Here's a customer story about using components creatively.  

A Main Street Sites customer wanted to find an automated way to post teacher job openings for classes.  They created a component and added it to a job listings page. They also created a teacher to represent the available positions.  The component is set to show all classes for that particular teacher.

Any class where that teacher is assigned, even as a secondary teacher, will show up on their new job postings page.  When an actual teacher is assigned to the class, the class is automatically removed from the listing page.  This component can be posted on their MSS website, or on any other web hosting platform, church or community website, etc.

We're happy to see components being used in this innovative way.

This is a reminder that your class schedules can now incorporate logos, icons, pictures, etc. for each of your classes.  This can add some welcome color to your web pages.

Here's quick overview of how to do this:

• Upload your class images to each of your Class Types at Setup > General > Class Types. We'll create the thumbnail images automatically.
• Add a thumbnail column to your class schedule layout at Website > Settings > Named Layouts.  Find your class schedule layout in the list and edit it.  You'll need to add a new column at the bottom of the page.  You'll notice that the thumbnail image can be a link to the class detail page, registration page, etc.

To show your new class type picture on the class details page, go to Setup > Settings > Class Settings and set the "Show class images with class details and class type descriptions when available" setting. 

Classes can have their own individual images too. Those can be set on the "Additional info" tab for the class.

As always, let us know if you'd like any help with this.

Attendance reports and online attendance interfaces have been updated to support multiple teachers per class.

Updates were applied to the payroll report, class summary report, class contacts report, daily schedule report, etc.

The option to customize the sort order for items in class schedule filters was added.

It's now possible to add as many teachers as needed to a class.  There is an "advanced teachers/staff entry" link for this purpose next to the teacher when adding or editing a class.  

Additional teachers can be displayed throughout your account. This includes on order pages, on class schedules, calendars, etc.   Various reports and custom queries also support additional staff.  Each class still has a single primary teacher.  When you add an additional teacher to a class, your can indicate if it should appear on your web pages and notifications.

To add teachers to your class schedules, use the new column options for additional staff available in Named Layouts.

The ability to add additional teachers extends to teacher overrides at the class meeting level.  When you use these overrides they will be reflected in the payroll report.

It is now possible to turn off all Google reCAPTCHA features, email open tracking and the Facebook / X share buttons.  This ability was requested by customers seeking to be compliant with EA privacy rules.

The reCAPTCHA setting can be found at Website > Site Options > Settings.

The email open tracking can be found in Setup > General > Settings.

The Facebook / X share buttons setting can be found at Website > Built-in Page > Class > Settings.

More alternate templates were added for the enrollment confirmations feature.

Custom fields now support creating a list with dependent values.  In other words, a custom field can ask the user to first pick from one list and then pick from a secondary list.

An example of this would be a field called "Where did you hear about us" that asks what media type and then offers a list of relevant publications:

 Where did you hear about us?    [  Online  ]v       [  Facebook  ]v
 

To make a custom field like this, choose the "Dependent List" option when creating a Short Text custom field.  The values are then entered like this to illustrate the dependencies:

  Print
      Local paper
      Church circular
      Flyer
  Online
     Facebook
     Instagram
     TikTok
  In-person
      Farmers' Market
      County Fair

When your customers want to cancel a make-up on your website, they can now select from a list of their pending make-ups. 

They'll see this behavior if they have logged in before visiting the "Cancel Make-Up" page.  Users who have not logged in will continue to need to search for their make-ups before cancelling.

New attendance permissions were added for your user accounts.  By default, customer balances and customer last names are now hidden from online attendance and class attendance sheets.  

You can activate the new permissions for your users by going to Setup > Advanced > Users > Security Profiles.

The appearance and functionality of drop-down filters has been improved for all templates and designs.  A new filter type was added to support showing open classes only. Also, any time a filter only has one valid option, the filter is now hidden.

You can add or remove filters from your current layouts by going to Website > Settings > Named Layouts.

Automated MT trademark handling has been updated to include the last protected terms.  The current list includes the following:

- Music Together®
- Rhythm Kids® by Music Together®
- Rhythm Kids®
- Music Together®
- Family Favorites®
- Music Learning Supports All Learning®
- and the grownups who love them®
- Music and movement for babies, toddlers, preschoolers... and the grownups who love them®
- and the grownups who love them®
- Family Music Zone®
- Making the world a better place by making it more musical®
- A lifetime of music begins here®
- Family Music Zone®

Note: this handling can be disabled at the site level at Website > Site Options > Settings if needed.