Recent changes and new features added to MojoTxt:
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| 5/30/2023 | Update | We made some updates which make it harder to accidentally send duplicate messages. Going forward, you will receive an error message if you try to schedule an identical message within 5 minutes of the original message. Additionally, delivery to a recipient will fail (without credit usage) if an identical message is sent within 60 seconds. |
| 4/5/2023 | Update | We've fixed a bug which caused some subscriber imports to hang indefinitely. |
| 4/5/2023 | Update | We've added a Message Log endpoint to our API. |
| 1/28/2023 | Update | We updated the notification system for new messages to increase reliability and speed. You'll now receive notifications about new messages within 5-7 seconds of receiving the message. (Why any delay at all? Because we want to avoid sending unnecessary notifications in case you happen to be reading that conversation in your web browser when the message comes in.) |
| 5/3/2022 | Feature | You can now block messages from being sent to your number by unwanted (spam) senders. Just open the sender's profile, then choose "Block Person" from the Actions menu. |
| 4/28/2022 | Update | We added support for the new Tollfree Verification process which will soon be required by all carriers. |
| 10/7/2021 | Update | We made some speed improvements to the Conversations page. This should be especially noticeable for customers who have a large number of open conversations. |
| 8/25/2021 | Feature | We've added support for mobile carrier registration via The Campaign Registry. Once registered, MojoTxt customers using local numbers can experience faster and more reliable message delivery. Learn more here. |
| 3/31/2021 | Update | We fixed a bug with our new message composition box that was causing "&" characters to be replaced with "&" when sending messages. |
| 3/25/2021 | Update |
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| 11/18/2020 | Update | We're releasing a few great changes to MojoTxt today!
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| 5/4/2020 | Feature | Have you ever wanted to send yourself a copy of a message before you send it to your list? If so, then today's your lucky day! Try out the new "Send Test Message" button when you're composing your next message. |
| 4/11/2020 | Update | You can now change the keyword of any existing list, responder, donation, or daily program. |
| 3/20/2020 | Update | We have increased our capacity in response to unusually high outbound messaging due to Coronavirus-related text messaging. This includes more server capacity as well as some under-the-hood enhancements to our messaging engine which should improve application performance overall. As part of this update, we are now fully disabling the use of our legacy High Capacity Mode feature. |
| 2/19/2020 | Update | Due to a change in carrier policies, we are no longer recommending the use of our High Capacity Mode feature and have added warnings to the UI to inform customers that they should switch to a dedicated toll-free number. |
| 10/16/2019 | Update | We are now able to offer MMS messaging on all newly-created toll-free numbers. We plan to enable MMS on all existing toll-free numbers soon. Please reach out to our support team if this feature is a priority for you, and we will manually transition your number. |
| 10/10/2019 | Feature | You can now log-into MojoTxt with your Google account. |
| 10/5/2019 | Update | While we weren't able to restore the original scripture embedding API, you can now embed ESV version passages in your Daily Programs by linking your MojoTxt account to a free ESV API account. |
| 9/23/2019 | Update | Our upstream carrier partner notified us today that they are no longer offering MMS support on new toll-free numbers. This may not be a permanent change, but for the time being, newly-created toll-free numbers will not be MMS capable. |
| 9/22/2019 | Update | You can now begin a new conversation directly from the Conversations page. We also added an easy way to search for people by name or phone number throughout the app. |
| 9/22/2019 | Feature | MMS (picture) messaging is now available to customers using our legacy High Capacity Mode feature! |
| 5/22/2019 | Feature | We're now offering MMS (picture) messaging on all new toll-free numbers. (See update on 9/23/2019.) |
| 4/24/2019 | Update | We've made a few changes to our donation features to make it easier for people to make donations via text:
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| 3/7/2019 | Update | We updated our donation acceptance system to help you maintain the highest level of security and PCI compliance. The portions of the web pages that collect credit/bank account info are now served from an isolated PCI-compliant hosting environment – all credit card information is (and always has been) submitted directly from your donors to your payment service, without flowing through our platform in any way. We've tested the new pages thoroughly on multiple devices, but if you encounter any issues, please let us know right away. |
| 2/19/2019 | Update | We released a number of small user interface enhancements and bug fixes today. We're also replacing our High Capacity Mode feature with the ability to use a dedicated toll-free number for high volume message sending. Existing customers may continue to use High Capacity Mode without interruption, but the option will no longer be available to people who aren't already using the feature. |
| 12/31/2018 | Feature | Happy new year! Today we added a couple of new link attachment types for outgoing messages: You can now compose and attach HTML messages (containing unlimited amounts of text, videos, images, and file attachments) that can be viewed mobile browsers. You can also send a settings link to request that your subscribers add or update their contact information. |
| 12/28/2018 | Feature | We've added a new "Auto-Unsubscribe" feature that can automatically unsubscribe people who aren't able to receive your messages. You can activate the feature from your phone number's Settings page. We also added a way for you to view the carrier delivery status for all outgoing messages from the Message Log and from any Subscription List's delivery report. |
| 11/16/2018 | Update | We've made some network changes that will allow us to make all incoming SMS messages free! All of our customers can now receive SMS messages without using any message credits (MMS messages still cost 1 credit to receive). |
| 4/12/2018 | Update | We added some context-sensitive warning messages to let customers know when they are about to send a message that is very likely to be blocked as spam by mobile carriers. |
| 1/31/2018 | Update | Our messaging engine will now ignore incoming "I'm driving right now" messages. The messages will still be visible in your Message Log, but they will no longer trigger the start of a new conversation or cause an error message to be sent in reply. |
| 12/30/2017 | Feature | If someone begins making a donation but doesn't complete it within an hour, MojoTxt will now send a reminder text asking them to finish the donation. |
| 12/30/2017 | Update | When using High Capacity Mode, MojoTxt will now include your organization name and unsubscribe instructions when people receive a message from an overflow number for the first time. This update was made to reduce confusion for people who aren't expecting to receive your message on a new number. |
| 12/18/2017 | Feature | We added a light feature to Daily Programs that allows you to automatically subscribe people to a Subscription List when they join your Daily Program. |
| 11/29/2017 | Feature | We added guided tours to the help menu for Subscription Lists, Donations, and Conversations to help new customers get acquainted with MojoTxt a little more quickly. |
| 11/6/2017 | Feature | We added a brand new user settings page where people can manage their own contact information, subscription preferences, and donations. Along with this page come a number of built-in keywords to access the settings page, and changes to the functionality of some existing built-in keywords. |
| 10/24/2017 | Feature | We added some big updates to the People page that let you import/export people, group people with tags, send messages to any number of individual recipients, and more. We also renamed our relative-time sending feature to "Automations". |
| 10/11/2017 | Update | We updated our Stripe integration to collect credit card data using the Stripe Elements API. (This was a required update to maintain PCI compliance.) If you're using Stripe as your payment service, you'll notice a different appearance of the credit card entry page during the donation process. |
| 8/8/2017 | Update | We updated the look of MojoTxt's mobile web pages to match the look of the rest of our application. We also changed the name of the "User Interface" page to "Branding". |
| 6/23/2017 | Feature | We added a feature that lets you schedule list messages relative to the date a person subscribes to the list. You can use this feature to create a series of messages that send automatically at certain time intervals after a person subscribes to your list. |
| 6/15/2017 | Update | The "Subscribers" page has now become the "People" page. Because subscribers are people too. ☺️ (And also because new customers found this confusing.) |
| 6/14/2017 | Feature | We extended the conversation notification options available. You can now receive a notification for each incoming message via email or text. You can also reply to email notifications. |
| 6/12/2017 | Feature | Added a search box and the ability to manually add a single subscriber to the Subscribers page. |
| 6/8/2017 | Feature | Added the ability for users to import subscribers to subscription lists. |
| 5/30/2017 | Update | Added PaymentSpring to our list of supported payment services, updated the design of the Payment Services page. |
| 5/11/2017 | Update | Released an entirely new responsive design for the MojoTxt application. |
| 2/3/2017 | Update | Added a "What's New?" box to the dashboard – It's a great way for you to know what's new with MojoTxt! |
| 2/3/2017 | Feature | Added beta support for Zapier: for exporting donations and sending messages to subscription lists. |
| 2/3/2017 | Update | Added Subscribers and PhoneNumbers objects to our developer API. |
| 2/1/2017 | Update | Updated the messaging engine to automatically handle user unsubscribe requests that start with the word "please" (think "please stop texting me" or "please unsubscribe me". |
| 2/1/2017 | Feature | Added "Alternate Keywords" - A way for you to create synonyms for existing keywords. You can find this in the phone number's Management pane. |
| 1/27/2017 | Feature | Added support for MMS/Picture messages from subscription lists and to conversations. |
| 1/27/2017 | Feature | Added Emoji and special character support to subscription lists, conversations, and auto-responders. |
| 1/17/2017 | Update | Our credit usage algorithm has been updated to allow multi-credit and partial-credit messages. (More on this later) |
| 11/22/2016 | Update | Updated the reseller administration dashboard. |
| 8/24/2016 | Update | We are now passing the donation keyword to BluePay's "custom_id" field to aid with account reconciliation. |
| 8/18/2016 | Feature | Initial release of the reseller program and dashboard. |
| 4/8/2016 | Feature | You can now send a single message to multiple subscription lists. (Subscribers belonging to multiple lists will only receive one message.) |
| 4/8/2016 | Feature | Publicly launched our developer API. |
| 2/25/2016 | Feature | Added flexible permission levels on a per-user basis, giving you the ability to choose exactly which parts of MojoTxt are accessible to every user. |
| 1/13/2016 | Feature | Export donations (and donor information) to a CSV file. |
| 1/12/2016 | Feature | Now you can filter your donations by date range. Next step: Exporting! :) |
| 10/14/2015 | Update | Reorganized major parts of the user interface to make MojoTxt easier to use and learn. Replaced the "Keywords" panel with a new "Tools" panel. |
| 10/7/2015 | Feature | Added High Capacity Mode to distribute high volume SMS traffic over a pool of phone numbers for faster and more reliable message delivery to large groups of people. |
| 9/25/2015 | Update | Users can now make a donation, even if they omit the space between the donation keyword and amount. (i.e. "give10"). |
| 9/25/2015 | Update | Included fund name in amount request message when making a donation. |
| 5/13/2015 | Update | Added date/time picker when sending subscription list messages. |
| 5/12/2015 | Feature | Added automatic donation exporting to Church Community Builder integration. |
| 5/12/2015 | Feature | Released Church Community Builder integration from beta. |
| 5/6/2015 | Update | Added tooltips to dashboard usage chart. |
| 4/28/2015 | Update | Updated donation keyword flow enabling a "test mode" for clients without a payment service connected. |
| 3/19/2015 | Feature | Added Live Polling |
| 3/19/2015 | Update | Added some helpful "Learn more" links to various places throughout the dashboard. |
| 2/20/2015 | Update | Updated "add phone number" page adding more descriptive language for new accounts. |
| 2/17/2015 | Feature | Replaced old "Getting Started" guide with a new user guide, accessible from a new "Help" button. |
| 2/19/2015 | Update | Updated messaging engine to acknowledge keywords containing one or two spaces. |
| 2/10/2015 | Feature | Added one-on-one "Conversations" to dashboard and messaging engine. |
| 12/14/2014 | Feature | Added beta Church Community Builder integration for donation transaction exporting. |
| 11/10/2014 | Feature | Added support for scheduled repeating donations. |