{"id":950,"date":"2011-05-23T15:46:18","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T22:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/?p=950"},"modified":"2011-05-23T15:46:18","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T22:46:18","slug":"salonmonster-gets-an-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/salonmonster-gets-an-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"salonMonster gets an upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We\u2019re  excited to announce our latest upgrades to salonMonster. As of today  your salonMonster account will include these nifty new features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Support for book-backs \/ split appointments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us2.admin.mailchimp.com\/_ssl\/proxy.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgallery.mailchimp.com%2F5be025f337543304ac4b6a6e4%2Fimages%2Fbookback1.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"172\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This  includes a switch to duration from start and end times (meaning  choosing the length of an appointment instead of selecting a start time  and \u00a0end time when booking from within the salon calendar.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us2.admin.mailchimp.com\/_ssl\/proxy.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgallery.mailchimp.com%2F5be025f337543304ac4b6a6e4%2Fimages%2Fbookback2.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"293\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Appointment status setting.<\/strong> Now you can mark no-shows and completed appointments.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us2.admin.mailchimp.com\/_ssl\/proxy.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgallery.mailchimp.com%2F5be025f337543304ac4b6a6e4%2Fimages%2Fstatus.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"71\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Embeddable version of client booking page<\/strong>,  which means instead of clients being redirected to your salonMonster  booking page, you or your Web developer can place your booking page  directly into your pre-existing Website!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us2.admin.mailchimp.com\/_ssl\/proxy.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgallery.mailchimp.com%2F5be025f337543304ac4b6a6e4%2Fimages%2Fembedded.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"649\" height=\"382\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>A \u201ccost\u201d field for each appointment <\/strong>that will keep a basic record of your subtotals. \u00a0Especially useful with our upcoming reporting feature.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us2.admin.mailchimp.com\/_ssl\/proxy.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgallery.mailchimp.com%2F5be025f337543304ac4b6a6e4%2Fimages%2Fprice.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"30\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Named phone number fields<\/strong> (home, mobile, work), with extension support. Phone 1 will  automatically be set as mobile phone and Phone 2 as home phone. If you  want to set this up differently for your salon, just contact us and  we\u2019ll be happy to do that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Client note indicator on staff calendar<\/strong> so you don\u2019t miss important messages from clients.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us2.admin.mailchimp.com\/_ssl\/proxy.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgallery.mailchimp.com%2F5be025f337543304ac4b6a6e4%2Fimages%2Fnotes.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"94\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>\u201cReferred by\u201d and \u201cBirthday\u201d fields <\/strong>for each client.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>The ability to label your time off.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us2.admin.mailchimp.com\/_ssl\/proxy.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgallery.mailchimp.com%2F5be025f337543304ac4b6a6e4%2Fimages%2Fbooked_off.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Vacations and breaks are now marked<\/strong> on the salon&#8217;s calendar in grey to prevent booking confusion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us2.admin.mailchimp.com\/_ssl\/proxy.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgallery.mailchimp.com%2F5be025f337543304ac4b6a6e4%2Fimages%2Fbreaks_vacation.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"273\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If  you have questions regarding these new features or any of the other  features of salonMonster please feel free to contact us anytime!<\/p>\n<p>We want to be your favourite Monster,<\/p>\n<p><strong> The team at salonMonster<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re excited to announce our latest upgrades to salonMonster. As of today your salonMonster account will include these nifty new features: &#8211; Support for book-backs \/ split appointments. 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