CrowdComms New CMS
An introduction to our new CMS
The new dashboard is a complete rewrite of our existing, renowned content management system. The document below will outline what's new, what's different, and what's not there.
The new dashboard is in beta, meaning that although many hours of testing have gone in to it, there may still be some quirks here and there. If you find any, be sure to fill in the form in the top right of the CMS to leave your feedback!
It's important to note that the data is still the same between the existing dashboard and the beta dashboard. This means that if you find something is missing, you can always hop back to the old dashboard to finish your task. All the data you've added on the new dashboard will be there!
For a summary of what's missing and what's changed in the new dashboard, skip to the table at the end of this document.
What's New?
Total Redesign
We gave our dashboard a much needed lick of paint. Ranging from full page redesigns (such as the activity feed), to granular improvements to the smaller elements of our app, such as form components, date pickers and much more. Although everything may look quite different, most things are still in the same place and so should feel quite familiar.
- App-wide redesign, with most elements receiving a makeover in appearance and usability.
- Everything is mostly in the same place, but organised more ergonomically.
- Improved UI elements such as forms, tables, date pickers, icon pickers, dropdown boxes and buttons
- Total redesign of some pages such as activity feed.
- Dark mode available.
Old vs New
Image Gallery Overhaul
A collection of new features and improvements revolving around the image library, we've added some extra functionality to make the image library the useful asset that it should be.
- Upload multiple images at once
- Place images from your image library anywhere across the app
- A new, slick interface for managing and previewing your app images.
- Ability to scale down quality of images on every upload.
Mobile Friendly & PWA
Bringing our event dashboard to your pocket, you can now create an entire event from your mobile device!
- Do everything that you can on your desktop, with the convenience of it being in your pocket.
- Install the app on your desktop for easy access in your Mac OS dock or windows toolbar.
- Install the app on your iOS device or android for easy access from your home screen.
Page Builder / HTML Module Improvements
Another collection of improvements and new features, we've put some time in to improving the experience of the creatives amongst you.
- New image gallery page builder template
- Full screen code editor with autocomplete and find & replace utilities
- Live preview for HTML pages
- Duplicate a page builder in to another page builder module, or HTML page
Various Smaller Improvements
If we gave everything its own section, this would be a very long document! So here's a summary of smaller new features that will help you to create the best event app possible.
- Set a direct link module as your home page, meaning that an agenda session can be the first page attendees land on
- Global
search,search: ability to search through all your modules without filtering through the long list - Locations library for a central place to view all locations, and manage text locations.
- Improvements to
makeclarity of errormessaging more clear.messages - Information at every step of the way around the app. More tooltips, info boxes and links to documentation.
- Ability to now import & export challenges
- Performance improvements. App should now be much quicker, and will perform better when in areas with poor connection.
- Ability to batch delete library items such as images and documents.
- View the progress of videos when uploading multiple at once.
Tiny Tweaks
- Every form will now check to confirm you want to leave a page with unsaved changes
- View the name of your current window in the tab bar.
- More information displayed in tables in libraries
- View a preview on your iframe module
Moved/Unavailable Features
| Feature | Old CMS | New CMS |
| Login page link | App Settings -> Features page | App Settings -> Authentication tab |
| Widgets Module | Widget Module | Deprecated - will not be added to the new dashboard |
| Analytics | Sidebar tab Tab | Planned for future release |
| Cvent Integration | Integrations Page | Planned for future release |
| Display Screens | Sidebar Tab | Planned for future release |
| Google Analytics Setup | Integrations Tab | Planned for future release |
| Alerts | Sidebar tab | App Settings |
| Triggers | Sidebar tab | App Settings |
| Module Management | Sidebar | Module management page (home page for modules section) |