Light Blue’s new proposals feature lets clients build their own quote by selecting a package and optional add-ons, creating a more interactive booking experience. Our mobile app allows you to use proposal templates created in our desktop app to quickly create and send a proposal from a shoot. You can also review confirmed proposals via the Inbox. Other new features: - You can now download and view documents. - You can now download and view contract and proposal PDFs. - You can now import shoot and contact tags from forms and API submissions. - Scheduled forms and proposals are now automatically rescheduled if you edit a shoot's start date. - Added support for the DayName option for date mail-merge tags. New in 2025.1.: - Added percentage discount and "Don't Confirm Shoot When Confirming This Proposal" features to proposals.

Light Blue’s new proposals feature lets clients build their own quote by selecting a package and optional add-ons, creating a more interactive booking experience. Our mobile app allows you to use proposal templates created in our desktop app to quickly create and send a proposal from a shoot. You can also review confirmed proposals via the Inbox. Other new features: - You can now download and view documents. - You can now download and view contract and proposal PDFs. - You can now import shoot and contact tags from forms and API submissions. - Scheduled forms and proposals are now automatically rescheduled if you edit a shoot's start date. - Added support for the DayName option for date mail-merge tags.

* Fixed a crash that could occur when previewing a shoot in the Inbox. * Fixed a crash that could occur when using the %ContactNextAppointmentStart% mail-merge tag. * Behind the scenes updates to keep our app up-to-date and ready for future developments.

- Fixed the app hanging when trying to import a form that contains shoot schedule steps.

- Updated Inbox status filter labels to "Pending Items & Unread Messages" and "Accepted Items & Read Messages". - "Add Email" and "Add Email from Template" buttons are now available when using the "Add Item" button in the "Activity" tab. - Added "Reply With Template" and "Reply All With Template" buttons to the email detail screen. - Added "Reply With Template" button to the text message detail screen. - Importing incoming data now applies your default shoot enquiry workflow. - The Inbox badge count should exclude incoming data linked to online bookings. - The text message detail screen no longer displays its parent record if you've navigated to it from that parent record. - Simplified the loading of email and text message detail screens. - Made purchase item capital type field a combobox. - Fixed a crash that could occur when trying to load a record that contained unusual characters. - Fixed a bug where list views that are not at the top level of the navigation stack could display a search field. - Fixed an issue with the "send log files to Light Blue Software" features. - Fixed a bug that caused contacts with a role of "partner" to not be included when automatically generating the shoot title for a wedding. - Fixed a bug that caused the shoot title for non-wedding shoots to not be automatically updated when the shoot's primary contact's name is updated. - Fixed an error that could occur when importing API submissions via the Inbox.

Changes: * Fixed a bug that caused the %ShootSchedule% mail-merge tag to not work. * Fixed a crash that could occur when searching in the Inbox section.

* Added a "Copy Unique Email Address" button to the Activity tab of the main sections, which allows you to copy an email address that can be used to automatically link emails to that record. You can paste that email address into emails you create in other apps. * Fixed a crash that could occur when creating an appointment from the Calendar screen. * Fixed a crash from the previous minor update when using the "Add Item" button in the Activity tab.

* Added a "Copy Unique Email Address" button to the Activity tab of the main sections, which allows you to copy an email address that can be used to automatically link emails to that record. You can paste that email address into emails you create in other apps. * Fixed a crash that could occur when creating an appointment from the Calendar screen.

• Reduced the amount of time it takes to do the initial data download. • The software keyboard is now dismissed automatically when you scroll the results of a search. • You can now press and hold the “Back” button to return to the Home screen. • Added buttons to open or copy the booking management URL for shoots or appointments booked online. • Added a button that allows you to create a Zoom meeting for an appointment. This button is available if you’ve linked a Zoom account to your Light Blue account. • Added a button that makes opening the online meeting URL for an appointment more obvious, e.g. for Zoom meetings. • Appointments booked via scheduling calendars are now shown in the Inbox. • Tasks in the Activity tab now show their actual due/completed date, rather than a relative date, for consistency with other types of activity. • Added support for forms in workflows. • Added support for scheduling requests. • Added support for new time off types. • Added support for the following mail-merge tags: - %InvoiceURL% - %BookingManagementURL% - %EventURL% - %SchedulingRequestURL% - %SalePhotographer% - %SaleShootResources% • Fixed a crash that affected iPads running iOS 12. • Fixed a crash when trying to share a URL on iPads. • Fixed a bug where deleting an appointment didn’t delete its workflow emails.

Changes in 2021.2.1: • Fixed a bug that could occur when using the + button in the "Unconfirmed Events" list view. Changes in 2021.2: • Added a Pronouns field to the Contacts section. • The app now records which member of staff moved a record to the trash, if you have staff logins enabled. • Added support for the optional "warn if invoice date is before today" setting that can be made in the desktop app. • In the task detail view, longer task descriptions can now be showing and editing them uses the paragraph text editor instead of the single line text editor. • Added %ShootStart%, %ShootNextAppointmentStart%, %ShootNextConfirmedAppointmentStart%, %ContactNextAppointmentStart%, %ContactNextConfirmedAppointmentStart%, %SaleNextAppointmentStart%, and %SaleNextConfirmedAppointmentStart% mail-merge tags. These tags combine the start time and date of the event, e.g. "09:00, 25/12/2021" • Fixed a problem where the software keyboard could overlap the password field in the account settings view. • Fixed a crash that could occur when editing or publishing an invoice with a percentage discount. • Fixed a problem with the iPhone home indicator overlapping the sync status bar. • Fixed an error that doesn't allow you to create an invoice for the full quote when the quote has a percentage discount.

Changes • Added a Pronouns field to the Contacts section. • The app now records which member of staff moved a record to the trash, if you have staff logins enabled. • Added support for the optional "warn if invoice date is before today" setting that can be made in the desktop app. • In the task detail view, longer task descriptions can now be showing and editing them uses the paragraph text editor instead of the single line text editor. • Added %ShootStart%, %ShootNextAppointmentStart%, %ShootNextConfirmedAppointmentStart%, %ContactNextAppointmentStart%, %ContactNextConfirmedAppointmentStart%, %SaleNextAppointmentStart%, and %SaleNextConfirmedAppointmentStart% mail-merge tags. These tags combine the start time and date of the event, e.g. "09:00, 25/12/2021" • Fixed a problem where the software keyboard could overlap the password field in the account settings view. • Fixed a crash that could occur when editing or publishing an invoice with a percentage discount. • Fixed a problem with the iPhone home indicator overlapping the sync status bar. • Fixed an error that doesn't allow you to create an invoice for the full quote when the quote has a percentage discount.

Changes • The minimum iOS version is now iOS 11. • From the Home screen, you can now use the pull-to-refresh gesture to trigger a sync. • The app now backups up its local database backup and will automatically restore the last backup for you if it detects any problems with the database. • When Light Blue automatically sets a shoot title for you, it now includes the shoot type in the name for all shoot types (e.g. “Jack & Jill’s portrait” for a shoot type called “Portraits”). • The "Sessions" list in the shoot detail view is now positioned above the "Shoot Type" and "Status" fields. • The contact status field is now hidden by default. • Renamed contact "websites" contact methods to "links" and changed the default labels to reflect current popular social media platforms. • Changed the contact "Maiden Name" field to "Previous Last Name". • Added a "Use contact's current details" button when the linked contact's details have changed in a sale, quote, purchase, or payment. • Added phone number and URL fields to appointments. • Added an optional field for recording who created a task. • The search fields in list views now include the notes field in their queries. • Added "Thank You URL" and"Submit Button Text" fields to forms. These are automatically copied from your form template when you publish a form from a shoot. • When you’re doing a mail-merge from a shoot, you can now pick out a contact with a specific role in a tag by using the format %ContactRole:RoleGoesHere:ContactTagName%. e.g. %ContactRole:Mother:ContactFirstName% would give you the first name of the first contact labelled as “Mother” on that shoot. • Added new mail-merge format options for date tags: you can append “Day”, “Month”, or “Year” to a tag to get the day of the month, month name, or year. e.g. %ShootStartDateMonth% would return “January” for a shoot that starts on 01/01/2021. • Added whole address versions of the “next appointment” mail-merge tags. e.g. %ShootNextAppointmentAddress%.

We've added a whole bunch of new features in this update: • Added support for Dark Mode. • Payment schedules allow you to easily break an invoice down into several smaller payments, helping you to make larger sales and get bookings more easily. You can add and edit instalments on Sale records via the app, as well as apply payment schedule templates that you've set up in our desktop app. • Automated payment reminders help you to get paid on time. • Quotes can now have a percentage booking fee applied to them instead of a fixed amount booking fee. • When you're creating a sale from a quote, the gross total of the sale that you're creating is displayed so that you can see how much each of the options will come to. • Contracts and forms can be sent to contacts who don't have their own email address, but belong to a group where the head of the group has an email address. • Added an option to display the contract booking fee product's description during online contract signing. • The app now displays the HTML version of emails sent via Light Blue, rather than the plain text version. • Tracking information is now displayed for emails sent via Light Blue's email servers. • Email addresses that have bounced, complained, or unsubscribed are now highlighted and you can't create emails to them unless you remove them from your suppression list. • Improved speed of loading sections that contain large numbers of records. • Shoot schedules now sort consistently with the desktop app when there are steps that share the same date and time. • Fixed a problem that prevented shoot custom text fields from displaying their label if the field type was set to "paragraph". • Company contacts should have their company name shown in lists, not their address company name. • Search fields no longer autocorrect what you type (which is handy when you're trying to type someone's name!).

Bug fixes and compatibility updates.

* Implemented the Light Blue 8.1 access restrictions features. * Implemented the Light Blue 8.1 account authentication changes, so once all of your devices are updated you will be able to change your account password without any devices' data sync breaking. * Implemented the “Require Password to Log In” preference. * The speed of processing large data sync responses has been improved a lot, which makes downloading all of your data onto a new device much faster. * On larger iPads, we've made the home screen / list view part of the app wider to make better user of the space. * The Home screen layout was static but has been replaced by a scrollable view, which makes it more consistent across different device sizes. * If you try to publish a contract and the selected form template has been deleted, you are now warned. * You can now select which email account you want to use when you’re publishing a contract, form, or invoice. * We're no longer logging “expected” email and text message sending errors, such as “you’ve run out of SMS credits”. This will mean that there will be fewer log files generated by the app. You can tell when there are log files that can be sent to us because a red badge will appear on the settings button on the Home screen. * Improved the message that’s displayed in the app when there aren’t any available device slots. * Fixed a problem where multiple data syncs could be triggered when first launching the app. In all likelihood, no-one would have noticed this but it makes the first sync appear to be a bit slower. * Added support for one-time setup codes when first setting up the app and downloading your data. * Emails and text messages now allow you to tap through to linked records. * Fixed the crashing bugs that have been reported to us.

Added support for the latest iPhone and iPad screen sizes.

This update fixes bugs that have been reported to us since our last update: * Fixed a problem that could cause the app to get stuck in a loop if a shoot's default workflow contains messages that are skipped because they would be sent before today. * The "delete" option is no longer available when you swipe on an iOS event in our built-in calendar.

This update adds support for new features added in Light Blue 8: * Workflow messages can be used to automate sending emails and text messages. Workflows containing messages that you've set up in the desktop version of Light Blue will now work in our mobile app. * Text messages are now much quicker to send because they're sent in the background. * Image & file uploads in forms are now supported when you add a form template containing these to a shoot. * The "Assign Workflow Tasks Without Allocated Staff To Logged In User" preference is now supported. * The new contract template setting that allows you to choose your default booking fee type is now supported. * Upgrading the app's database is much faster than in previous versions.

This is a minor update that fixes problems reported since we launched version 4.0: * Fixed a problem where, if you didn't give the app permission to access your device's calendars, the calendar wouldn't load the selected day's events. * Fixed a problem that could cause some preferences to be reset. * Fixed a problem that could (very occasionally) cause a crash when loading some records. Version 4.0 brings more of the desktop version of Light Blue's features over to iOS, including lots of the features that we added in Light Blue 7: • Light Blue's optional password protection feature now works on iOS, and if you have a device that supports Face ID or Touch ID you can use that to quickly and securely log into the app. • The app's built-in calendar can now display events from the Calendars app, to make it easier to schedule your shoots and appointments around your personal commitments. • Incoming emails and text messages are now included in the Inbox, and you can use them to create new enquiries. • The Inbox can now display items that are more than 28 days old. • You can now trash and restore records from the main sections in the iOS app, just like you can in Light Blue 7. You can access the trash via the Settings screen. • When you create an email from our iOS app, we now automatically set the BCC to the unique ID for the record that you created it from. That means that – even though the email isn't sent via Light Blue itself – you'll get a copy of it in that record's Activity panel. • Light Blue 7's shoot tags now appear in the iOS app. • Added support for Light Blue 7's new custom field types. • Add support for the new VAT number fields that were added in Light Blue 7. • The new mailing list opt-in detail fields that we added in Light Blue 7.1 now appear in the iOS app, and are set when you import a form that contains a mailing list opt-in checkbox. • Added support for Light Blue 7's new Sale and Quote fields. • If you're in the middle of editing a field, its value is automatically saved when you switch to another app. • Shoot and Contact references are now displayed, if you've turned that option on via the desktop app. • You can now create a Sale from a Quote. • When you change the status or type of an appointment, the app will ask you if you want to add / remove workflows. • Items on Sale, Quote, Purchase, and Payment records can now be reordered. • You can now reorder shoot requests within a group. • Your localised versions of "wedding", "bride", and "groom" will now trigger special wedding-related behaviour, just like they do in Light Blue 7. • Notes in Shoot, Contact, etc, records display more of their text without you having to drill down into them. • Tasks are now sorted alphabetically within a date & linked record, to match their sorting in Light Blue 7. • When you add a new contact to a shoot, you're now asked if you want to make that contact part of a group. • When you import a form that contains contacts, new contacts are no longer automatically grouped. • When you cancel a shoot, the app now offers to cancel any future appointments for that shoot rather than deleting them. • Fixed a bug where deleting a session from the 'Current Events' screen would only delete that particular session, rather than moving the shoot to the trash. • Timezone handling has been improved for items displayed in the Inbox. • Fixed a bug that made previewing contracts not display properly. • Fixed a problem where new shoot requests added via the app didn't have a sort order assigned to them, so reordering them could be unpredictable. • Added better support for the iPhone X screen, and implemented iOS 11's large titles in list views.

This is a minor update that fixes problems reported since we launched version 4.0: * Fixed a problem where, if you didn't give the app permission to access your device's calendars, the calendar wouldn't load the selected day's events. * Fixed a problem that could (very occasionally) cause a crash when loading some records. Version 4.0 brings more of the desktop version of Light Blue's features over to iOS, including lots of the features that we added in Light Blue 7: • Light Blue's optional password protection feature now works on iOS, and if you have a device that supports Face ID or Touch ID you can use that to quickly and securely log into the app. • The app's built-in calendar can now display events from the Calendars app, to make it easier to schedule your shoots and appointments around your personal commitments. • Incoming emails and text messages are now included in the Inbox, and you can use them to create new enquiries. • The Inbox can now display items that are more than 28 days old. • You can now trash and restore records from the main sections in the iOS app, just like you can in Light Blue 7. You can access the trash via the Settings screen. • When you create an email from our iOS app, we now automatically set the BCC to the unique ID for the record that you created it from. That means that – even though the email isn't sent via Light Blue itself – you'll get a copy of it in that record's Activity panel. • Light Blue 7's shoot tags now appear in the iOS app. • Added support for Light Blue 7's new custom field types. • Add support for the new VAT number fields that were added in Light Blue 7. • The new mailing list opt-in detail fields that we added in Light Blue 7.1 now appear in the iOS app, and are set when you import a form that contains a mailing list opt-in checkbox. • Added support for Light Blue 7's new Sale and Quote fields. • If you're in the middle of editing a field, its value is automatically saved when you switch to another app. • Shoot and Contact references are now displayed, if you've turned that option on via the desktop app. • You can now create a Sale from a Quote. • When you change the status or type of an appointment, the app will ask you if you want to add / remove workflows. • Items on Sale, Quote, Purchase, and Payment records can now be reordered. • You can now reorder shoot requests within a group. • Your localised versions of "wedding", "bride", and "groom" will now trigger special wedding-related behaviour, just like they do in Light Blue 7. • Notes in Shoot, Contact, etc, records display more of their text without you having to drill down into them. • Tasks are now sorted alphabetically within a date & linked record, to match their sorting in Light Blue 7. • When you add a new contact to a shoot, you're now asked if you want to make that contact part of a group. • When you import a form that contains contacts, new contacts are no longer automatically grouped. • When you cancel a shoot, the app now offers to cancel any future appointments for that shoot rather than deleting them. • Fixed a bug where deleting a session from the 'Current Events' screen would only delete that particular session, rather than moving the shoot to the trash. • Timezone handling has been improved for items displayed in the Inbox. • Fixed a bug that made previewing contracts not display properly. • Fixed a problem where new shoot requests added via the app didn't have a sort order assigned to them, so reordering them could be unpredictable. • Added better support for the iPhone X screen, and implemented iOS 11's large titles in list views.

This update brings more of the desktop version of Light Blue's features over to iOS, including lots of the features that we added in Light Blue 7: • Light Blue's optional password protection feature now works on iOS, and if you have a device that supports Face ID or Touch ID you can use that to quickly and securely log into the app. • The app's built-in calendar can now display events from the Calendars app, to make it easier to schedule your shoots and appointments around your personal commitments. • Incoming emails and text messages are now included in the Inbox, and you can use them to create new enquiries. • The Inbox can now display items that are more than 28 days old. • You can now trash and restore records from the main sections in the iOS app, just like you can in Light Blue 7. You can access the trash via the Settings screen. • When you create an email from our iOS app, we now automatically set the BCC to the unique ID for the record that you created it from. That means that – even though the email isn't sent via Light Blue itself – you'll get a copy of it in that record's Activity panel. • Light Blue 7's shoot tags now appear in the iOS app. • Added support for Light Blue 7's new custom field types. • Add support for the new VAT number fields that were added in Light Blue 7. • The new mailing list opt-in detail fields that we added in Light Blue 7.1 now appear in the iOS app, and are set when you import a form that contains a mailing list opt-in checkbox. • Added support for Light Blue 7's new Sale and Quote fields. • If you're in the middle of editing a field, its value is automatically saved when you switch to another app. • Shoot and Contact references are now displayed, if you've turned that option on via the desktop app. • You can now create a Sale from a Quote. • When you change the status or type of an appointment, the app will ask you if you want to add / remove workflows. • Items on Sale, Quote, Purchase, and Payment records can now be reordered. • You can now reorder shoot requests within a group. • Your localised versions of "wedding", "bride", and "groom" will now trigger special wedding-related behaviour, just like they do in Light Blue 7. • Notes in Shoot, Contact, etc, records display more of their text without you having to drill down into them. • Tasks are now sorted alphabetically within a date & linked record, to match their sorting in Light Blue 7. • When you add a new contact to a shoot, you're now asked if you want to make that contact part of a group. • When you import a form that contains contacts, new contacts are no longer automatically grouped. • When you cancel a shoot, the app now offers to cancel any future appointments for that shoot rather than deleting them. • Fixed a bug where deleting a session from the 'Current Events' screen would only delete that particular session, rather than moving the shoot to the trash. • Timezone handling has been improved for items displayed in the Inbox. • Fixed a bug that made previewing contracts not display properly. • Fixed a problem where new shoot requests added via the app didn't have a sort order assigned to them, so reordering them could be unpredictable. • Added better support for the iPhone X screen, and implemented iOS 11's large titles in list views.

This is a minor update to the Light Blue app, and fixes a problem that could make it hard to preview contracts within the app.

This is a minor update to Light Blue 3, and includes enhancements to existing features as well as fixes for any bugs that have been reported: - We've updated the app to support all of the latest screen sizes, without any scaling. - If you have the Google Maps app installed, you can now open addresses in that as well as the default Maps app. - The 'Delete Record' button has been moved from the navigation bar to the bottom of the detail panel for Shoot, Contact, Quote, Sale, Purchase, and Payment records. - The Task Manager no longer scrolls when you check off a task. - Tasks are now sorted more consistently across devices. - Fixed some other minor bugs that have been reported to us.

This is a minor update to Light Blue 3, and includes enhancements to existing features as well as fixes for any bugs that have been reported: - Added the initials of any staff assigned to a shoot to list views and the calendar. - Fixed a bug where filtering tasks in the task manager by member of staff didn't work correctly. - Fixed some other minor bugs that have been reported to us. Light Blue 3 is a major update that makes the app faster and easier to use. It also brings over lots of major new features from the desktop app, including: - A built-in calendar. - Sending online contracts and forms to your clients. - Invoicing sales, and sending them to your client for payment online.

This is a minor update to Light Blue 3, and includes enhancements to existing features as well as fixes for any bugs that have been reported: - Added a 'Reschedule to Tomorrow' button to tasks. - Reorganised the task detail view to prioritise the description and category. - Appointments no longer repeat their type if it matches the appointment description. - The 'Cancel Reason' field is now displayed for cancelled shoots. - Removed translucency from the iPad navigation bar. - Fixed a bug where adding a workflow to a shoot didn't work if you tried to base it on the enquiry date. - Adding an email address, phone number, or website to a contact now sets the primary contact method correctly. Light Blue 3 is a major update that makes the app faster and easier to use. It also brings over lots of major new features from the desktop app, including: - A built-in calendar. - Sending online contracts and forms to your clients. - Invoicing sales, and sending them to your client for payment online.