System Releases

We’re making constant continual improvements to our gift voucher shops and gift admin area (the gift app) that make a positive impact on site performance (including ‘behind the scenes’). The table below shows details of recent release updates.


Date	Release	Notes
02/04/2025	Extension notes mandatory
	Bug fixes
26/03/2025	Print Assist feature
	Voucher deactivated automatically when valid to date reached
	Promo code fix	Warning message added when code already in use for same client/group
19/03/2025	Bug fixes
	Updates to Order Management
	Updates to Liability Report
	Umbraco upgrade prep
12/03/2025	Bug fixes to campaign pages
	Update to SSL certificate
06/03/2025	More info from Stripe in the Gift App
	Full Statements Manager
22/01/2025	WhatsApp and share icons added to voucher pages
04/12/2024	Bug fixes
13/11/2024	Error message improvements
	Bug fixes
06/11/2024	Bot protection enabled on Cloudflare
	User interface improvements
30/10/2024	New report added to the 'Reports' section
	Security upgrade of CRM
	Improved resilience of checkout
16/10/2024	Big fixes and improvements
09/10/2024	Report additions
25/09/2024	Bug fixed and improvements
18/09/2024	Discounted vouchers feature
	Checkout improvements	Update to order summary
	Partner group commission update
11/09/2024	Bulk order tool bug fix
	Optimisation of order importer tool
	Various other bug fixes and improvements
04/09/2024	Stripe connect update
28/08/2024	Discounted voucher feature
	Checkout improvements
	Confirmation page improvements
	Report fixes and updates
22/08/2024	Bug fixes and improvements
07/08/2024	Checkout improvements
17/07/2024	Bug fixes and updates
03/07/2024	Sales report improvements
21/06/2024	Improvements to refunds
	New optional fields added to checkout
05/06/2024	Updates to checkout
24/04/2024	API - domains
	Improvments to images on the voucher detail pages
20/03/2024	Update to URLs
07/03/2024	Sitemap fix
28/02/2024	Update of SSL certificate
	Quick redeem updates
	Improvements to QR scanner for iphones
	PDF generator API
14/02/2024	Bug fixes and system improvements
24/01/2024	Bug fixes and system improvements
03/01/2024	Drag image reorder
	Improvements to site loading performance	Lazy load videos and image resizing optimisation

15/11/2023	P5 checkout improvements
08/11/2023	Bug fixes to the Gift App
	Labels/badges added to vouchers and promo codes to recognise states	P5 Gift App Version
	Partial redemption toggle	P5 Gift App Version
02/11/2023	New payment methods	Stripe Our Gateway P4 have additional payment methods available
	Checkout improvement	Delivery address (email or post) added to the order summary
01/11/2023	Script run to update postage costs an prices in legacy
18/10/2023	Promo code updates
	Security updates
04/10/2023	System updates and improvements	Dashboard and scheduled reports
27/09/2023	New reporting dashboard (P5)
	New payment methods
13/09/2023	CMS update
30/08/2023	Payment gateway bug fix
23/08/2023	Scanning with handheld scanner in P4
	Bug fixes and system improvements
16/08/2023	Javascript update to csv reader
	Bug fix on QR code scanning on Apple products
	Mobile friendly enhancement to Gift App login page
09/08/2023	QR Code - option to scan with handheld scanner rather than camera (P5)
	Promo codes feature (P5 Admins)
	Web/print version of order receipt (P5)
05/07/2023	Login screen more user friendly
28/06/2023	Payment provider fix
	Sale notification emails	Increased functionality
15/06/2023	Bug fixes to enhance system
07/06/2023	P5 version catalogue manager importer
	Cookie consent update
01/06/2023	Reports feature added to the Gift App P5
	New descriptor added to Stripe
31/05/2023	Cookie consent update
	Campaign page update
17/05/2023	Cookie consent plugin - updates completed
	Gift shop improvements
	Image carousel improvements
	Footer branding change in checkout
26/04/2023	New image carousel design	Larger image option
	Bug fixes and Stripe API update
05/04/2023	CMS update
15/03/2023	Bug fixes
	Tool to migrate clients to latest version of our software
22/02/2023	GA4 code updates
	Tags editable in 'Quick Edit'
	Audit logs available for vouchers
15/02/2023	Bug fixes
	Clone user functionality
25/01/2023	Stripe gateway release
	Gift App and Google Analytics 4
	e-voucher bug fix
09/11/2022	Server upgrade	For the Festive period
26/10/2022	Address autocomplete fix
	Dispatch emails fix
05/10/2022	New currencies added
21/09/2022	Styling update to QR codes on e-vouchers
14/09/2022	Dispatch emails (stage 1)
31/08/2022	Bug fixes and system improvements
24/08/2022	System improvements
27/07/2022	Software updates
	Database split
03/08/2022	Gift shop bug fixes
01/08/2022	Security work	Legacy server split
13/07/2022	Update to quick redeem	Update to wording if a voucher was purchased less than 72 hours ago when viewing the item(s) in quick redeem
29/06/2022	Bug fixes to enhance system
	SEO improvments to gift shops & CMS
	New currencies added
08/06/2022	New campaign page layout
	Checkout and notification changes for a new project
11/05/2022	Update to the bulk edit feature in Catalogue Manager	Update validity in bulk
27/04/2022	USync fix
20./04/2022	Meta data page per gift shop
	Single sign on development
30/03/2022	Gift shop improvements
21/03/2022	Partial Redemption bug fix/improvement
	Limited Availability enhancement
23/02/2022	Bug fix for partial redemption
16/02/2022	Price slider fix
10/02/2022	Google search fix	Page title displays as intended
02/02/2022	Enabled MOTO payments on Stripe
26/01/2022	Partial voucher redemption (beta release)
12/01/2022	Update to user invite email
	eVoucher PDF improvements
01/12/2021	Bug fixes
24/11/2021	iPhone payment fix
	Gift App enhancement to voucher scheduling
10/11/2021	E-vouchers, custom domains, bug fixes
01/11/2021	New feature to enable voucher download
	Various bug fixes
20/10/2021	Gift App word count warning
20/10/2021	New tile options added to Gift App
14/10/2021	New online payment software refunds activated
	Changes to Gift App to enable Google Merchant Center
06/10/2021	New currency
29/09/2021	Payment integration	Testing
22/09/2021	Gift App updates	Better user experience.
16/09/2021	Updates to the bulk order tool	Delivery methods and cost
09/09/2021	Update to the bulk order tool
02/09/2021	Cookie Policy	Updates
	Voucher currency update	In Catalogue Manager
30/08/2021	User timezone displayed	In Quick Edit feature when scheduling gifts
18/08/2021	Bug fixes
12/08/2021	Bulk action within the new 'quick edit' feature
04/08/2021	Quick Edit	This new section allows the user to complete actions for vouchers all in 1 section quickly, without having to go into each individual voucher
	Voucher Scheduling	Ability to set active and deactive dates and times
	Image Manager	No need to edit images prior to uploading to gift shop
22/07/2012	Checkout update	Error message added
	Quick redeem improvement	More obvious when redeeming a voucher using Quick Redeem that the redemption has actually worked
	Gfft App update	Broadcast message, listing heading and listing description now can be scheduled separately from main nodes
08/07/2021	Gift App updated to the latest version
08/07/2021	Right to left text direction - to accommodate Arabic
09/06/2021	Characters added to whitelist
02/06/2021	New branding section for the 'unwrapping' of the e-voucher	Allows user to set a separate text colour for the unwrapping piece
27/05/2021	Google search issue fix	Fix for how certain gift shops appear in search results
	Ability to send e-voucher emails from a client's own email address
	Gift App Catalogue Manager	Vouchers in catalogue manager now shows either green or grey depending on if it's live or inactive
19/05/2021	Dates in American format
	Image 'whitelist' created for CMS
05/05/2021	Database work
28/04/2021	Bug fixes
31/03/2021	Chinese gift shop URL issue fix
17/03/2021	Support tasks	Including .exe files cannot be uploaded to the media section - reducing the risk of viruses being uploaded
10/02/2021	'Notes' searchable in Gift Manager
02/02/2021	Bulk order tool
27/01/2021	New currencies added
22/01/2021	Updated user-friendly text for users in the Gift App	When editing a voucher
31/12/2020	3DSv2 update	An upgrade of 3DS
	Facebook Shop - meta tag option for verification added to CMS
22/12/2020	Buying options	Clients can now created & edit buying options
16/12/2020	Branding bugs on custom domains
09/12/2020	Checkout	The local phone number prefix auto populates to the local country if the site has a country code set
02/12/2020	Promo code release	URL pre-populated with promo code
	Filters update	Filters now work together to give more relevant results.
18/11/2020	Bulk activate/deactivate vouchers tool
11/11/2020	MP4s work on iphones
05/11/2020	'Promoted' Vouchers	Able to select order in which gift vouchers appear on gift site
07/10/2020	Catalogue Manager moved to the new environment
29/07/2020	Set default for drop down country list in checkout
09/07/2020	Logout after 15 minutes of inactivity implemented
13/05/2020	Mp4 videos on campaign page headers
15/04/2020	Gift site amendment
25/03/2020	Dictionary item added
	QR code	Toggle off/on on e-Voucher
	e-Voucher amendment
18/03/2020	Quick redeem feature	Testing phase released
27/02/2020	Promo basket fix
	Payment express update
12/02/2020	Tweak to payment page to reduce errors
05/02/2020	e-Vouchers released to various clients
29/01/2020	e-Voucher unwrapping experience
	New currencies added
22/01/2020	Stability fix for CMS
15/01/2020	FDMS error fixes
	SagePay error fix
	High volume basket performance	Stability feature
18/12/2019	Address field bug fix
	PDF for Evoucher release
11/12/2019	New dictionary item added
	Fix in place for delivery of invalid / incorrect / blocked email addresses
	Limited Availability bug fix
27/11/2019	Bug for checkout field
	Personal message added to e-voucher (when printing only).
	FDMS gateway fix
25/11/2019	Fix to real time reporting tool
13/11/2019	E-Vouchers 'live'
11/11/2019	E-Voucher tweaks
	Buying options card tweaks
	Filter bug fix
06/11/2019	Real time sales report (Currently for internal use only)
	E-Voucher bug fix
23/10/2019	E-Voucher tweaks
	Gift App devices fix
	Fix implemented for multiple users using one PC
16/10/2019	Checkout bug fixes & Improvements
	Limited Availability fix
02/10/2019	Bug fix to 'Print' button
25/09/2019	Redirect to New Gift App
	Bug fix to campaign page
	Improvement to basket validations
18/09/2019	Improvements to user management section in new gift app
	Media and branding CSS transfer to new, improved storage
	Added logging to FDMS gateway transactions
12/09/2019	MOTO Update for Payment Gateways
	E-Voucher tweaks
04/09/2019	Bulk User Upload	Ability to upload a batch of users - enhancement
28/08/2019	Bulk User Upload	Ability to upload a batch of users
	E-Voucher print issue fix
21/08/2019	Gift App upgrade	To latest version of the software
	Gift App password bug	Password character length warning bug fixed
	E-Voucher	First new E-Voucher design went live
14/08/2019	Gift App password policy	Meeting clients requirements
	Bug fix in Gift App	Process order site clarity
	Google Analytics fix
	E-Voucher fixes
07/08/2019	E-Voucher fixes and improvements
	Continued work on new checkout
31/07/2019	Branding fix	New email voucher design
	Bug fix	Images on static pages
24/07/2019	New language added to Gift App	Hungarian added
	Continued work on the new E-voucher
	Improvements to Gift App
17/07/2019	Continued work on the new E-voucher design
	Improvements to the functionality of carousels
	Improvements to test emails
10/07/2019	Update to voucher 'status'	'Cancelled' voucher status now changes to 'expired' on expiry date
	Update to Gift App login page
	'Buying Options' branding improvements
	GTM enhancement	To differentiate between public and private users on Google Analytics
	System monitoring improvement	Further alerts created
03/07/2019	Private user UX improvements
	'Buying Options' improvements	On Group gift sites
	Error message enhancement	Users will now be shown a useful message when there is an error due to them attempting to use an unsupported card (rather than 'unknown error')
	Robustness code added to critical infrastructure
26/06/2019	Updates to 'Invite User' & 'Reset Password' emails
	Campaign page improvements
19/06/2019	New private checkout	Updated
	Front end system release	Stability improved
	Campaign page improvements
12/06/2019	Improvements to user admin in new gift app
	New data layer variable for GTM	For private sales
	New gift app compatible with IE11
05/06/2019	AB test 'live'	On the 'You may also like' feature on voucher details page
	Improvements and fixes to users in new gift app
29/05/2019	New gateway integration with FDMS
	Campaign page improvement
	New gift voucher email logo improvement
22/05/2019	Gift voucher emails	Added dynamic logo and bug fix
	Campaign page improvements
	Cookie policy & broadcast message bug fix
	Migrated www.whatireallywanted.com to our new hosting
15/05/2019	Improvements to gift voucher emails	Recipient Experience Project - Phase 1
	Campaign page improvements
	Added in Address line 2 in checkout
	Carousel navigation dots re-instated
	Buying option display on iphone bug fix
01/05/2019	Cross basket sharing functionality	Enabling cross device re-targeting of customers who have abandoned their basket in the checkout (using Salescycle software)
	Promotional code improvements	Min Basket Value / Minimum Spend and a value off has now been enabled
	Buying Option improvements
	Campaign Page improvements
	Checkout improvement	Telephone Number field - spaces and dashes are now auto removed if a buyer enters them
24/04/2019	Campaign page fixes
	USplit new A/B test started
	Removed unnecessary errors from error logs
17/04/2019	Buying options	Fixes x 5
	USplit set up in our new gift app and first A/B test running
	Improved payment logging
	Campaign page	Fixes x 3
10/04/2019	Buying options	Trialing on demo
	Trailing slash fix	Consistency for Google Analytics
03/04/2019	Payment page Validation
	Fix for date label non payment card section
	Fix for bug on private checkout
30/01/2019	Move API code from phase 3 to phase 2
	Sites for live Wed 30th Jan 8am + Category mapping
	Remove 'tags' on Voucher detail page
	[mobile] The "View voucher" buttons in the carousel items with a long title are hidden and not clickable below the site title
	New on/off button for noindex
	Toggle on/off hotels filter by site
23/01/2019	Stability improvements
09/01/2019	Fixed: Daily imports are scheduled many times, causing the services to run out of memory and restart
	Make 'Valid for X months' or 'Valid from X to X' editable in dictionary in Umbraco - to enable translations.	Updated translations
	Performance improvements on the order number pooling system	Implemented support for snapshots on the OrderNumberPooler
	Refunds timing out on legacy system	The timeout for the refund API increased from 6 seconds to 30 seconds SagePay contacted regarding the long response times
	Remove the search icon from Checkout pages
	Offline notification does not go away after reconnecting
18/12/2018	Sites for live + Category mapping	New sites going live
13/12/ 2018	Sites released to Phase 2 (new browse)& category mapping
	Make postal delivery add address text more prominent
	Checkout IDs	Prepare environment for new sites going live
	Disabled Google AutoComplete	In order to reduce postal address errors and give time to evaluate alternatives
11/12/2018	Sites for live + Category mapping
	Returning to a stale basket: remove discontinued items & update prices
	'Own fulfillment' items coming into JEMs feed	The legacy integration for the new checkout doesn't differentiate between 'SKC fulfillment' and 'customer fulfillment'. This is causing our clients own fulfilment (so in the seller level delivery methods we set these as 'dispatch by: customer' because it will be the customer, not JEM, fulfilling it) items to appear in JEM's feed since the clients go live on new checkout
06/12/2018	Sites released to Phase 2 (new browse)
	Sites released to Phase 3 (new checkout)
04/12/2018	Fix SEO fields (meta and description tags and search engine indexing)
	Sites released to Phase 2 (new browse)
	'you may also like' voucher detail page - area toggle to show/hide
	Add an ability to have the global broadcast message not show on some sites
29/11/2018	Performance update	Significant performance gains across all sites. Includes image optimisations and improved caching.
	UX updates around postal deliveries
22/11/2018	Refunds not working on latest deployment
	Crude vouchers sold report
20/11/2018	Fix logging on legacy system
	Sites released to Phase 2 (new browse)& category mapping, one for onboarding
	Sites released to Phase 3 (new checkout)
	Card expiry field entry formatting and error message
	Card number field polishing
19/11/2018	Sites released to Phase 3 (new checkout)
	Sites released to Phase 2 (new browse)
12/11/2018	Daily import missing some sellers	returning sellers that don't belong to a group
	Sites released to Phase 2 (new browse)
	Sites released to Phase 3 (new checkout)
05/11/18	Daily import missing some sellers	Legacy catalogue import was not returning sellers that don't belong to a group
	Sites released to Phase 2 (new browse)
	Sites released to Phase 3 (new checkout)
	CSS file being published on releases causing site to lose branding
29/10/18	GA datalayer change	Resolve ‘duplicate page view’ and ‘purchase event’ error messages happening for some of the sites with FB pixel in place
	Sites released to Phase 2 (new browse)
	Sites released to Phase 3 (new checkout)
22/10/18	Fix for newly discovered Failed payment reason	SagePay occasionally responds with "paRes contains invalid characters" - e.g. all cards from Czech bank Ceská Spořitelna)
	Sites released to Phase 2 (new browse)
	Sites released to Phase 3 (new checkout)
15/10/18	Serialize access to the legacy integration website to prevent flooding it with orders	Fix identified from Load testing
	Copy sites & media folders from phase 2 to phase 3
	Sites released to Phase 2 (new browse)
	Sites released to Phase 3 (new checkout)
	Email placeholders not pulling through from phase 3 sales	E.g. ‘you have bought a voucher from ##SellerName##’
	Add scrollbar to ‘Payment Method’ page in CMS	No scrollbar was causing difficulties for us when creating more Sales Channels for the checkout
08/10/18	Fix daily import on Phase 3
	Sites released to Phase 2 (new browse)
	Sites released to Phase 3 (new checkout)
01/10/18	Delivery prices not showing on legacy sites	Fix for an issue caused by change in last release
	Improve how deliveries are imported into Phase 3	Fixes a bug where changing delivery method details in admin might cause issues on Phase 3 checkout
	14 sites migrated to Phase 2
	4 sites migrated to Phase 3
	Display new ‘tags’ under ‘Category’ in reports for Phase 3 orders	Phase 3 checkout changes that way vouchers are “tagged” for display to buyers, this is now shown in reports
	Fix for Phase 3 orders may fail due to delivery method changes in admin
	Performance update to Phase 3 data import	Improves the way that voucher data is updated between admin and Phase 3