user’s account.  Listed in table format with each corresponding team name, users can now more easily discern between downloads.

02

NEW FEATURE:  Video Assistance Bar added above user account dashboard globally.  2 accordion-style links that, when toggled open, reveal a drop down of several buttons. Each button opens a clean popup video tutorial related to the question posed in the button’s text 

v.3.1

October 26, 2020

01

FIX:  added arguments to prevent edit request buttons from rendering on order pages erroneously

v.3.0

October 26, 2020

01

NEW FEATURE:  Individual mix-related data is returned to ippmusic.com and assigned to the order it relates to in Airtable as a custom field.  These custom fields are then displayed dynamically, front-end, to customers viewing their order details page as buttons at the very top of their order. These buttons open line-item specific forms that allow the user to upload count sheets, videos of their routine, select their songs, or request an edit to a mix that has been completed.  The entirety of the codebase is contained in the custom plugin titled “IPP Custom Mix Buttons”

02

BUG FIX:  Customers uploading a count sheet or video to their order found that, after successful upload, their order status was changed to “Awaiting Info”.FIXED: Both the custom email notification system and automation scripting were improperly triggered/triggering.  The script was entirely disabled, debugged, and then re-implemented with argumentative logic to avoid future misfires. 

v.2.6

October 1, 2020

01

FEATURE REBUILD:  Removed previous ‘Save & Share Cart’ ability and rebuilt entirely.  New system allows for caching coupon codes, allowing for upgrading of already purchased products and  custom pricing on specific items for specific customers.  New feature also allows for customers to save carts ad infinitum, and retrieve them from their account dashboard at any time.

02

FEATURE IMPROVEMENT:  Social Login has been updated to match email accounts with those used on social media sites when either Facebook or Google ‘Social Login’ is used.  Meaning if a customer registers an account using their Facebook account, and then (hypothetically) weeks later uses the same email address to register an account using the standard registration process, both accounts are subsequently merged into one, aggregating all orders, etc.

v.2.5.4

May 31, 2020

01

NEW FEATURE:  Added Form Field Data persistence via Cloudflare delivery.  Information entered into any form will now be remembered when a user returns to a page they accidentally left or closed.

02

NEW FEATURE:  Added auto-address validation and form filling to the registration and checkout process.

03

REMOVED FEATURE:  Removed Paypal Credit from checkout options due to customer confusion in the checkout process

04

NEW PRODUCTS:  ALL 2020 Premade Mixes uploaded

v.2.5.3

April 20, 2020

02

BUG FIX:  Fixed User Account Display Caching issue

03

NEW FEATURE:  Added Paypal Credit to checkout options, allowing customers to finance their purchases

v.2.5.2

March 7, 2020

01

Reformatted mix catalog to grid layout to improve browsing speed/ease of use

02

BUG FIX:  Fixed overlaying mix titles

03

BUG FIX:  Fixed missing preview issue on several mixes

04

BACKEND:  Database cleanup.Improved load times and speed of ajax calls

05

Implemented fast live ajax search in search bar, sitewide.Results include mixes, posts & pages.

v.2.5.1

February 22, 2020

01

Added new audio preview player with global footer player and instant loading

02

BUG FIX:  Fixed octet-stream error opening mp3s in browser.  All purchased mixes now download without issue