Category: Saffire

We are thrilled to announce our latest update Saffire 2.3! We think the features we’ve added to the Saffire platform will make life that much easier for our clients as well as help their customers enjoy their experience on their website even more. Check out the new features we’ve added below!

1. SaffireScan is now available, and we think it’s one of the most exciting pieces of Saffire to date! Our clients are now able to sell print-at-home tickets from their website. We’ve developed an easy-to-use app for Apple devices (which we can provide if you need) that allows you to scan the ticket your customer has purchased and printed from home anywhere on your grounds. This new way of selling and redeeming tickets will make it even easier for our clients to increase their advance online revenue. Here’s a video to find out more about SaffireScan!
2. We have completely overhauled editing and creating events with the addition of “Quick Add”. We now have a way for our clients to put an event on their interactive event schedule without the need of creating items or building out their event page along with updating the entire process of editing events.
   1. Quick Add will allow you to post just the day and/or time and name of an event to your schedule.
   2. Easier to use drop downs for selecting days and times for creating and editing events.
   3. Simpler filters to quickly reach the events you’re ready to edit.
   4. Toggling between listed and unlisted events can be done with one click from the admin tool, as well as selecting an event to be an “our pick.”
3. We are introducing new homepage features and interactive event schedule customization!
   1. Now our clients can link the image on their homepage to any page or event they choose. We think this will help to get your customers clicking as you can select any photography you like for an event.
   2. “Thanks for Attending” message can be automated with the click of a button long before your event happens so that you don’t have to worry about updating your website immediately after your event.
   3. You can pick the default view of your interactive event schedule with the click of a button too. You decide if list or gallery view is the way you want your schedule to appear.
4. We’ve added Instagram as a social media outlet for your customers to stay connected to your event.

As always, you can check out our YouTube Channel – SaffireStudio to keep up with this release. If you have questions on any of these new features or items we’d love to fill you in or catch you up on the quick-paced evolution of Saffire! Give us a call at 512-430-1123 or email us at info@saffire.com. 

We are excited to bring you Saffire 2.1! You will find that this release makes your site even easier for you to use, as well as provides an enriched viewing experience for your customers. Read about the awesome new features listed below!

New Features

1. Your interactive event schedule will now have a completely new look to enrich your customers’ browsing experience. It will contain the same great functionality before, but now:
   1. The schedule will be divided by events per day.
   2. The schedule can be filtered to easily display color-coordinated categories that display in the grid.
   3. The hover and quick view features now include even more “quick view” information.

If you missed our interactive event schedule webinar, we strongly recommend you watch the video linked here to learn more about the new interactive event schedule format.
Watch this video to learn more!

1. With Saffire version 2.1, your homepage will now be rendered without Adobe Flash. Your page will be displayed in a newer format called jquery! Now your homepage can now be viewed the same on devices regardless of whether they support Flash, including iPads! Due to the complexity of this change, we will be scheduling clients on a more individual basis to actually make the conversion. Keep an eye out for important communication from us regarding this shift!
2. Our ShoWorks integration is now even tighter! After saving your final results, simply click the “Publish on Saffire” button within ShoWorks, select the event for which you want to display the results, and they will immediately show on your Saffire site.
   Watch this video to learn more!

It’s officially here: Saffire 2.0! As you know, our releases are always a mix of customer requests and the latest internet trends. With the continuing rise in popularity of mobile internet, we are bringing you Saffire Mobile Admin, so you can update the most crucial elements of your website right from your smart phone.

Mobile Enhancements

We now give you the ability to maintain important features of your website on the go with your new mobile admin site! You can change your general message, update your homepage features or edit basic information about your events or all from your smart phone.
Watch this video to learn more!

SaffireMail Enhancements

It’s now easier than ever before to keep in touch with your email list! When you create a campaign, adding your content is very similar to adding dynamic page content. You can drag and drop modules as you wish to give you more control over the layout for your emails.
Watch this video to learn more!

Customer Site Enhancements

1. Your customers now have the ability to search for items within your interactive event map!  This box searches only map items and auto-fills based on the first few characters of their search criteria.
2. From now on, if you only have one event in any given subcategory, the link from the dropdown goes directly to the event detail page!
3. You now have the ability to change information about multiple events with ease! Use the check boxes in your events list to select as many events as you wish and then use the “Actions” dropdown to list, deactivate or unlist several items at one time. You can even use this functionality to control the “Our Pick” icon!
   Watch this video to learn more!
4. You now have the ability to “Quick Edit” your events without leaving the event listing page! This will help you be more efficient with your Saffire site.
   Watch this Video to Learn More!
5. You now have the ability to add any text in the cost field for each of your items. We hope you can use this to get the word out about free events happening on your grounds and boost overall gate admission!
6. If you have one sponsor that stands out among the rest, you now have the ability to place a sponsor logo on your homepage permanently, while your other sponsor logos continue to scroll!
7. You now have the opportunity to specify which of your photos appear in the photo gallery!
8. When adding Featured Events in year-round mode or adding More Exciting Events, you no longer have to give events a title. You can also opt to leave off the link on your More Exciting Events. These changes allow you to be a little more creative in the management of your homepage.

Saffire Commerce ENHANCEMENTS

1. You can now add custom text to the receipt that your customer automatically receives after they place an order within Saffire Commerce. This can help you relay a message about a specific item or even just provide a way for you to show your thanks for their purchase!
2. Additionally, if there is a date and time associated with an item, this information will now automatically appear on the customer receipt!