Fire Up the Widget!

Press the big red button! No, not that button, the other button! This is 100% not how development works at all. Anyway! We made some changes to the registration widget this week, and now it can do more things: Update an existing student in the system with a new phone …

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“Sticky” makes us think of desserts

Sticky buns, anybody? Unfortunately, that’s not what it means today, but if you like TutorBird reading your mind and doing things the way you like them, you’ll love this! On the Expenses & Other Revenue page, the “Cash/Accrual” option is now sticky, so TutorBird will remember what you prefer (this also carries over …

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Snips, snails and puppy dog tails

That’s what little boys are made of! Well, no, not really. We’ve added a new option for schools that are using the Student Portal: You can now restrict calendar permissions for non-adult students so they won’t be able to cancel lessons or join events (depending on your school settings). This …

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Graceful Update

Hi Everyone! This week we’ve improved a recently released feature, automatic late fees. You can now add a grace period before the automatic late fee is added! We’ve also improved the security of TutorBird hosted websites. Take a look below for more details. Thank you for your continued feedback! Check …

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A Work In Progress

Hi Everyone! In this week’s update, we’ve focused our efforts on improving the recently released mobile layout based on your feedback. This will be an ongoing project in an effort to improve your mobile experience. We’ve made a handful of minor adjustments to the new mobile layout that was rolled …

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Responsiveness is key!

Hey, Everyone! We’ve been working really hard to improve the mobile experience of TutorBird lately. This week we’re excited to introduce a new mobile layout for all tables used on the site. We think this will really improve the user experience across mobile devices. While we are working hard to …

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Housekeeping

Hi Everyone! Don’t worry, we’re still here! We’ve been hard at work improving the overall performance of the application as well as fixing up some minor issues. Updates: New students can now be added to existing families on the Waiting List (and existing students can also be merged with families …

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Continuously Improving

We are continuously striving to improve the user experience of TutorBird! Check out this week’s improvements below. Just a heads up, for the remainder of the summer we’ll be focusing on internal changes to improve overall performance. During this time, we will not be posting our regular weekly updates as …

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It’s What’s Inside That Counts

When it comes to running a business, time always seems to be in short supply. This is why we’ve been hard at work for the last two weeks reworking a lot of TutorBird’s internal structure in order to run the site faster. Some poorly performing pages will see a 10x …

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Null and Void

Hi Everyone! This week’s updates include some exciting new features to invoicing and making changes to the attendees of a recurring group event. If you happen to make an error invoicing a family, it is now possible to mark an invoice as “Void” rather than deleting it. This is particularly …

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