Changelog

Platform improvements and bugfixes

Last week we released a big upgrade to our platform. Naturally some bugs slip through. This week we've been hard at work fixing these and making small improvements to areas that we feel needed some more love.

Changes

• Added a weekly summary email that is sent out to customers updating them on new posts being added from customers. Was easy to forget if something had happened earlier which made you miss out on new customer data.
• Fixed a bug with sorting for newest and oldest whcih did not work correctly.
• All colorpickers now can handle non-hex value input and should be easier to work with.
• Upload call to action is now disabled by default
• Added a 'Company uploads' source to differ uploads from customers and company uploaded posts.
• Moved the video to
• Improved the Google Login experience
• Set the default interface theme to light mode instead of dark mode, even though we love it!
• You can now use a space in your username
• Added the possibility to add and remove labels in the bulk selector!
• Added a function to select all posts in the post view.
• You can now view the original Instagram posts from the post page in the platform. This enables for further investigation of post.
• Set customer name instead of anonymous
• Changed profile pictures to display an Instagram logo if the post is from Instagram.
• Can now download multiple posts using the bulk select.
• Fileters are now cleared when leaving certain pages to not confuse users that there are no posts when visiting other post based pages.
• Added Sentry to track front-end errors and bugs more easily to solve issues proactivley.
• Added possibility to add new tags in the the tag popup for a quicker workflow.
• Implemented a brand new help center and added more tutorials in the admin panel to guide users on all things UGC.
• Colorpicker for labels generate a random color to add some randomness to the colors used.
• Added gallery product preview images on hover.

Bug fixes

• Fixed better error handling pages so users can get back to work faster if something happends
• Fixed a bug with sorting for newest and oldest whcih did not work correctly.
• Hourly Instagram data sync now works correctly.
• Changed name on Tagged products to be easier to understand
• Tags for development stores now display correctly
• Removed gallery did not disappear from pages where the code was emebeded. This is now working correctly.
• All products should now display under the tag prooducts view.
• Fixed a bug where the collage did not change pictures correctly.
• Fixed a bug where users got stuck in the final step of the getting started tutorial.
• Fixed a bug where the gallery said that there were always changes even though no changes had been made.
• Cron jobs should now be more reliable and stable when running
• Last synced posts should now be displayed per workspace and not account specific.
• Minimized the upload a post text for call to action in galleries on mobile.
• Fixed a bug where install on new theme did not work.
• Fixed a bug with shopify that edited theme files everytime the customer logged into Cevoid. This does not happen any more and does not generate messages in the Shopify admin panel.
• Corrected some help center links that linked to old website.
• Added a fix for long product names on the new gallery product preview cards.

Major update: Brand new platform!

The day is finally here. Our brand new admin platform has been released to the public after alot of work and testing. All customers should now see the improved platform when they visit app.cevoid.com. Below you will find a detailed list of all the changes that has been made compared to the old version.

All major changes:

• Fully revamped the logic, design and UX of the platform
• Sources: Connect any available source and collect content from that instance. This can for example be an instagram account, custom upload form and in the near future: Google drive folders, instagram hashtags and much more.
• Galleries: Now work and contain different content from each other and can customized individually aswell. This change adds alot of flexibility to how crative you can be when building gallerie to display on your website.
• Filters: We've added many filters for all types of attributes so that you can find what you're looking for easier and faster.
• Settings has been fully rebuilt and moved to a separate section to prevent confusion of what can be mofifed where.
• Labels: You can now label and categories all your content using the fully custom labels. Labels can be used to categories product categories or something like a campaign name.
• Improved the tagging and caption editing to make it easier to find which products you want to tag in your posts.
• Added sorting in the platform so that you can change which posts to display first when you're working.
• Again, improved the onboarding experience for new customers to make it easier to get started with collection UGC.
• Auto import for Instagram content. The sync is now done once every day for customers on the free plan and once every hour for our paid plans.
• Auto import of Shopify products, The sync is now done once every day.
• Added bulk editor support so that you can work faster and waste less time on repeating tasks. Bulk tools that are available now are: Change status, Tag products, change caption and download which lets you download any image or video posts so that you can use the content anywhere you want to.

Minor updates and bugfixes

We are currently hard at work with a rebuild of the platform and how we will allow all users to manage and collect their content much more efficiently. During this time we've still fixed some buggs and minor issues on the platform but will focus the majority of our time on the new launch. Stay tuned!

Detailed list of updates:

• Updated terms of service for better handling of content from Instagram and Facebook.
• Improvements of caching for galleries on store websites for faster loading.
• Fixed bug with video posts which made it impossible to remove video posts.
• Improved general styling for galleries. Some of the most popular themes for Shopify collided with our styling which hid the upload call-to-action. This is now resolved.

Updates and bugfixes

This month we have been seeing alot of positive feedback regarding the new upload experince. The general time to upload has been decreased since before. We have made some bugfixes regarding the uploading step which was caused by some browsers.

Instagram video!

We have added support for Instagram video! Automatic instagram syncs now also import your videos and display them in your galleries. If you want to try this new feature, sync your instagram posts again and you should now see the videos under unlisted posts.

More customisation and a better upload experience

In this update we've listened to a lot of customer feedback and what you all have requested in terms of features! We've added more customisation to the galleries and added language support so that the galleries and upload form can match the language of the website. We've also made a huge overhaul to the upload experience which should now be much smoother for the people uploading content to your store. The public uploading page also got a completely new design and layout which should feel much more engaging and easier to use.

Detailed list of updates:

• Added the possibility to hide the call to action box in all different galleries if you don't feel like collecting content from your customers on site.
• Added support for call to action placement. You're able to decide if you want to place the call to action box at the start or end of your galleries.
• Added translation options for the galleries and upload forms! We now support:
  • English
  • Swedish
  • Spanish
  • German
  • French
  • Danish
  • Portugese
  • If your language is not on the list and you wish to add it, send a mail to info@cevoid.com with your desired language and we'll add support for it.
• Updated the design for all setting pages to make them more uniform, easier to understand and use
• Added a settings page for the upload form where you can change all texts and the branding to match your websites.
• Changed the public upload page and made it more engaging for customer and integrated the new upload form to it.

More features and better customization

The last two weeks we have been focusing on listening to what our customers want and feel that they are missing with the galleries. We therefore added alot of customization to the galleries to make it easier for everyone to make the Cevoid galleris match their website.

Detailed list of updates:

• Added a feature for Gallery settings which enable customers to hide the Cevoid branding
• Added language support and translations in galleries for Swedish, Spanish, Portugese, Danish, German and French. You can now choose which language you want the gallery to appear in on your website.
• Call-to-action customization and styling. You can now change the text, color and appearence of the call-to-aciton box inside the galleries.
• Improved the 'Display a gallery' page to be more welcoming and simple to use.
• Added the Cevoid head script in store settings for manual installation purposes.
• It is now possible to have a period in your username.
• Improved image optimization for all galleries and product images to speed up the galleries.
• Added a load more spinner for the feed when loading more images.
• Improved gallery load speeds by approximatley 30%
• Increased the size of products displayed in the popup for mobile devices.
• General UI, UX and responsive improvements in the admin panel.
• Fixed social media linking inside the shoppable popup window to visit users and companies instagram profile.
• Fixed a bug with the collage gallery that created a glitch when there were to few images.

Start of 2021, what's new?

Since our launch we've seen many store owners and entrepeneurs use our app and we've gotten alot of feedback from everyone which has been very valuable! The changes that we're released today include a total rebuild of the onboarding experience for our Shopify customers. Prior we had a checklist for our setup which was quite frankly very tedious and hard to understand for alot of people. The new 'getting started' guide for all new owners should be much more intuitive and better prepare stores for the content that the stores can be filled with.

Detailed list of updates:

• Total rebuild of Getting started.
• Changed the displaying of prices to the correct formatting for US stores to periods for decimal values.
• New guides in the help center to help new store owners getting setup and installing the galleries.
• Changed the name 'Widgets' to 'Galleries' in the whole platform, which is easer to understand.
• Added a modal in the settings/store which Shopify stores can use to install Cevoid on secondary themes.
• Added translations for the widget to: spanish, german, french and swedish. These translations are active if the users browser is set to that specific language, otherwise it defaults to english.
• Added a button to report innaproriate content on desktop as well as in mobile.
• Changed the menu structure to make it more easy on the eyes and easier to use.
• Added support for stores that are still in development to be able to link to product preview links.

What's new?

In the last update we have worked and updated the following features.

• Added support for products in gallery generator
• Changed layout in gallery generator
• Added Thumbnail gallery in gallery generator

What's new?

In the last update we have worked and updated the following features.

• Update invite generator
• Auto import products when installing Shopify gallery
• Added another step in Getting started for adding gallery to your site
• Show notifications in sidebar if actions is required for untagged posts and unlisted posts
• Better support for Woocommerce stores in getting started
• Built a gallery builder to make it easier to generate correct shortcodes for diffeent types of galleries with different sources of content, straight from your data-sources.