💥 Pallyy: Huge August Update!

Hey everyone,

It's been a while since my last update here mainly due to the fact I've been working on so many things. Going forward I'll be adding one change log entry per month with a roundup of everything I've been working on. This should make it easier to follow! 😀

So, let's see what's new this month & what to expect next!

🆕 New features

Cheaper pricing for bulk users! We've changed our pricing to use a tiered approach, that gets cheaper the more social groups you need. You can check out how it works on our pricing page (we added a calculator)
New website pages showcasing each scheduling feature per platform; Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & Google My Business
New website page for our free trial, explaining it in more detail
Added a video to the homepage, showing a walkthrough of Pallyy.
Added a Saved layouts feature. You can save your captions, location, a default date and first comment which you can then auto-insert into your posts. Looks for the "Saved Layouts" button in the header of the scheduling popup.
Added a post to LinkedIn with no image feature (thanks bob!). You can also add a URL in the caption to use the preview thumbnails
Added comparison pages to the website so potential users can easily compare between services. Comparisons added so far; Later alternative, Buffer alternative, Hootsuite alternative, Planoly alternative, Loomly alternative, Sprout Social alternative, Sendible alternative.
Added Capterra & Producthunt badges to our homepage for extra social proof. Want to leave us a capterra review?
Added a new bio link grid style feature! It means you can create a grid that looks just like your Instagram, but each image you add a link to so your audience can goto something related to that post. You can add the URL when scheduling posts by clicking the "Add Bio Link URL" button

☝ Improvements

Changed the schedumeter tooltip style, and changed the wording if you have more than 7 posts planned in 7 days
Added a warning when you're drafting a post incase the image aspect ratio is wrong. Must be re-sized to post otherwise it can be rejected by IG etc
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Dragging the image from sidebar to calendar is smoother with improved opacity
Improved emoji popup when scheduling posts or replying to comments, with a search feature too.
Improved design of "+ Add location" popups. They now open on hover. Also changed the design to look nicer and take up less space.
Sometimes if an incorrect user was tagged, the post would fail. Now it will retry without tags if that's the case - as it's better to still post it rather than not posting at all.
Smoother drag animation on the week view
Blog design improved, was a long time coming - added a featured article to the top
Smily.bio links with images look nicer, with the image sitting on the left instead of next to the text
Instagram preview grid, only shows images that are scheduled for Instagram now
Added social icons to the list view so you can see where each post is going

🐛 Bug Fixes

Caption text areas weren't auto-expanding every time, fixed with a new auto-expanding JS plugin.
When the first day of the month was a Sunday it was throwing the dates off, all fixed!
For some browsers the IG preview grid wasn't in order because of different browsers sorting functions, fixed with a cross browser solution.
When resetting password with a capital letter it wasn't working. Fixed.
Sometimes when a new user signed up, it didn't auto-select their profiles. This is fixed now and will automatically select any profile after you add it.
Couldn't remove images from your biolink buttons, it's been fixed.
Some bio link images were expiring, fixed by using the current media URL from instagram
Dropping images on sidebar wasn't working everytime, fixed.
When adding a profile from Twitter there was an error, it's been fixed.

⌛ What to expect next month?

We're working on a few new features currently, that should be live in September.

1. Grids: A feature that allows you to plan a grid with a drag and drop style editor. You can add captions, and times to each post and then bulk schedule to your calendar. You can even share a public link to get feedback or approval from your clients.

2. Google My Business: We're going to allow the ability to add more than 1 GMB location to each social group. Sometimes a business has 5 locations that all need to post the same thing, so this will be ideal in that scenario. 3. Bio Link: As the grids style is a relatively new feature, we're looking to improve it even further. If you have any feedback I'd love to hear it, so shoot me an email!