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Weekly Recap: Collapsible Sidebar, QR Code Printouts & RCS Text Preview โœจ๐Ÿ“ฑ

Weekly Recap: Collapsible Sidebar, QR Code Printouts & RCS Text Preview โœจ๐Ÿ“ฑ
Hey photo friends! ๐Ÿ‘‹

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Candy here with another round of NowCandid updates! This week brings a more flexible Dashboard sidebar, easier QR code sharing, a new price level reference page, and a preview of cleaner-looking RCS messaging.

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๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Dashboard Improvements

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๐Ÿ“Œ Collapsible Sidebar on desktopโ€

  • You can now collapse the Dashboard Sidebar to give yourself more room. Click the edge of the Sidebar to toggle it, or use CTRL/CMD+B or CTRL/CMD+S.

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๐ŸŽ“ โ€œClass of 2026โ€ background pack addedโ€

  • Available now in the Offer Creator.

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๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Participant Details fixโ€

  • Invisible BGR images now appear where expected.

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๐Ÿ“… Event Calendar fixโ€

  • Hidden Events no longer appear on the Event Calendar.

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โšก Better performance for large Eventsโ€

  • Event Participants and Manage Images pages now behave better with several thousand participants or images, including faster initial loading, longer timeouts, and clearer loading feedback.

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๐Ÿ“Š Default Price Levels Overview is now built into the Dashboardโ€

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View it here: https://app.nowcandid.com/offers/price-level-overview

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๐Ÿ”ณ QR Creator Upgrade: Printable QR Code Cards

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๐Ÿ–จ๏ธ Download a PDF sheet of QR code cardsโ€

  • The NowCandid QR Code Generator can now create a printable PDF sheet with customizable text.

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Great for:

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๐ŸŽ“ Placing QR cards on graduation chairs for Selfie Check-In

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๐Ÿˆ Handing out QR cards at sports events linking to an All Images Gallery

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๐Ÿ“ธ Creating polished cards for check-in links, retail links, or any URL you want to share

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๐Ÿ’ฌ RCS Messaging Preview

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Weโ€™re testing RCS messaging for some texts.

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๐Ÿ“ฑ Texts can appear as coming from โ€œFreePicsโ€ instead of a phone number

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๐Ÿ“ท Uses a generic camera-style logo to keep things white-labeled

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โœ… Helps messages look cleaner and easier to find

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๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ May help reduce spam filtering in some cases

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Currently, RCS is available for:

  • Dashboard 2FA texts
  • Find Me Portal texts

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Weโ€™ll likely explore rolling this out to marketing texts after grad season.

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๐Ÿ›๏ธ Retail Updates

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๐Ÿ’ธ Slash-through pricing improvedโ€

  • Slash-through amounts now use week 3 pricing when applicable, or ร  la carte pricing if that is higher.
  • So now, we've ensured your customer is always seeing the maximum amount of Discount being provided! Automatically.

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๐Ÿ“ฆ Personal Gallery Download slash-through priceโ€

  • Even though Personal Gallery Download is technically a package, it can now show a slash-through price based on the individual download product in your Event, when available.

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๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Better package performance with BGR imagesโ€

  • Selecting and editing BGR images inside packages should feel faster.

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๐Ÿงผ Cleaner BGR timing on retail

  • โ€Images going through background removal will no longer appear on the retail site before the BGR process is finished.
  • This helps keep galleries clearer for shoppers! Especially during grad season, when high BGR volume can occasionally slow processing down.

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๐Ÿงฉ Favorites Gallery download fixโ€

  • Fixed an edge case where the Personal Image Gallery Download product could appear for Favorites Galleries even when Dynamic Personal Gallery Download was not enabled.

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๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Small Fixes & Cleanup

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๐Ÿ“… Hidden Events no longer appear on the Event Calendar.

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๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Invisible BGR images now display correctly on Participant Details.

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โšก Large Events with thousands of participants or images should feel more stable and responsive.

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Thatโ€™s the update for this week!

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From a cleaner Dashboard layout to printable QR cards and better retail pricing displays, these changes are all about making NowCandid easier to use in real-world event workflows.

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Keep creating magic,โ€

Candy ๐Ÿฌ

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How to customize formatting for each rich text

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